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Lucknow Sentinel, Wednesday, November 18, 2008 - Page 5 •
Dungannon WI celebrated its 95th anniversary on Nov. 10
BY DEBBIE
BAUER
Special to the
Sentinel
Dungannon
Women's Institute
held their 95th
anniversary on Nov.
10. The Dungannon
Senior's hall was
beautifully set up
with china tea cups,
lovely WI book-
marks for . everyone
to take home and
place mats giving a
brief history of the
Women's Institute.
With 60 in atten-
dance, current
branch president
Donna Young began
the afternoon wel-
coming everyone
and as usual in all
W.I. functions, the
repeating : of the
Mary Stewart
Collect.
Life Members
were asked to stand
avid be recognized
and the branch
Members were intro-
duced.
A short - video
presentation on the
Institute founder,
Adelaide Hoodless,
was presented. It
gavea good look at
what the founder
achieved before her
untimely .death; as
family homestead
which is now a
National Museum,
and continues to be a
great source of pride
for all members, as
well it should be, as
itis, to the best of
my knowledge, still
completely funded
by WI members.
Those bringing
greetings were: from,
Huron West district
president Nancy
Jardin, London Area
president Debbie
Bauer, Federated
Women's Institute
of Ontario (FWIO)
Board Member
Marlene : Archer,
FWIO Preside nt.Joy
Trimble FWIO
President -Elect
Carol Innes.
Joy Trimble pre-
sented president
Donna Youngwith.a
certificate from
FWIO to commem
orate the milestone.
Representing
ACW was Council
member Connie
Black who : handed
out pins to all the
current members.
TheTweedsmuir
Curator of 40 years,
Marian Zinn, then
gave a brief history
of the branch and
some: of the difficul-
ties: faced by the
women in 1914
which included
hitching up the bug-
gies, and a lot of
added time in prepa-
ration for meetings
just in getting
dressed with all the
added finery of - the
day. A made -in -
Huron pen and pen-
cil set was then pre-
sented to Marian for
her years of dedica-
tion toward the. col-
, lection of communi-
ty and branch histo-
ry. It is hoped that
she 'continues to
record local and per-
sonal history in her
own flavourful way.
A : memorial was
then given. The
small :table set ' for
tribute included a
corsage and Institute
pin for all those
members who have
passed but were
present in spirit. A
candle was lit by
branch president
Donna Young and a
reading was . given
by the longest active
member, Marian
Zinn. Marion joined
in 1953 and Donna
shortly after.
The „ memorial
read:
She has achieved
success who hay
lived well, laughed
often and loved
much.
Who has gained
the respect of intelli-
gent persons and the
love of little chil-
dren.
Who has filled her
niche and accom-
plished her task.
Who has left the
earth better than she
e
found it.
• Who never lucked
appreciation of
earth's beauties - or
failed to express it.
Who has always
looked for the best in
others and gave the
best that she had.
Whose life was an
inspiration.
Whose memory is
a benediction. •
A video depicting
90 years . of the
Federated Women's
Institute of Canada
• (FWIC) was shown.
• The presentation,
which . had been
given as a power
point with. scripted
narration at the
FWIC convention in
PEI this past June,
was converted to .a
simple -to -use DVD
including voice-
over, making fora a
fresh edited version.
The many hours
taken to achieve this
updated 'look would
not have been possi-
ble had it not been
for the generous
heart, dedication to
perfection and com-
puter -savvy of
nephew Patrick
*Ryan (married . to
niece Katie
Brindley). He. will
never know how
much his efforts
were appreciated by
our branch members.
and enjoyed by all
those in attendance.
Well done Patrick
well done:
Local historian,
Dave Yates, gave a
talk on Huron
Women and the
Great War which
gave everyone a bit
more insight into
what our early mem-
bers were coping
with during those
.early years. We all
heard lots of com-
ments regarding
how much we
learned. Thank you
Dave.
We were fortunate
indeed to have our
provincial president
as;. well as our
regional board
director attend our
cele.
Then it was my
turn. I was asked to
speak to "Going
Forward In an
effort to bring to
light some - of the
lesser known yet
vital efforts of the
WI. I highlighted
several of the resolu-
tions carried at : the
convention in PEI,
includiniv
the need
for food labels t
include the country
ofn. to
Y
have tiose deemed.
inadmissible to, our
country, to be
deported unmedi-
ately. Beyond the
lobbying of our gov-
ernments to have
more effective laws
in place, I spoke of
the Into The North
by FWIO
to take books to fly -
Photo by Garit Reid
Here are the current members
of the Dungannon. WI who
recently celebrated the insti-
tute's 95th anniversary. Back
row, (L to R): Joan Dougherty,
secretary treasurer' Jo -Anne
Upthegrove, jean Taylor, and
jean Errington (life member).
Middle row: London area -presi-
dent Debbie Bauer, Eppie
Lawrence, Myrtle Kerr (life
member), curator Marian Zinn
(life member), branch presi-
dent Donna Young (life mem-
ber) and Jeanette Wye. Front
row Beth Rutledge (life mem-
ber), Roberta Lindskill - former
member, and Dora Alton - for-
mer member. Unable to attend
were Marilyn Lickers and
Elmira Finnigan (life member).
in communities in
Ontario's far north.
Also of interest in
my address iso the
Rule Ontario
Sharing Education
(ROSE) program
which has brought
information to the
general public on
everything from
breast health to wind
turbines this
past couple of years.
Also included in
my speech was an
encouragement to
think in more global
terns. I believe, if it
"is at
her ..door - it's
at our door".
Meaning we can no
longer turn a
blind
eye to the appalling
conditions of, our
sisters around : the
world. I then
announced my :per-
sonal intention to
begin a support
group for Associated
Country Women of
the World for
Southwestern
Ontario. Anyone
interested in helping
the poorest of the
poor . in over 70
countries world-
wide, please call for
more information on
this initiative.
Dave Yates and
myself concluded
the program with the
reading of an . old
Institute Poem °: and
Response taken
from the
Dungannon
Tweedsmuir
book. Great fim
The afternoon
ended with: delicious:
cake, beautifully
d and sup-
plied by Linda
MacDonald, of
Goderich. Many
thanks for all her tal-
ent and effort on
behalf of the
Institute.
Everyone enjoyed
time browsing the
displays which
included the . famed
'Needs but also the
original minute
book from the first
meetings and the
minute books from
the Dungannon
Junior Institute. Also
on display was the
scrapbooks collect-
ed over the past sev-
eral decades and the
quilt' block collec-
tion compiled in.
1958.
It was a great
afternoon and it win
be my pleasure to
include the photos
and . writeupin the
:..
ongoing history col-
lection of the
Dungannon Branch
Tweedsmuir.
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