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| /'f ,./'/, A, @ [ * ,@ f6.--. C @ | w 1 '1 A @ [PEIWI )E * . -- == , > mavee-- -- ? e 8 V § ( %? , 'C C in . (g T ' h) 4 % t ./,3/ 4x _ _X ? . FAREAV | n is * i. ' \--_-- . ce < VA J d O \_aa 0c >A ez rolk lagp * y «_\ eA A y : es :.' Ne hz | legpmch d t P amaccsiamm _ lc y * ¥ ',' 8. #, ///_/ # lai j U¥A 3 & a ; se &\ _ The first Women's Institute was organized at York a "{.« . . , . 3 o | f /4 in 1911 and in 1913 the first Women's Institute _ 1 % AND-- U¥ W was established under the Department of f P . l a f : U OV + ; 1 @g m of [ A o Agriculture. In June, 1914, the first Annual con-- s / J PR PA PHVW ] %\ C n * | t vention was held with 35 members present. By | 4 P ma L -- . PR C C & & ' I # . @K wttuhie mg) #l C */ | V ':gi,o 1923, 72 groups were organized with a member-- ' E4 K @\y J /@ *' l o K1 r< ship of 1500. In 1924, the forerunner of the exist-- i .cs 3 *n §A / * S .4 {y \ ing Provincial Handcraft and Arts Exhibition was 7' E & < "' * S n s _-- t _ 1/ ' established and in 1925 the first District i ;r ts > s ];; ( _ e / ' Convention was held. The Provincial Sanitarium id \_' y *% ># s _ thatts --© P was ope,ned in 1930, largely due to the efforts of <-- Apboacai o_ on o n M Women's Institutes. C\ 4 ic TCSS _ _ m» 4 se (¢ yfi es o. e e f 0 -- UY P E r y * ' fw@ PEI.W.I. is recognized as the first Women's K °CC > L Y +460# t P o // Bit Institute in Canada to have a radio program; 50 , PRX L °> e pormms * 1. B 2. _ K 2A\ * . | 14 > ( *= K . > e . e 1. s> / £Z~ O% > ' years later the program continues today. PE.I. o 5 uSK) ___ l l _ 3 7 m _ _ L _ _( Women's Institutes are well recognized for their ® 4 _A:?. i 3 . _A a * '; i\f;:\\'\ | work in rural schools and have worked for and ) 12e Sss " 2 \/# i. MAaCen en t tss UZ-- oz w 4%@, i5 ol '.%\; have secured better medical services and hospital-- /A yA > '4\\ Tioy # 3 E) 5'1'3 t( P C pey ( izati No-- eP | N C & 2¥ ag k af d ez ization. . . . , W.I. initiated the first Provincial Music Festival in ' Buy . . . PEL. is a project of the Women's Institutes of Prince Edward Island, in cooperation with the Sn ut hoa I p Avricul Fisheries and Fo J E se PEL. to i Tland 1945 and the first Provincial Drama Festival in epartment 0 iculture, Fisheries and Forestry and Enterprise PE.L., to increase consumer awareness of Islan . P J 8 J P f. 1946. In 1973, the first Annual Roadside Clean--up _ _ agriculture, fisheries and forestry products. . 20. was held with support of the provincial Department of Environment; this continues today. 1979 was the start of the Awareness Program, | From Farm to Table, promoting Island agriculture _ products, thus leading into the Buy . . . PE.L. pro-- MP Y - motion which was launched in 1994. tha: tha: NBWI Roadside Clean--up NLWI Annual Provincial NLWI Environmental 'Spin Month Board Meeting & Span' Week Erland Lee's birthday 11 & 12 13 1410 15 16 17 WINS Scholarship Entries Mother's Day Deadline PEL WI. Roadside Clean--up QWI 83rd Annual Convention NBWI Annual Provincial Convention at the Hugh PEIWI Provincial John Flemming Forestry WINS 'Do Something Victoria Day Convention Complex, Fredericton, NB Specizzl ' Entries Deadline A smile is a curve that sets a lot of things straight. <%