Home & Country Newsletters (Stoney Creek, ON), Summer 1966, p. 33

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“emagumi Institute wo- nen are interesled in ianudion and local in- ustries including the iron re mining proiect neur Eemugami, so they invit- -â€"d Mr. B. H. Eloyum oi therman Mines to speak 0 them or: this industry. vtr. Boyum was interested n their Tweedsmuir His- ory. Left in right: Mrs. Soyum. Mr. Boyum, Mrs. Alma Burwosh, WJA Presi- i'eril; Mrs. Margaret Cars- .49”, Historical Research :onvener. tided. A gift of money and used clothing \ it to a needy family. Mansfieid’s De- r that meeting took the form of a party for i nbers' husbands and everyone in the comâ€" l nity. They had games, carol singing. a skit 1; a oneâ€"act play. Bogarttown took the school children of ades VII and VIII to visit the historic iron Temple. King sent Christmas parcels to patients in a .trby mental hospital. Buttonville invited the women of the local 'Jl'Ch organizations to one of their meetings. is Institute gave candy to elderly patients in 3 mental hospital at Christmas time. Mark-Vaun gave a Valentine Party for : retarded children at Thornhaven School d a St. Patrick’s Party for the Senior Citi- ns at Thornhill. They held a number 0f achre parties and used the proceeds to buy a lecial bassinette for premature babies at the cal hospital. Uniouville, to mark its fiftieth anniversary save the library $50 to buy books. Thomhill .ave their library the books, “Clearing in the rV'est" and “From 3 Roadside Window.“ Bur- ”le placed “Clearing in the West“ in the .lublic library and four local schools. Roches Point adopted an aged resident of he County Home. Belhaven reports “adopting” itventy members. Neither explained what thEif “adoption” involved. Newmarket reports assisting in such district _0r county projects as a shower for the Eliza- beth Fry Society, donating to a fund to buy artificial limbs for a York county child. They had a “shower” of reading material for the county hospital. AS in every other year a number of Inâ€" SUMMER 1966 stitutes have helped families whose homes have been destroyed by fire. They give donations of money. kitchen showers. groceries. bedding. clothing. Some of these Institutes were Trout Mills. Crumlin, Crown Hill. Dalston, Edgar. Northbrook, Coldwater, Huronia. Avonmorc. By way of education for fire prevention. Queensville arranged a showing of films on fire prevention in the local school and Birr entered a display on fire prevention at the Strathroy fall fair. Gamebridge gave three wheel chairs to a local hospital in memory of a deceased mem- her. Zephyr "gave their support to the library board in an attempt to have a new library as a centennial project." Following an address by a clergyman from a nearby Indian Reserve Mission "there was a wonderful response of food and clothing for the mission." West Oxford members have twentyâ€"five cor- respondents at the Ontario Mental Hospital at Woodstock and they entertained them at a Christmas party. Kearney has had the library room in the community centre “finished inside.” ready for the books to go on the shelves. Magnetawan says: "The boys in the manual training room in our school made a first aid box and we filled it with first aid supplies for our volunteer firemen.“ Campbell’s Cross put a stove in the Junior Farmers’ building and replenished the dishes and silverware. They also gaVc an electric coffee urn to the County Home. Terra Cotta gave $50 to the Junior Farmers toward the renovation of their building. $25 to the Comâ€" munity Hall and $25 to a needy family at Christmas time. 33

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