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FWIO centennial celebration plans are well underway 53- Geraldine Campbell Erland Lee and his wife. Janet, were [t‘legCUIIS people. In February 1897, they Mn: up and down the roads. in cold. snowy \Mfdll'lll'. to ask the local women to come 4rd hear a dynamic speaker. Adelaide H. .idless. Millions of women throughout in world will be saluting their courage and 1} Night in establishing the Women‘s Inâ€" .t he during the centennial celebrations in t“ '7. two years ago. FWIO set up a steering c. v imittee to be the overall planners of the L -t of celebration. with subvcommittees l. up to handle specific projects. Among the many ideas already put into c is that FWIO adopt the environment .z . focus for the years leading up to I997. I August. the FWIO centennial logo unveiled. It will be used in publicity as \ l as on mementos of the centennial t hmtionl 'lans are underway to have a centennial r ige stamp which will allow all Canaâ€" t: w to participate in the historic celebra- l v -, special program will be developed for t: we of all WI branches on Wednesday. l 19. 1997. Imagine the impactof all the \‘t members saying the Ode and Mary \ tart Collect at the sometime. \ special rose. called Laura Rose. is 2 ‘lg to be produced. Laura Rose was I ,tonsihle for organizing the second \‘* men‘s Institute in the world at Whitby It 1899. The Laura Rose Branch (near 1 lph) are looking after this project. The rv ' will be available for sale before 1997. m that it will be in full bloom all over i inch! in 1997. \ pictorial, or coffee table book. will be ‘ vtlable in November 1996. This book . I show the history ofWomen's Institute H tughout the lot) years. Contributions V I be sought from members during the t «few years. \ limited edition. fine bone china co]- |' tor place will be made for sale in I997. A \pecial competian to design the plate : ll be open to Women's Institute memâ€" 7‘. It is hoped museums throu ghoul Ontario a-‘d Canada will arrange displays showing its»: work of WI throughout the years. The Tweedsmuir History Books “1" be il great source of information for this project. All this preliminary work costs ntnncx. As a way of raising mane). we lune the Blue Bag Project. Instead ut‘gctttng plastic bags every time you go shopping. tithe along a blue bug with the WI crust on It. The Centennial Committee uill rcccnc $2 for every bug sold, They need the IlltlllC\. but even more importantly. ~\ott “ill be helping the environment. These bags mll be i'l\ .ttlttlilc .tl prm tnrml llillLlltl|l\ \lltll ;i~ conferences and \u'ittsliups, .ttnl lht-tttplt htutt'd tlttct'ttirx ll you Urlll‘l' lwltitt- (nth htnird meeting. Vl‘llc‘t't‘ \\Ill be many mun: ,ttlntttt's being ililllt‘llllt’t‘tl its ILNT gels thINL‘I ll‘tlx t‘clclirnitun 1‘ tot all In \ll.l|L' (it‘t tilthtti't ilmjtltt‘ll I\ l' H It J I’trllt'n fir/.1 Hum um. ('1 FWIO The Women's Institute 1897 o 1997 ANNIVERSARY For Home and Country Logo designediby Stormont woman The design of Evelyn Tinktws was picked from 123 entries as throne to mlnrn all FWlO centennial ntcntnmhtlttt :tnd pill» licin information. Mrs. Tinkess. a rnCnihcr til Avonntnrc Wl for 55 years. said \llt: was surprised and proud to have her design chosen as the winner, Although she doesn't (tlll‘iltlt‘t herself a professional, she has taken an lll’l course and has been tickigning for her branch for many years. "I love trying lllcsc kinds of things." she added. The oval in the centre ofthc Input tcprc» sents the world since W1 is it world wide organization. explained Mrs. 'l'tnkcas. 'llic tiltlnin lll'llllll'h Illt' lurtlttlni tt'll'lll.l’l|ll|l 'l'llt‘ .llimt‘ Wish!“ I\ .t |!|.lt l. .itltl \\ll|ll‘ |t‘|it'ulliltllull lll Ulllllll, Ilti' \H lllllt' .ttltl tittltl l'stltlllt‘tl l{t‘ll.l (“unlinn'lmnt nl tln- (‘t-ntcnrnitl ltit'u (‘tltnttlltlt't' tt'lnittt'tl tn lllt' lWll) Iiti.tttl Ill l\ll]jll\l IlMt ltll'“ mutual I'lIlIlI‘\K'Clc |ll|l)_‘l'll ltt‘ lltnt't'll Rt'ttl, WI lllt'lllllt'l lllltl pttnltrn: tltlltpdlly tittnvt; ll.ll\t'). lit'ytlnti. (illl||lllt'\ lllfill‘lltllll .‘Il lll).lll\| l'ttllt'izt'; illltl [tlt'nt'k Kvttrtln lll Alunntttnn Stnrl '1I.. (I tlt'xlpnt‘t lllltl tn.tLt't n1 plaques M .7 7, , July, Aug "it'pl I‘l'lll Ilium-At ('unnm l