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Add to volumes of books a/ek M, / , Pd _ 0 f d WI t d hi t _ EMBRO - Oxford County Members fronrthe historical them with the procedure to especially in the older homes in was left in the dark for over an committees of the North Oxford foggw. the villages. hour on Thursday as a power Women's Institutes were airman Mrs.. James failure left the historians from conducting their annual Hossack, Embro, reported that 2'gAge,t 'l"iglfg1/ltet ' 17 North Oxford Women's Community Tweedsmuir an old project has been given a area has dammit-81‘ aim!) the . Institutes without hydro. ' History workshop at the Embro new name. The family farm has books v c 't fl ‘tg game“) e .'r=c_remr_"_' 2c:i:=ra'.r-'.urreei- e.,?-', ""_"t-'-"" _ townhall when the power failure now become the "House Log". 1949 T 3m Irs s ar fa ut _ occurred. This now involves the homes of . an now many o the b li . . ill Institutesrefertotheir" books by _ The historical committees ""dm 62:0:ng Th: aiiss'oigi volume. Some have 5-6 f hold these annual workshops .to project of a member I:th will volumes. observe the work of their prepare an account of their Unfortunately, due to the l counterparts in the other North home dating back to its volume of material gathered, it - Oxford WI. and to report on old beginning, its occupants and wasrecently found necessary to . projects and to introduce new changes up to the present. abandon the provincial and _ ' ones. It also allows new com- it is similar to a family tree federal competitions that were _ mittee members, to see what only this involves more than one held each year and the books , others have donered, acquaint family in many cases, judged and awards given. _ . _ . , V ifaafr c' N, I I . . _ .; 27W}. ‘-. . ' T _ new“; F" l: V . E ' J:rdallrl q%$6a5WJ' "s, ' L ' é ' T _ _ - _ " " " r T ". -' g ' l ' Il.?, 18 . K‘s-‘7 _ _ _ 'tbid, IM 't"'st, Mil if": neo'., l s - I 'i"tii'FrCiui'4 , T" . 1Frttts"i' . I 1illlrl ““5 i'litfi, . - T, l ( i:?yc'.rr.sy; _ -, ro/Cr-cial . 'Ill . ":23 4‘ . - Bi' _ " l . 1‘45““ 1)asi'it/ir,tt4sd " - . , 'r? f. " :1 . ' ' . _ Bil. , r:i"t:st',.rr,r5; ismers 7 - Et" - ' V , ‘ _ '. , _ a “as. 'i,T',r2ed . t it; , " w ’ "2 V'“ B. "7 "M' ‘ . ' __ . x._ - i _ 7“ t _ . ICT.?.' . - " " _ .A - I IlllliiililMaiMltll- - -' " l Thanks To Dad's Hemlock 'llt l A dS G dtu . hb rs Ill" f Bev-West has pretty well United Church manse in Kin- Id Bev noted that, as above, 5 _ g 1 completed the new home in this tore. Thanks to these donations, help came all the w.?)' from - . picture, along the Lakeside Bev says, the new home now the States . He admitted the road midway between that "stands him" only about hemlock w.as. a bit tough to , t . village and Medina. A prime $12,000. Friends, neighbours work but, In. its i.avour, it was ' ingredient in the construction of and relatives all pitched in to cut at the prime time and hence , ' I the new three bedroom home is help with the result that Mr. the wo.od IS dry and soundly m the fact-that all the structural and Mrs. Bev West, by living in place Ju.st.a year from the time "' ", members came from hemlock the basement first and grad- it stood m the West bushlot. ' cut from back on the Chester ually working their way up will gather strange to see full 2 by " West farm (Bev's father) and eventually have a fine home at 6 timber m this day and age, hauled out by Chester and Mrs. low cost. Even the planning but It IS very evident m t IS ' West. The sawing and planing was carried out by Bev. In this new Bev West home. The truss ' was the work of the Abe picture are Chester West (left), frame for the house was sale, , Hotstettler saw-mill on the 7th Bev West, Mrs. Bev West and and assembledf “ghlt in A e . of Nissouri. The spruce used in Mrs. West's mother, Mrs. Ida fro.n.t yard, all 0 he‘rInAoc . S a the home came originally from Strunk from Gladwyn, Michi- neighbour toldléhek. ii “21:38 - trees which died alongside the gan. aman It woo ta e yn tr' ,, / f . , to move that hemlock now.' _ 27 M, /74