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OXDRIFT EXEMPLIFY W.l. WORK Oxdril‘t W.l.. Kenora District tire just about the busiest Branch in Ontario. The Branch. District and Area Presidents are all members of Oxdril‘t. They boast three life member- ships within their 25 member organization. The ARC. Industries recently benefitted from a Quilt-A-Thon. Three qutlls were set up in the Com- munit) Hall when Quilt»Aâ€"Thon participants (36 in all) quilted on an hourly basis for money pledged by sponstirs. The respunse fur exceeded their expectations and at the end ol‘ the two-day event six quilts had been LILIJllL‘d. Homemade soup and sandwiehes were on sale throughout the Week-end and these sales were also in- cluded in the tinal presentation. ARI, Industries Cnmpan) Chairman, Bert Moâ€" lll'lCt retened a donation amounting to $2276.01, “,3 a patchwork approach but the members i. n EUJF‘WW'W ll" bulidm‘é lurid PTL‘J‘JU “’1” £1” 0"“ the stitches over a week-end Ouilt-a-Thon. tn PAdx‘isiirs were on hand to answer questions and demonstrate the art of quilting. Members of [he new 4~H t‘luh assisted the W.| in serving tea. As .‘I result of the rexpunse i‘rtini the members and public it is hoped a quilt L'Ul'tlpe'llllon might be the next project lam ‘ ._.v' IL): tuisfiiii Two hundred and thirty years of quilting exper: :~ shared by L-r Dora Stephenson. Lily Skene and it Hutchison. Oxdrii‘t W.l.. Kenora District. Members reprsesent all three levels of WI. in northwestern Ontario. L-r Anna May Krassilowsky. President, Oxdrilt Branch; Ena Skene. President, Northwestern Area; Ellen Tuckey, President, Kenora District. it's in The Bag A donation oi$2.276.01 was packed into a bank on '5" bag end presented by Alta Skeene, chairman tr“ W3 Oxdrrft Ouiit-aâ€"Thon, to Bert Molina, co-chairman “10 building committee. photos by Dryden Observer 22