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‘ â€" oomamn 10000 | | | | | \ | B i 3 7 â€" i eamsville Women‘s Institute \ \ e o o e ® 1 Baptist Church integral to early life in Beamsville s BeamsvilleWomen‘s part of the community, said Mrs. _ a part in the town‘s growth and Ainslitute prepares to_ Dawdy. Early resident pastors . history. In 1894, a fire department elebrate the Centenâ€" _ taught school to augment their inâ€" _ wasestablished and the church bell nial of the formation of the first WL _ come. Jacob Beam Sr. granted two _ was used to signal the volunteer branch in Ontario, the organization _ acres of his Crown land for the _ firemen. The church billeted solâ€" looked into the past and made plans _ building of a church and to estabâ€" . diers during World War L. The miliâ€" P for the future at its January meetâ€" _ lish a burial ground. tary used the tower for signalling ’ ing. One quarter of this Iand was _ and as a lookout post across the lake. In her address to the Institute, _ allotted for a grammar school in Detailed information on the two Marion Dawdy discussed the foundâ€" _ 1847, a red brick structure now â€" hundred year history of the church ing of First Baptist Church and its _ known as the Walt Howard house. can be found in Mrs. Dawdy‘s pubâ€" contribution to early life in â€" Anothersectionwasdeeded in 1851 lication, "Baptists of Beamsville". Beamsville. and a township hall was erected A special Centennial meeting t F Mrs. Dawdy told the Institute _ where the Fleming Branch of the . to commemorate the founding of ‘ that Jacob Beam Sr. and Staats â€" Library is located. the first Women‘s Institute in Stoney | Overholt appear to have been inâ€" First Baptist Church in Creek in 1897 will be held on 1 strumental in beginning the work â€" Beamsville is the oldestestablished _ Wednesday, February 19 at the } of the church in the 1780s. They _ continuing church in the Ontarioâ€" Baptist Church at 1:30 p.m. Areâ€" ; were greatly aided by the New York _ Quebec Convocation of Baptist . enactment of this historic meeting | Missionary Society who sent itinâ€" _ Churches. The present church was _ will take place. Interested members ‘ erant pastors to the area for nearly _ builtin 1858, and is the oldestchurch _ of the community are welcome to 20 years. building in Beamsville. attend. For more information, call i This group became an integral The church continued to play _ Barbara Stones at 563â€"7274. \ \ i 1 S > | Women‘s Institute 100th Anniversary ® \ & % From Horse and Buggy to Space Shuttle ‘ ver 15,000 women are prove the quality of life for Bondar, Canada‘s first i Oexpec!ed to gather in â€" themselves, their families, their woman in space aboard the : homes and community _ communities and the world. space shuttle Discovery in 1992, \ halls across Ontario on Wednesâ€" Throughout the past 100 _ is a national role model who is a } day, February 19 to celebrate the years, not only has the Institute proponent of higher education. Centennial of the Women‘s Inâ€" â€" developed the personal growth She believes it is critical that } stitute. of its members, but it has also Canadians, young and old, emâ€" i | One hundred years ago, been instrumental in initiating brace science just to live in this | |\ ~Erland and Janet Lee travelled government legislation to proâ€" world. } | â€" by horse and buggy through this _ tect the environment and the citiâ€" Dr. Bondar is at present conâ€" : l area, inviting women who had â€" zens of Canada. ducting research into the effects i | _ no public voice, to a meeting Centennial celebrations for _ of weightlessness on the blood § \ _ where Adelaide Hoodless sugâ€" _ the Women‘s Institute culminate flow to the brain at the Univerâ€" } . gested an ogganization where â€" in June, when 4,000 delegates _ sity of Western Ontario in Lonâ€" | S tney could meet and learn from representing The Federated don. { each other, thus developing their _ Women‘s Institutes of Ontario Another scheduled convenâ€" 1 minds and their practical skills. _ will welcome keynote speaker _ tion keynote speaker of interest 1 The meeting at Squires Hall Dr. Roberta Bondar to its conâ€" is Dr. Linda Ambrose, author of { in Stoney Creek on February 19, _ vention in Hamilton. For Home and Country: The i 1897 was attended by 101 The theme of the convention _ Centennial History of the Womâ€" i women and resulted in the orâ€" _ is Indebred to the Past; Commitâ€" en‘s Institutes in Ontario. \ ganization of the first Branch of fed to the Future. Convention Dr. Ambrose, who will adâ€" 3 the Women‘s Institute in the Chair Peggy Knapp noted that . dress the delegates on Members } world. "the symbolism of the change Day, June 18, has chronicled in | ‘The Women‘s Institute grew from horse and buggy days her book not only the history of ‘ steadily across Canada, and toâ€" at the turn of the century to the WI movement in Ontario, ; day offers women the vehicle to the present space age is proâ€" but a history of rural women and L on aneirnmmmmmmmmn es aes en aaaee oo enemmmmeneeeeenemenneemeermemeeemme omm