William Hough (1925 – 1959)
Reverend Stanley Watson died in a boat accident on Pine Lake with his father James Watson (58) and Bill Hough (34) superintendent of the Haines Junction experimental farm at Mile 1019. They drowned when their 12' fishing boat capsized. It was June, but the water was too cold for them to swim and the boat did not float. Mr. Watson was a Whitehorse Mason. Bill Hough was educated in Chesterfield, Ontario. After high school he joined the army and then entered the Ontario Agricultural College where he graduated with a B.Sc. in animal husbandry. He worked one year for the department of agriculture and then returned to school to graduate with a M.Sc. in animal physiology from Cornell University. He spent two years with the civil service in Ottawa and came to the Yukon in June 1956 to become the superintendent of the Alaska Highway Mile 1019 experimental farm. During his term of employment, he was involved in the Haines Junction community and served as a magistrate and a coroner for two years. He was a member of the Professional Agricultural Institute of Canada, the Masons, President of the Community Club in 1957, and a director of the organization in 1958. Keen-minded, dedicated and enthusiastic, Hough was on the threshold of a promising career.1)