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w ' I titut h L1rCLisTMl,8,,1Fr" 'r.i,lr/1., " l , l , omen nsr e v ~ _ l "'al " - (_-r 'r'/l l / - [ l4 S U S ave [tllllliiiJ, II! ai'; ' . II. l ' ; I 'u' " , ,,I_ l ‘ la I L I prou historyin Mus o a . a“: ' I: ' ”will 1 . l I '3‘ , l l * T "' 'ell Around Muskoka Lakes owned by she and her husband. Thar c", .5 I -I I I -------. began a century ofWi activity all _ " is . "i . ! I B Jack Hutton across Muskoka. ' , " a " , I _ 19it I . _| . y .. a. I In Bala,WImcmbcrslike Temple- -- -.; * I I " . - _ J. Ll ‘d u, MI 7 , mr , Balis oldest ' ' . , . _ .I T, ig. ton were the moving force behind the I " ' a> . . . tia' . ‘ Irma in ' L='c, resident, Edna . "r I'. ' building of the Bala Community Cen- r I II , I if I ‘ ~ , I _ he}; te Templeton, ‘: l n I cre in the 1950s. With the help ofthe , , ;_ Td EiN " g A}: _ I p Iilll I .1?" II " r" , I, joined her sisters .._i IF, _ ' . local Lion's group and other otganlu~ I I; - I a” "" f ' i " I I i _ l ', _.__3 ‘El r__.- s a; C of the Women's _ il x" ‘ M lions, the W1 raised enough money to I: - ' v sr) ' 'arf' - . rlr.y,rzj' I 5 Institute to , (l, _ ' , _ _ build the community centre before I I I 'tth" ” _ I ,, egg Mgt ?r,t' - - attend a lunch l , _ l ‘u handing it over to the town for $1. C ' I I ‘ r r , " aarr-= _-u-pt "TEL; .195? kanouring the ('. ". (ir; l Three cheers for all the women of ', if I r" I C l P. - " .. 23:22" . l c- ---- wi IT ‘»,,“I $95521 proud history of 1 , l ‘v -% . the WI who have done so much! l It , l l (i r \II d - :'iiic:jiiciiFi, v’ I}: _ _',ri,'tir?i,iiCft,, 'FCiiiti, the organization The highlight of the past month in ' 'ee-- _ ‘ 'dt ptr C,i,eceii' ' . s. - uy _ so; ‘52.?“ l in Glen Orchard and Muskoka. west Muskoka has to be the Rrst pro" r , Tk , a"cf,.',rrfi.C J: 'ie" I 1 _ In: 'is-fir-er-"'-""' Templeton, who turns 96 in June, is duction hosted by the New Actors' r , F'-r'iqFsiii8 27 _ -_ r. -rt mm-" a big part of that history. In the Colony Theatre on April 9 atIthe Bala I I - $5725; _, I T ' . 1950s, she was president of the Community Centre. Two main aetors t 'r . I 75, $5. ' -7 I, I ' l Muskoka WI district, supervising 13 mesmerized an audience of 108 pea» - - __.. . I, T" l “W ; I'" 're e - l I", = _-l----- inf-7,, -FI I local branches, a string of4-H clubs ple, but for locals the real stat of the I r" MII, I, .1 I l and WI-run classes that taught fast-moving comedy, Shakespeare on I 'lr I I l I: I I \ sewing, millinery and other skills. Trial, was Baler resident Dan Goforth, . , I .: I5: I; l J On Monday, May 2, Templeton was summoned out of the audience with- ‘ . . "NT I; I“); II Itll I I II r' res" I by far the senior W1 members who out warning to play the part of u biafhf _ l I 'm-e “l ', ‘ - "ra-ttil I met at the historic Women's Institute Romeo in the final minutes “I , -t l I . , l. I, . I I . building in Glen Orchard. Times have The real test ofrhe theatre compnny BBR5% - _ - I .-. " r r» I _ _ I I 6 iiirillll 'll changed for the WI, once one of will come later this summer Iwhen live hi-W‘Av.