The Lucknow Sentinel, 1972-02-23, Page 18HISTORY OF WOMEN'S INSTI-
TUTE
• 75th ANNIVERSARY
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'son, MrS. A. I.' Wilson,' wire' i
also a, past secretary; Mrs. George
Whitby., Mrs. Y. L. MA-CM an,
Mrs. Charles, Steward and Mrs. P.
S. Stewart; past secretary, Mrs.
Albert Gamrnie and present, sec-
retary, Mrs. John Campbell.
Mrs. W. P. MacDonald
proposed a toast to the Past:Pres-
idents, and Mrs. ,r. I,. MacMil-
lan very fittingly replied. • .A todsr,to-the WoMen's Institute
on the occasion' of the 75th anni-
versary of the founding of the
Women's Institute., Was proposed
by Miss Helen Thompson, who
spoke 'on the many works. and
projects that Inftitute members
have un ertaken. Miss -Thorn117
son's mother, thellate Mrs. R.
Thornpson, was a charter
member of the tucknow Women's
Institute. Mrs. Alex MacNay
replied to Miss Thompson's toast.
After the singing of "9 Canada";
Mrs. Jack Campbell gave a short
talk on the founding of the Worn-
en's Institute.
Local Church Hold
Family $kgting...
Lucknow Christian Re,:br:.ned'
Church held a 'family 111;:.ht
ing party at the Luckno\, arena
on Friday, evening.
A large.. atte-ndance c.:. 311 a;es
enjoyed skating 'folio
a masquerade
the married men az3r.1,:t the',
single men'. The •
showed their superior ,.co\,,led ,.$2e
ofhoile wtloesps e usVeIrroi oc ;1.,... ing t _
men.4 - 1.
Coffee., hot choLcI.c.: ,311d
donuts were 8C.C.Vt.'d
people, Laritim..' .'snared
the. donuts:. .
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THE LUCKNOW SENTINEL, LUCKNOW, ONTARIO
gathering o Mrs. Farquharson
and presented her with a copy,
of the .ne* Ontario Women's In-
stitute _story. Appreciation was
also expressed to the committee
who had done ser much to ar-
range the birthday celebration;
for the continued assistance we
receive from Miss McKercher
a n d the Extension Service,
through the Department of Agri-
culture and Food. Mrs. Trivers
also pledged our support to all
projects at National and Inter-
national levels.
A beautiful story was present-
ed by Mrs. Kenneth. Chapin and
Mrs. 'Chester Jackson, Brant
Comity in music and song of the
Women's Institute history: The
several lovely and most original
hats represented Adelaide. Hood-
less, the f ounder of W.I.,
countries across the sea, etc.
up to February 12th, 1972 and
the :75th Birthday celebration.
It was a most delightful present-
ation and the round of applause
showed the appreciation .of the
attentive audience.
This brought the birthday
party to a close, and will be, ad-
,ded to the many happy mem-
ories of other momentous oc-
casions of ,the past.
EIGHTEEN
Over sixteen hundred enthu.s-
lastic Women's: Institute mem-
bers, guests and friends from all
parts of Ontario gathered at the
' Royal. York, Toronto, on Febru-
ary 12th, 1972 to celebrate the
75th AnniVersary of the found-
ing at Stoney Creek, Wentworth
County on February 19th, 1897.
Mrs. H. L. Noblitt, Ottawa,
president of Ontario Wopjen's
Institute was chairman and ex-
tended a warm welcome to all
present, A toast was prOposed to
her . Majesty the Queen, and the
Wonien's Institute grace was
sung. They were delighted to
have as their guests at the head
table presidents at all levels.
Mrs. Olive Farquharson, United
Kingdom, president of- the As-
sociated Countrywomen of the
World; Canada's deputy pres-
ident,, Mrs. I. M. Spry; Mrs. J.
Phillip Matheson, Prince Ed-
ward Island, Area vice presi-
dent; the president of Federated
Women's Institute of -Canada,'
Mrs. E. V. Fulton, Manitoba.
They -assisted -AffrS'. Noblitt to
cut the birthday cake, which
was a beautiful replica Of the
Erland Lee Homestead.
Special greetings were ex-
tended from her Majesty the
Queen; Prime .Minister, Pierre
Elliott Trudeau; Prime Minister
of Ontario, William. G. Davis;
Hon. 'Wm. A. Stewart in ex-
pressing greetings from the De-
partment of Agriculture and
Food, said the weather had
favoured the gathered, "How
could it dare to do otherwise."
The responsibility of elevating
the nutrition & health standards-
of homes across-Ontario, the far
reaching impact of the training
of 4-H Homemaking club girls,
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',In 1857 Adelaide Hunter was .
born at St.. George, not far from
Hamilton:, Ontario. She 'attend
ed school there and when 24,
)ears.6-ld .Married John Hoodless.,
a manufacturer and seller- offurn-
iture... During her .married life,
she lived in a large Comfortable
horne-in v. n
"EaStViOdir.-:7
Soon after her Marria.ge she be-
came interested. in the Hamilt6n .
Y. W. C.. A • arid started claSses-
fOr teaching Household Science
to girls.. She was also active in
•helping to found the .National
Council for Women, the ViPtor-
ian Order%of'Nurses,"and'a.elass,
of -Ho:te.Economics in' the UniV -
ersity of T Pronto.' She even • .
Deisuaded Sit Wm. Ma;dDonald,
'tobacco merchant
it :','_ent:real,, to contribute money
: ":12cDchald Hall" in. • .
Hocc....ess.lost an. eizhteen-
7,-,:n. t'eedlnz
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.',Erlarid Lee, an industrious farm-,
er near Stoney' Creek, heard Mrs.
