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C W cs’ ' fl ' h F e,---------------------, (2) In 1943 the Institute packed and sent 17 boxes, socks, sweaters, food and tobacco to the boys in service. At another time it was 27 boxes - the sweaters and mittens being made by the members; Mrs. Adrain one year knitting most of the socks. Letters were received by some of the men by the Branch: Art Dupuis from Italy Cpl. Walter Bloom from Italy Paddy Manon from Belgium Art Peseeu from Italy Reg. Hudson from Scotland . The last box sent was to Reg. Hudson at Christmas time, he was in Germany and was the last one of the men still oversees, this was in 1946. ' In 1943 the cash at the end of the fiscal year was R 206.49. ‘ _ By the end of the next year the cash was in 19l4 only 3 5.35. 5 This shows clearly how much these ladies spent for var work... [ quilts were made for Britain this took much of the money getting , materials and mailing. These ware received and distributed where i needed the most by the women on war work through England. All I ‘ parcels of quilts etc. were acknowledged by these women over there. I I am sure that it was no easy job to raise money during those 3 years; what they did get, they shared willingly. 1 "Money Raisers" -._.- In 1943 a dance was held with admission of I 50t per person and a musician paid as well...52.00 paid to l wilrred Bouchard. l far cry from today! I Another time, a skating party and "bquuwre' dance with music by : Nelson Boehme with a Show put on by the. following.... ', Baily Adrain charlie Stubbs 5 Elvin Fredrick Sidney Stubbs .....'.vonde1‘ whc.t it was all about'. ’ 1 Many years later, some of you may recall, a dance was scheduled i for between Christmas and the liee Year....we went in the hole. It w:s a complete flop and the members, some of them anyway, ', volunteered to raise money on their own to help pay off our depts. Te did succeed. other money makers over the years were: _ Bake since, Card plays, not to mention a play called "The Laughing T Cure" a lot of fun with the leading lady being Bessie Aringle. I The cast was the W.I. members with a loan of several young men _ oi the community for the production. We even went on the road ‘ with the play...twice anyway'. Short Courses: One of the first short courses held was in sewing. It was held in the Anglican Hall in 1936. since then, there has been many more, to name some of them.... _ Sewing...Cprer tooling...Leather craft...Lamp shades [ , Needle-point-.. Hat-making...Textile printing .... : Cooking and others. . Y Also Rural Night School classes in typing and cooking sponsered _ . by the Institute. 4-H club work for many years dating back to , the first one in 1945 which was called the "Milky way”. There 1 is no record fo all the5e courses in the books, perhaps some of r you will recall when your children were 4-.H members, do let ___ _ --.- "e"'--------------------------'-"" -i4~_AWirr "e-w-r--, -------" : _ r I /,