During World War I, an immense amount of knitting and 
     
     sewing was done for the Red Cross, and Mrs. Rose’s clicking needles 
     
     and hearty laugh were an inspiration to all. She served on the Pro- 
     
     vincial Board as Convener and later in 1931 and 1932 as Provincial 
     
     President. She passed away in 1946. 
     
    
   
   
    
     MRS. FRED GATES 
     
    
   
   
    
     Mrs. Fred Gates (nee Edith Jenkins) was born in Charlotte- 
     
     town, Prince Edward Island, and received her early education in 
     
     Charlottetown schools. She later attended Prince of Wales College, 
     
     Charlottetown Business School, and Acadia University. 
     
    

    
     After her marriage she moved to West Royalty, where she 
     
     still on the spacious Gates homestead. 
     
    

    
     In 1930, when an Institute was organized in her community, 
     
     Mrs. Gates was elected its first president. She has also acted as 
     
     District president and in 1935 entered W.I. work at provincial level. 
     
     She was Convener of Public Health for four years, Provincial Secre- 
     
     tary for two years, and in 1941 became Provincial President. 
     
    

    
     From 1941-43 Mrs. Gates was Recording Secretary for 
     
     F.W.I1.C. and capably represented her province on the National 
     
     Boar . 
     
    

    
     At the present time (1955), Mrs. Gates is serving the Wom- 
     
     en’s Institutes of Prince Edward Island as Publicity Director and 
     
     Editor of the provincial paper “The Institute News”. 
     
    

    
     Mrs. Fred Gates has for many years given valuable leadership 
     
     to the Women’s Institute work at all levels. 
     
    
   
   
    
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     MRS. JULIAN HERRING 
     
    
   
   
    
     It is a pleasure to look back over the years in order to 
     
     recall the rewarding experiences and achievements of one whom 
     
     we admire and have learned to love. This is our pleasant duty tonight. 
     
    

    
     After some years of office in her local Institute and District 
     
     Convention area, Mrs. Julian Herring of Borden, Prince Edward 
     
     Island, was appointed to the Board of the Prince Edward Island Wo— 
     
     men’s Instntutes as convener of Health and Welfare. In 1945 she 
     
     became Provincial President, and graced this high office during her 
     
     term with charm and ability. It was due to her initiative and effort 
     
     that a Leadership Course for District Convention Officers was estab— 
     
     lished, the first course taking place in the Legislative Chamber of 
     
     the Provincial Building. In 1947 Mrs. Herring, as an invited guest 
     
     represented Prince Edward Island Women’s Institutes at the 50th 
     
     Anniversary of the Federated Women’s Institutes of Ontario who 
     
     were commemorating the founding of Women’s Institute movement 
     
     at Stoney Creek in Ontario in 1897. 
     
    

    
     In 1947—49, she was our Junior Representative on the Board 
     
     of the Federated Womens Institutes of Canada, and during 1949-51 
     
     she served on the Sub-Executive of that Board. 
     
    

    
     During these years, Mrs. Herring (who in the meanwhile had 
     
     moved with her family to Charlottetown) helped to organize and 
     
    
   
   
    
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