George Hadlington came to Canada in 1909, first to the
Milk River area, then to Coaldale in 1917 or 1918, and then
to the White School District in 1920. Dad always said that
he came to Canada because in the "Black Country" where
he was born there were two choices - the mines or the steel mills.

Harriet came to Canada in 1919 on the first ship to carry civilians
after World War 1. She came to marry him. Mother and Dad
were married in Coaldale in 1919 and moved to the White
School District in 1920, farming there until 1944 when they
moved to Lethbridge.

Their farm was a mixed farm specializing for many years in the
production of potatoes, both for consumption and for certified
seed, winning several Alberta and Pacific Northwest
championships in the mid thirties. Among the first to break
into the growing of certified potatoes in the Province of Alberta,
the Hadlington brothers began with Irish Cobblers in 1923, but
later switched to the Russett Burbank, and it was with the
Burbank strain that they achieved their outstnding successes.
Their potatoes swept the boards at the Alberta Provincial shows
three years in succession, 1928, '29, & '30.

The family consisted of two sons. Both were educated at
White School including Grade XI. No grade XII was taught at
Wbite at that time.

George served as secretary of the White School Board for
many years along with Jack Tiffin and Kate Andrews (all
volunteers, all unpaid).

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