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t the candles and blew them out, while Mrs. Laura Rose Stevens "~" ". made the wish. Mrs. Laura Rose Stevens proposed the toast to f f the charter members and was responded to by Mrs. W. p. Grylls. j! The charter members were Mrs. James Rankin, Mrs. Thomas / > Guest, Queen‘s Line; Mrs. W. F. Grylls and Mrs. John Wright, 1* Westmeath ; Mrs. John Stephenson, Mrs. Robert Hicks, Mrs. Herâ€" ; man Christmann, Mrs. Archie Crozier, Beachburg; Mrs. M. D. ‘i] Purdie, Mrs. Selby Barr, Mrs. James Forest, Mrs. Harry Barr, â€"_ s Douglas; Mrs. R. A. Williams, Mrs. Harriett Coffey, Forester‘s ; l Falls, . ' . ; Miss Anna Lewis, Superintendent of Women‘s Institutes, was ;| given a warm welcome. Miss Lewis warned us to "Pat ourselves ‘*I on the back and then give ourselves a good push forward." Mrs. 4 Dawson Shields entertained us in a lively manner with her vocal > .: selections. . C One unique feature was the roll call, a song composed by . ~ | Mrs. Gordon Hamilton of Locksleyâ€"Rankin as follows. How lustily i the charter members sang the first verse and chorus, while all ;} joined in for the last verse. Tune: Darling I am Growing Old, :1 1900 â€" i g Though the roads are rough and muddy _ > 3 Down to Beachburg, let us go; t | | For the District Annual Meeting ; © | { What the Branches do, we‘ll know ; | f Hear reports from all Convenors, sisters | ; Money‘s spent and money‘s earned. | $ . Resolutions passed or thrown out, . | } Ere our faces homeward turned. . | f Chorus â€" i : Days were lonely on the upper forty, | { Pleasures seemed to pass us by, But our lives are bright and joyful; Since we joined the W.L. 5o. 1947 . , Fifty years have brought great changes ; Training schools are hard to beat, {