This has always been easy for the boys, but now it seemed to be a problem for the girls (or at least the club leaders thought it might be). So, in order to have everything shipshape bright and early the next day, the exhibitors stayed on the fairgrounds overnight. They were Harriet and Jane Forney, with calf and lamb projects, Alice Betts, a calf, and Marion Johnson with chickens.Īt that time those who exhibited livestock at the fair were required to feed and water their animals and keep their quarters clean. I hope some of you enjoy your trip down memory lane.īOYS 4-H EXPANDS MEMBERSHIP TO INCLUDE GIRLSįor many years Pittsfield had a boy's and a girl's 4-H club, the Pittsfield Progressive Workers (boys) and the Pittsfield Minute Maids (girls), but in 1946 the Pittsfield Progressive Workers added four girls to its membership. I'm starting these articles with some news items that appeared in the Wellington Enterprise from the not to distant past. When most of us think of history, we have a tendency to immediately think of the early settlers and residents of the township.
I won't be offended if any of you correct the information I have presented. In recording local history I think it's extremely important to be as accurate as possible and as I get older I'm finding that my memory is not as sharp as it once was. During the course of printing these articles, I welcome any input or corrections from you readers. Many of these articles are from the newspaper files and records we currently have in our archives, supplemented by additional information of my knowledge. Recently the Pittsfield Township Historical Society Board of Directors asked me to write some history articles to be posted on their web-site, which is hopefully the beginning of what you see here. Periodically I have written articles for the Township Talk, a township newsletter published by the trustees every quarter, and I hope to continue that effort. One of those projects was helping establish the Pittsfield Township Historical Society, along with the restoration and preservation of our 1840s one-room schoolhouse. Since that time I've been involved in a number of projects in preserving the historical heritage of Pittsfield Township.
As most of you probably know, a number of years ago the Pittsfield Township Trustees appointed me as the official township Historian.
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