ed tables and chairs for the school. 
     
     PRIEST POND organized August 24, 1921 by Miss Matheson. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Assist with the general up—keep of the local school. In 1949 a benefit 
     
     dance was sponsored for a family whose home was destroyed by fire, 
     
     total receipts amounted to $104.00. 
     
    
   
   
    
     LOWER MONTAGUE, organized May 22, 1922, by Miss Car- 
     
     ruthers. Officers: Mrs. Leith Cowan; Vice. Pres., Mrs. D. A. Horton; 
     
     Sec.-Treas., Mrs. George Beck. Excellent community work — built 
     
     a new hall, and assisted with the building of the school. At one time 
     
     the members had a memorial plot in the cemetery in honor of sold- 
     
     iers of the First World War. Sponsor a Regatta annually. In 1960 a 
     
     9 year old Korean girl was adopted, and gifts are sent each year at 
     
    
   
   
    
     Christmas. 
     
    
   
   
    
     MONTAGUE organized 1913. Officers: Pres., Mrs. David 
     
     Wright (wife of Rev. D. Wright). 
     
    

    
     Efforts devoted entirely to war work from 1914-1918. Sup- 
     
     plied the heating system for the Montague Memorial School, built 
     
     following the war, and paid off debt of $3000.00 for heating. Assist 
     
     needy families. During the second war, there was knitting, sewing 
     
     and the packing of overseas boxes. Furnished a room in Kings Coun- 
     
     ty Hospital in addition to cash donations to this and other worthy 
     
     projects. 
     
     In recent years we have concentrated on the school, providing 
     
     a library, clocks in school rooms, and many other requirements from 
     
    
   
   
    
     time to time. 
     
    
   
   
    
     ELMIRA organized 1917 by Miss Helen MacDonald. Officers: 
     
     Pres., Mrs. A. P. MacPhee; Vice-Pres., Mrs. Stephen Mellick; Sec., 
     
     Miss Josephine Campbell. During the war work was mainly for sold- 
     
     iers through the Red Cross. The school was of major importanc’e and 
     
     desks, teacher’s desk and many smaller articles were provided. Later, 
     
     individual desks replaced the older ones. Toilets were installed. Con- 
     
     tributed to all worthy causes. School children and sick were remem- 
     
     bered with treats. In 1927 a community hall was built in Elmira and 
     
     stands today as a monument to the many hard working Institute 
     
     members who have gone to their last resting place. The Institute 
     
    
   
   
    
     meetings are a pleasure and a help to all. 
     
    
   
   
    
     NEW PERTH organized Sept. 22, 1920 by Miss Bessie Car- 
     
     ruthers. In the early years the Institute provided many comforts and 
     
     extra reading material for the school. When a new school was built 
     
     in 1948 the Institute supplied a modern sewage system, trees and 
     
     shrubs for landscaping the grounds, the Book of Knowledge and oth- 
     
     er extras which provide help to both teacher and pupil. As a member 
     
     of the Three Rivers Convention Area, the Institute contributes to a 
     
     $100.00 scholarship which is given high school pupils who rank high- 
     
     est in Provincial examinations and intend to further their education. 
     
    

    
     In present days, prizes are also given to the pupils who excel 
     
     in the one-room elementary district school. When it was possible to 
     
    
   
   
    
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