Ruttle, Elizabeth Wilson
Girl Guide Commissioner ~ 1888-?
“Elsie” was born Elizabeth Wilson in Ireland in 1888. She and her husband moved to Hanover in 1912. Ruttle organized Canada’s first Brownie pack in Hanover, Ontario in 1920. Since then the organization for girls has become world-wide. The original group had twenty Guides and fourteen Brownies. Ruttle travelled across Canada, the United States, England, Scotland, Ireland, and Switzerland, visiting national and international Guide Camps and Guide Conventions. She is remembered for having written the words and music to “Girl Guide Evensong”.
Additional information: Sharon Cake Ed. Eminent Women of Grey County, Grey County Historical Society, Richardson, Bond, Wright Ltd., Owen Sound, 1977.
“Elsie Ruttle, Part of Rich Heritage,” The Sun-Times, Owen Sound, May 9, 1995.
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