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30 t h Anniver sary of Yar mou t h Glen 'vl . I . Karch 9 , 1989

The Inst i tute grace was sung by t he 12 members and 6 guest s accompani ed by !3et t y .Jal ther , Prov . .i3oa r d J i rec tor , pri or to a delici ous supper a t 6:JO a t t he Talbot Study in St . Thomas . Over coffee , Shi r ley 3echar d read the first mi nutes of the Ya r mou t h Glen ' s meeting and read t he l i st of ne~bers attend i ~g t hat meeting . Maxine Dav i s gave a hi sto r y of 2 doc t ors f ron Nor t h Yar~ou th , tha t beine De . H. E. hc~ellar and Jr . James A. Campbel l . Dr . NcKel lar pr acticed medi c ine i n St . Thomas f or 50 year s a nd Dr . Campbell pract i ced i n St . Thomas also t i l h i s dea t h a t 49 . A f ew more antecdotes came from a r ound t he t able rega r d i ng t hese doct or s .

Betty ~~al t her pl ayed the I ns t i tut e Ode and a l l r epea t ed t he Mar y St ewar t Co llec t to open t he bus i ness pa rt of t he mee t i ng . Shirley Bechar d r ead t he mi nutes and the correspondence and t he Tr easur e r , Ti na Verhoe f , r eported ~492 . 1 5 on hand . I t was moved by J ean Good i ng and se conded b y I sabel Mar tin tha t a l l bi l l s be pa i d . Carried .

Ber n i ce Ta ylor gave the Muse ~m Report noting t ha t 450 school chi ldr en had v i s ited t he museum i n a 2 week per i od j us t r ec ently ; t ha t ~1 , 800 . 00 had been r eal i zed t hr ough the ~~ovember Museum Pr o j ec t and the December Coff ee Br eak ; t ha t we g i ve t he ~useum Cook Books as gifts t o speaker s ; t ha t all s i zes of swea t shirts a r e availabl e Kith Jumbo on the front and ba ck ; tha t the Councillo r Gener al fro m J apan had v i si t ed the Nuseum i n Febr ua r y . The St ra•,·berry Soc i al i s J une 14 from 2 t o 4 , . m. and t he next museum mee ting i s April 11 a t 9 : JO a . m.

Shirley gave t he Di s t r i c t Repor t . The nomi na t ing committeP a r e look i ng f or Vi ce - Pres i dent s , Auditors and another member f or t he Pr ogr am Co - Or d i na t ors Commit tee .

Roll call was g i ven by 12 member s who t ol d th e yea r and mon t h they joined and a spec ial highl i ght the y have had as a member of t he ~ . I . Gues t s pr esent wer e !Ie l en Munro , J ess i e Campbell , Al ma Penha l e , Pauli ne Li ndsay , E . E. D.W. I . Pr esi den t, Be tty ~alther , t he Prov . Boar d Di rect or and 3etty Wal t her ' s s i ster - i n- law J ean Gehr ing who i s a W. I . member i n Oxf or d Co un ty .

A lovely Happy Anniversary Car d '(/as g i ven us by Pauline Lindsay and a note o f regre t s fo r not being able to attend was sent by E€1en Grawburg . The 4 - E upda t e newsl etter was noted as was t he ~omen and Devel opment Conference in 3 i dgetown April 21 to 22 , 1989 .

~ presentation by ~arge Hedger not ed tha t ~e had J charter members of t he Yarnouth Glen ' .. . I . present , they being Isabel f·1artin , Shirl ey Bechard and ~axine Davi s and they were present ed J O year :: . I . pi ns and were pi nned by 3e t t y ~alther . ~11 were surprised .

Be t ty Van Pat t e r said ths t she had gone t o the Spart a Soros i s .Tea Febr uary 14 and a donati on of 10 . 00 ~as rece i ved f r om Jenni e Caldwell with t hanks . The next meeting wi ll be April 12 ( ~ed . ) at the K. C. C.A. offi ces with it be i ng our Annual I:ee ting . Sh i rley Secha r d and Helen Harti n are t he lunch committee .

J oanne Erickson t ook p i c tures t hr o t he even i ng and t ook one of Be tty Van Pa tte r , Alma Penhal e , Hel en Munro and Jess i e Campbell c ut ti ng t he anni ver sary cake decor a t ed b y Be t h Li ds t e r . Cake , ice - cr eam and cof fee/ t ea wer e s e rved .

