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Worncri'sfifiStitfiiéiplaces a special conference--call link .NEWS by Jenn Sauntcr '- 456-6113 British Women's Institutes} _ celebrate with Call to Canada Sandra Kell,,,-.cdmmittee ,,_cltairperson of the Erland Lee (Museum) Home, the birthplace of -;the Women's-Institute at Stoney Creek, Ontario,.had a unique experience, June 27. ' This year, 1990. marks the ,75'th 5'anniversary of the ,Women's AV Institute in Great Britain; its beginning credited to the work of a Canadian, Mrs. Alfred Watt of Collingwood. V To mark this special occasion, ' the British Cornwall Federation of ' Women's Institutes placed' a_ ' telephone call to Stoney Creek. .The call originated from the' British Telecom Satellite Earth Station at Goonhilly Downs on the southem tip of ComWall. r One hundred and forty WI members, representing 278 branches in Cornwall, joined with 230 members from Stoney Creek WI in this trans-Atlantic link. : The British national I chairperson. Jean Vannan and the Welsh national chairperson, Mary Thomas, spoke to Canada. ~;- Sandra Kell, Jane _ Croft, provincial board director and June Williams, president of Stoney Creek WI were spokespersons for Canada. _ a The conference--call link was . remarkably clear, Sandra'said, as questions and answers, laughter and coaching, were heard across V the miles. "Oh, yes, there really are a few f'palm' trees growing on the southern tip ofCornwall," the British women said. ' 1- ' Sandra was accompanied to Stoney Creek for this memorable occasion by her daughter, Katharine. After her return Mrs. ' Kell commented. "It was fun and it gave one a good feelingchatting with fellow Institute members." "Our programs and meetings . sound much the same," she added.