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Molly in the Agriculture Hall of Fame Molly in the agriculture hall of fame By RIC SWIHART stops on the street to discuss "busi­ of The Herald ness." Lethbridge's Molly Coupland has In fact one friend used to say "she won many awards for distinquished knows everybody from here to hell," service to Southern Albertans, but although she prefers to think of more when she received the letter inform­ on the heaven side. ing of her pending induction to the When it came time to move from the Alberta Agriculture Hall of Fame, she farm 23 years ago, Vancouver was her couldn't believe it. first choice. But tonight, at a galla banquet in Calgary, she and three other distin­ "I knew about 150 people out there," quished Albertans will join a growing she said. "But you know, there are list of who's who in agriculture in the only two left. And some say that if I province. had moved out there, I would have Coupland, who claims to be "49 and been gone by now too." holding" has a list of local awards By staying in Lethbridge, she has from various organization that would managed to accumulate about 60 be the envy of most, including last years of service to farm and commu­ year's Volunteer of the Year award nity organizations. from the Lethbridge YWCA. After joining the UFA, she held 35 It was that award that prompted positions from local president and Joyce Templeton and Katharine Rus­ secretary to director of women in the sell to start the nomination wheels in region, provincial vice-president and motion that would put Coupland in the convenor. Agricultural Hall of Fame. She has been secretary-treasurer Templeton, the regional director of for four mutual telephone companies Women of Unifarm, and Russell, as well as secretary for the Wilson- immediate past director, have McNally Blue Cross and the Coaldale worked with Coupland for years in school fair. various farm organizations. In 1981, she was one of three charter "We simply believed that women members to receive a plaque for serv­ should be in the limelight as much as ice on the 25th anniversary of the for­ men in these kinds of things, and there mation of the Lethbridge Auxiliary was no doubt Molly had all the qualifi­ Hospital Association. cations," said Templeton. She has been president of the auxil­ But Coupland was still pinching her­ iary association, and has served also self for weeks after the letter, and as vice-president, buyer for the can­ only when officials at the Alberta teen, helper at special events. She still Agriculture Department asked for makes cookies and cakes for several pictures, did the pending patients. MOLLY PINS CYRU. WICHERS DURING FARMERS' BONSPIEL She is active in the St. Andrew's award hit home. Presbyterian Church. She was elected Her family roots start in Southern house and weekends helping mother ter delegates to go to the week-long an elder in 1979, and was first presi­ Alberta in 1910 when her father moved with the family washing, using a convention, a fact that stands out in dent of the church's local Women's to Bow Island with the Southern scrub board. her mind as one of the highlights of Federation. Alberta Land Co. "There were no conveniences in her organizational life. Besides farm, church and auxiliar, When a move to Medicine Hat was those days," said Coupland. "It took She also shook hands with the she has been a director of the Leth­ proposed in 1912, the family chose all day just to wash the clothes for Prince of Wales during a fleeting visit bridge Red Cross, a member of the instead to come to Lethbridge. such a big family." to Lethbridge and was elected to women's committee of the Lethbridge In 1915, the family settled on a farm The family moved to the McNally attend the Associated Country Women and District Exhibition Association, a in the Crystal Lake area north of the district and she became more active of the World convention in Oslo, Nor­ member of the McNally Home and Lethbridge Research Station. That in the community. way. School Association (desite the fact she district has since be renamed Sunny­ In 1921, because there were many But it has been the continued asso­ never married), and received in 1958, side, and the Sunnyside School sits on young people in the district, they ciation with farm people that has kept after 25 years service, the Queen's a part of the original Coupland farm. organized a junior chapter of the her looking and acting 25 years youn­ Proficiency Medal as a serving sister Coupland was the first of nine chil­ United Farmers of Alberta, the only ger than her age. in St. John's Ambulance Nursing dren, and the only girl. She says she farm