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.. the institute remodelled:a building that had been préâ€" sented to the community by Mrs. S. G. Kitchen, and turned it into a community hall . . . Institute meetings are still held in this hall . . . Delegates to the Associated Country Women of the World eonference in 1953, were enâ€" tertained by St. George Branch . . . $1,000 was doâ€" nated for the newâ€"communiâ€" ty arena and $500 for repairs to the community hall. The St. George WI was orâ€" gonized in January of 1903 7. . The first officers of the branch became the district officers, as St. George was the first institute in North Brant . . . St. George and Blue Lake and Auburn Branch bought a lot at the comer of Main Street and Highway 5, and had a monuâ€" ment erected to the memory of the men who gave their life in the First World War . Each branch, a history of caring Painting theâ€"band stand and furnishing Scotland with a bell were early projects of Seotland Women‘s Institute . . . The bell was rung at sixâ€" hour intervals . . . The branch‘s earliest records date from January, 1910. One member recalls the first mecting in 1902 . . . In 1926 SEPTIC TANK SERVICE |\ A Great Place to Eat . . . 67 Charing Cross St., Brantford Specializing in passenger, truck, camper and farm implement tires. 61 King George Rd. STANDOR TIRE _ CENTRE oo hss mt »" PA ds & Tx 7 Lm . w BURFORD St. George WI RR 1 BUREORD Dunlop Tire Specialists Scotland WL .. . Mrs. Bagdon was a votâ€" ing delegate to the ACWW conference in Ireland in 1965 members packed barrels for the needy of Northern Ontarâ€" io . . . Through the years the Public School has been proyâ€" ided with a flag, dishes and a couch, quilts were given to war brides .coming to the community and a hedge was planted at Scotland cemeâ€" tery . ... An annual donstion is given to the library, Fortyâ€"two women met in a log house in June, 1914, to organize Alford and Park Road WI and elect Mrs. James Gillen president . . . During the First World War members were actively enâ€" gaged in war work and in 1916 they embroidered colors for the 114th Regiment . . . For 40 years the branch doâ€" nated first aid kits to three schools in the area . . . Efâ€" forts are now directed to Pine Grove School which is now a community centre .. . A rug displayed in the Alâ€" exander Graham Bell muâ€" seum at Baddeck, N.S., was hooked by members for a Tweedsmuir competition . . . A private ward in the Brantâ€" ford General Hospital and a room in the nurses residence have been furnished . . . A charter member Miss Edith Kitchen was made honorary president in 1949 and still holds that office . . . To mark her 100th birthday in December, 1971, the branch gave a party at the John Noâ€" ble Home. Alford and Park Road WL the Atherton WL ~â€"â€"â€"â€"â€" _ THE EXPOSTTOR, * BRANTPORD, SATURDAY, ‘JUNE 24 1972 156â€"1180 The first charter meeting of the Langton_WI was held in February of 1934, at the home of Mrs. Nicholson . . . In 1938 a motion was made to remember shutâ€"ins . at Christmas with fruit and flowers, which is still done . ... In 1959 a member sent a quilt block made in 1869 to the FWIO . . . The 1969 cenâ€" tennial quilt was framed and placed in Norview . . . Crab apple trees were planted in front of the co m m unity centre . . _ .Dresses were made for the centennial ceâ€" lebration. The Lakeshore branch Of â€" pey on a cairn, gave $500 for the WI was organized i . prayers for the school band, May of 1983 . . . There Were provided a P.A. system and 25 charter members . â€" > sportstime for the areng . . . Donations have been. madt _ Qyer some 18 years nearly to the Port Dover Library, $10.00p was spent on these Norfolk â€" General â€" Hospital | projects . . . . expansion fund, Pohrt ggvl?jr ambulance fund, the ildâ€" ren‘s Aid Society, European Bealton WE flood relief, and other In January of 1914.a group groups . . . In 1959, Lakeâ€"~ of women met in the Sunday shore was hostess to the disâ€" _ sehool room of the Methodist trict annual . . . Dogw00d Church at Bealton to organâ€" trees were planted on school jze the Bealton WI .. . grounds, and a maple tree . Twenty three members : 7 ez tw id uons o ind oo sn enintorar ie ts o / Tranquility WI, now Tranâ€" quilityâ€"Fairview, was organâ€" ized in April, 1950, with 45 charter members . . . Caterâ€" ing has been_ the main means of raising funds with a Scottish Rite banquet being the first such event . . . Early. programs often feaâ€" tured musical selections and James Hibbard, the now wellâ€"known Brantford pianâ€" ist, was a frequent guest. Simcoe Womens‘ Institute Simcoe Women‘s Institute