The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

history of womens institute reviewed by halton district green tad white streamer acwvf potion and wi insunu and colourful flaga lent a fest ive atmotpbere to stowarttown hallifor the acww associated country women of the world district day arranged for hal ton district wi members on november 13th mrs john mccul lough of ttfcethusijstic r guest speaker she h been very active in womeny instit ute work at all levels la peel county and has alo been pro vincial secretary of fwio she has attended several acww conferences in other countries and made many friends as a re- sull in her presentation he sket ched the background history of acww and showed coloured slides of the delegates and con ference setting at michigan state university east lansing michigan where the 12th tri ennial conference of acww was held september she explained that about the turn of the century and un known to each other key men in various countries assisted wom en in rural areas to organize in groups like our own womens institute whose founding in 1807 at stoney creek ontario is credited to mr erland lee and mrs adelaide hoodw similar groopa vara formed in europe and around calcutta india and a mrs dutt mother- inlaw of mrs arotl dutt the president of acww founded the country womens organ izatlon that still bears het na- me aberd w of the that time was very interested in these movements and helped form hew groups in the british isles scotland in particular then later she worked tirelessly to have them joined in the world body known as the as sociated country women of the world this was finally ac complished in 1827 and mrs alfred watt a canadian be came its first president the pennies ioi friendship collection gmt v meetings provides a major portion of the funds used to operate acww the idea was originated by mrs godfrey drage who felt that a penny was within the means of every country woman who was a society member and this would give her an op portunity to play a personal part in its- operation the lady aberdeen scholarship was set up in 1959 at the dth triennial conference in edinburgh in honour of lady aberdeen the vigorous cofounder of acww and it was used to train country women and homemakers in de veloping countries a contri bution to the freedom from hunger campaign a short program preceded the speaker mrs murray thorns ot esquesing branch sa twovery-appropriate-mu- sical selections mrs campbell sinclair of ban nock burn branch gave an amusing reading mrs robert alexander and mrs ford wickson of asljfiorovo branch provided a lively piano duet and mrs black t csmpbcu vlile branch recited the cat tie thief by pauline johnson and another humorous number asencore special guests included miy kathy wjujany horn fcconom- isilfor hilton and peef and mrs itc moffakt of guclph the new wi board director for this district friendships were renewed as tea and cookies were passed by members of the sllverwood branch and ball ina fad mem bers toolrcare of a very success ful sale table as the afternoon closed those who had attend ed felt that it had been a most worthwhile outing h0rn1y fractured skull in down stairs fall get wall wishes are extended to mrs maurice williamson who is a patient in the oakville- trafalgar memorial hospital mrs williamson had the mis fortune on thursday evening to fall down the cellar stairs j fracture ber skull belated blhilay greetings to betty jo roycelwho celebrated herflrtb4rthday an sunday november 24th and to her slater lorrie who was four years old on tuesday november 26th their many friends in the horn by district hope they both had u wonderful- birthday the eighth meeting of the hornby cuisines was a supper meeting to entertain the part eh ts which was attended by the 38 present which included the prealdenrof the hornby worn- ns insftitute mr cecil pat terson who was representing the institute casserole dishes salads and cookies prepared by the members were served for supper tea was poured by mrs low sampson and mrs john wallace the north trafalgar euchrit club held their weekly euchre party on saturday night nov 23rd there were nine tables of euchre in play with the prizes going to the following mrs mildred henry mrs martha richardson mrs lena reld mervin rusk ron klngshott and jim hampton the lucky draw prizes were won by mrs wllbcrt nil and jack noonan miss shirley downs of toron to visited on the weekend with her parents mr and mrs del- bert downs mr and mrs irvine wallace of btyth visited last week with mr and- mrs leslie- butledgp and family and also attendod the royal winter fair wayne pjckett who is onlhe police force fn welland spent thursday with his parents mr and mm- harry pickett of tra- algar road mr and mrs garry hamilton and family visited on monday evening with mr and mrs roy south ot brampton w mr and mrs earpetoster of the eighth line left by plane from the toronto international airport on saturday for new