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Sharing Our Heritage Balsam Hill My name is Gail Reid, anrl I’m Lynn C lellnnrl, we are from Balsam Hill Women 's institute, located in the geographic area known as Admaston in the Il'owuslttp of Arlmaston Brantley. Many of our members live in afarming area about 7 miles west of the town OfRettfl'EW. Our branch was organized in l 94 6 with 36 charter members, 8 ofwltom are still living in the area. It was named after thefirstpost ofiice in the community. That post oflice is gone, but its namesake our institute branch is strongly carrying on. One of our conummity projects was the AdmasIon Heritage Book. It was resolved by the members afler theyem' oftlze child in 1979 to preserve the community heritage (is a legacyfor the children. Oneâ€"hundred and fifty years after thefirsl settlers arrived, the Arlmaston Heritage Book was completed (copy on display) (Gail) As we prepared for this event and dug deep into Our histories, we found that Lynn‘s Great-Great Aunt married my Greatâ€"Grandfather's third cousin, so in addition to being life-long friends and neighbours, we are cousins ofa sort. But that is part ofthe value of studying our heritage, we find common ground Where there was none before. .t', _' 'j ' .:l 1 Now you may have wondered about this ratty looking old blanket covering the table in our display, and speculated that those poor folk in Admaston couldn't scare up even one tablecloth between them. But no, there was some method in our madness, this old and well-loved blanket, is a family heirloom in the Reid household. It started out as the fleeces of sheep in pastures scattered across what is now Admaston and Horton, all brought to Great-great -great cousin Ephraim Reid‘s woolen mill in Ferguslea. Ephraim Renfrew South District Women‘s Institute Page 8 of 27