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April 1955 As convenor of Historical Research for the Aldershot Women's Institute I am pleased to report as follows; Mrs. Norman Robertson gave a most informative address on "Canadian Antiques" at one of our meetings, illustrating her remarks with many of her own lovely old pieces of furniture, household equipment and bric-a-brac. She demonstrated how these beloved treasures could be used in the modern homes of to-day. HISTORICAL RESEARCH October 1956 Roll Call. Lost Landmarks of Aldershot. "The Sentinel Oak", Fonger's Cemetery, Captain Hall's Home, The Old Mill, Sinclair B.O", "Blessinger Home", Cable R.R." Speaker Mrs. Pollock, District Convenor of Historical Research. Dessert Bridge. Mrs. A. Lancefield and several members wore costumes to commemorate the 60th Anniversary of the W.I. [Women's Institute] Mrs. A. Lancefield gave a short but very interesting talk on the history of the W.I. March 1957 Aldershot W.I. celebrated its 25th anniversary in March. Present were many ladies who had attended the organization meeting. The first President, Mrs. Allan Lancefield was present and gave a witty resume of old times and former members. The minutes of the first meeting were read by Mrs. Wm. [William] Crouchley, who was the first appointed secty [secretary] of the institute. Six past presidents of our Institute were also present and gave the highlights of their terms of office. We were honoured to have Mrs. J. C. Houck of Brampton as our speaker, and five members of the Executive of North Wentworth W.I. were our guests as well as a number of ladies from the Waterdown W.I. The Roll Call; "An incident of 25 years ago" was answered by many members. A feature of the programme was a fashion show of dresses, hats and coats worn twenty five years ago and several beautiful wedding dresses were modelled. Mrs A. Lancefield gave a very interesting talk on her collection of old spoons, old coins etc. Would you please bring a report for Historical Research to the Annual Meeting to be held at the home of Mrs. H. Raab at 1 p.m. Thursday, May 2nd. This report is to be sent on to the district convenor. A good deal of work has been put on our "Tweedsmuir History" book and the convenor hopes to display it at the annual meeting of the North Wentworth W.I. All respectfully submitted by Lucy R. Gallagher