Wilfred Schneller

Wilfred Schneller, born in Waterloo Township, graduated from the Ontario Agricultural College. He started a dairy on his farm near Baden where he pioneered by installing electric fencing. The first Ontario Wheatland Day was held there. He worked thirty-two years as a food and vegetable inspector for Agriculture Canada.

With Sandy Forsythe, he conceived the idea for the Waterloo County Arboretum near New Hamburg in 1964. He initiated the formation of the Waterloo County Federation of Agriculture, the Banner Counties Ayrshire Club, the Waterloo County Soil and Crop Improvement Association, the Wilmot Township Plowmen’s Association and the Baden and District Chamber of Commerce.

He was president of the Ontario Soil and Crop Improvement Association, president of the Waterloo County Supplies Co-operative and was on the Ontario Conservation Council. He was chairman of the Baden School Board, Lieutenant-governor of the Kiwanis Club, president of the Kitchener Musical Society and past master of the Masonic Lodge.