====== Wightman, Robert Stanley ====== (1896-3 Feb. 1993), farmer. (R. Stanley Wightman, Stanley Wightman) Born in the 2nd Concession of Lancaster Township, GC, and was a farmer “all his working days” in the 2nd and 3rd Concession of Lancaster Township. He adopted Fairhaven as the name for his farm and as the descriptive prefix for his Holstein herd. His wife was Catherine Elsie Bennett (d. 1980). (four children) Stanley Wightman was one of GC’s progressive farmers, who on his own farm set an example of improving agriculture. Besides being the first president of the Glengarry Soil and Crop Improvement Association, he was active in the work of the Glengarry Holstein Club and other farm organizations. He is said to have been one of the first GC farmers to install tile drainage and to have a concrete silo. In 1992 he was inducted into the Glengarry Agricultural Wall of Fame. Place of death: Maxville Manor. Member and elder, United Church. ---- //Glengarry News// 17 March 1993 (QF) * biog. sketch (prepared for his induction into Wall of Fame), //GN// 2 Sept. 1992 * //Holstein// 11, 34-35. 59 * obituary of his son Clifford, //GN// 5 Jan. 2005 * Ross & Fraser //McNaughtons//, III, 1047 ff [<6>]