| .tltn/t- nut/H tat r'l/H/Uh lllI\ t/{n'n In tuttttumun _'1|y‘ftrllillfilV/\Uf[VJ/lli'tlit/HHH ttttx tilt/t/tilt/t-Irtw‘tu Ht'l‘utt, / H [U Prev t], m \lmtntrt't \lmtttt HIL'hH prt’wrth I H It Iv. Ilt'll at It“: It't-t-ttr» mm mm‘ it 1| 1| l'tt-unJrrH [Ht-n \lt lot/It H‘llll gills J/tt l fltmttt; lttutt/Ht'! IJ Htt' Imlrum til tin-p.134, tnu um um r/tm' um nu \flturruut‘ t' "“r .tt rtt’ «’Itt‘ . tt/ttwurttttt' II II & (' Ucluhcr, \mumhcr. December 1987 Katharine Garwood On Monday, July 6. Women tm all ever Ontario headed to the (wt Anniversary Convention of Wont; ' Institutes in North Bay. Building for Tomorrow “at , theme. It is difficult not to keep It ul- ing back at past achievements 0! Women’s Institute with great pt 1 However, the over 1,000 memt celebrating in North Bay \verc stantly encouraged over the four to look ahead to the great challx, facing the institute in the “Hill R. Alex Sim oquelph, soctu and rural specialist on the “nev. I community“, addressed the corn and brought to their attentiu, death of many rural comnttt across Canada. Local schom being closed and children It, further away; local ChUrChL reporting dwindling congregm _ local roads are being widentu .‘ straightened; local farm land i~ divided up at an aCCEiCl'alllt. frightening rate for multiple htt- Mr. Sim felt it not too strong . that “the rural community Is being swept down the river of ch He pointed out the importance ,, family and the community - 1 healthy existence. Without lilt feared a break down of the vet t of society. Mr. Sim appealed t .. many branches of the Women“ It tute to become the strong voice tt- :t resisting the erosion of their iilLil t‘ communities A very special guest, delighll, women, was Libbylu Alli-w Jamaica. Libbylu had rect-t scholarship from the Ft‘til Women's Institutes of 0mm complete an education in tin childhood training. The F“ |l m“- pays her salary in Jamaica M W together with the Jamaican Fulw t w†of Women toward the imprm "'L‘ll' of rural pre-schools in .l.mt nut. Libbylu gave a very Ei’C‘L‘lV'†report on the poor rural cotttlttmlh the unsanitary facilities, and tltf M‘- of teaching ais. The reported lilt' :' ca :.