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So : If . . HISTORY OF BROWN!‘3 WOM&N!‘S INSTITUTE . | On &pril 17, 1936, thirty girls under the leadership of Mrs. Bolton Fitzgerald and Mrs. M. Mclintyre of Thorndale Senior Institute and ‘ Miss Verna Lee of Thorndale Juniors were organized under the name , ‘ of Nissouri Junior Institute at Brown‘s Corners with the following ofâ€" ficers: â€" President, Miss Jean Brown (Mrs. Robert Arthur); Viceâ€"President,; _ 25 | Miss Annie Rumble (Mrs. Hubert Uren); Secretaryâ€"Treasurer, Miss Susan Muir (Mrs. George Towle). | . On May 6, 1938, this organization became a Senior Women‘s Instiâ€" tute in the district of East Middlesex with the following officers:â€" ‘ii P President, Mrs. John Hawkesworth; Viceâ€"President, Mrs., Hubert Uren; Secâ€" \ retaryâ€"Treasurer, Miss Elaine Showers, District Director, Miss Leone ~ o Facey (Mrs. Gladwin Hooper). . | In May, 1943, with a membership of twenty, the name Nissouri > , was changed to Browns and we joined the district of North Oxford. Some of the projects have been sewing and knitting for Red Cross, book reviews, speakers, Glee Club, drama, demonstrations, family night ' with a hot supper, exhibiting at St. Marys and Thorndale Fairs, bus . | trips to Brantford, Stoney Creek, London, Toronto and attending the Shakespearean Festival. ; ' Aside from this we have corresponded with the Lady Tweedsmuir | © Institute in England sending them a gift of ten pound cheese at Christâ€" mas; sponsored a course given by St. John Ambulance, St. Marys; compiled our favourite recipes into booklet form and sold 200 copies. ' ‘ ‘ We were divided into five groups, each with a convener; through ‘ this effort four hundred dollars was given to St. Marys hospital. 2 As each president finishes her term of office we present her with a "Life Membership and Badge." . - This report was taken from the : . Oxford North Fiftieth Anniversary | . . Book 1905 â€" 1955 .