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it was much easier for an Institute to raise money then than now even_though fifty years ago- the charge of admissmns to a garden party with the best of entertainment was only twenty-five cents. Mrs. Hugh Summers was guest speaker at Queenston St. David’s fiftieth anniversary, It was recalled that the first major project of tin,» Institute was to raise, as a memorial to Omenston’s and Canada’s heroine Laura Seâ€" wing], $3,000 for a memorial hall in the new wilon which was completed in 1914. .mwen Road celebrated its fiftieth anni- ‘\., Sam: at a banquet attended by over one kindred including members and their hus- bli Ids- :‘lavering featured a display of antiques at ,. lr fiftieth anniversary tea. Twelve past w-sidents attended. Mrs. MacPhatter was >gt speaker. , it Mountain View's fiftieth anniversary, 2 :s Lillian Anderson told how her late father ' learned that there was a Women’s or- g.nzation in the province and it was ar- r -;ed to have a lady from the Department tn Agriculture come to the Anderson home lul speak at a meeting in the Church. The itute was organized at this meeting. Walters Falls had eight former presidents l eight former secretaries at their fiftieth wersary tea. Mrs, Donald Carmichael, past :iclent, presided for the programme and . <. W. H. Clugston, a former area president. l . guest speaker. It is of interest that the rilutes in 1908 bought the hall which they l own, where the meeting was held. Every ll inch in the district contributed a number He programme. \t Laskay’s fiftieth anniversary a special lure of the entertainment was provided by floral group composed of members of the - litute and the girls” 4-H Homemaking Club. ’rtlier happy idea was having two sisters some of the old songs they sang at In- J lute meetings years ago; and another two i ers repeated some of the piano duets they l at played for the Institute when they were wile girls. An item of interest from a record - 1911 was that in a membership of 40 there h-l'e 21 unmarried girls enrolled. The com- - ntator remarked that it would be hard to tl'lILT BLOCK COMPETITION AWARDS rambling are the awards in the provincial \‘Wpetl’tion sponsored by the Federated -‘Jmehs ilnstitutes of Ontario and the Sal- L-“aâ€"ShirriffiHorsey Co. Ltd, in connection ’ Institute Quilt Block s H. {3" (D S 0 3 (D :3 [I] reject: First Prize: West End Women’s Institute. Second Prize: West Fort William Third Prize: Elder’s Mills. HonorabIe Mention: Shedden, Fordwich, p131?! TemDeranceville, South Tarentorus, U 1111. Brooke, Desboro, Zenda, Pittsburg. .All. 1953 ARE YOU GETTING YOUR HOME AND COUNTRY? We have been notified of two institutes that did not receive their full number of copies of the summer issue of Home and Country. This was due to on error in the mailing from the printing plant. When eoch parcel of Home and Country arrives will the secretory please check to see if the number of copies corresponds with the number on the label? And if there has been a mistake will the secretory please let us know AT ONCE.” that the mailing staff can trace the error and prevent it hop- pening again? The additional copies you need will be sent to you. Or if you have added new members since your membership was reported on your Form E, and it you don’t receive enough copies for everyone, let us know and we will supply them.â€" Editor. find that number of unmarried girls in any rural community today. At this meeting the president announced that the Laskay Field Day ASSociation, a local organization of men, had just disbanded and had turned over a gift of $500 to the Institute to use for their “building fund" or in any way they wish. The “building fund” possibly refers to improveâ€" ments in a hall already owned by the Instiâ€" tute. Central Dumfries held its fiftieth anniver- sary garden tea at the farm home where the Institute was organized, a home now in the hands of the fifth generation of the Ford family. A display of antiques included a colâ€" lection of old teaâ€"potsâ€"one of these had been at the organization meeting. soup tureens, shawls, candlesticks, family albums, and the Institute’s Book of Memories. This is a history of the branch and contains the pictures of all the presidents and secretaries All the branchâ€" es in South Waterloo district were invited to the event which was convened by Mrs, Ford Sudden, Mrs Wm. Brown and Mrs. W. H. Gillespie, the only living charter member. Editor's Note: Now that each year brings the fiftieth anniversaries of a steadily increas- ing number of Institutes. it seems that we have reached the time when we should pub- lish only the names of the branches. Notes of such general interest that they should be passed along can be reported in the “Here and There With the Institutes” section. 31