Sewing Clubs and Red Cross Swimming Courses. Each winter Red 
     
     Cross sewing and knitting are done, and quilts and used clothing 
     
     packed for the Unitarian Service. This year the W.I. sponsored the 
     
     UNICEF Hallowe’en program and each year prizes are donated to the 
     
     Souris Exhibition. Women’s Institute pins have been presented to 
     
     three of our members who have Completed 20 years or more in the 
     
     organization. Senior citizens are remembered on various occasions 
     
     with flowers, a birthday gift or a gift. Purchased a share in film 
     
     projector, and find it a great asset to our program. 
     
    

    
     Mrs. Stuart MacGregor, a former convener and Vice-Presid— 
     
     ent of the Provincial Board is a member of this Institute, as is Mrs. 
     
     Walter Dixon, our present Convener of Cultural activities. 
     
    
   
   
    
     UIGG-KINROSS W. I. Organized November 19, 1923. A $25.00 
     
     prize received for plans for a rural home; a $25.00 award was won 
     
     for war-work in a Canada~wide contest and $3.00 prize won in pro- 
     
     gramme planning. Our Institute successfully campaigned for the ex— 
     
     tension of power lines throughout the district, the hard surfacing of 
     
     the highway and all night telephone service. Through the years the 
     
     work for “Home and Country” has always been supported at local, 
     
     district, provincial, national and international levels. 
     
    
   
   
    
     ST. PETER’S LAKE. Organized November 27, 1931. Super- 
     
     visor Miss Hazard. Officers: President, Mrs. Vernon Anderson; Vice- 
     
    
   
   
    
     President, Miss Lily MacDonald; Secretary-Treasurer, Miss Lottie 
     
     Rossiter. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Main interest the erection of an extra room for their district 
     
     school. This group disbanded, but reorganized in 1949. Of the orig- 
     
     inal eleven who pioneered the W. 1., two are still members. 
     
    
   
   
    
     FORTUNE ROAD, 1945 by Miss Mary MacDonald. Officers: 
     
     President, Mrs. R. L. Burge; Secretary, Mrs. Fred Ross; Three Chart- 
     
     er members. Chief concern was .for the school and were responsible 
     
     for installing a toilet system, pump, electricity, radio, bookcase, cup- 
     
     boards and many small items. Contributions are made to charitable 
     
     organizations. School children given treats at Christmas and sick 
     
     and shut-ins suitably remembered. An annual banquet is held every 
     
     year and much enjoyed by the members. 
     
    
   
   
    
     MORELL. Organized 1925 and incorporated in 1936. The lst 
     
     three presidents were: Mrs. Wallade Anderson, Mrs. Henry Coffin 
     
     and Mrs. Ambrose Steele. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Community efforts: five thousand dollars contributed to- 
     
     wards three-room school; prizes, scholarships and treats for stud- 
     
     ents. Painting of interior and exterior of building. Winning of Rural 
     
     Beautification prize two years, War work. Contributions to all wor- 
     
     thy causes, Red Cross, T.B. League, Blood Donor Clinic, March of 
     
     Dimes, Multiple Sclerosis, Retarded Children. When Bristol, England 
     
     was bombed, a mammoth “Bristol Day” was held in Morell, sponsored 
     
     bx the W.I. for which a cablegram “thank you” was received from 
     
     the mayor of Bristol. 
     
    
   
   
    
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