--Hoodle-s•s -•speak.iti.
he was.so -impressed that he asked
her to speak. at the Ladies' -Night
of the Farmers' Institute: • In her
address that night at Stoney Creek
she suggested the idea of a Woni-:-
en'Organization'to. study better
'mediods.of homemaking - Mr, " , _
'Lee was interested ,..so a meeting
was called for i-:,ebriiaryi 19, 1897
.wheri 101..Women attend.ed..'andthe
first Worneffs'4istitute was organ-'
ized that' night. Hence the meet,-
ing -fast- Saturday to celebrate the
75th'anniversary of its,faunding..
Mrs..Hoodless died at theage of
'53 while making a .speech..in .Toi-
onto., •
As. Mrs. HOodless travelled
.Widely in' Canada 'and even Made
a trip:by bbat , to Europe, the
W.I. -has ,branchesdnevery proy -
ince.as well as Northwest Terri
tories and , in 'rnany countries in
every continent 'of the .world. -
Last year the W. I., of Canada
'made the last .Payment of.$5,0',000
-for 'the A.delaide, Hoodless' Home-
'stead and,this.year the reject :is
to 6W,ti the' Erland Lee homestead
for Ontario .
. • . .
The guest Speaker, Misf,. Ross. .•
5hiells, was intrOthiced by Mrs.
George .Whitby -.
Nit's; Shiells" stated that the . •
motto submitted' by Mrs. Stephens.
in 1902-has beerfuniversally
adopted., 'She said , "Do' not stray
too far from. the first phraSe .'For
•Home'. and'devote too Much'
time to the 'second. phrase 'and
Conntry'," . The..-first is the ,
foundation on whi6h the second is.
.built. • The question is asked
'",What's'ahorne -for and what is a
good home like?'
A home iS:physically.a place
to live, in; socially a place ip
which to have fun .and enjoyment
intelleetually and morally a •,
place in which to improve..
• All the 'things that money can
buy are good enough in them-.
selves hut they do not 'provide
young people with a persanality,
A,hich will enable them to keep.
their heads in time .of 'confusion
and :',_-.1xed
• The far,lily .unit has been des-
tribed as dernocrae.y.at work,
'with :::other; father; sisters and.,
brothers all contributing to the co.
ori.rati\ e endeaour of the •'•
eachFFe.rionality having
..ffeet or. othe:1.•
horse is our workshop,
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Tubular 62" wide
$3.79 yd.
Lucknow Phone S28-3214.
POLYESTER. STRETCH
DENIM.
Navy and Red —.62"
$5.95 yd.
POLYESTER KNITS
54 to 62" wide
Printed and Plain
$5.95 a yd..
SEPOY STORE
About $73 ...o„Gals
.the cost of a. new „.t.,,L ;':osct -
ot recently purchase,: thL.
church.
CRIMPOLENES
Pique Weave
Weed Weave
Yarn Dyed
Seersucker
Herringbone
Rib Knit
Jacquards
60" wide
$5.95 to $9.95 yd..
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54" wide
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here we stir ambitions ARC.
ideals forge the•..keys'th..:1 (Tc!,
he door-to oppy-rarnir\,..
Was, [ha
Mrs. Walter Alton for. 1,....:‘..,•0;;L:„
ful address..and Pre.s.entt.u. •
With a girt.,
Mrs. wfn. Scott,
•with' a -. Medley of liv lv. :on- -
the piano and' Mrs.
gave. two' enjoyable
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"The-Reason Why":
S. Stewart,
gate from theLucknow.:',,,e•;er,'s
Institute' to . the 7::.4.11..an .,:i%.e7sar,
of the fOtinding,of the
Institute at the Royal Hotel
in Toronto, gave -a the --
.day"s activities.. -
'Mrs...Hiram Collins t`.:ery. fa\ -
aured with some mouth 0-.:an
'selections' accOmpanied
Ross the-'riaile.
• The couriesy.ret.,arks
'given by Mrs; A. J. \N'•ho
than'kedall those who too; part
in the, prOgra ni and tho,c, w1:6
helped in any way. to axe tl:e
evening 7.:a success. The
w-eLre think'
icidus dinner which tire:
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The singing 'of the. I-nt'Jute,,,..G)d.e
and -Auld Lang Syne
very enjoyable evenir:,
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Anniversoryi:000 1600 Attend
the part. Women's. Institute
members have played in the
rural farm horiies, as to Farm
Safety and the, business aspects
of farining, will never be fully
realized. So from the people of
Ontario, we thank you and con-
gratulate, you on past achieve-
ments and wish, you continued
success,
Mrs. Austin. S. Zoeller, New
Hamburg, introduced' the guest
speaker Mrs`, Olive Farquhar-
son, 0.B.E., president of the'As-
soCiatecl COuntrywomen of the
World. Mrs. Farquharson ex-
tended greetings from all organ-
izations from around the world_
which help make up the Assoc-
iated Countrywomen of the
World. She likened the founding
of., the Women's Institute to the
light from a tiny candle which
has spread a glow of light,
friendship and practical help
right around the whole wide
world. We look forward eagerly
to the next 75 years, not forget-
ting to make good use of our in-
creasing TeisiFe- time. Do not
forget the basic truths of friend-
ship and being good neighbours.'
The Council of the World need
women who will help families
learn to help' themselves
through their own efforts. Are '
we_going_to_rest_on_our_latirels_
or are we going to look for fresh
fields to conquer,' so the candle
power will continue to spread
good fortune to all peoples in
many parts of the world. Mrs.
Farquharson presented a book
to the Ontario WOmen's Instit-'
ute entitled "To every man
-there- is-a season."
Mrs. 'Leonard 'Drivers, Thew
salon, a past president, expres-'
sed _the_appreciation—of the--
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