Goshen WI Tweedsmuir Community History, Volume 3, p. 3

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= $ We're Proud of W L !! >R 5 Over the years, Women's Institutes have been responsible for lobbying 1 Zlrl governments and other agencies in an effort to improve the quality ; semel of life for all Canadians. The Institute has been instrumental in d having: . ' wossed -- bread wrapped-- o k y C =~ poison containers clearly -- edlare t s * ' marked . f usise! -- white lines painted on, the centre onrrecamee| _ of all Provincial highways. -- sale of mineral based deter-- oo on 60 ts 0 s o gents banned. emmmads -- red stripes removed from bacon j e semep o packages. 0 ng -- course of Household Science i j | at Mac Donald Institute. . s ul = fluorescent paint on sides of n railway cars for better night -- dental and medical inspection | ----~ _ Visibility at rural crossings. . in schools. ---- -- garments labelled re quality. -- milk pasteurized. "*i -- music included in school curric-- -- MacDonald Institute at the 113 ulums. (1937) | University of Guelph began 4 as a result of the efforts old -- "Stop" signs at railroad crossings. of W. I., led by hMhrs. John f% s . Hoodless . * --= fowl graded for sale. ' mme * * -- war memorials. + T7 = legal marriage age at 16 years 1 (with parental' consent). 1937 -- war services ie. Red Cross was=--4 e ' ~ -- car owners purchase public lia-- | -- educational short courses. 3 bility insurance before a license. | f : -- 4 -- scholarships and brusaries. 5 comsssmuent -- law mandator{ for traffic to stop . m when a school bus is stopped. 1962 -- yrural libraries. & : --= hot lunches available in schools. «--» community halls. .Ef -- International Peace Garden (220 -- restoration of cemeteries. en _ _acres on the Manitoba -- North -- Dakota border). 1935 20 ~-- Sponsor a Child programs. f? -- breathalizer and blood tests of _--__-- Tweedsmuir Community History x certain motorists. ' Books. : jf' -- hospitalization benefits to all -- 4H Homemaking Clubs. , ? Nursing Homes. ° + f --= preservation of the Adelaide , = T. B. tests for persons dispensing Hoodless Homessead at St. ; food. | George (F.W.1L.C.) ' «n & | sex education in schools. 1945 -- Erland Lee Home at Stoney j --=-- regulations re dimming car lights. Creek (F.W.I.0.) ' --_= staples ébolished on packages of = support of Junior Women's : food products. 1964 Institute. ' » -- letter, Friends and Sxchange programs began 1941 through A.C.W.W. | | -- tent at International Ploughing hatch. (In 1984, the W. I.s of ; Wellington County will be responsible for the entire Ladies Program f at the International Ploughing Match.) ; : ;' ' > ..'-._..- KE eEA NT L 3 NB stt Venss s Recsiomana ~-- ---- C e mec eA * ~C O * *

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