display at the Travel Bureau for a number of years. (Unfortunately, 
     
     it has been lost in our WI Office fire since). During the war, Mrs. 
     
     Leard spoke on the radio in favour of voluntary registration of 
     
     women. 
     
    

    
     Following her term as Convener, Mrs. Leard was elected Pro- 
     
     vincial President for two years, and then Honorary President. She 
     
     also served for two years on the Board of the Federated Women’s 
     
     Institutes of Canada. While on the Provincial Board, she chaired a 
     
     Committee that was instrumental in securing a better law regarding 
     
     women’s rights in the matter of Wills. An archaic law declared that 
     
     (in the event of no Will) a wife would receive less of her husband’s 
     
     estate according to her age. Thus, a woman losing her husband in her 
     
     later years would receive very little at a time when she probably 
     
     would need it most. Mrs. Leard with her usual ability and enthus- 
     
     iasm, spoke publicly on several occasions in favour of a new and 
     
     better law that would replace the old one. 
     
    

    
     It was also on her suggestion at an Executive meeting, that 
     
     the first Island Institute Cook Book was compiled and published. 
     
    

    
     A gifted pianist, Mrs. Leard has always been generous with 
     
     her talent, and for a number of years played for the sing—songs at 
     
     our Annual Conventions. 
     
    

    
     In presenting a Life Membership to Mrs. Walter Leard at our 
     
     38th Annual Convention of the Prince Edward Island Institutes, we 
     
     rightly feel we are honouring one who deserves this honour for her 
     
     splendid contribution to “Home and Country”. 
     
    
   
   
    
     MRS. LLOYD WILKIE 
     
    
   
   
    
     “It’s the songs ye sing and the smiles ye wear 
     
     That’s makin’ the sun shine everywhere.” 
     
    
   
   
    
     This was the introduction to the citation read to Mrs. Lloyd 
     
     Wilkie at the Annual Convention in 1959, prior to her departure for 
     
     Edinburgh, Scotland, to represent the Province at 9th Triennial Con- 
     
     ference of A.C.W.W. 
     
    
   
   
    
     After completing High School she attended Union Commerc- 
     
     ial College, following graduation she was employed by the Island 
     
     Telephone Company for some time. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Her remarkable energy led her to Toronto Where she attended 
     
     a Church Training school, taking special courses at University of 
     
     Toronto. On her return she married Lloyd Leigh Wilkie and now 
     
     lives on a farm near Alberton. They have two sons. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Her Institute activities have included the local Presidency for 
     
     seven years, District area President, and on the Provincial level held 
     
     the Convenership of Health and Welfare before her election as Vic‘e- 
     
     president. In 1957 she was elected Provincial President; since that 
     
     time officers and members realize that they can depend on Mrs. 
     
     Wilkie for kind understanding and prompt attention in any problem 
     
     be it large or small, and always with good humor and a happy out- 
     
    
   
   
    
     look.