Erland Lee Award

              Autobiography of Harold Joseph Fox
Harold was born Oct, 6, 191^ at Consort, Albert?., son of Herbert
& Florence Fox. He attended school at Consort and because of the
dry years & no crops, the family moved in 1933 " to the Eureka
Valley district where they farmed. He went out to work for farmer's
in that area & one winter worked out to get enough potatoes to
take home to feed the family. That was his wages. There were
elevan children in the Fox family so everyone had to do their
share of work.
In 191+ 2 Harold enlisted with the Canadian Army & went overseas
with the Royal Canadian Ordinance Corps. He saw active duty in
England, France, Belgium, & Holland. He returned to Canada in
March 1946 & went to. work for his brotherJTor'in the Hillsdown
district for a year. Torrt
On June 2 1 , 19^ 7 Harold marrried Ada Whittemore at St. Luke's
church in Red Deer. Ada is the daughter of a pioneer family Fred
& Alice Whittemore who came to Canada from England in 1911 &
settled in the Hillsdown district. Harold & Ada worked for Mr
Whittemore for a year and then they purchased a half section
of land from Dan MacKay through the Soldier Settlement Board.
They moved onto their farm Nov. 20, 19^ 7. Harold brushed some
of the land by hand & boke it with a steel wheeled tractor & plww.
t> ron< z.
We milked cows by hand for many years & shipped cream which bought
the groceries & later purchased a milking machine & shipped milk
to the Condensary, We Also raised hogs & range c?. ttle. In 1957
they drilled an oil well on our place & we were able to build a
new house, v/ e had power, gas & telephone all at once. In 1959
we bought another half section of land from Melvin Seibel. In
April of 1972 we purchased another guarter from David Guynup.
In Nov. 1965 we had the misfortune of losing our barn, tractor &
pigs & cattle in a fire, neighbors c= » me from far & near to help
us rebuild & in two weeks a new barn was in use.
In 1977 we sub- divided two acres from our south quarter & built
a new house & semi retired. Our son took over the farm. We have
a son Keith that lives close & a daughter Pat living in Manitoba.
We have 8 grand children & five great grand children.
After Harold retired he took a course in wood refinishing & taught
that for several years as well as doing upholstery. He waywarden
of St Paul's Anglican Church from 1950 - 1997. He has been active
in the community & worked on any project that needed to be done.
He has helped Ada with many projects as well as driving her to
W. I. meetings. Ada has been a member of the Hillsdown W. I. for
53 years. Harold has helped put Quilts in frames as well as
cutting thousands of quilt blocks for the ladies to make into
quilts which they donate to the needy every year.
Harold & Ada have also done some travelling, they have been to
England, France & Holland. They both enjoy square dancing & carpet
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