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+4 ( ~g 4 s k " farns, c mm 1984 is looking brighter T y">us g s f .* 41â€" ~e t t y I fite â€" F“‘ i. .‘;' *. $ ' m s 2 - $%°, _ C . ® § § 5| â€" Ww % PS a . l ul _ _ OA _ WRA TV 1 2e c / youle " $4,/ : ty 3 ”? s id > ) . â€"~ +4 k 2. J en y ..3 . o | C V 7/ 224 Snd d in tigs c2.s .oA m Pn munesenmie t ~ [r= * y y . aae o s ® | BEST FULL BEARD â€" somes | Wiiidiiomeine idiiintiih oh. e sn c S l l > *C ~â€" : according to judges of c i Aiiiimitliintine «. â€".. . / ' $ S e 2omie o cogk . e the Tavistock Rotary clubâ€" . o poaee â€"el ¢.~%% |@ **% _ se M ninintintes .1 .. C mmmariits>> & 4st . 4 ' worn~ by. Dr. ~Bruce Halâ€" fi §».a [ C C w eP § lnhil o -‘ i ' P s \ e e :”m; hday, T’avistock, (Phofo es ‘ ° C MiteBelnes s o > . en M ecr o. Smd s .~~ by ~Brown)" $ FARMERS ON A PANEL discussion at the Oxâ€" McKay, chairman of the Oxford County Catâ€" a j ford Soil and Crop Improvement Association‘s emens‘ Association; chairman Charles f & & | annual meeting Tuesday said things are looking Gurney; Ed Lovell, a Mt. Elgin grain producer ; | pretty optimistic for the coming year in ~Ir12r_11)_]3/rm1n~emag, chairman of the Oxford Counâ€" agriculture. The panel included, from left, y Diary Producers‘ Association and feature $ Brian Armstrong, chairman of the Oxford speaker Ken Stevenson of the Ridgetown Colâ€" County Pork Producers‘ Association; Edgar lege of Agricultural Technology. Wednesday, January 11, 1984 â€" Page 21 _â€"_â€" Tweedsmuli t mpiles local histc By Margaret Boyd % al ] fascinating place to be. There were more ink Freelance writer y ~~ " ie nsl spills..." { $ > s j For most of the following 27 years, Mrs. Ross was Each town, village and hamlet in Ontario has its â€" e t we â€" i curator of the books for her branch W.I. although a t own unique history, which is diligently recorded * + 200% 4 f member is only allowed to hold a position for six J over the years by Women‘s Institute members like * " + ,’fl{ B e j years. She would take a year off, then resume the { Kay Ross of Oxford County. «> eX > TR h ie | â€" curatorship, to get around the maximum time limit. < § Mrs. Ross, a Thamesford area farm woman, ‘i,f j f : s > infnmamii h She has also served as assistant for the district, currently holds the position of curator of the Â¥*+, . 9\ 0 nsl u. again in the history committee. Tweedsmuir Books for the London area. She will ie * <** â€" v<3ls : / < n "The board director from Oxford North knew I hold the position until 1985. * PCmat onl Cle? > i/ PB . >3 was interested in history,"" she said of her election | The bulky Tweedsmuir Books represent comâ€" is a2~> * * * . * $ as curator for the London area last summer. ‘"‘The : pilations of local history, which will prove to be _~ _ __ e & . Y d ie funny part of it was, I didn‘t know I was to be priceless resources in the future. The books include â€" * o se t s ow mage @ o ' curator. My husband was sick at the time and I & family history, war records, news clippings, ofi 2s t 2y H § didn‘t attend the convention."_ § photographs, geographical facts and memorabilia. C«‘ // d \ â€" Wws Her role as curator for the area is more adâ€" § An active and hard working historian through the y y U i eg fl: "Eoss ministrative than her role as curator for her $ years for her branch, the Grace Patterson W.L., ' £ 5. e ,,fi';. zs* e c branch. Sheâ€"recently spoke to W.L. representatives : | Mrs. Ross has ambitious plans for a 50th anniverâ€" Ce 4t ty ‘{; F »;,i,,;fi; ‘a * at the area‘s annual convention, held in October in sary history book for the area, which represents 121 ~<* : 4. y S 2: ; g o St. Marys. 