The Rural Voice, 1988-09, Page 3R.V. Perth County Special Issue
executive editor: Sheila Gunby
editor: Lise Gunby
county editor and features writer:
Wayne Kelly
with special thanks to:
the Ontario Agricultural Museum
the Stratford Beacon -Herald
the Stratford Perth Archives
the St. Marys District Museum
for their generous provision of archival
photographs
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Merle Gunby
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introducing
THE RURAL VOICE PERTH COUNTY SPECIAL ISSUE 2
Hired Man and Plow; Stratford -Perth Archives
features
• IN THE HEART OF SOUTHWESTERN ONTARO
PERTH IN PICTURES 4
• GREAT IDEAS
PERTH COUNTY'S PROGRESS THROUGH HISTORY 8
• FAMOUS PLAYERS IN PERTH COUNTY
ARTHUR MEIGHEN, KENNETH McNEILL WELLS,
NELSON MONTEITH, ROBERT CARBERT,
JAMES REANEY, J. A. CORRY, NORMAN GARFIELD McCULLY 12
• IN PRAISE OF THE PLOW
TURNING THE OLD SOD, A HISTORY OF BREAKING GROUND 16
• THE PLOWMAN, PAST AND PRESENT 20
• MAKING PERTH GREAT IN '88
BEAUTIFICATION AND FARMLAND CONSERVATION 28
special sections
• AROUND PERTH
FEATURING AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATIONS 30
• CONGRATULATIONS MATCH -MAKERS
THE FACTS AND FACES OF THE IPM 60
ADVERTISERS' INDEX 71
cover: PHOTO COURTESY OF STRATFORD-PERTH ARCHIVES
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