with a lecturer to accompany them. More than 60 groups asked for 
     
     the exhibit. . _ . 
     
    

    
     In 1933, the P.E.I. Women’s Institutes joined the Liaison Com- 
     
     mittee of Rural Women’s Organizations, and became a Constituent 
     
    
   
   
    
     member of the Associated Countrywomen of the World when it was 
     
     founded that same year. 
     
    
   
   
    
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     P.E.I.W.I. sent an exhibit of Handicrafts to the British Empire 
     
    
   
   
    
     Exhibition in Glasgow, Scotland; a unit in the larger collection spon- 
     
     sored by the ACWW. 
     
    

    
     INSTITUTE NEWS. Publication of the Institute News was 
     
     started in '1928, the first issue bearing the date, August 3rd. Miss 
     
     Evelyn Windsor, a Supervisor who was stricken with a fatal illness 
     
     after only four months with the Women’s Institutes, strongly advo- 
     
     c‘ated the publication of such a paper, but it was Miss Helen Matheson 
     
     (Mrs. Frank Chauvin) who edited the first copy. In 1949, the News 
     
     took on a “new look”. The covering page was yellow or blue (altern- 
     
     ately), — the Institute colors —, adorned with the WI crest. Twelve 
     
     Institutes were to be responsible for the material of one issue. Six 
     
     issues meant the participation of 72 Institutes per year in this pro— 
     
     ject. The pages Were mimeographed in the Office of the Department 
     
     of Agriculture (under whose wing the W.I. function), the assembling, 
     
     stapling, and mailing were done at the Institute Office. Mrs. Fred 
     
     Gates, experienced in all phases of Institute work became Editor. 
     
     When she resigned (1961), the format was again changed, and the 
     
     magazine, reduced in size, was once more printed by a commercial 
     
     firm. Mrs. Norman MacMillan was appointed and is the present Edi- 
     
     tor. 
     
    
   
   
    
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     MONTGOMERY HALL 
     
    
   
   
    
     October 2nd, 1961 will remain for many years to come a red 
     
     letter day for the Women’s Institutes of Prince Edward Island. On 
     
     this day, at noon the residence for girls attending Prince of Wales 
     
     College in Charlottetown was officially opened. Many Institute mem- 
     
     bers attended the ceremony and the provincial president was given 
     
     the honor of taking part in the ceremony. 
     
    

    
     Institutes. had played a prominent role in securing the much 
     
     needed building. On fourteen occasions delegates from the Provincial 
     
     Executive had presented to the government a resolution asking for 
     
     such a dormitory. It was the Institutes which first stirred the demand 
     
     and it was the Institutes that kept the demand before the authorities. 
     
    

    
     We, along with all Islanders are proud of the building which is not 
     
     only a beautiful structure and up-to-date in every respect, but versa- 
     
     tile as well. It will not only serve its purpose for our college girls but 
     
     will provide an atmosphere for meetings and conventions which we 
     
     have not enjoyed before. 
     
    

    
     Inside the main door a tablet has been placed. It reads: 
     
    
   
   
    
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