Home & Country Newsletters (Stoney Creek, ON), Winter 1982, p. 12

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Newsmakers * .l Mrs. Isabel Kinnear, Sunshine WI. Prescott District, winner of the FWIC Inez Derby Memorial Award. The 5100,00 cheque will be used toward a special education course for Children With Learning Disabilities at Ottawa University. Canadian Unity Competition (FWIC) for teenagers, Miss Monica Wiekeler, Perkensfteld. Simcoe County. was the Ontario winner of an exchange trip to visit a teenager in Manitoba, Mrs. Lois Urstadt, Owen Sound. member of Bluewater WI. Grey West District. a former FWIO Board Director was elected Warden of Grey County for I982. COMMUNITY RECOGNITION AWARD ELLIOT LAKE WI, ALGOMA EAST DISTRICT are proud of a member. Mrs. Anita Hervieux. who just recently obtained her BA from Laurentian University. Elliot Lake Secondary School awarded Mrs. Hervieux a 25th Anniversary Community Special Recognition Award for her positive influence on the lives ofteenagers. resulting from her involvement in activities with teenage participa- IIDTI. As a member of the Women‘s Institute. Mrs. Hervieux became a 4-H leader in 1966. and has involved over 200 girls since that time. She served as convener of a Federal Grant Program to assist ‘shut-tns‘. employing young people for the summer months. In 1978, Mrs. Hervieux was one of the persons instrumental in organizing a Community School program for the French speaking community teaching handicrafts and hobbies. Hair! Mur’un. Wiflubt’fle Merri/iei’d. Jessie O'Neill. ll'flghh Gloria Pink/ram. Il‘u Luiwlt'rtt', l1 7 '"i l FWIC Award of Merit given for outstanding service to the organization to two of the original members on the Hood- less Homestead Committee. Mrs. Harry Nixon and Miss Helen McKercher. Both have resigned. both have given of their talents and energies over the last 21 years. They will be missed, but the results of their generous efforts will live 011‘ Mrs. John Charlton, Secretary of the Hoodless Com- mittee since the beginning has resigned and will be suc- ceeded by an FWIO. former Board Director. Mrs. R. C. Randall. Mrs. Charlton's interest and dedication along with her husband. the late Dr. John Charlton. cannot be meas- ured in either words or successes. However. she will con- tinue to act as Secretary for the Foundation Records. FWIO Board Director. Mrs. Warren Emmott, Brant South District has been appointed as a member to the Hoodless Committee. Mrs. Emmie Oddie. FWIC President was invited by External Affairs Department representing FWIC to visit headquarters of the Organization for Economic Coâ€" Operation and Development (OECD) the lntemational Emergency Agency. NATO headquarters and Canadian NATO forces at Lahr. Senator Martha Bielish, received an Honorary Degree of Doctor of Law from the University of Calgary for her contribution to the volunteer sector in the province of Alâ€" berta. to Canada. and to ACWW. Tim lrfi' "it'fllilt'rtllipi were prt's'enrt-rl'ur u s " I ' I . .peua meeting uflhe CALABOGIE WI, RENFREW Mrs. Htm‘l' Moran and Mrs. JCXA‘H.’ O'Neill. Some oflhe mcmbc SOUTH DISTRICT m rs present were L-r. utrlvain Kieloran, Augusta Henley, A Murrlru Moore. Elizabeth Redd): Standing, Mae Luker, Muriel Marion Cockwell, Gladys Bunker. Rim Willis. Monica Windle.

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