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4 aims laid down by the hand book supplied by the Department. Too, here and there we are given an insight into the lives and times of the members. We note how the attendance was small due to heavy down pour of rain. In retrospect we see those dear women driving to Beachburg with horse and covered buggy, their keen disappointment and that of the officers when plans were thwarted by the weatherman, but on sunshiny days what pleasant times must have been theirs reflecting, as they drove along, on the successful district annual. Will the speed of living be stepped up in the next fifty years? and will our next historian be speeding in an aeroplane to the District Annual in Beachburg in year 2000. Time waits for no man. ; On another page is given the names of the Presidents, Viceâ€" Presidents and Sec‘yâ€"Treasurers. These women with their interâ€" est, their coâ€"operation, have at all times inspired ‘the branch members. We notice the account of the first minutes on record of 1908 were permealed by a Christian Spirit when the meeting was opened by the singing of "Blest be the Tie that Binds our Hearts in Christian Liove." The records show too that a branch was formed in 1907 at Queen‘s Line and also at Douglas. The next year, 1909, saw branches organized at Stafford and Locksley, 1911 saw Shields, afterwards known as Lakeview and Cobden: come into being. By 1912 one could easily see that the Institute enthusiasm was mounting higher. Instead of reports being given there was a twentyâ€"five minute discussion on work done in each | branch. . Asâ€"early as 1914 there was a discussion on whether Bromley should be identified with North or South Renfrew and the deciding issue was left to the discretion of Mr. Putnam, then ‘ superintendent of Women‘s Institutes. In June 1914 the :group ‘ at the District Annual was photographed, which photograph will > be seen in another part of this book. This brings us to the first World War 1914â€"18. How fortunate to have an organization ready to spring into action. The succeeding years are marked by many signâ€"posts, the chief being the organization of branches; Zion Line, Eganville, Micksburg, Locksley, Rankin, Pembroke f Bromley, Golden Lake, Lake Dore, Alice, Roche Fondu, Point Alexander, Mackey and Micksburg‘s Girl‘s Circle, From 1921â€"23 3 the Eganville branch functioned as a North Renfrew unit and then was transferred to South Renfrew. ‘The original Locksley C | | | PMz i: : bauliet e Chtlie .11 Mloags. . clolicl a en anvatntal P Wnglarthtee m ie