Adamsville WI Tweedsmuir Community History Volume 2

Publication: Tweedsmuir Community History Collections (Stoney Creek, ON), [1963]-[2011]

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Adamsville Women's Institute, Creator

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Adamsville WI Tweedsmuir Community History, Volume 2.

- Bruce tartan swatch
- Some Facts about Adelaide Hoodless and Erland Lee
- Introduction, history of Adamsville village
- Lord and Lady Tweedsmuir
- Map of Bruce County with community of Adamsville outlined
- Adamsville Church
- Half-Way House
- Adamsville Blacksmith Shop
- Adamsville Post Office
- Adamsville 4H Clubs
- Farm Radio Forum, 1940s
- Letter of Appointment to Postmastership dated 1888
- Adamsville School
- Colpoy's Bay article by Marg Fletcher, 1994
- Adamsville Women's Institute History, 1937-1996
- Adamsville Sign
- Highlights of Adamsville WI
- Landscaping Community Centre, May 1984
- Presidents and Secretaries of Adamsville WI, 1934-2005
- Women's Institute 100 Years, 1997
- Last District Annual for Bruce North, 1998
- Adamsville Spring Tour, 1998
- The Country Club renovations
- Quilt-Making in Adamsville WI

Farm Histories
- Concession 5, Albemarle, Lots 6 and 7
- Concession 5, Lots 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18
- Concession 6, Lots 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
- Concession 7, Lots 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22
- Concession 8, Lots 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 21, 21, 22
- Concession 9, Lots 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
- Concession 10, Lots 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13
- Concession 11, Lots 7, 8, 9, 10

- Article, "Credit for founding WI due militant Adelaide Hoodless," 1972
- Article, "Ont. W.I. restores place of birth," 1973 (Erland Lee Museum)
- "The Story of the Tartan"
- Article, "Over 300 attend W.I. Convention in Wiarton," 1980
- Article, "Mrs. Harold McArthur new head of Grey-Bruce area institute," 1980
- Article, "W.I. Convention," 1979
- Article, "Southampton hosting area WI convention," 1978
- Article, "New Grey-Bruce WI executive installed as convention ends," 1976
- Article, "Wiarton hosts W.I. Area Convention, October 30, 31, 1972"
- Article, "North Bruce District marks 60 Anniversary at Wiarton, May 17, 1968"
- Death notice for Dougald McLeod Couch, 1946
- Death notice for Mrs. J.W. Hepburn, 1946
- Articles about Adamsville Christmas Concert, 1946
- English women visit Bruce County and Adamsville, September 1985
- Article, "Won with wide margin: Albemarle reeve Bruce warden," 1985
- Articles about Adamsville WI donations to local hospital and charitable organizations
- Article, "Englishwomen visit Cape," 1985
- Article about Bruce North District Annual, 1992
- Article, "Quilt just one example: WI's generosity on display," 1997
- Letter from the Grey Sauble Conservation Authority regarding a research project of the Alexander McNeill estate, 1991
- Handwritten census copied from 1879 census (not original)
- Various photos of local properties, farms, houses, and barns (some names include Balls, Adams, Cunningham, Couch, King, Crow, Richardson, Brough, Thompson, Hepburn, Dickie, Waugh, Fletcher, Leiss, Ward
- Photos of ladies quilting
- Various Adamsville WI group photographs, 1980s
- Photo of Adamsville Church, July 1922
- Photo of Adamsville School, 1922
- Photo of Bridge over Albemarle Brook at Adamsville, 1934
- Photo of County Road looking south from Adamsville, 1933
- Group photo of first meeting of Adamsville WI, 1937 with names
- List of Adamsville WI Branch Presidents, 1936-2004
- Adamsville WI members, 2004-2005 with group photo
- Photos of last fish dinner at Adamsville, 2004
- Photos of various Adamsville WI events, 1990s-2000s
- Adamsville WI 70th anniversary, 2004

Biographies of past members of Adamsville WI
- Mrs. Albert Radcliffe
- Mrs. Alfred Balls
- Mrs. Walter Balls
- Mrs. Sam Adams
- Mrs. George Thompson
- Mrs. Walter Crow
- Wilda Crow
- Mrs. Thomas Waugh
- Ethel Waugh
- Olive Waugh
- Mrs. Sam Watson
- Maggie Watson
- Mrs. Allan Waugh
- Mrs. Alfred Ward
- Mrs. George King
- Mildred King
- Mrs. Ivan Radcliffe
- Carrie Balls
- Lily Balls
- Mrs. Alvin Ward
- Mrs. Stuart Couch
- Mrs. Eward Couch
- Mrs. Jim Drury
- Mrs. Arthur Forbes
- Mrs. Elmer Thompson
- Mrs. Charlie Brown
- Clara King
- Drina (?) Dickson
- Ada Balls
- Katie Couch
- Mrs. Mervyn Waugh
- Mrs. Elgin Waugh
- Mrs. Verdun Greig
- Mrs. Andrew Butchart
- Mrs. Alex Butchart
- Mrs. Elwyn Richardson
- Mrs. Don Dewar
- Mrs. Gordon Hepburn
- Mrs. Bevan Ratcliffe
- Mrs. Allan Couch
- Mrs. Ed Thompson
- Mrs. Merton Mackie
- Betty Keeling
- Iris Gilpin
- Mrs. Frank Richardson
- Mrs. John Northy
- Bella Henry
- Mrs. Don Crow
- Mrs. Ken Waugh

- Final days of Adamsville WI
- Adamsville WI Celebrate 75th Anniversary, 2009
- Photos of Adamsville WI 50th anniversary, 1984
- Photo of Adamsville WI presenting donation to Wiarton Hospital, 2008
- Adamsville WI 75th anniversary photograph, 2009
- Photo of last meeting of Adamsville WI at the school 2006

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Typing by Jean Crow

Publisher

Federated Women's Institutes of Ontario (FWIO)

Date of Original

[1963]-[2011]

Subject(s)

4-H clubs
Anniversaries
Banquets
Churches
Community service
Death
Forge shops
Fund raising
Galleries & museums
Gifts
Halls
Maintenance & repair
Meetings
Post offices
Quilting
Quilting bees
Quilts
Schools
Women's Institutes

Language of Item

English

Geographic Coverage

Adamsville

Ontario, Canada

Latitude: 44.86678 Longitude: -81.16644

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