organized in 1903, was the first branch in Norfolk folâ€" lowing the district organizaâ€" tion a year earlier . . . For several years the branch had the same officers as North Norfolk District . . . Large classes in household science wore conducted by department . of . agriculture lecturers in 1906 and by 1915, 133 members envolled in a domestic science class of several days duration . . . ‘There were also. twoâ€"week classes in home nursing and sewing classes lasting sever al days. . . The branch furnished a threeâ€"bed ward at Norfolk General Hospital and a chest clinic was financed by instiâ€" tutes of Norfolk for 25 years During the Second World War Mrs. T. B. Barrelt of Port Dover originated the Jamâ€" for Britain project which became nation wide . . . . Branch members conâ€" ducted sewing classes for three years at the YWCA clubroom in Simcoe. Tranquility WI Langton WI Lakeshore WL Members catered a welâ€" come home banguet for men returning from the First World War with 600 attendâ€" ing .. . A memorial drinking fountain for men serving in the Second World War was placed in Lion‘s Park . . . The branch erected gates to Powell Park, provided chairs for the new auditoâ€" rium at the school, provided the town with an ambulâ€" ance, equipped a children‘s section in the Centennial Liâ€" brary, mounted the school bell on a cairn, gave $500 for blazers for the school band, provided a P.A. system and sportstime for the arena . . . Over some 18 years nearly $10,000 was spent on these projects . ... There were. 44 charter members when Port Dover WI was organized in Januâ€" ary, 1918 . . . A flag and a picture of the King and Queen was purchased for evâ€" ery classroom of the public and high school and "Meâ€" morial Row" was estaâ€" blished for Port Dover men lost in the First World War . . . The branch started the public library and members served as librarian, made donations to numerous comâ€" munity projects and sports teams and provided a baby in cub ator and five bed lamps to Norfolk County Hospital . . . 137 â€" 139 NELSON AT CLARENCE WARREN‘S Port Dover Open Daily 10 a.m, to 6 p.m. â€" Thurs. and Fri. ‘til 9 pam. FURNITURE WAREKOUSE WARREN‘S CENTSIBLY PRICED FURNITURE Compare Our Selections and Prices Before You Buy a charter~ member, _ Miss Alma Vanderlip . . . It was the first branch in Ontario to have its Tweedsmuir Histoâ€" ry microfilmed by the Doâ€" minion Archives in Toronto. ‘The provincial report. for 191516 showed Norfolk South District Women‘s Inâ€" stitute had 145 members in seven branches, It was not until 193132 it was allowed its own standing committee conveners and had its first federated representative, seâ€" parate from Norfolk North. . ... In the intervening years all branches in the county worked toward building Norâ€" folk General Hospital and furnishing rooms. . . . This help, both financial and in service, continued through the years. . . . In 1959 a nursing bursary was set up. ... The TB surveys in the county are the result of branch _ work. in Norfolk South in conjunction.. with the County Health Unit. Langford WE Langford WI, organized in March, 1911, is one of the branches that can still boast Whiteman‘s Creek Mrs. Alfred Apps was the first president of Whiteâ€" man‘s Creek WI organized in August, 1911 . . . Through the years members have contributed money and serâ€" vice to the community: and participated in governmentâ€" sponsored short c 0 uit s e §, among other activities. Norfolk south district Villa Nova Women‘s Institute an Reserve . . . Through the years the branch has helped the sick, disabled and burnedâ€"out families of the area. Plays and conceris were moneyâ€"raising events in the early days of Sour Springs WI organized in November, 1920 on the Six Nations Indiâ€" pany paid the branch $100 for the design and included it in their needlework magaâ€" zing. . . . Five charter members are still active in Union Womâ€" en‘s Institute which was orâ€" ganized in April, 1941 . . . "wenty women were enâ€" rolled at that meeting. Membership in Villa Nova Women‘s Institute has ranged from 14 in 1934 to its present 40. . . . The branch was organized in February 1915. . . . Quilting has been a project of its members who designed and made a Maple Leaf quilt for the Lady Tweedsmuir quilt conâ€" test in 1953. . . . It won first prizes at the district and area levels and second prize at the provincial level. . . . McCalls _ Publishing Comâ€" When the rural school was elosed, the branch bought it for a meeting place and moâ€" ney is raised by renting it for community meetings and projects, Union Women‘s Institute Sour Springs 153â€"2 032 11