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icb riacssal § «s m mteceact tw a W ‘s institut fighti | Women‘s institutes are fighting . ) By ELIZABETH PATTON history," secremlreamer Billie Forrest told almost ~, } The Spectator 300 mtfih,ul‘{nal the i ‘guvte’s asoc:al:(?:;d g Lincoln, Wentâ€" | § RD â€" illage baker used to deliver W dimand, Welland, Brant and Norfolk. | | Pss ncd read by hitse aid puaay â€"â€" ustt a member _ Members fear the institule will he lost in the fastâ€" | unwrapped bread by J wl?:fgy ced s } | of the women‘s institute wal him slap his horse‘s Rg world of career women and working mothers. ick up her light ith the lost say they joined as homemakers, to make friends | | rear and pick up her light rye wi same hand. n take a t f fe ‘s Tnstitute led the fight for pasteurized on e 1e biikio _ The Women‘s e _pas : adults for a change, said a mother of two. milk after a member‘s son died from bacterial infection, "But these days women get those things from work and for rural day care, when farm parents were forced }'elafiomhigs They don‘t have time to come out for meetâ€" to take their children on dangerous field machinery. ings," said Pam Bronn, a 25â€"year member from Fonthill. * Members of the Hamilton Area Women‘s Institute The country‘s first Women‘s Institute grew in 1897 in have spent almost a century fighting the issues of their Stoney Creek, from a groundswell of concern for issues day. Now they‘re fighting for the institute‘s survival. fbout the home â€" hygiene, childcare and home safety. j The main problem is a lack of new members, said atlsflf?toflmldggsxgéhehghgohétmetyofmalm ; | delegzts&s attending the annual convention at Brant Park Evca!en Iflmselen;omrmies arent particitan | & 4 i ns cipating much Inn this week. Their average age provinceâ€"wide is close i Oucfigt' 1 . these days, "Farm wives are no sl among worhgfi mfimbom 400 of 25,000 Ontario members are under 35, women," said Jean Dickhaut of Dunnyville. “’I'hey work o! estimate. f the time, They keep computers in their homes" The j "We‘re old encigh to have history, young enough to . institute has turned its focus from the home, to teach | make history. Ane if we don‘t move ahead, we;may be _ leadership and skills K+ \lack of interest h as issues ___ see,nm %'n;wgr‘ex}m"s m in business is good to fm-h addifionlth(; Ogtarip institute smuy fought e en t . Oct s price is provincial legislation improving luctions, reâ€" u: â€" _ a «L ober4,1989 _ "I think men have been lonelier for confining their soâ€" . packaging bacon to be visible to the consumer, and reâ€" ie * y _ 4 e cial life to business contacts," said Mrs. Bronn. "When . quiring flashing lights on school buses. The Allenburg tea 4j * B flleymtlre_thos_efimmm‘opthm” Friends at the instiâ€" . chapter was responsible for founding Brock University in f y 9e . . f hmhsustlilamltlznecléi_lbglsammahexrhforfife,shemid St. Catharines, she said. va M activiies gave her confidence she never Today area delegates are voting on whether a m;,’ ® knew before. "I had a stuttering problem as a child. I (mmpioxylabanon:lglplasficoontainelsamiaptmfotg 4. â€" . 1 cguldn’t imagine tag:::g in public but I was able to do it _ mandatory headrests in pickup trucks. R ‘ s . ?net”m meetings use I knew they were just like Tosmeedwmmkesimnedoingâ€"flxey‘nesfillptm h ‘r After that she ha 3 ing for seatbelts in school buses. They‘re looking to their . & .‘:\";3-â€" > w 1 cal councils. 