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e mmwsas UA i. Z4 OBP Browns Euchre .. The first euchre of 2008 was hosted by | Browns Women‘s Institute Thursday evening at the Browns School House. Winners were as follows: Lady‘s High â€"â€" Jean Sims; Lady‘s Lone Hands â€"â€" Carol Herl‘)ert; Lady‘s Low â€"â€" Alice Pounds. Men‘s High â€"â€" Terry Barber; Men‘s Lone 18« .. * W ~ i i‘ Hands â€"â€" Allan Sims; Men‘s Low â€"â€" Ken c oakd 2K *3 C .5 Judge. Door prize â€"â€" Ernie Oliver. ' Atere‘s Wichking _ Browns WI > | Thetha‘;m:tirg meeting of Browns Women‘s Institute % QW SOt ?édédd‘/‘ was held at Browns School with a good attendance. President Evelyn Douglas welcomed e%eryone and read , z 8# 7M Sth a poem called Happy New Year. The treasurer‘s report January 31 at Brown‘s School was _ ® mz se was given. A thankâ€"you from the Women‘s Emergency EI_IChre night for the community. P s & Centre was read. An invitation from Lakeside Women‘s Winners were as follows: Ladies‘ High, + & =~~â€" > Institute to attend their Soup, Sandwich and Dessert Donna Ferreira; Ladiqs’ ,Lone Hands, C __ _ . n luncheon on February 9 was read. The upcoming conâ€" Doris Champion; Ladies‘ Low, Carol r*" "" o ference, to be held in Kingston on June 6 to 8 was Herbert; Lucky Lady, Irene Felkar; e e cea announced. Men‘s High, Terry Barber; Men‘s Lone e t "i_, ; 425 The meeting was conducted by the Citizenship, Hands, Allan Sims; Men‘s Low, Belle y {$°38 Culture and Community Affairs Group. An auction of Oliver (playing as a man); Lucky Man, S # &" gently used magazines and books with the proceeds for _ > David Arthur. The next Euchre night will f’ 2 . J 1y <54 Pennies for Friendship was conducted by Dianne be on Valentine‘s Day. _ " _ & ~=<â€"</l Greason, a very capable auctioneer. Dop t forget the Lakeside Women‘s & sc { 20 | > The Roll Call was answered by naming your favourite Institute Soup and Desserts/Euchre, . § Z i â€" T4 & C reading material and reading a joke. A poem Our Best coming Saturday, Feb. 9 at noon at the s """‘J | Friends are Books was read by Kay Conn. Susan Towle Parish Hall. _ > k. > y read Little Red Riding Hood from a book given to her as N: 54 C" a child. Dianne Greason had a contest on nursery â€"â€"â€" c Ew s rhymes and a word search which was won by Sue Day TUe love gyoe with Joyce West a close second. Courtesy remarks were ‘ o tamiil given by Joyce West. A hearty lunch was served by the go* committee and enjoyed by all. Table favours were supâ€" s J . y‘ J plied by Susan Towle. * sttA y ;t The results of the January 17 euchre are as follows: ; Ladies® High, Joyce West; Ladies‘ Lone Hands, Carol & Herbert; Ladies‘® Low, Alice Pounds; Lucky Lady, . Audrey Somers; Men‘s High, Ken Judge; Men‘s Lone Hands, Terry Barber; Men‘s Low, Sharon Rounds (playâ€" ing as a man); Lucky Man, George McLellan. Women‘s Institutes must change . § says FWIO premdent-elect Rural organization has more than 500 branches BRIAN SHYPULA ter landing a job as Oxford County‘s "I think our emphasis has to be on atâ€" Today, its outreach programs i_nclude Sun Media® home economist fresh out of Universiâ€" _ tracting women who are approaching . sending craft materials to Caribbean : ty of Guelph in the early 1960s. Her retirement whose families have g_rown,” countries and supplies and books to The Women‘s Institute has 110 years _ duties included teaching domestic sciâ€" said the 65â€"yearâ€"old former school Canada‘s ngrth. 7 of history in Ontario, but its 500â€"plus â€" ences to girls in 4â€"H and speaking to WI teacher. s Innes said she believes the group branches must become more flexible to _ chapters. That may mean dropping some traâ€" will wade into the debate on sales of raw stay relevant and survive, says the orâ€" After marrying her husbafnd Allfin d}ilti0n§ zuch as afternoonâ€"only meetings, milk M_____ ization‘s future president. and moving onto their dairy farm, she _ she said. ga‘{{l)veahave memberr)s in their 805 still _ joined the 1gocal Brooksdaléy WI chapter "You have to adapt to your memberâ€" _ w § who come to the meetings, but let‘s _ in 1973. ship." 2 WI was coâ€"founded by Adelaide face it, these women have given long "It was just one way to facilitate that WI does have something to offer Hunter Hoodless after her 18-mont11-olfi years of service to Worg;zn;s Institute whg‘le process of making friends," she wo(rlnenl.llt’s bé)th a so<(:ii;till1 gigll)l(())l;'?zl(l;lllltg fzhel(lidm(i;fid after drinking unpasteurâ€" ‘re no longer able to carry on. _ said. and a chance to expan! y â€" i?x%tig%);(rigr to car%y on, we have It?) get She was an active member for a _ she said. The WI has spoken out about recent € some members who have the time," ~â€"decade but dropped out to raise the couâ€" _ _ "I d(} th;nk that womendr};(;sd .the supâ€" Z?:ls 1?12 rrlaw milk by an Owen Soundâ€" i esidentâ€"elect of the _ ple‘s son and four daughters. Extra _ port of other women, and this is someâ€" s i eneg ; %‘%ge(gg;g:ih\;&%fi’e%s Institutes of Onâ€" 1I;)ime went to becomingga Girl Guide '{:)lmlgthat they will get through Women‘s "The Women’§ Ipstltute is real_ly conâ€" tario. . leader when her daughters were in _ Institute," she said. cerned about this issue because it is the The Embroâ€"area resident was electâ€" _ guiding. $ Over the years the FWIO has played chl},dren that will be the ones tlt:at gug ed presidentâ€"elect at the FWIO‘s annual m @mporta_nt 1"oles in influencing _chang_es fer, Inne_s sgld, cmn% sltllixl((iilfis tt ta‘u; in meeting in Barrie on Jan. 8. She will elumon i0 L in provincial laws and practices, inâ€" 'agreatermCIdem}lekQ & 13 gauinct serve a twoâ€"year term before taking â€"_ But once her children were grown, cluding putting flashing lights on school _ ca$ where raw mi 15 tsl$ b ie â€" over as president for two years beginâ€" _ Innes returned to the WI fold in theearâ€" _ buses, mandatory railway crossing signs, _ It‘s a qulet'lts’sueg te I;lt(;me?l J tuI ning in 2010. _= ly 1990s. j painted white lines on provxpcw.l high I‘m ,not sure it‘s g01r,1’g o stay quiet. Her outlook on the future of WI reâ€" She said she appreciates that young _ ways, easyâ€"toâ€"understand labels on food _ don‘t see how it can. flects her own experience with the rurâ€" _ mothers are too busy working andraisâ€" _ products, use of slowâ€"movingâ€"vehicle al women‘s organization. ing their families, just like she did, to be _ signs _and clear markings on poison f The Toronto native got to know WI af â€" going to WI meetings today. containers.