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TOWNSHIP OF ASHFIELD-COLBORNE-WAWANOSH
LONDON ROAD CORRIDOR IMPROVEMENTS
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100 years strong
The Belgrave Women’s Institute celebrated its 100th anniversary on June 7 with dozens of
women from all over Huron County in Belgrave to help mark the occasion. David Riach from
North Huron Council and Paul Gowing of Morris-Turnberry Council were also there to bring
greetings. Current Belgrave WI members are, from left: Mary Hunter, Gladys VanCamp, Pat
Hunking, Ada Taylor, Mary Hallahan, Wilma Higgins, Dorothy Coultes, Mary Wightman,
Doreen Marks, Nancy Jardin, Ruth Olson, Audrey Fenton, Dianna Robinson, Kay Roberts and
Jean Nethery. Absent was Isabelle Craig and Norma Moore. (Shawn Loughlin photo)
WI celebrates centennial
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the speed limit through Belgrave
reduced, having signs placed at the
north and south entrances of the
village.
The branch began keeping
Tweedsmuir history in 1950 and
variety concerts began in 1952
thanks to the Institute.
It was also in 1950 that annual
membership rates were raised. The
fee imposed was first 25 cents in
1928, which was then raised to 50
cents in 1950. It was eventually
raised to $1 in 1964 when Dorothy
Logan was president until it reached
$25, which is where it sits today. In
addition to local membership, today
a membership fee earns you
membership in the provincial and
federated institutes, as well as the
Associated Country Women of the
World.
The Institute was a part of the East
Wawanosh Centennial Parade in
1967, entering a float into the parade
and in 1969, the Forester’s Hall was
officially transferred to the Women’s
Institute.
Institute historian Wilma Higgins
says she first joined the WI in 1966
when “a group of ladies on the line
were all joining”. At the time, she
says, she was the youngest member
and she had a car, so it was her
responsibility to drive some of the
older members to the meetings.
Now that she has become one of the
older members, she jokes, saying
that she still drives herself to
meetings.
Wilma says that once the Belgrave
hall was transferred to the WI,
members had to keep busy working
in order to pay the bills while still
raising money for projects the
branch hoped to undertake. The
branch held onto the building until
just recently when it was sold. The
income from the sale was distributed
amongst the Belgrave Kinsmen and
the Belgrave Community Centre.
After the sale of the hall, the
WI began holding its meetings in
the basement of Belgrave
United Church.
She says that in many ways
current members are just building
upon the framework set up for them
by their ancestors.
“Right now we’re just continuing
to build on what our ancestors
started,” she said.
Wilma says that when she first
became a member of the WI, she
had several family members who
were more senior members of the
branch than she was.
To date the WI still caters to Blyth
Festival dinners and funeral
luncheons and donations are still
regularly made to the Blyth,
Brussels and Belgrave School Fair,
the Huron Agriculture and Water
Festival, 4-H Clubs, the Alzheimer
Society of Huron-Perth, the London
Children’s Hospital, Canada
Comforts, the Belgrave Community
Centre, the Belgrave Kinsmen and
the Belgrave United Church.
The Federated Women’s Institutes
of Ontario first began nearly 115
years ago when Adelaide Hunter
Hoodless was moved to action
following the loss of her infant son
after he drank raw milk. After that
incident, Hoodless felt that
increased training for young women
could only stand to improve the
quality of life throughout the
province, in addition to assisting in
the prevention of tragedies like the
one she was forced to endure.
In 1897, Hoodless worked with
Erland and Janet Lee to create
Ontario’s first Women’s Institute in
the Stoney Creek area.
The Lees first invited Hoodless to
speak at a Farmer’s Institute meeting
in Stoney Creek where she
suggested the formation of what
would later become the Women’s
Institute. The first meeting took
place a week later and Hoodless was
named honorary president.
From that year on, the concept
spread like wildfire. Branches
sprung up across the province, then
throughout Canada and then the
world.
To this day, many of Hoodless’s
original visions continue to live on.
The pasteurization of milk is still
one of the WI’s main issues and the
ROSE Program (Rural Ontario
Sharing Education) continues to live
on and education women in rural
settings.
Currently there are over 500 WI
branches throughout Ontario with
over 7,500 members.
Morris-Turnberry will begin a
phased-in plan to renovate Belgrave
Kinsmen Park this summer
Gary Pipe, director of public
works, outlined the plan for
councilors at their June 7 meeting
saying the capital cost of plans and
materials for this summer would be
$3,900. This year’s portion of the
project would include the area
around the Belgrave sign and the
circle garden in the middle of the
area. Pipe said he was pleasantly
surprised at the amount quoted for
for this year.
“It’s very important to look after
this park,” said Mayor Paul Gowing.
“It’s the centerpiece of Belgrave.”
Ethel euchre was hosted on
Monday, May 30 by Eleanor
Stevenson and Judy Hahn.
Winners were: share the wealth,
Adrian Verstoep and Norm Dobson;
high lady, Dorothy Dilworth; lone
hands, Helen Dobson, Viola Adams,
Edna McLellan; ladies’ low,
Shirley Verstoep; men’s high,
Keith Turnbull; lone hands,
Adrian Verstoep; low man, Neil
Turnbull.
M-T improves park
Euchre held in Ethel
M-T council
changes water
system financing
Morris-Turnberry councillors
learned at their June 7 meeting that
provincial legislation does not allow
for the interest-free deferral on
payments for properties choosing
not to hook-up to the Belgrave water
system when it began.
The properties concerned are
those who didn’t feel they needed to
take advantage of the new water
system because they had a
functioning private well or because
their lots were undeveloped. They
were allowed to wait 15 years before
they had to become part of the
system and start paying the original
$6,974.56 charge.
Nancy Michie, administrator
clerk-treasurer, told council the issue
was raised by the municipal auditor
who said if the municipality allowed
the deferral at current interest rates it
would be compelled to list the
deferred interest as a grant. “We
weren’t aware of the legislation,”
she said.
Affected are 57 of the 157
potential users of the system.
“They may choose to start now
and pay over 30 years, rather than
wait 15 years and start with a
different interest rate,” Michie said.
Those choosing to start paying
immediately and finance the original
charge of $6,974.56 over 30 years at
the current rate of 4.36 per cent, will
pay $5,690.18 over that period.
Those who choose to wait for 15
years to start being will have
accrued interest of $1,578.87 to pick
up once they start paying in 2026.
It’s this $1,578.87 per property
that, according to provincial
legislation, the municipality would
have been forced to register as a
grant to the property owners if the
bylaw had not been changed.
Councillors were against the
municipality picking up any more
costs for the project since it already
paid thousands in interest while the
system was being built.
“I kind of feel the rest of the
taxpayers in the municipality have
already paid enough,” said
Councillor Neil Warwick
Councillors approved a bylaw
with the new changes. Michie said a
letter will be sent out to all involved
explaining why the changes had to
be made.
By Keith Roulston
The Citizen
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