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, ‘ 1‘,\§V¢>I‘rt;en's institutes - " ' "Hove Contributed Much to Camry Worked for Betterment of Communi. ‘ ties for Thirty Yearsâ€"Hospitalâ€" War Work (By Mrs, W. R. Munro, District Sec.-Treas.) -The Department of Agriculture under its Institutes Branch, aided by Farmers’ Institute speakers, the District Representative of the . county, and local women, with Miss ‘ Susie Campbell of Toronto, organizâ€" ed. the first Institute in our county thirty years ago, just ten years after Institutes were started by Mrs. Headless and Mrs. Laura Rose- Stephen at Stoney Creek. The first one was organized at Wellington on January 20, 1908, having been worked up for in 1907. The president was Mrs. Rockwell, and Seeâ€"Treasurer. Mrs. C. E. BOW- erman. . ' ' in M In that same Institute year 1907- 1908, Cherry Valley. Milford‘, Picâ€" ton and! West Lake were organized. Mrs, W._ R, Browne and Mrs. W. R. Munro assisting. Bloomfield, Gilbert’s Mills, Red- nersville, Mountain View in 1908. 1909, and later Big Island, Demor- estville,‘ Consecon, Greenbush, Hil- lier, etc, The first District Annual was held in 19084909, and! the first District President was Mrs, H. Y. Cooper, Bloomfield; and the first Vice-Presi- dent, lVLrs, W. P. Niles, Wellington. Since then we have had: Mrs. Char- lotte TalcottCox, Mrs, W. R. Browne, Mrs. Sanger Harris, Miss Filona Barker, Mrs. Stanton Fox, Mrs, James Fargey,I Mrs. S. P. Dodlds, Mrs. W. W. Ward, Mrs. Chas. Fraleigh, etc. All these leading four or five hundred women in doing their bit for comzmunity upliftfinon- sectarian and nonepartisan we.live our motto for “Home and; Country." When the Great War come, we women organized in every corner of the county, worked ior our men and the late Mrs. Herb. Moxon, 1,.‘5. Blanche Smith. Mrs. S. J 21‘ kept the Red Cross roox s, aided by young and old. 0m 1.9. fillies and field} kitChen were sent Midas. / / Then, after the armistice; when 'the need of a hospital was felt, .again our W. I. worked and four of our charter membersâ€"Miss Filona Barker, Mrs. Blanche Smith, Mrs. G . R. Browne and Mrs. W. R. Munro ‘fi’axe still busy, and: our county women all about aid very substan- tially. Our Children’s Welfare Work, our Home for the Aged, our Libraries. Cemeteries, School Fairs, all get our dwlf besid€$ local needs are aided. We are working now for some Effie of health care for each and The Rest Room in Picton, properâ€" ty of the town, has been aided. but is now looked. after by the To‘wn Council as the,supervjsion was too much for the rural women. We coâ€"operated with the Teachers’ Institute in the promoting of music teaching, and our “cup" is annually comgeted for ih unison rural sing- mg. . We aid the Girls’ Work as pro- vided by the Institute's Branch, Tor- onto, and the high girl each year holds the Louella Wilson-Martin Trophy, kindly donated by Mrs. Iva Martin, Picton, for the county girls. Always the rightâ€"hand helper of our. Agricultural Representatives, Mr. MacVannel and Mr. Webster, We aid the School Fair Work.. Last week we held: our twenty- ninth annual‘convention and our two local papers tell you about us in 1937â€"Picton‘s Centennial Year. My Nport would not be finished with out a word of appreciation for our Times and Gazette, who, through these thirty years have kept Us before the public-«printing news free as sent in bYuO'Lu‘ branch secre- taries, thus aiding us in our striving for the Betterment of Our County. :â€"Mrs, W. R. Munro; ‘ . . District Sec.-_Treasuim-, e.