foundland where they spent th vfeekend r mr and mrs bruce south and family were dinner guests ashgrove travels widely thinks canada still the best the public relations meeting of the womens institute was held at the home of mrs gor don wingfleld on tuesday af- ji november 10 at two oclock with president mrs john ruddell presiding and op ening with the ode and creed as the secretary mrs fred nurse was absent the assistant mrs frank w wilson read last months minutes and called the roll which was answered with name a community project you would like our institute to sup port and some fine ones were suggested all favoured sending fifteen dollars to the canadian save the children fund and fivev dollars to the t b association the hat sum mary course will be hold in milton on december 4 and the achievement day for our h clubs will be held on january 11 at ballinafad hall mrs chas austin gave the report from the arts it crafts tea which we had catered to in october then mrs robt alexander told some interesting highlights from the area convention at guclph on oct 28th and mrs john rud dell the highlights on the next days proceeding the program then was in charge of mrs j h hunter who called on mrs ford wickson for the motto take the world as you find it but do not leave it so followed by the special speaker mr william klassen communications engin eer with northern electric whose work takes him to other countries he has tra velled to italy greece turkey israel and iran and we realized how important our own coun try is canada has developed so much and the advantages we have and the many things we can get and we are still improv ing he told us other countries are interested in our ways and want our opportunities and way of life it is not the arm that gives thd strength but th people themselves mrs j w wickson thanked mr klasseg for giving us the vision of other countries and how we can make good communications current events were given by mrs cecil wilson after tha singing of o canada the meet ing closed followed by a social hour mrs maurice dixon of kapus- kasing spent last week end with her mother mrs itj graham and her sister mrs fred nurse and other relatives winter has arrived santa claus came to toronto and will be in eatons store until christ mas and mother nature has si ready given us snow and slush and likely has lots more in store to send along so you had better put em on now mrs john bellboddy electors of esquesing township vote to reelect george currie reeve i wish to thank the electors of esquesing township in tfielr expreujon of confidence for the acclamation of trustee to th haiton county koaro of education think you aincerely william a lawson simony othtinos to au malcolm h freeman candidate for reeve township of esquesing married two children ag 48 15 years in senior manaorui petitions prmenf position production mnor your vote and influence respectfully solicited th osoroitown hiftald thursday nov stthlhi page 12 on sunday evening with mr and mrs gaty hamilton and family the november meeting of kho eden united church women was held recently at the home of mrs lloyd marshall anniversary greetings are extended to mr and mra fred lister who will celebrate the id wedding anniversary on thurs day nov 2fith mr and mn garry nam i i ton and family visited on saturday evening with mr and mrs ker ry jepson and family anniversary greetings to mr and mrs- doug leelle who win celebrate their wedding anniv ersary pn sunday dec 1st e lect russel miller for esquesing council 5 years exmilnd on school board jimgoodlet mxmwhhbwrlbrhrmrthrmrmrm solicits your vote for councillor of esquesing township continued road improvement and in every phaae of local government to make bejuetlng a better place to live in its time for a change 21 yean with northern electric co present potlllon s engineering technician trained job qualifications estimator planner coordlriator vote jim france deputy reeve esquesing township reelkt tom hill deputy reeve for esquesing 2 years on council 1 year deputy reeve vote experience to the electors of esquesing with over 9 years previous experience in council four as councillor and five as deputyreeve i seek your support as councillor in the dec 2nd esquesing election wilfrid leslie for councillor voters of esquesing reelect g f pat patterson asjcouhculoj- 3 ytars experience i solicit your support on december 2nd c f patterson percy hicks solicit your support as a candidal for cou irith township of esquesing if oloctod my alms are torn maaturo of con trol ovar quarry operations within tho town ship a planisd progrmm for growth and mpantlori which would provide haalthy fix atructur for all tosldants of th townthlp of ktquatlnpj vote hicks 0n monday dec 2nd for esquesing council vote ken marshall i pikhfif- study end report or eaqueelncj in regional government replacement of substandard bridge careful attention to towiuhlp kualnou fot information and transportation cau atrtor