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in attendance at the dedication ceremonies, but clergy, municipal authorities and his- torical researchers were also 'present. The initial proceedings for the prOJect were inâ€" stituted by the Archaeological and Historic Sites Board of Ontario. The Board, composed of nine private citizens, chose the Site and made all preparations for the erection of the plaque. The Camden East Institute co-oper- ated by arranging the program. Mrs. Allan Carroll, president, and Mrs, Ted Allurp wh has just retired as secretaryâ€"treasure;aft thirty one years of service, u11\:ej|‘.rl Ht: plaque. Mrs, J. R. Penney of Kingston L . I. 7. vinc1al board member, spoke briefly sum), the afternoon. The Rev. Canon A, umwé‘ " b Wakelin, rector of St. Luke's Cliurih “a. chairman. Mrs. Carroll entertained at he {0; about one hundred persons fOliUWng . the ceremonies. Fiftieth A nniversaries North Hastings District added a recogniâ€" t10n of its fiftieth anniversary to its regular district annual meeting programme. This was also the fiftieth anniversary year of Eldoradfl and Bannockburn branch. Tw0 district char- ter members, Miss Raney and Mrs. Hugh Empey were present and Mrs. Empey cut the branch birthday cake. Mrs. E. Moore read a history of the district compiled from branch secretaries’ books. Mrs. Jas. Haggerty was guest speaker. At Dundalk’s fiftieth anniversary, Mrs. S. J. Simmons a charter member, ninety years old cut the birthday cake. Other charter memâ€" bers were Mrs, A. D, Harrison and Mrs. S. J. Simmons. Mrs. Emeron Ludlow gave the Inâ€" stitute’s history. Mrs. Alex. Hammond of Moorefield who was guest speaker at Rothsay’s fiftieth anniâ€" versary said that women today are being asked to get into more and more activities, but we must remember we can live only one life. “Our lives must be filled carefully like a suit case,” she said. “The one packed helter skelter will not necessarily hold the most.” Homby’s fiftieth anniversary programme included an entertaining history of the In- stitute's activities by Mrs. Percy Merry with some emphasis on the work done during the first war. This included providing enough pies to treat all the men of the Halton regiment as they marched through Hornby on their way to Niagara. Mrs. Milton Brown conducted a candle lighting and memorial service for deceased members with Mrs. Fred Wriggles- worth, Mrs. W. Coulton and little Joyce Wilâ€" son lighting candles for the past, the present and the future. The editor of Home and Country was guest speaker; vocal music was provided by Mrs. Harold Wilson and Miss Martha May. At the tea following the pro- gramme Mrs. Margaret Preston and Mrs. Robert PewtreSs cut the birthday cake, made by the president, Mrs. Russell King. Drew celebrated its fiftieth anniversary at a dinner with over one hundred members and guests present. Mrs. Arnold Darroch of Clifâ€" ford was guest speaker. An interesting feature of Islay Zion's fif- tieth anniversary programme was a talk by Mrs. Frank Webster about the horse and 30 buggy days when she and Mrs, L 1mm drove around the country organizin .ssiu tutes, including Islay Zion, fifty ye.“ My The first secretary, Miss Mabel Curri save an account of the Institute’s first in .m Cherry Valley made a special fem -. of old time costumes at its fiftieth annii- my, Mrs. W. C. Haggerty who sketched up 3.1. tute’s history pointed out that the firm mot. ings had been very informal with prog “.35 entirely along domestic lines and Elli mid on gaining new members. At Millbank's fiftieth anniversary h. millet, the birthday cake was cut by a charti ~111- ber, Miss Jennie Reid, now ninety-thin” wars old. Mrs. George Wilson of St. Mary's _‘ an illustrated talk on her trip to the A.‘ conference and another entertaining we was a skit of “An old time Instituti i-et- ing," written by one of the membei in. R. A. Jack. The most extensive press account my Institute’s anniversary came to the ("i in a press clipping service: a full ne‘n‘ lilel' page of the history of Ayton's good in liver the past fifty years and an account ‘ their anniversary banquet. Mrs. Gordon M Whalâ€" ter was guest speaker. Morpeth in arranging its fiftieth is :vcr- sary banquet had the happy idea 01 ,umg their M.P.P. Mr. John Spence to ri‘ !. on Ontario’s history. Mrs. Leonard whert brought greetings from the F.W.I.O. l ‘ sl'dv In a review of Hepworth’s fifty s. is at its anniversary banquet an unusual I“ 2 “'85 that the Institute arranged to have ~r NEW come to their community when thr were Without one. They also took the respU-i 151m." of caring for an aged Indian woman ' 1331" ade of fashions showed dresses from “HE hundred years old down to the later. chom- ise. Mrs. MacPhatter was guest speal- i ‘ North Bruce celebrated its fiftieli .mm- versary at its district annual meein.-. Re" calling past history of the district “1- lire-‘1' dent read a resolution asking that a [JV-13‘" be passed to abolish the running of I==iitllll0' biles on the road. At Harrietsville’s fiftieth annivcr. 111V 3 charter member, Mrs, Roy Ferguson l’r‘gfllied some of the early history and mentioned that HOME AND COUNTRY