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The ' 7 rn‘Women’s Institute have been v y privileged in helping a young man to Speak- It all began when Rosemary Mar- ehall showed Our members a film :alled Breakthrough. The film feaâ€" rured her son Paul and portrayed u hat he and; other victims of cerebral palsy are able to do despite their nroblerns. Paul is very active and in- telligent, but his illness prevents him 1n the fall 1985 edition of Home 8:. ountry, we printed a partial list of re WI members who received Onâ€" ll'lO Bicentennial Medals. At that time, we promised names tat reached our office after deadline ould appear in the Winter 1986 edi- on. We should have known better! lames of the many women who were named with medals kept pouring in, "en after the winter deadline, so they Vere all held until this issue. Con- ratulations to the recipients. The irge number of medals awarded to #1 members says a lot about the ‘Vomen-‘s Institute organization. .{etn Aleorn i’andorf WI fork Centre District \lice Amar‘on Balsam Hill WI Renfrew South District Lottie Blake Ramsayville WI Carleton East District Eleanor Bredno'elt (deceased) auburn W1 Huron Weist Mae Brnmler Brampton East W1 Peel South District June Brown Tec-Wofiwtsfl WI Simcoe Smith District Mahleflawur Scugo WI or speech device from using the faculty of speech. We learned how Paul might be able to do more with a voice synâ€" thesizer. The speech prosthesis com- municator device is a voice computer which uses microelectronics to syn, thesize the human voice It is nine by 15 inches, with a keyboard on which Paul may type out words. The com- puter will interpret what he has typed and then express it verbally. The Woodburn WI hoped to raise $3.400 â€" the cost of a synthesizer. Mildred Cline Price Wl (Price has since disbanded) Helen Coutts Minesing WI Simcoe Centre District Iris Coync Wiarton WI Bruce North District Florence Diamond New Hamburg WI Waterloo South District Marion Dougall Usborne Hazel Foyston Minesing WI Simcoe Centre District Bernice Gates Rosseau WI Muskoka Centre District Linda Hammond Oxford South District Helen Hill Georgian WI Simcoe West District Helen M. Hossack Embro and West Zorra WI Oxford North District Shirley .Ittggi Minnitaki WI Kenora District Coral Lindsay Kars WI Carleton East District Jean Macuod Combermere Wl Renl'rew South District To that end. a cookbook oi littorâ€" ite recipes was put together ZIIItl \OlLl, and members catered to many nude dings and banquets. Our hopes were rctili/cd last May when we were able to prcscni Paul with his own syntltcsi/cr. progrnnir med to his specific needs. Paul is now nttcndintI Moiitmk College in Hamith Marjorie Armour is thdhurn's PRO. Bicentennial Medal Winners Evelyn Mann Apsley WI Pcterborough District Hilde Mordcn Clachon W1 Elgon West District Marguerite Murray Lambcth Irene Nelson Rosemont WI Dtill‘erin North District Rosemary Sursl‘icld Union Hall WI Lanark North District Peggy Schnrl'c Mctcull‘c WI Carleton Eilhl [)islrict Edith Smith Utterson WI Muskoka C‘culrc District Hamel Stewart Violet Hill WI Dui‘l‘erin North District Hazel Wilman Sidney South Wl Hastings West District Marguerite Young Central Yarmoulh WI Elgin East District Fannie Yeager Lynnvillc WI Norfolk North District H Bit C April. May, June 1986