ACWW in Edinburgh, Scotland. On her return, Mrs. Lloyd Wilkie 
     
     gave illustrated talks to approximately 20 groups throughout the 
     
     Island, and as Past President attended the 2nd National Convention 
     
     in Vancouver in 1961. 
     
    
   
   
    
     FORTUNE COVE Women’s Institute was organized by Miss 
     
     Hazard, at a meeting in the school on November 21, 1933. The organ- 
     
     ization was brought about through the efforts of the teacher, Miss 
     
     Eva Sabine who called on many of the women and aroused their 
     
     interest. Officers: Pres., Mrs. Lester Wallace, Sec. Treas., Miss Eva 
     
     Sabine. 
     
    

    
     During the years, the Institute has provided small articles for 
     
     the school, such as dictionary, drinking fountain, map of the Mari- 
     
     times, prizes for attendance, Christmas treats, etc., and has made 
     
     payments to the local Grade X Scholarship Fund and the Provincial 
     
     Home Economics Scholarship Fund. 
     
    

    
     During the war years a large number of quilts were made for 
     
     Red Cross work. Some knitting was also done. Extra money to buy 
     
     material for this work was raised by frequent sales of homemade 
     
     ice-cream and the occasional Bean Supper or having an auction sale. 
     
     Donations were given to many appeals for war services. Boxes were 
     
     sent regularly to the boys in the services from the district. One boy 
     
     in particular writing from Italy expressed his sincere gratitude for 
     
     some toilet soap that was in his box. Apparently he had never realized 
     
     the importance of soap until he found himself without this necessity. 
     
    

    
     One of the very active members, Mrs. Vernon Metherall, mov- 
     
     ed from the district after the Institute had been functioning for 13 
     
     years; she had served as president for a period of 7 years. Mrs. Les- 
     
     ter Wallace presented her with a gift. Another President, Mrs. Char- 
     
     les Yeo who served as president for a number of years was remem- 
     
     bered with a gift before her departure to take up residence in Pem— 
     
     broke, Ont. Owing to the fact that several families have moved from 
     
     the district and the difficulty of interesting younger women in Insti- 
     
     tute work, it was decided with regret at the annual meeting in 
     
     November, 1962 to disband after 29 consecutive years of Institute 
     
     work. 
     
    
   
   
    
     VICTORIA WEST organized Nov. 25th, 1924. Pres., Mrs. 
     
     Daniel MacLeod; Vice Pres., Mrs. John Moore; Sec. Treas., Miss Mar- 
     
     jorie Moore. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The following members were present at the first meeting and 
     
     are still active Institute members, Mrs. Daniel MacLeod, Mrs. John 
     
     Moore, Mrs. John R. Enman, Mrs. Preston Enman, Mrs. David Enman, 
     
    
   
   
    
     Our Institute’s achievements for the past thirty-six years 
     
     probably would not appear very outstanding but we are thankful 
     
     that we are able to meet together each month as a non-partisan 
     
     organization striving to touch and know the great human heart 
     
     common to us all and we do hope that our brief meetings together, 
     
     exchanging ideas and the carrying out of any line of work that has 
     
     for its object the betterment of the home, school and conditions of 
     
    
   
   
    
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