1 branches and 10 districts. akg: *\ s e it 4 *‘ oo "I am supposed to be available to anyone in the "I plan to bring the existing book up to date to To 1. m 1 1 S <A area who wants help," she said of her job as 1985, close it off and have it microfilmed,"‘ she said. ~â€"f o ae x »#2°2 es %, g / . curator. : "A new book will carry on from there." ¢ â€" aae #x 4 ie 1 J p s One of the biggest problems facing the area Mrs. Ross has a big job ahead of her, since the g 19k/ f»'l“ ## ;* e .. C#A curator is finding paper of good enough quality to ' book‘s updating has been limited in recent years. aa§ge" aâ€" / M last "for centuries.‘‘ Newspaper clippings also pose She has about 10 years of catching up to do. Institute kess ' / c + C ; a problem, since modern newspaper is designed to scholarship winners, biographies of W.1I. officers, p & . T ii disintegrate in 10 years. Mrs. Ross knows of a _ conventions and special events need to be tracked [E TT tmsinndione ons â€"ontnitiierten it es n en preservative method, which uses club soda and | down, she said. « E: ffarne s p _ milk of magnesia, which she is teaching to branch While each W.I. branch outlines local history in i 3 i} im : hh ' curators. its Tweedsmuir Books, the London area 124 7 1 is ermonmienn s j The rewards of her involvement with the Tweedsmuir Book concentrates on the history of the e <..,. UWlsieioosy yaos ‘ Tweedsmuir Books are simply "a lot of personal ’ Institute. *A * 5s _ LC §, es . â€"â€" satisfaction,"" Mrs. Ross said. The books began in Canada in 1936 at the sugâ€" / 7 5_ â€" foar‘: â€" | She is an enthusiastic spokeswoman for the gestion of Lady Susan Charlotte Tweedsmuir, wife 25 s _ o o | organization and, in addition to her curatorships, of Lord _ Johnâ€" Buchan. Tweedsmuir, Governorâ€" M w * _ k: 1 o e I she has led numerous craft courses. > | General of Canada from 1936â€"40. Sister organizaâ€" 2 ~a f «ecâ€"e . * 2 ~m § t . She worries that young women are not joining the tions in Lady Tweedsmuir‘s native England had & > #m" . o oAfi e h . _ institutes and she suspects the business part of ; been compiling village histories, which were ~ Kay Ros meetings to be "boring."" â€" preserved in large serap books. Mrs. Ross‘ own W..I. V S ’ ‘"How do you make them more interesting?" she branch began a Tweedsmuir Book in the 1940‘s. at the 1953 Royal Winter Fair in Toronto. Mrs. Ross ponders. Mrs. Ross, an energetic woman who lives with remembers well the business of that year, the Women‘s Institutes began at the turn of the _ her husband Roy, a retired farmer, admits the task _ constant gathering of information from older resâ€" century at the initiative of Adelaide Hoodless ahead of her will "be a challenge‘"‘, but if anyone is idents of the area, from newspapers and from Hunter, an Ontario farm woman. After losing a equal to it, she is. history books. \ baby because of impure milk, Mrs. Hunter orgaâ€" She joined her local W.I. 35 years ago, the year _ _ "I‘d start after breakfast and say to myself, ‘Ill nized the first W.I. to teach other women proper after she was married. She quickly became inâ€" just work on this a bit,"" Mrs. Ross recalled. "Beâ€" nutrition and to prevent further tragedies. The ' volved with historical research and current events. fore I knew it, it was time to get dinner. It was premise of the orgamization was "to help farm She worked ‘every waking moment" on the always a rush for meals. I‘d spread out all my notes women learn how to run their homes more effiâ€" branch‘s Tweedsmuir Book in 1952 and for her efâ€" on the dining room table...The children were young lenliys. j forts largely, the books took third prize in Ontario â€" _ at the time and the dinning room table was the most aik * es e iny : o4. W) * ~WWeaeds: