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- _ H V _ v 7 a "~7le """"""ee---c, A 7- ' . S , S l , . _ ", . Vt I _ £4151”; M t . .u' I .' I ' . . J, I I s, V . k _ h . _ _ Lib,', noih mg new to Women s l nshiuies By ANDY ROY because she didn't know she should boil raw FWIC’s national office here-and visits to pro. _ V OTTAWA (CP) The'wo n's liberation milk. vincial organizations. . , movenient'isn't ready dsw, Edie Mrs. John The deeded mother, deemed to do ”MM - eMcLean, president of the Federated Wom- all she could to help others and bring within in are: . p p _ en's Institutes of canada (FWIC). reach of all women the education necessary . P . ..,., " N The institutes’achiexied federation in 1919, to Prevent similar _tragddies, began a cam- 0,3311% Ittieii't, 1olgi/,g) and Cripple but women Started doing things that had to paign for household science classes in ' 1'erl l 951” a In ancouver. . . O Alberta's free radium treatment undo . be done long before than she said in an in- schools. V the Canadian Cancer Society. L i) . terview. T ’From .that evolved the idea for a Women's . A New Brunswick. home for the a'ged.' . It all began when Adelaide Hunter Hood- .institute, established in Stoney Creek, Ont., . Mobile facilities of Prince Edward Liit less of Hamilton lost her 18-month-old son in February, 1897. land's 'health program, which ensure adei . . I The organization Was committed to "inr. quate health protection in’outlying areas. Ji Lakeside Institute T proving physical, intellectual and cultural N . The Ontario b.rancl.a1s work in cteti, The March meeting of the conditions in the home and raising the stan- ' K0593 and G,retce In public health “We“? Lakeside Women's Institute dard of hpmemaking," early minutes of their wh1,hst,5fc,,1ef,v,e S . homemakers duh??? . , . work at Improving the standard of In? ti was held on Wednesday March meetings record. ing of Indian women. If] tith in the LOL Hall with a good These were rural women and with the help (tte: attendance. Mrs. Jas. Kittmer, of farm organizations in a predominantly ru- ' ' l president, was in the chair and ral Canada the idea spread across the coun- . convened a busy and interest, try. F mg afternoon pr ogr am. V . In 1919' delegates from the provinces met After . the opening exercises in Winnipeg and the result was the Federat- the minutes were. read and ed Women's Institutes of Canada, with the F aper1ved, correspondence read blessing ot the federal agriculture depart. and discussed. The date of the ment. d 3152;; oc/le/Cid/tve/eng.,': Since then women’s institutes have reached. _ ed and will be in the United a national membership .of, 70,000 and a Church. "The Main Dish Makes :vorld-wrde fellowship of eight million coun- . ,, , rywomen. _ T . . farms for urban life, the FWIC membership' Each member is to take a gift has levelled off at 57,000. ’ m the next meeting to be sent Mrs. McLean is a 47-year-old _mother of to the Mental Health Centre in three from Eureka, N.S., a Sunday-school j 5 Woodstock to be given to the teacher, church treasurer, 4.H leader and ao. _ "ipttlient.s at Easter. The Roll tive in other organizations in Pictou County. f Call was answered by showing She said the institute encourages members to _ an article made in Canada and take active part in everything. tell where it was made. The "Wp're criticized by many as being an old- '* ' motto "Act enthusiastically and er Wornen's organization," she said, with "., you will be enthusiastic" was some women's liberation 'groups regarding [ _ given by Mrs. Bob Holden. Mrs. . the institutes as outdated. ' ct C" _ Ross McCorquodale convenOI' of "We emphasize the importance of the fam- _ "T' ' Agriculture and Canadian Ind- my in our society. I think the women's insti- , , _ ustries presented the program. tute has been women's lib for a long time, 1 _ Demonstration of Antique Dolls but it doesn't mean we went out and burned _ l was given by Mrs. Wilkerson, our bras anddid all these other ridiculous _ , I of Harrington who also showed things that they do. We’ve beemfighting for t i an interesting display of an- _ equal rights. ' . . It's old hat to.us. , j I _ tique buttons. Mrs. Alex Whit- "If there's a job to filirwhether it be on a t 3' taker. read a paper on the _ school board, a municipal council or as a 1 r.," "Great Outdoors” and "Now it's member. of the legislature, we train our 1 .... the age of the spraycan." women to be ready to take on any of these i , p , , positions. ., . i N Mrs. R955 McCorquodale "If there is a need, we.fill it." .. . 1 ree Showed slides of our W. I. Mrs. McLean, a soft-spoken, blue-eyed _ J I GVGHISJD the past. A poem "My blonde who was elected president at the in. a e Recipe"was read by Mrs. Alex . _ isiitutes' triennial convention in Banff last p' , McCorquodale, Mrs. Jas.Zegers June, has beerva member of the organization. j ye and Mrs. Bob Holden, leaders for more than 20 years. ' . . . l f of the short course "More For the next three del?,', itii,wlll, ttt I ' About_Knits” were presented her timebetween the amily any. arm, l , Jr .. with gifts by the class. _ -' i A miscellaneous sale was . . _g' _ held and auctioned by Mrs. . k, . Allin Stewart and assisted by c',; Mrs. Chas. Holden. The meet- " ing was closed with courtesy : ' remarks by Mrs. Bryant Suth- ' J ‘erland and singing of the . 1 Queen, after which lunch was J " . served by Mrs. Jared Vining / " t. and her committee. ", t __ u _