Pennies f or Fri endsh i p and co l lec tion wer e t aken and i t was moved by Marion Face y and seconded by Ti na Verho ef t ha t we make our donati on t o Penni es and t he extra loaf of bread t o C51 . 00 . Carri ed . J oan Mansell announced t hat St . J ame s Church ham s upper is M~~Em March 29 , 1989 and Sh i rley 3echard ment i oned the Plowmens Jance Xarch 18 , 1989 . Betty Van Patter moved ad j ournment at 10 P .M.

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" Shirley Bechard " , Secre t ary

~lEMBERS AND GUESTS

30th A~~IVERSARY

YARNOUTH GLEN W. I .

MARCH 9 , 1989

Cathy Penhale and Runners Up 1991 Aylmer Fa i r Princess

Cathy was sponsored by Yarmouth Glen W. I .

Cathy Penhale spoke to the Yarmouth Glen ~ . I . about her experiences as Aylmer Fair Princess .

She is the daughter of Douglas and Donna Penhale (member) .

Photo taken at the home of ~rs . Ronald Erickson , (aunt) .

Prcsent9. tlor. of Branch Life rle:nberR' i_ to Shirley Bech r::l of varnou th Glen · • I . by ( le1't) :3etty Ve~ Patter , ~resident of Yar~outh Glen ·.r ., e~d Madeleine Jenkins , ?resident of Elgin Ea st District w.r. , 1991.

Recoznition Luncheon at Pinecroft to honour J'v!rs . :1axir"e Davis , former Tweedsmuir History Curator September , 1991.

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Ya r mouth Gl en W. I . Cel ebra t es 35th Anniver sa ry ~1a rch 10 , 1994

Ten member s and nine gues t s of Ya r mouth Glen Women' s I nst itute me t a t Samuel s Res t a urant , Ta l bo t Stree t , St . Thomas f or di nne r a t 7 p .m. t o hono ur t he Br anch ' s 35 th Annive r sary . Those guest s present were Pas t Pr es i den t of El g i n Eas t Di s t r i ct Madeline J enki ns br ing i ng gr eet ings f rom t he Di str i c t , Al ma Penhale , f irs t Pr es i dent of t he Branch i n 1959 , f ormer members Hel en Munr o , Kathy Ferguson , Phyll i s Ferguson , Jul i a Fer guson , 3erne i ce Re i d and Ti na Ver hoef .

A t able d i spl a y was se t up f or vi ewi ng pho t os of past b r anch activities , f or mer arn i versaries , cli pp i ngs fron the Ti mes J our nal and t wo cop i es of t he Ya r mouth Gl en News (1959 - 1960 ) as ed ited b y He l en Munro e brough t back memori es . The mo tto and Twcedsmuir h i s t ory books we r e also on d i spl a y .

Everyone en j oyed t he i r meal and t he ser v i ce was gr ea t . An anniver sary cake dep i cting t he gold and blue I nsti tute logo was en j oyed by all . Thr oughout d i nner and f or t he cake cutt i ng , sever al members took pi c tures .

Mr s . J:.ar i on Facey called t he meet i ng t o or der with th e s i ng i ng of the I nst itute Ode The r ol l ca l l " a h i ghlight of our I ns titute year s " wa s ansKer ed ­many s t a ti ng t he fri endsh i p with members meant a g r ea t dea l , a l so t he 4 - H Clubs , and s hort courses off e r ed i. e . b r ead making .

Th e minutes of the pr evious mee ting was r ead by secre t a ry Joa nne Ericks on . Ma rion Facey i s the a lte r nate to Ber n i ce Taylor and will a ttend the Di s tr i ct Meeting a t Terrace Lodge , Aylmer , Ma r ch 28 a t l:JO p . m. The F . W. I . O. Con ference a t Orillia Augus t 12 to 14 wa s mentioned plus the cours e in Centra lia "At Your Request" April 7 at 9 : 30 a .m. t o J p .m. !>la r ch 24 is t he deadline f or registra tion . Bet t y Van Patte r offered t o go . Although Betty was no t present , but vacationi ng in Florida , s he sent greeting s as President o f El g in Eas t District . The El gin Coun ty Sally i s to be held Apri l 12 a t OMAF . Ma r garet Cr aven , cura tor of Tweedsmui r History of El g in Ea st i nvited Isa bel Ma rtin and a guest to a ttend t he OMAF office April 5th with her Hi s tory book . Linda Ambrose will be in attendance to ga t her i n f orma tion for the pl a nned W. I . Histor y Book commemora t ing t he 100th Anniversa ry .

