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STONEY CREEK WOMEN'S INSTITUTE LOOKS BACK 50 YEARS--Included among the 200 members and guests at the golden jubilee banquet of the' mother Institute, held in Stoney Creek United church hall, on \Vednesday, February 19, were several charter members of this, the first-formed \Vomen's Institute. In No, 1, Mrs. Hamilton Lee, oldest past president of the Institute, is seen lightng the candles on the birthday cake. In the background, from the left, are Mrs. Gordon D. Conant, Mrs. Angus Jackson, present president, and MiSS Anna P. Lewis, Superintendent of \Vomcn's Institutes. Ser-- e'al of the charter members who attended this historic. event are seen in No. 2. From the left, those seated in front are Mrs. J. B. 'Davis, Mrs. Walter Ptolemy, Mrs. B. E. Thompson, Mrs. Murray ,Neil; 'back row, Mrs. H. P. Van \Vagner Mrs. Meltinley Morden, Mrs. J. B. Jackson (president for 1947), Mrs. John Budge, Mrs. George Mil~ len, Mrs. Selby Corman. Corsages were presmited to all charter members as they arrived at the banquet, and in No. 3, Mrs. J. H. Carseallen is seen as she made the pre- sentations to Mrs. Walter Ptolemy, Mis. J. 'B.'Davis and Mrs George Millen. In No. 4, Mrs. Gordon Conant, daughter of the Institute's first president, Mrs. E. D. Smith, poses for the cameraman beside a portrait of her mother and the basket of flowers presented to the Insti- tute by her father, Senator E. D. Smith, of Winona. Some of the present executive of the mother Institute are seen in No. 5; From the left, the} are Mr F ed Mather, Mrs. Lyle Nash, Mrs. 'Angus Jatekson and '. rs. Joseph Piott. The inset is of Miss Muriel Bostwiek, granddaughter of Mrs. Adelaide I'Ioodless, founder of the Institute, who was snapped in a jovial mood.