-u.I - " r tt " ll P.- 1"” Canada) most infhtenrial rural organi- theatre will be offered/ive nights a l l _ , llll I 1illlll zations.Tlu: Glen Orchard WI week at the Community Centre, start- l l , ' Elia: I I Til branch, now down to six members, ing Wed..I]uly 13. Eight gifted young l I l I “a. at H I l may Soon be disbanding, leaving the actors begin nine-hour daily rehearsals I - I I I . _ I NTrmiermerc branch as the last left in June 28, for four plays plus other pro- I r I 'r I west Muskoka. A branch in Dwight duetiuns still. to be announced I l l Bi - “I A it; " , will be the nearest WI neighbour. The quusu0n."'yuns' will audi- h " {I . II I n ". , tMI I The history ofWomen's Institutes ences keep coming? at " ' I . " _ "d C, g] - A - goes back to a Hamilton woman, Toronto actor John Holden face a I lllllll, T I I II I v ir. l I bNItt _ __. I? I Adelaide Hoodless, whose son died in similar challenge when he founded I "l llillll5iMt I ' , F, I , ry , _ , EES. It I 1889 after drinking impure milk. Cmadas first professronzItl "IIT."), I " NIE- rips-:31“; i: . , _ n , “a, ef Determined to improve education For theatre company In Balam 193 .I e , _ I "w ' I l VR 'al". " II I .1. ' I I "51;“: 2;? I a . Pt1ng wives like herself, Headless Actors Colony Theatre companyII ast- l". I g I T l L--. Cf'% 1,5" -. J Ith d heiped launch rhe first Women’s Insti- edI nine seasons until its vamp/t; It . T I , . _ I I i I f 'm L, I A" I“: Pie- Rite at Stoney Creek in 1897. Victory Hall, burned 1n late] 3*. . I; " - * .. P ' "I . Ii -. girth" _ rr F' I In 1903, Hoodless invited asmall succeeded bccauso of ochrwblC ','/,1,'h, , I , 'ur-s-tM - r Pd ,1". I; c , I i t 3 group ofwomen near Port Carling to MuskokIa “PEG", and I'm F etting e , i . tfP,tel bt _ M , I iT r If)?» ff ' ' a the Lake Rasscau island cottage same rhing will happen again. _ Li w Ic"']'-]""']'""""""', "I _ __ "Wt _ -, e or: vs. C isiia . "irrT' _ , ' g _ _ , " m : ll i' , " Blll “m _ l , 'ill' l r _ I u, f - i: , - trr' ,, _ , _. I IM l ., l ' _ , s“ , _ iid _ IIE y f, r l r LI I I I I " _ ' I; if ___. ',ll,llj,l-llllllll I'l'l _ Aid. 17, t s , r r I 1 I '. t - I , a . 'ii?! - " 'Il III r Eli I, T ‘ 1r,t'l'elll. it» Iii-tiii, l 1 r i _ _ ttfi - t ., f t . . ' w. l 1 Hull I u- . W.0T, .5» - Tr -------' I i', _ out “all , i L l: r 135'?” 'I , _ ' , ! . r , ,_._, . I I i ig.i;i,'l'il1i.i):l, _ . 3 ttl - r . . I} If I T Fc;',? l ' l _ I " 'ir _ it . " , , g ii) ii I k " .5 I ..\ I II _ -r, 'IN" 'Ill3llt . i' " , it ii iii-54 , . e - = MI.' - --- - -w_. , _ 'd l F. , ve it 1 Pr, 2: -t . '. Ad _ I U = , - if a I_. II 'a,,5riiri,re.':si",_i('e'il" . . . M . " . P It: . _ . I I _ I Tart? jrii. i:,; II.I;I.IIII " I , ' ' , , g " I ' _..-'-" P 'tfdtet - . Cc.: v "3.3:, .3"? I I I ' ‘ . I _ I ‘ " “(A T, cu.' , A C,7It'53, "that f, 'ifriii'rri CC-ir 'u" l I h t 5:12;?"2'25 g r EdnaTempleton (seated) isjoined by members at an annual meeting of C. " I ' I W' T N M, - the Muskoka district of the Federated Women's Institutes ofOntarIo. . a'ir'4tt,ria _ t... / 4kfjt "