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6 1 WOMEN‘S INSTITUTE CELEBRATES CENTENARY OF WORKING TO ‘IMPROVE THE LivES O CANADIANS amiabimars, palm o« onz . oreatinrrent : :tetcod are. _ craom canme ~* oniionani t arl ol . ol un o ‘By Michael Polvere "It‘s pretty exciting," said __~â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"_â€"â€"L__________ STAFF WRITER current president Janet Uren. “We’re the largest Women’s organization "We‘re the largest women‘s § J INGERSOLL â€"__ . They‘re _ organization and we‘ve done a _ and we‘ve done a lot of good. many of the things we take for _ lot of good. ; â€"Janet Uren granted today â€" milk pasâ€" "It‘s important to everybody. teurization, dividing lines on . It‘s important worldwide." ~1 0 imaimae orioank : 1. 7e d uts oA un it roads, fluorescent safety jackâ€" Lillian White has been a _ stop drivers in both directions Women‘s Institute was born ets for road workers and plasâ€" _ member for half a century but _ so kids couldâ€"cross the road_ and spread across Canada. tic wrap on bread. was first introduced to the _ safely. "Family is the primary interâ€" They‘ve helped create many _ organization as a guest 10 We helped with that," _ est," Babbey said.. "A safe commonplace things that â€" years before that, in 1943, . White said proudly. "We got _ lifestyle for home and country." make society a safer place to _ when she knitted socks for solâ€" the buses to stop (vehicles) And the group‘s work conâ€" live. & diers in the Second World War. _ both ways... We‘ve been on â€" tinues today, said_ IHene Women‘s institutes far and When she joined the local _ everything." Chesterman, with an involveâ€" wide have helped bring them _ women‘s institute, it was to Sherrill Babbey, public relaâ€" _ ment in programs that proâ€" all to fruition, and on Monday . become a better mother and tions coâ€"ordinator for the mote women‘s health in rural night, close to 200 local homemaker, she said, but group, said when a young . areas. ‘ women celebrated the Oxford _ later White became interested Ontario boy died from conâ€" "We hope to improve the District Women‘s Institute _ in the resolutions that could taminated milk in 1897, his lives of Canadians and eduâ€" 100th anniversary at the<Elm _ create laws and change socieâ€" _ mother, Adelaide Hoodless, cate women on food safety," Hurst Inn in Ingersoll. It was â€" ty, . was adamant that it never _ she said. f 100 years ago that Oxford The 83 year old remembers _ happen again and worked to The party at the Elm Hurst women got together in when the group pushed to spread the message to other _ included a dinner, ceremonial Springford for their first meet= _ have school buses equipped _ women to boil milk. ; cake cutting, special guest ing. with flashing lights that would It was from there that the _ speakers and entertainment.