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Bale school board arranged to have them taken to and from high school each day-that it knitting too, for the boys, often with heavy hearts. The members decided that parcels years to raise and donate two thousand dollars to the rink fund. was a good move may be seen by thinking of the young people now successful in professional and business life. body on the stacks of knitting, hospital supplies, refugee garments, quilts and return the finished articles to the Red Cross which had a branch in Bala at that time, petition was signed and presented to the school board asking them to look Into ways of food, cigarettes and knitted wear should be sent twice a year to year or the war, one hundred and twenty with grateful hearts those who came not __ "They Grow Not 01d" . A grand and means and in 1939 the Gravenhurst High School agreed to accept Bala students. The and girls in the services, and many were the schemes to raise funds again planned by the W.I. assisted by all the ladies of' the town for the property and again the wa. promise support and have already given three hundred and boys and their families and at which the town made a presentation to of' writing (1950), a new community centreis planned to be built on town motor park dollars to the fund. In the past year the ladies have bought kitchen equipment, gas dinners. the sick and bereaved of the community have. not been neglected. Appeals for aid for destitute families and relief for fire, flood and drought stove, dishes, silverware and table linen in order to cater for the Lion's Club answered over and over again. Bales of clothing are sent donations of money have been given many times to the Star Children's Hospital, Sanitarium, the Bracebridge Hospital there have been teas, plays, quilts, concerts, dances and all the ways. ful financially, but is lt worthwhile in our lives? Yes - we learn many things about 1939 - once again the war clouds hang heavily and the Institute members work as a The ladies were concerned over the lack of high school facilities and in 1937 a 1945 - at last the guns are silent; Victory Ball - put to such good use those years was burned in 1942 and at this Aside from all these larger items being looked after through the years, cheer for How do we raise money? Aside from donations and good From the foregoing account, it can readily be seen that the Institute is S12CeeSS- three parcels were sent out there are Joyful homecomings Santa Fund, the Sick dinners - who can remember sufferers have been each year to the needy, and and many other worthy causes. support in every project, all the town boys , and we remember for in the last banquet was returned girls each one . time