Scholarship Fund. This fund began in 1947 and was originally known 
     
     as the “Jubilee Endowment Fund”. Each Institute contributes $1.00 
     
     annually, and the scholarship is given to a rural girl working to- 
     
     wards a degree in Home Economics. Those receiving this scholarship 
     
     are as follows: Dorothy Baxter, Laurdrene Wood, Barbara Woodside, 
     
     Miss Virginia Matheson, Miss Margaret Jean MacDonald, Miss Myrna 
     
     Smith, Miss Miriam Hyde. 
     
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     TEA APRON COMPETITION. In 1958 a Tea Apron contest 
     
     was sponsored by the Provincial Executive. This was made possible 
     
     through the courtesy of Salada, Sherriff, Horsey Ltd., who had the 
     
     staff of Charlottetown Hotel cater to a delightful tea following the 
     
     judging of the aprons, many of which were donated to the Executive 
     
     to be sold, ~ the proceeds to go towards the “Delegate’s Fund.” 
     
    

    
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     TWEEDSMUIR COMPETITIONS. The idea of awarding 
     
     Silver Cups for a History, Handcraft, and Cultural project each Bien- 
     
     nial (now Triennial) period, originated with Lady Tweedsmuir, wife 
     
     of the Governor General of Canada in 1947, and became known as the 
     
     Tweedsmuir Competitions. 
     
    

    
     National Prize winners from this Province are: 
     
    

    
     One-Act P’lay — Mrs. Adele Townshend, Rollo Bay West. 
     
     “The Ladies’ Slippers” —- First Prize, 1961. 
     
    

    
     One-Act Play —- Stanhope Women’s Institute. “The Trouble 
     
     With Women” -—~ Second Prize 1961. 
     
    

    
     Hooked Chair Seats -—- Oyster Bed Bridge — First Prize, 1961. 
     
    

    
     Village History — Hunter’s River Women’s Institute —— Hon- 
     
     ourable Mention 1961. 
     
    
   
   
    
     CONFERENCE ON EDUCATION 
     
    
   
   
    
     The Prince Edward Island Conference on Education is dedi- 
     
     cated to work with the Canadian Conference on Education, to pro- 
     
     mote the cause of better educational opportunities for the people of 
     
     Prince Edward Island and to develop an informed public opinion of 
     
     educational matters. 
     
    

    
     The Province was well represented at the Canadian Confer— 
     
     ence on Education held in Ottawa in 1958, and in order to promote 
     
     and continue this work, a conference representative of nine organiz- 
     
     ations was held on November 8, 1958. Many practical recommendat— 
     
     ions were made, and to further promote and assure continuance of 
     
     the work, the P.E.I. Conferenc‘e on Education was organized. 
     
    

    
     Representatives from 16 or more organizations met on 
     
     November 5, 1960, at Birchwood High School, when local and nat- 
     
     ional leaders addressed the delegates. Of the 25 delegates appointed 
     
     from the Women’s Institutes twenty-two were present, many acting 
     
     as secretaries of discussion groups, and one member of the Provincial 
     
     Executive, Mrs. Norman MacMillan, was on the Advisory Committee 
     
     that planned the Conference. Mrs. Michael Doyle, a Past President 
     
     was guest speaker for the afternoon session and delivered a thought- 
     
    
   
   
    
     provoking message. 
     
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