Ha r garet Ar nott , Chairpe r son of Centenn i al Song Committee sent an i n va tion f or s ubmitting a song (wor ds and mus ic) about t he ann i ver sary , t o s ubmitted by Nov ember J O, 1994 . The Ki nn i ng song wi l l be s ung a t t he J une Ba r becue a t t he Agricul tural Museum, Nilton , i n 1995 .

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Marj e Hedge r gave t he Tr easur er ' s Report , with $252 .45 on hand . Penn i es f or fri endsh i p were collected Shirley Bechard moved we make up t he difference t o ~80 . 00 . Donna Penhal e s econded t he mot i on . Carri ed .

I sabe l gartin moved we purcha s e 10 El g i n Coun t y Iluseum membershi p ticke t s at ;;5 . 35 . Seconded by J oan Hansell and ca r r i ed . Jviar i on McKenz i e made t he mo tion se con~ed by Mar j e Hedger t ha t outstand i ng b i l l s be pa i d . Carri ed .

I n Ber ni ce Taylor ' s absence , bei ng on holidays , I sabe l Martin gave the Februa ry Museum Report . A new roof on the annex and a new photo cop i e r will be purchased . A heritage gar dening week- end i s to t ake pl a ce i n May under Sherri Howard ' s d irection . Vol unteers a r e r equired to a ssist her in th~plan­n i ng of t hi s pro j ect . I n March ' s r eport , it was mentioned the Art Galley has o ffered the ir T . V. equipment f or the Museums use . A voluntee r apprec i at i on t ea is planned for Apri l 22 from 2 t o 4 p . m. a t the museum for an yone who has assi s t ed in any way a t the museum ov e r the pas t yea r . The general comm ittee sia te for 1994 is Al ma Penha le , chairman ; Betty Rodger s , vice cha irman ; Eleanor McMillan , second vice and Edit~ Auckland , s ecreta ry.

At the Wi nter Picn i c , Mr s . Facey a nd s evera l members pre sented infor ma tion on the nutri tional va lue of ca rrot s , turni ps a nd a pples . Ontario ca rrot s are a va ilable a ll year under the Foodla nd Ontario symbol . One whole medium carro t i s an exce llent source of vitami n A, yet conta i ns only 20 ca lorie s . The Canadi an turnip or rutabaga i s ma inly the Laurentian va riety t oda y and is much sweeter and finter textured than before . It i s i nexpensive , high i n Vitamin C and un i q uely fla vor ed t o i nclud e i n a l l d i e t s , r aw or cooked .

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Marion Facey gave the motto " Home and Country" . In 1897 it l-Ias t o promote a knowledge of household science. The bracn is the most i mpor t ant p~ rt of the ~omen ; s Institute, improving home and communit i es . Jo~nne Ertckson explained why the Yarmouth Glen Branch was decided upon and read the minutes of the first meeting held f·1arch 9 , 1959. The s i ster branch was t he North Yarmouth W. I. The poem "Arlverti sement for H. I . " was r ead from Bernice Noblitt ' s book "Silver Thoughts and Gol 3 eP 'ords". J~an Goodin~ t ld of the many thinss th~t the ~ . I . was instrumental in- i. e ., wh ite centre line on major highways , pasteurized rnilk , flourescent pa i nt on railway cPrS ard stop signs ar crossings, dental and med ical inspections i n the schools , stopping wher. ~ school bus is picking up or discharginz passengers , recyclin6 , re9uction of styrofoam and plastics.

Members were reminded to set their program accounts into Joqn Mensell , th c"'...-:venor , ::)rior to th<"' a. _.ua. 1 neeting April 14 at KettlP C!' ek Co" servation office . Sr i rley Bechard and Betty Van Patter are responsible for the lunch.

Marion Facey closed t he memorable evening ~ith an article concerning the ~ueen and her affiliation ~ith Women ' s Institute , follo~ed by prayer .

~ext months roll call will be o~fer of homes and membership fees for the coming year.

"Narion Facey" "Joanne Erickson "

PresideY't Secretary

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