quality not only in farm products but in methods of production. The
persons charged with the responsibilities of the organization and operation
of the Society can well be credited for the agricultural leadership which
this district has shown in the province.

Boys and girls junior club work was started in the district in or
around 1920 and a good number of local youths have participated in the
program and won national honors through this medium. The program
now carried under the banner of 4-H Clubs is essentially the same.

The first agricultural representative was appointed by the Manitoba
Department of Agriculture in 1939 and since that time three men have
served in this capacity in the area. They were H. A. Craig, J. C. Forbes
and R. E. Forbes.

The district occupies the position of pre-eminence which is hers
today as a natural consequence of having among her first settlers an
unusually large number of citizens with outstanding qualifications for
leadership, coupled with a notable capacity for hard work. Men and
women of this calibre have unselfishly served this community to an
extent that can never be adequately recognized and. most having passed
to their everlasting rest, no earthly reward can ever be theirs. That being
so, their achievements can now only be recounted humbly and thankfully,
a small tribute of respect to their memory.

 

VETERINARY SURGEONS

The veterinary surgeons of Pilot Mound have served a very large
district. Dr. Little practised for many years and Dr. Kyle, who came in
1912, is our present vet.

KINSMEN

The Kinsmen Club of Pilot Mound was organized in February, 1950,
by Manitou Club, with Alfred (Dinty) Moore as president and Kenneth
Graham as secretary. In 1951-52 they won the Ken Pierce Memorial
Trophy (greatest percentage national annual increase in membership).

One of the first projects was the installing of a dance floor in the
Mound Arena (7,200 sq. ft.) and the second project was the well fenced
playground, equipped for children’s enjoyment. Commencing the winter
of 1952 the Club sponsored a Tom Thumb Hockey Team which, under
Kin Donald Thom’s direction, won the District Championship. During
the winter of 1951-52, the Club sponsored a skating instructor and at the
end of each season a very successful Ice Fantasy was staged.

Major money maker was a 1953 Pontiac which netted the sum of
$2,800. Easter Seals campaigns have been carried on and three local
children are progressing favorably as a result of medical aid received.
The erection of a rest room for the town is to be the next project.

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