organization to form the Alberta "I've gained a lot of good friends Division. often told people there were eight government. from farm organizations," she said. "We think Molly is an excellent boys in the family and they all had a "We sure made a lot of signs in "We've always had something in example of a person, who through vol­ sister. those days," she said. "It was hard common." unteer work, has had a rich and fulfill­ Her early life consisted of school work helping get that government In fact, she knows so many people ing life and has been an example to and hard work. Summers were spent elected." her mother used to dislike shopping ethers in love and service," said Tem- helping in the threshing crew cook She was one of the first junior chap­ with her because it would mean many jileton. _ Fonyo's run for cancer Canada total: $5,294,881 (Donations to May 28) Journey for Lives cost about $450,000 Oa. VICTORIA (CP) - Steve more and more popular," Roberts his needs in a little more effective Fonyo's Journey for Lives cost said. "We're hoping that the other way/' about $450,000, which comes out of parts of the country who never However, he noted, there would almost $9 million raised by the had the chance to acknowledge still be problems. cross-country run, the Canadian Steve with the warmth tnat he got "When a young fellow like this Cancer Society said Wednesday. in the western provinces may still gets on the road at 4:30 in the :>"*_> The society also made peace want to do that." morning, we can't order volun­ with the Fonyo family at the end Roberts denied rumors that the teers out there," he said. of the one-legged runner's 7,924- society would sever its relation­ "And sometimes, in certain kilometre trek, which was ship with Fonyo now that the run parts of the country, it was diffi­ marked by occasional feuds dur­ is over. cult because of the weather or ing Fonyo's 14 months on the where he was on this trip. And I'm road. "We had a really fine meeting not so sure that we had sur­ with Steve Sr. this morning and it rounded him with the quality and Terry Roberts, the society's was all based on the fact that they the number of volunteers that national chairman for special are really valuable volunteers for would have made the trip a lot events, told a news conference the Canadian Cancer Society," more comfortable for him," that the $450,000 in expenses — Roberts said. Roberts said. just over $1,000 a day — amounts The society will not object if to five per cent of the total private "When they are ready to be Fonyo capitalizes on his fame donations and government contri­ involved again, we'd certainly with commercial endorsements. butions raised so far. welcome that opportunity to have "When the run is over, what­ Qa. The expenses were for hired them with us. I think our relation­ ever Steve Fonyo and the family staff, travel costs, secretarial ship is excellent." do in terms of memorabilia is help "and whatever it took to keep Roberts said the society was not entirely up to them," Roberts the run moving," said Roberts. entirely satisfied with its handling said. Most of the work was done by of the Journey for Lives. Its sup­ "I think Steve Fonyo is defini­ volunteers across the country. port initially was lukewarm, and tely a new Canadian hero, and he The society expects donations to Roberts suggested that if society is marketable." Oa grow. officials knew then what they Fonyo said he had not yet signed "This guy just keeps getting know now, "We'd probably meet any contracts. a* Cy Q4 a. 3s ^A £_ ^ MPs give Fonyo standing ovation OTTAWA (CP) — Leaders of all three political parties praised Steven Fonyo Wednesday for the inspiration and hope the one-legged runner has given to all Canadians in his cross-country mara­ thon to raise money for cancer research. And MPs gave the 19-year-old cancer victim a standing ovation after New Democrat Leader Ed Broadbent said that "with stubborn perseverance, he became our coast-to-coast hero." In an unusual move, the business of the House was set aside to allow the leaders a few words on Fonyo's triumphant completion Wednesday of his 7,923-kilometre run from Newfoundland to Vic­ toria. "Steve Fonyo's personal triumph is a matter of national pride," Prime Minister Brian Mulroney said. He said Fonyo was driven to complete his historic Journey for Lives by a "genuine desire to help others who have cancer or might get it." And he said there is a lesson for Canadians to learn from the "generous heart and great spirit" the young man showed in the face of adversity he often encountered during the run which began March 31, 1984.
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