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THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28, 1993. PAGE 21.
Huron East members attend special service
Women's Institute members from
Huron East District attended an
A.C.W.W. church service at Gorrie
United Church on Sunday, April
25.
Rev. Jeff Hawkins worked the
A.C.W.W. into the service. Jean
Wilson explained A.C.W.W. to the
gathering. Rev. Hawkins in his
children's story time asked what the
world "Share" meant to the
children and connected that to the
A.C.W.W. theme.
The loose collection was donated
to the working of A.C.W.W.
projects.
The service closed with the
singing of Hymn of All Nations
"A Song of Peace" which Women's
Institute members use quite often.
WHAT IS A.C.W.W.?
To most Women's Institute
O bituaries
J. LEONARD WARD
Mr. Leonard Ward of Listowel
passed away at Listowel Memorial
Hospital on April 14, 1993. He was
in his 71st year.
Born in Grey Township on May
6, 1922, Mr. Ward was the beloved
son of the late Percy Ward and
Ruby Hird. Prior to moving to Lis-
towel, Mr. Ward resided at RR3,
Brussels. Having served with the
Canadian Armed Forces during
World War II, Mr. Ward was a
member of Major Andrew McK-
eever Branch 259 Royal Canadian
Legion. Mr. Ward was retired from
his job with Burns Security.
Predeceased by his wife Viola L.
Harvey in 1992, Mr. Ward's loss
will be mourned most deeply by his
children Dereck and Pat, RR1,
Gowanstown; Gregg and Bonnie,
Bluevale; Lane and Joan, Hanover,
Trent and Debra, Seaforth and
Brenda and Bill Smith, Fort
members the term A.C.W.W. is
familiar. However, for the benefit
of many who are not familiar, it
translates to Associated Country
Women of the World.
The world-wide organization had
its beginning in the late 1920s, as
an outreach of the International
Council of Women, and finally
developed its own constitution in
1933 in Stockholm, Sweden. Mrs.
Alfred Watt is the lady usually
credited with forming the
International Organization. She was
a dedicated Canadian, interested in
the rural way of life and became
the first president in the year 1933.
She passed away in 1948. She was
born in Collingwood, Ont.
With over 9.5 million members
worldwide, the A.C.W.W. truly
does speak for farm and rural
McMurray, Alta. He will be loving-'
ly remembered by his grandchil-
dren: Barry, Christopher, Michelle,
Kristine, Lorraine, Rod, Kim,
Michael, Adam, Grant, Patti Jo,
Trevor and Shaelyn. He was the
beloved brother of Mrs. Lucille
Wood of Wingham, Lawson and
Muriel Ward of Listowel, Murray
and Rene Ward of Kitchener and
Hilton and Jane Ward of Listowel.
Besides his wife, Mr. Ward was
predeceased by two sister, Mrs.
Phyllis McTaggart and Mrs. Faye
McMillan and one brother Ray.
On Thursday evening Major
Andrew McKeever Branch 259
held a memorial service at 9 p.m.
Rev. Vern Tozer officiated at the
services held at 2 on Friday, April
16. Carrying him to his final resting
place were his sons and grandsons,
Dereck, Gregg, Lane, Trent, Rod
and Michael Ward.
Memorial remembrances to the
Canadian Cancer Society or the
Heart and Stroke Foundation of
Ontario were appreciated by the
family as expressions of sympathy.
Interment is at Elma Centre
Cemetery.
women. They hold world
conferences every three years
where every society from 30
countries unite to seek and develop
controls over 1) trade, 2) combat
pollution of the world's seas and
water supplies and 3) pressure
governments to maintain high
standards of water quality, 4) to
ensure that women's decisive role
to grow vegetables was also placed
in South Africa and they co-funded
the UNESCO foundation which
aims to provide clean water for
drinking and base sanitation.
ACWW may not be well known
as organization, as it does not
spend money on promoting itself,
however, the projects it supports
have the powers to make lasting
changes in the quality of the lives
of women in Third World
countries.
The Women's Institutes are
in agricultural production and
women's need for support are fully
recognized. Concerns over topics
Following a series of information
meetings, the Habitat for Humanity
organization will be hosting its first
organizational meeting May 8 at
Wesley-Willis United Church in
Clinton at 9 a.m.
Meeting organizer, Allan Det-
tweiler said attendance at the infor-
mation meetings has varied from
two to 20 people. The recent Habi-
tat for Humanity information meet-
ing in Blyth attracted six people.
At this up-coming organizational
meeting, organizers will be looking
for persons interested in serving on
a temporary steering committee or
one of the sub-committees within
the habitat organization.
Persons are needed for such com-
mittees as fundraising, public rela-
tions, site selection, finance,
family selection, building, family
nurture and volunteers.
such as women and unpaid work,
women and energy, rights of
children, drug abuse, AIDS,
training of members re education,
re the overproduction of food in
Europe and lack of food in the
developing countries, the rural to
urban migration with its resultant
problems of rundown and closed
rural facilities and the damaging
effects on the fibre of our rural life
as well as many other current
topics.
An impressive list of projects
unfolded in recent years. Nutrition
and sanitation information were
provided in many areas with
designs for cheaply built but
effective water conservation tanks,
toilets, drains and ovens. Tools
were supplied, wells dug, chicken
rearing and bee-keeping schemes
introduced.
The association sends sewing
machines and runs courses on
dressmaking, tailoring and time
management.
Habitat for Humanity is a non-
profit organization dedicated to
eliminating poverty housing. Habi-
tat solicits donations of money,
labour and building materials and
uses these to build or renovate
homes for families in need.
These families are required to
help with construction of their own
home and are required to pay for
their home by way of an interest-
free mortgage of up to 20 years.
For more information, call Mr.
Dettweiler at 887-6098.
In Tonga, a course was offered
and 350 women turned up for a
seminar designed for 80.
In South East Asia, a project was
devised for intensive vegetable
gardens with deep bed systems.
The 450 square foot plot can
provide 2.5 - 3 kg or 5-6 pounds of
vegetables a day for 300 days a
year. The introduction of irrigation
constituent societies whose aims
arc in harmony with ACWW. We
appoint voting deleg,tes to council
and to the triennial conferences.
We, here in Ontario, are very
proud to have our FWIO Provincial
Past President Peggy Knapp of
Guelph, elected ACWW area
president for Canada in 1992.
Institutes across Canada will
continue to collect coins for
Friendship for ACWW.
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the proper planning of an estate is
an important concern.
Unfortunately, the one area of
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that of funeral arrangements - of
planning ahead to ease the burden
of your family. As an integral part
of estate planning you can pre-
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Should you have any questions
please call Bells Funeral Home
887-6336
Stephen Betts
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"When you need to depend
on someone"
-serving all faiths-
Habitat meeting, May 8
Don't let your child
go to sleep
.in the dark.
Read together tonight