Myrtle MacWilliams 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     than $600. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Etta Harris married Avard Harris and moved to 
     
     Lincoln, Boston, in their early marriage. They 
     
     moved back to Knutsford and took over the family 
     
     farm. They had three children: Lawrence, Melita 
     
     and Orell. Along with the WI, she was very active 
     
     in the Baptist church and community. In retirement 
     
     they moved to O’Leary. Etta passed away in 2014 
     
     at the age of 96 years old. She was an active 
     
     member of the Knutsford Women’s Institute as 
     
     well as the Springfield West Institute when she 
     
    
   
   
    
     lived there. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Written by her daughter, Orell Smallman 
     
    
   
   
    
     Born Sept 13, 1918, her parents were Jim and Clara 
     
     Smith of West Point, P.E.I. 
     
    

    
     Myrtle married Haratio MacWilliams August 17, 
     
     1938. They lived in Springfield West and farmed 
     
     until moving to O’Leary and retiring in 1982. Myrtle 
     
     enjoyed farming with her husband and working 
     
     outside to help plant and harvest crops. She also 
     
     enjoyed quilting and knitting for family and friends. 
     
     And she also generously volunteered her time and 
     
     quilted quilts for the Knutsford Women’s Institute to 
     
     use for fundraising. One of her quilts fetched more 
     
    
   
   
    
     Myrtle had one son, James, who married Margie Rix, and three sons who passed 
     
     away at birth. She and her husband also had two daughters. Verna married Bill 
     
     MacKinnon and Claretta married Gerald Maclssac. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Written by daughter Claretta MacIssac 
     
    
   
   
    
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