We bought desks and seats for the school, fenced the yard 
     
     and painted inside and outside of school. Also bought an organ and 
     
     a piano, sponsored a vocal teacher. We put e‘actricity in school 
     
     and paid half expenses on septic toilets. Had road and district 
     
     signs made and erected. Sew for Red Cross, made quilts for wel- 
     
     fare society and gifts to orphans at Christmas. We also give Christ- 
     
     mas baskets to aged and shut-ins in the district. 
     
    
   
   
    
     MARSHFIELD W.I. Date of organization, April 1, 1913, 
     
     Organizer, Mrs. Dunbrack, President, Mrs. L. H. D. Foster, Secre- 
     
     tary-Treasurer, Mrs. Charles Robertson, Norah Ferguson. 
     
    

    
     Marshfield, W.I. was formed under the supervision of Mrs. 
     
     Dunbrack. This was the first Institute in Prince Edward Island to 
     
     be officially afilliated with the Department of Agriculture. 
     
     This is stated in the Women’s Institute Handbook and also in the 
     
     annual Report of P.E.I. Department of Agriculture for the year 
     
     ending December 31, 1914. 
     
    

    
     This first group had a membership of eleven women, the 
     
     President being Mrs. L. H. D. Foster who is our Honorary President 
     
     today. The Secretary was Mrs. Charles Robertson, and the Treasurer 
     
     was Norah Ferguson. Mrs. Edgar Heartz another member of the 
     
     first group is one of our present day directors. One of the first 
     
     projects of this organization was that of knitting, sewing for the 
     
     men of two wars. Since that time the successive members are 
     
     continuing this worthwhile project in the form of supplying clothes 
     
     and food for homeless refugees. A piano was purchased and a music 
     
     teacher engaged. The Institute members have taken over the care of 
     
     the hall which has to have the interior and exterior redecorated and 
     
     oil heater was bought for the hall, which is the centre of community 
     
     activities. 
     
    

    
     Marshfield W.I. received first prize for best community 
     
     effort in 1955, have sponsored sewing classes in the school, first 
     
     aid and swimming classes. (including water safety) handicraft 
     
     course, and are now sponsoring a Boy Scout and Wolf Cub Troup 
     
     in our area. Contributions are sent to many organizations. 
     
    

    
     During 1962, Institute members conducted an extensive High- 
     
     way Safety Project which they entered in national competition. 
     
     On March 19, 1963, almost on the eve of its 50th anniversary, the 
     
     Marshfield Women’s Institute was advised by the Canadian High— 
     
     ways Safety Council, Ottawa, that their project had achieved 
     
     first place in the Carol Lane Awards, and that they would receive 
     
     a bronze statuette and $1,000.00 in cash. 
     
    

    
     This is the first time in the history of this annual award, 
     
     inaugurated in 1951, that it has been won by a group in the Mari- 
     
     times, and it provides a fitting climax to the first fifty years of 
     
     achievement by the Marshfield Women’s Institute. 
     
    
   
   
    
     HUNTER RIVER W.I. Date of Organization February 16th., 
     
     1948. Supervisor, Miss MacDonald, President, Mrs. Cyril Smith, Vice 
     
     President, Mrs. J. L. LePage. Secretary-Treasurer, Miss Marion Gillis. 
     
    
   
   
    
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