'I'hey’véi n&ggbmfigfi)}; dustos i mfiu’&m Mn fetol Dord $ ts s 4 street rubbish, and forced a junkyard to clean up its act. _ Lrougnt t the By, their own. wiothers and & s _ No job is too small for the institute. A penny drive 2 en 2Othe® 3 F h yâ€", $ raising $300 may seem like chicken feed next to a gala Gwen Piper followed her motherâ€"inâ€"law‘s lead in 1937. | ) g Je 4 fundraiser at $50 a pop. But Mrs. Bronn sees her share as "They were the most interesting group." she recalled § i 2e one part of a huge picture, with nine million others conâ€" . of the Port Colborne branch she still attends. "I was hareâ€" € a 3 eeegtn | qmmngtotheWomenslmhtutepamntp%Am ly in the door and they sent me to study furniture refiâ€" ts * : czawd(;ounhyWommof_theWorld’meA has a _ nishing." Then she taught the other members. "I‘ve used ut f %l w delegation Sdvising the United Nations, se said. _ ‘s, _ ib all my lifd" she said. oo ' | . C 2 P f ' | o. es mt a « as 6 e ] "i\’ _‘q'« x 7 $ C s | _ During its meeting last month, members of the Beamsville ?‘*‘50‘ ‘ * 33 ,“, & seX :L. | _ Women‘s Institute agreed unanimously to withdraw their food k. c y t \ o nels eA e o < uc e | booth from future Lincoln County Fairs. Shown here at this i ): ‘a‘ 6: o e @4 ‘;,_\,,31_?{.\:; es | _ year‘s edition of the food booth are Mina Juhlke (left) and Mflwf{fi% l Aoy ; C Je 4o t ; k?;;»g‘ | | _ Norma Burse. y <~ ts n Â¥. W eE e * ’?’-fi h: o e t .4 i 4 ; on j c 4 e een | U | 1S] ® ~â€" e . M ;;,;fi cWw / t â€" _ J Unanimous decision: _\ LO%e® " ~AREâ€" s fair food booth axed BP / aP c3 * T es ; & f : |adtaliihctn â€"â€") . _i .â€"> O & e 4 ; ZQ". es “’f'; \ _ (The following report was A special thanks was given to Emm n > . _\ sn | emenma®h 00â€" | *? | submitted by Angela Valli for Barbara Stones, president, for ;;.a'igf e _ c kh st~Â¥ hm [ p: " 4 Fesy the Beamsville Women‘s Instiâ€" â€" her time in the management of â€"@â€"__â€" _ PHops § R s 4d \e \ tute.) and purchasing for the fair. 9 ) [% x t ie e \ 6 h sode . / _ The Beamsville Women‘s Inâ€" _ The BWI entertained resiâ€" ¢ i se : Soppioine wl x s / stitute (BWI) had 19 members dents at Albright Manor on m \ i( . . h. \S E A s ' turn out for.its first meeting of â€" September 13. A sucessful parâ€" Pss . . 8 Sa2 c & a kb wae > Ne B the fall season on Tuesday, ty was held for all those resiâ€" N ~ 1. ~> i mat Sept. 19. dents with September birthâ€" " \_ t 2l € 3 a.~ $6 y ' However, instead of just notâ€" days. *ej’ * â€" * ‘ 4 i * ing their attendance, the _ The Hamilton Area Convenâ€"‘ *"*~ / . e & N. â€" > § t } Ni j women were asked by Dorothy â€" tion will on held on October 24 & m coomacemaidlyh § £7% ib n Taut Burtch, convenor, that roll call _ and 25. A representative is still \ *. .k ; ¢ t ;%xz * C a# t â€" t be answered by telling what needed. i9 inss * *4 ym Sef > i had occupied the site that Linâ€" A trip to Westbrook Greenâ€" 3 coln‘s town hall now stands on. houses in Grimsby has been 9 Serap books were also on disâ€" planned for the meeting on WE‘LL DRINK TO THAT play. c Tuesday, Oct. 17. All members World War One veterans Gord Brown (left) and Bill Kimmett, both residents of Albright Manor in It was unanimously agreed . are to meetb at St. Albans at 1:15 Beamsville, toasted the Grimsby Branch of the Royal Canadian Legion last Saturday night for that the, BWI would cease to p.m. Members from the Vineâ€"| hosting the WW1 Veterans and WWI1/WW2 Widows Dinner. The annual affair has become a participate at the Lincoln Counâ€" _ land WI will be our guests. tradition at the Branch P 4 ty Fair in the future. The food __ Theâ€"BWI welcomes Nellie & Novy 54 booth had beenâ€"in existence Mairs as a new member and since 1951. All members that thanlgs goes to all those who ‘â€" had given their time over the contrlbutedtgipes and labels for| years were thanked. the Community Club Awards.