The Rural Voice, 1988-11, Page 23DON
HILL
Don Hill says he has a reputation
for standing in the wrong place at the
wrong time. His selection to this
year's 10 sexiest farmers list should
change all that.
Some of Don's other accomplish-
ments include being president of the
Ontario Soil and Crop Improvement
Association and a member of the Grey
County Cattlemen's Association and
Grey County Pork Producers. The
posting to the 10 most wanted list will
at least not entail any more meetings
for the 50 -year-old farmer.o
EUGENE
WHELAN
Eugene Whelan's selection to this
year's list proves that some people
never lose the magnetism that makes
them an attraction wherever they go.
"At my young age it is quite an
accomplishment," says the 64 -year-
old cash cropper. He first learned of
his selection while at work in Ottawa
where he formerly served as Minister
of Agriculture. In humbly accepting
the award, he remarked, "I have been
called everything else. I might as well
add this to the list."
As the oldest candidate to make the
sexiest farmer list, Eugene Whelan
says his being selected proves that
seniors are living longer and healthier
now. "It might convince me to run
again," he said, referring to politics
and not jogging.
Mr. Whelan and wife Elizabeth
have three daughters.
"It is rewarding meeting people,"
he says, and by his high placing on the
poll results, women must find being
introduced to him a reward in itself.
Working with so many people to
improve the farming industry has
made Don a very accommodating
individual, but he stated immediately
after hearing of his inclusion in this
year's list that he would not pose for a
centrefold "even if The Rural Voice is
the sexiest farm magazine around."
Don and Ruth have two girls.
DOUG AITCHISON
Doug Aitchison says he must
have a deep inner quality that he is not
aware of to be included among the 10
sexiest farmers southern Ontario has
to offer. The R. R. 4, Listowel dairy
farmer's attractive qualities are not
hidden as well as he thinks.
"It must be my greying hair," says
Doug, aware that the mature, disting-
uished look has put time on his side.
Recently Doug's name became a
household word in Perth County for
his work as chairman of the highly
successful International Plowing •
Match near Stratford. Although that
posting altered his normal activities,
he assumes this latest bit of notoriety
will have little effect on his lifestyle.
If there ever were a King of the
Furrow, Doug's distinguished looks
and leadership would certainly win
him the crown.
Doug and Lois Aitchison have
two daughters.
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