Home & Country Newsletters (Stoney Creek, ON), Winter 1964, p. 30

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and erected a beautiful iron fence which IS ' nti ue. I noi‘h q1119“; atheqSouth Augusta Women's Insti- tute took over the maintenance of the fence. The fence has not been painted for a good many years and had become quite rusty. This year the Women‘s Institute took. on the project of supplying paint and painting the fence. There was a lot of work to be done. Although the cemetery is in a well kept condi- tion. some sod had grown along the bottom of the fence and had to be cut away: rust had to be scraped off in places. ' With plastic gloves on we. the Institute members. tackled the task of painting it. We have spent many hours on the job and although not quite completed it has been well worth our time. We are indeed proud when we see the gleaming black fence as we drive by. Institute in a Centennial Celebration RANGEVILLE celebrated its Centenâ€" O nial in August and we thought other Institutes might be interested in the part of the Orangeville Women's Institute in this event.“ writes the president. Mrs. Reta McDermott. Following is Mrs. McDermott's report except that, in keeping with our policy, local names. unknown to most of our readers, are omitted. The Institute had a tea-room where elderly women and mothers with small children were served tea and cookies free of charge and invited to rest. Members also took charge of the Registration Booth where visitors to the t0wn during the Centennial recorded their names and addresses. Two local merchants donated their windows to the Institute for the purpose of displaying articles of one hundred years ago. These were many and varied and very beautiful. The Branch entered a float in the mam- moth parade and while we did not merit a prize, it was a creditable entry and brought to sac the attention of the public the fact “till [he Orangeville Women's Institute was lhi, nine“ Service Club in town, having been mu; in 1905. We had an old-time spinniiw on the float and displayed a blanket ht tile of yarn spun. dyed and woven in the ye. mm which has been in seasonal Lise cw One member on the float was chum.- with. a very old cradle churn. These were i two of the many articles depicting the win l the homemaker of one hundred years a The theme of the display was “The Quilt- Bee" and four of the ladies were in the act loin“ a quilt, complete with frames, whit Jam. pleted crazy-work quilt graced the Ir“ me float. The float was decorated in thi: Mule colours. Village Histories By Rail OR SIX YEARS the Women‘s t tut F of York County have had a in w... gram with the local radio 'wt at Richmond Hill. The series of broadc. .tm September to January delivered Ul- :..r evenings from 6.57 to 7 o‘clock. or ith the histories of villages in York Con The secretary of the Radio Committee. ?\' whn Hermansen writes: “We have taken five villages ti- sch Women‘s Institute District for this v. And if this proves to be a popular themt \ill continue next spring with more Villa: Jtir project at the moment is to save the r of the three minute talks. have them ru. on a duplicating machine and made into ,i ’.lL‘t which will be offered for sale at a ver -In- able price to Institute members and he else interested. This will be undei'is. by the Radio Committee and all expense he met by their funds." The following list of topics for ih. til- casts will give some idea of how int tntl they will be to a wide audienceii- "ill Institute members: Orangeville Inslil float in the towns ‘ lenniul parade feeln' a quilting bee. The Cll ers are shovm here ‘- some of the home i nishings of the PeriDd RY HOME AND cow”

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