The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

(3) In the event of reorganization. where two or more Districts or Areas are involved. notices must be sent to all above ofiicers of each District and Area concerned. (N.B. See Page 44. Item 20) (4) “approved, the Provincial Board Director shall present the request to the Annual Meeting of the Provincial Board. 3Y.LAWSâ€"AREA WOMEN'S INSTITUTE The layâ€"Laws of the Area Women‘s Institutes are amended by inserting the following: page 44 â€"â€" Item 20 ! To Disband. Reorganize or Transfer (1) When an Area wishes to disband, reorganize or transfer. a Notice of Motion must have been pre- sented. and the motion considered at the Area Convention. (2) Copies of Notice of Motion shall be sent at least one month in advance. to all Branch Secretary- Treasurers. District Presidents. District Secretary» Treasurers. Area Presidents, Area Secretary-Treasâ€" urers of the Districts and Areas concerned and to the office of the Federated Women's Institutes of Ontario. (NB. See Page 35. Item 32) RESOLUTIONS Page 7| â€" Item 5 A The District Convener of Resolu- tions shall: hi] to be amended as follows: (u) send a copy to the Branches of all resolutions to be dealt with at the District Annual. prior to April lst. January. 1975 Annual meeting a motion was sustaincd in increase the fees (I) FWIO .50 cents t2) FWIC .50 cents (JiACWW .02 cents t4) and any District and Convention fccs BYLAWS Page IS â€" item 18 (I) The Branch Membership fee shall be one dollar and fifty cents (1.50) pcr year. due it the Branch Annual Meeting. Page l5 â€" item 19(1) By February I ofcach _\car. the S'ccrctttry Treasurer shall forward to the Secretary Ireasurer ofthe District to which the Branch belongs. tees for each paid-up member (incltiding those dcâ€" ccused) for the current fiscal year as follows: (I) FWIO .50 cents (2) FWIC .50 cents (3)ACWW .02 cents and {4) any District and Convention fees DUTIES OF SECRETARY-TREASURER Page 33 ~ item 5 i (I) receive the FWIO fcc of 50 ccnts per member. the FWIC fee oi‘Stl cents per mem- ber and the ACWW fee of 2 cents per mcmbcr from the Branch Secretary»Treasttrers by Fcbruar) l. and Iorward same to the FWIO oliicc prior to April I. ac- wmpanicd by the number ol'membcrs per branch and the amount of each fee front each Branch. FINANCES My 55 i Item 7 (9) The FWIO fcc of 50 ccnts per member. the 2 cents per member shall be forttardc‘d annually from the Branch Secretary Treasurer to the District Secretary Treasurer before February I. and forwarded by the District Secretary~Treasurer to the Provincial Secretaryâ€"Treasurer before April 1. First 0n Island Green Bay Women's Institute was the first branch to he organized on Manitoulin Island in I905. One of its charter members. Mrs. Mabel Ramesbottom. now resides in the Centennial Manor. in Little Current. Some of the other charter members were Mrs. Som- merville. Mrs. Ferguson. Mrs. Hindlc. Mrs. Stringer and Mrs. Cosby. Mrs. Ramesbottom remembers vividly riding to the meetings in the horse drawn buggy with her mother who was Green Bay‘s first President. The Women‘s Institute “meant a lot to us then." the WI. was a plucc to talk. and learn and share ideas. There were picnics in the spring and a party at Christmas time. good fellowship and a lot of great singing. We met in the homes and everybody had an organ or pi- ano. We learned so much too. We talked about "how children should be trained." and discussed. "what We thought the country could do“. We would all pitch in to help when there was worl. to bc done. it was a com- bination of learning and doing. Rockvillc Women's. Institute was orgttni/cd in 1913 and it was here the first District Annual was held in [‘92]. The currcnt Board Director. Mrs. Harvc) Spry's mother. was one of the chartcr mcnibcrs. Mrs Spry ptttd high praise to the Women's Institute for Instigat- ittg hot school lttncltcs. pushing for health inspection. and in general raising the standards in thc cmnmunity. Also, the Ilontc Economics Branch has contributed so much through their courses. "I cvcn wcnt away to learn how to bake pics. 1 know ht)“ to bultc a pic. btit tlicrc were so many pointers and little triclts, it “th a dandy course." . - - ~_ , .7 W. .. Ail .. . r The first District Annual of (he Manitoulin Women 's In- stitute held in June 1921 Frri'mA/up I“!'J(‘Ntl\'/lf,l can marry a gar/11ml. tin/cl t'tlll hit/t u l/lllHl. Hm flfl't’ uhmc ('th Im‘nt LI t‘I'rl\,”. Uzi/tritium In r‘t'mum. villi/Mr {’llkllmt'n