A photo portrait of the first woman to hold a major administrative position with the County of Wellington was officially donated to the County at a council meeting Thursday.
Vera Myers was employed by the county from 1948 until 1982 when she retired. She also has the distinction of being the first and only person to hold three positions at the same time.
Myers started as the assistant to clerk John Beattie in 1948 and became deputy clerk treasurer in 1952. Beattie passed away in 1963 and Myers stepped into the role of clerk treasurer.
She decided she didn’t have enough to do and in 1979 she added administrator to her title becoming the county’s clerk treasurer administrator. She did all this while being a wife and a mother to two children, Jason and Lisa.
Over her career she guided several major projects including the David Street Bridge, the Wellington Terrace and the renovation of the county courthouse and administration centre.
She was presented with a photo portrait at her retirement in 1982 which has now been donated by her children to the county where it will hang in a place of honour at the County of Wellington Administration Centre.
