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, h . . . THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1977 sn, ‘_-#__5....-. --l.Fe “My. - , W/ 8 0 ea rs f _" s " " ' "HapprBirthday" to members of the my 's,. _ -- l - in, a _ Women's Institutes, whose organization I F; ' ’, j' "ifif celebrates its 80th anniversary this year. T- “‘35": _ f. '.. , - A cairn near the Brant County births . it 3.: "s/YC' ' _ r, aa , _ place of Adelaide Hunter Hoodless rec- Itl ttc/ce as? - , f5 , ords that it was on February 19, 1897 --80 _ A", l" ' - "-, _ 'rar, & r. years ago last Saturday - that this re- _ _. "i, ' . . " "m “3:7- lf --"-" l markable woman established the first un.. - . -", 113-" _ . ‘14.; i l I it of the WI, at Stoney Creek, between 'ii-ttig' . ' = EEA 3,2,” .1gi ~ Hamilton and St. Catharines. ' u '9 , . "st' iii,'] ' Today, the Canadian organization has l EE - . a? _ 1 ‘. 1,}, ”27:3: .. y l close connections throughout the world, i ' C - i " 7' 'ie-C. ', 'Eat-tutr'? " i through its affiliation with the Associated [.511r'd t ' ' . . .2ESlillSal 1'. i. Country Women of the World. The. Feder- _ ' cu 5iitEEl 4.1; . ,1; 1 f ated Women's Institutes ofOntario. alone, te ' , '. N “a”; ,1. - g has a membership estimated at about 30,- M = " A”. .1 Ilaili%irfis, 3 f, ' 000. Cf, ‘ - . " "“33: 'CI, F , Mrs. Herb Maluske of Chesley. heads " _ _ - _, ai ( r8'ixCi,,v_i_ rat I the Ontario group, and Mrs. Earl Morden 'iii), "' = I'- _ -v " " 2‘ .. . I of Rodney, is secretary-treasurer. Mem, V , 4, 2' T” . _ f i hers identify themselves by the wearing - "" " l '. , o' i _ t LS i of a gold and blue pin including in its de- 5%. -, h . “a V cr, ,. ‘ . i i' . i signthe WI motto: "Home and Country.“ ' WV 'r' .7 v' . _ ( 1 _ l Members of the FWIO are planning an _ a“; , f _. m.' 2 I _ l observance befitting the occasion, to take 'u' " :2. - _ 'r,,' i. = 1 place during the summer. C', ' ls, . :â€" i - , . .3. i asho - . .- a" i Fil, iiiiiiiiirfi _ if r: . wire/r o' Fig I Q . 0 ‘ F _ - l 1litiEit(ti'tt5" t W I v". i "V.V,. 'w r il 1 Reference to the anniversary is made in _,' . _ A . " V ' i _. i the latest edition of Home and Country, i' ' tt (i./ii, e--..". -it.-, _ V a. E" 1 now going out to members throughout the . 1 3,7,1 'v. ‘ , T T' 1 province. Through pictures and messages "s. _ . . . y , the publication heaps praise on a longtime - " _.' _ CT t friend and worker for Women's Institutes, iiiilr' _ A _ -..r - g , 2 Helen May Mckercher, honorary presi- Lst, . g “V A i dent of the FWIO who has retired after 20 " $5.3 ‘14.. _ :1 i il"ribri1aiytig,1ttr of the home eponomicls tiec?:irsciifi' , - gag. t. l - St 1 . ranc 0 the ntari inistrv a Ti -u _ 'sf ’ --, . - T " . _ -e Big - i ture and food. om yo g C ,.-v.arivocw-a, _-ii::',';",',')-----),::':-', is': b "vc-ry-ec,-,,,., Eli , Born on a farm near Seaforth, Miss Pf d W h F Fl. h n.7,. " i l McKercher has spent most of her adult ease If irst lg f ' . " - t' life - aside from a stint in the Women's . . i i Royal Canadian Naval Service, during Mrs. Bernice Gregory. a well-known resident of Uniondale, . , l which she was one of four dietitians told the I A. reporter recently that, while she waited almost 87 , _ f ' advising on food preparation for all Cana- years to get her first flight in an airplane, it was worth waiting I i _l than .naval ships and establishments - for. Mrs. Gregory will he 87 in May. so son Gordon and his wife B, l “'91"ng on behalf of some aspect ot rural Helen. who live just south along Highway it). decided this was the x ‘ ' “wag" r d C di M; (I, 1 time ton April 3rd) for Mother to take to the air. They had to " . , 20.3113er isgites ougtrlyere t'ryifLteiitre'i.rs1t wait until after three p.m. on that Saturday though. Mrs. Il ' ’ , friend": , _ Gregory senior was at a Kintore acution sale. with an eye on a tea r" . " _ "Miss Mekercher's goals were always cosy. hand-worked by a member of the family some years back I superior and she encouraged all to give of lll needle point. She had to pay $30.00 for the tea-cosy but - ' their best. She was an image-maker and obviously nobody else was going to get the item. regardless of . expected all to uphold the high standards price. 2. iirigtwtgxiigntEmmi;Ogifl‘fffnur‘fd% The April 3rd flight lasted about an hour with Kintorfe pillot‘ ' operation and a sense of responsibility at John (handler at the controls of the SIX passenger Lia l it all levels." flight went from Stratford airport over London. St. Marys and " . WI members are now wishing Miss other area centres. Mrs. Gregory had no problem spotting ' McKercher a happy retirement at he: Uniondale. "Coulrln't miss it with all those Hutton trucks. . I home in Stratford, across the river from While enthusiastic about flying after her first trip up in the ll the Festival Theatre. air. Mrs. Gregory was something less than estatic ever. a ‘ Programs that fall upon (“me days snowmobile ride .a couple. of..veys batch. "Maybe th.e.klds lake . , all too often have a habit of disappearing them but I do lielievela ride in the old-tune cutter behind a ast I completely despite the proven value of horse was more exciting . So much for snowmobiles. f . . the contribution they have been making. Mrs. Gregory, who bowled in a local ladies league here in town News from two London organizations that I until "well over eighty” seems to have no great problem .p.u.t.ting ' are back in Operation after surviving _ in the time. Perhaps the fact she has twenty-five grandchildren thei.r own particular crises is therefore eh- and sixteen great-grandchildren has something to do with solving f pecially welcome, and should give encour- th al )roblem I - . agentent to others. . ' l . ,