William S. McVittie

William S. McVittie was born in Huron County. He was educated at Hespeler and Galt, and graduated from Victoria College, University of Toronto. He taught at Galt Collegiate Institute from 1930 to 1968 and was coach and manager of rugby, basketball and lacrosse teams. He also managed the Year Book and developed scholarship funds.

McVittie was Hespeler’s Mayor from 1950 to 1953. He was President, and later, Chairman of the Board of the South Waterloo Memorial Hospital Corporation. He was particularly successful in raising funds for St. Luke’s United Church and manse, the New Hope Cemetery Chapel and the Hespeler Arena, of which he was Chairman of the Building Committee.

McVittie also served actively The Canadian Cancer Society, the Victorian Order of Nurses, the Red Cross and the Canadian Bible Society. A Mason for more than fifty years, he organized the fundraising campaign and guided the construction of the Preston-Hespeler Masonic Temple. He was made a Justice of the Peace for Waterloo County in 1960.