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he passed along. Following an anniversary party at Dublin Institute in Halton County. the two top storeys of the birthday cake were presented to the residents of Halton Manor, the County Home for the Aged, I I Interesting features of Cobourg's fiftieth anniversary meeting were remembrances from Institutes in England â€" cards from Smith- brook branch and a beautiful inlaid wooden trav from the link branch, Kent. A Cobourg member, Mrs. C. Parson, reported that she had carried on a correspondence with Smith- ville members for fifteen years North Essex district celebrated its fiftieth anniversary at a dinner with Dr. Lotta I-Iitsch- manova of the Unitarian Service Committee as guest speaker. Mrs. Lloyd Lymburnerw FWIO Board memâ€" ber, was guest speaker at the fiftieth anniverâ€" sary of Jarvis Institute. One hundred and fifty registered in the guest book and four charter members were present: Mrs. Nathan Miller. Mrs. Martha Smith. Mrs. Annie Law and Mrs. Richard Telford. The oldest member of the branch, Mrs. William Robinson cut the birthday cake. Tribute was paid to the late Mrs. J. J. Parsons, the first president. Norval celebrated its fiftieth anniversary with a dinner attended by ninetyveight includâ€" ing three charter members, Mrs. Jack Clark, Mrs. Hugh Clark and Miss Annie Noble. Mrs. J. E. Houck spoke on her experience as a delegate to United Nations. Rodney branch and the District of West Elgin were both organized fifty years ago. The first district meeting was held in Button on May 28, 1906. with only two branches, Aylmer and Springfield. Mrs. E. J. Schmid and Mrs. Margaret Bisnei. of Rodney. attended this meeting and they asked the speaker, Miss Helen Wells of Syracuse, N.Y., to come and organize an Institute at Rodney. The organiza- tion meeting was held in June. No minutes were kept of this meeting other than that "four women paid a twenty-five cent fee." By the end of the Institute‘s first year there were thirty-eight members. Members of Tehkummah and Sandfield Women‘s Institutes with their husbands cele- brated the fiftieth anniversaries of the two branches at a supper followed by a programme At llopevilleâ€"Swinton‘s anniversary, the historian recalled the early days when the Farmers‘ Institute was still an active organiza- lion and once a year the secretary of the Farmers" Institute of the district “used to bring LI man and a woman to speak at a joint meet- ing of the men’s and the women’s groups." Two charter members were present at the anniversary and another who had joined durâ€" ing the first year. At l-Iymer's fiftieth anniversary, the record showed that the branch was organized in June 1906 by Miss Laura Rose, Six Institutes were organized in Thunder Bay by Miss Rose in the same 3981' but Hymers is the only one of them to remain active to celebrate its fiftieth anni- versary. At the anniversary tea there was exhibited an old Institute minute book, a sL‘luU book and a 'I‘weedsmuir history along min '3 blooming gloxinia in memory of deueased members. This table was in charge of Thatcher who came to Hymers in 1900 in. other exhibit included a homemade table A on it an early Edison gramOphone and articles all over 50 years old. And on the viii was a display of old pictures and cards of I This was in charge of Mrs. W. HYmers also came to Hymers in 1900. A rather unusual feature of Inglev: ii', anniversary meeting was to have a ph. rapher before the programme began, tak; tures of the charter members. past pres. and secretaries, life members, the pin executives and the whole assembly. The tures could be procured from the seci later. In memory of deceased members, of white 'mums was placed on the plat This Institute is fortunate in having its n: books for the half century intact and these Mrs. Gerald Leader compiled and its history. The provincial president. MacPhatter, brought greetings. The foil Sunday the members in a body atteni, special church service. Forest celebrated its fiftieth annivi; with a banquet at which Mrs. George W F.W.I.O. board member, spoke on “Bu Memory Pictures." In giving the histri the branch, Mrs. J. McIntyre reporter; when the first Fruit Commissioner for Cu . Daniel Johnson, a man of the district, tra about the country he encountered Women's Institutes and brought back .- which started the movement to organ branch at Forest, Milberta in Temiskaming marked its «g anniversary by a special church servr Sunday June 24, followed by a supper l church basement. The minister in his SE stressed the importance of the work o pioneers in this comparatively new p'. Ontario. At the supper meeting, Mrs. McDonald, F.W.I.O. board member, bi greetings from the board and spoke 0 need of taking “short glances backwa. remember friends and days that are gon long looks forward to envisage what c, done in the future.” At Courtland’s fiftieth anniversary 3 s; feature was the presentation of life mer ships to Mrs. Arthur Adams and Mrs. Troyer in recognition of what they had for the community as well as for the Inst A press report of Kinsale's fiftieth versary says: “Fifty years ago the K': Women‘s Institute held its May meeting 2 Kinsale public school. This has been an at event through the years and this year tbi. tieth meeting was held. The minutes a; first meeting were read and a number of i ' who had taken part in the children's gramme fifty years ago were present memories of that first day and of later i: ings." Mrs. R. Birrell brought greeting5 i the F.W.I.O. board. ll”, Hi I '_ .r._._,q _.,-__....,,, 7-,