FOOD CLUBS operated on an experimental basis from 1949 
     
     to 1953. Six or eight districts including Kilmuir and Southport par- 
     
     ticipated in this highly desirable type of club. Representatives at- 
     
    
   
   
    
     tended the Dominion Competitions. 
     
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     ARCHAIC LAW (Wills) 
     
    
   
   
    
     In 1950 the Women’s Institutes were instrumental in having 
     
     this law amended by Legislature, so that now, should a husband die 
     
     intestate, the widow has full claim to an estate not exceeding 
     
     $20, 000 00, and theiefore cannot have her interests jeopardized by 
     
    
   
   
    
     grasping next of kin. 
     
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     COOK BOOK 
     
    
   
   
    
     In 1937 a Cook Book was compiled by the Women’s Institutes 
     
     of Prince Edward Island from home recipes contributed by individ- 
     
     ual members. Special attention was paid to Canada’s Official Food 
     
     Rules for Health, which were carried throughout as headings for 
     
     each section. A novel part of the book was the Tourist section, com- 
     
     piled from recipes contributed by leading Tourist Homes with hints 
     
     for beginners in the Tourist Trade. 
     
    

    
     When planning this book the committee thought it advisable 
     
     to include some recipes which though impractical during war years 
     
     would be useful in peacetime. In 1943 another edition was published 
     
     and 5000 c‘opies sold. 
     
    

    
     In September 1957 the Women’s Institute office was destroyed 
     
     by fire and practically all the contents, including our supply of cook 
     
     books was lost. In April, 1958, a committee was appointed to compile 
     
     a revised edition of the cook book. It is now on sale and obtainable at 
     
     the Institute Office ~——— price $1.00 per copy. 
     
    
   
   
    
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     UNICEF. On October 31 each year comes Hallowe’en, and in- 
     
     stead of children receiving treats, the Canadian children gather pen- 
     
     nies for the National UNICEF Committee. These pennies assist with 
     
     the effort to bring health and happiness to the less fortunate children 
     
     of other lands. P.E.I.W.I. asked all branches to cooperate in this pro- 
     
     ject and according to reports the amount has grown from $15,000 in 
     
     1955 to over $225, 000 in 1961. This was realized through the efforts 
     
     and support of Canadian children. Since 1955 our Province has con- 
     
     tributed the sum of $458. 55 towards this project. 
     
    
   
   
    
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     THE CANADIAN NATIONAL FILM BOARD was introduced 
     
     on Prince Edward Island in 1947, and offered its services to Women’s 
     
    
   
   
    
     Institutes. This form of Adult Education is taken advantage of at 
     
    
   
   
    
     branch meetings, and at District Conventions. 
     
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     HOME ECONOMIC SCHOLARSHIP FUND. Realizing the 
     
     necessity of the girls in the Province being encouraged to make the 
     
    
   
   
    
     field of Home Economics their goal, the Women’s Institute set up a 
     
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