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Missionary, WI member dies One of Oxford’s finest citizens â€" Grace Patterson, loved by many and respected by all, died in March in her 93rd year. In 1919, agroup of giris formed a club called Grace Country Club in honor of Grace Patterson. In 1945 there was a desire to become a Women’s Institute group and followâ€" ing organization the branch was named The Grace Patterson Women’s Institute. One of the early projects was to support a child in Inâ€" dia, and this continued into the in- stitute and until the present time. Grace Patterson was a missionary in India. During her 38 years in India, Grace Patterson made good use of her knowledge from Oxford County. She did experiments in cotton growing which led to her being awarded the Coronation Medal of George VI in 1937. Although she was a teacher, she reclaimed 17 acres of land. cleaned it up, fenced it and in plots grew wheat, soya beans, chick peas, sugar cane and sorghum. In 1954 she retired l0 Thamesi‘ord where she was active in Grace Patter- son W.l. and community activities. She was a historian for Women‘s Institute and the community. She compiled current event scrapbooks reporting the highlights at each Women’s Institute meeting. These are now in the Thamest‘ord Library. One of her favorite newspaper people was cartoonist “Ting”. Miss Patterson was a woman of in- spiration whose work was much honored. Her service with the Red Cross was acknowledged in 1947 when she received the Emperor of In- dia Award. She was made a life member of both the W,M.S. of the Presbyterian Church and The United Church Women, and Grace Patter- son Women‘s Institute. In 1978 she received the Queen Elizabeth 251h Anniversary Medal for distinguished service. Grace Patterson Women’s In- stitute was co-hostess for a celebra- tion for her 90th birthday in 1981 at which time she said, “1 can hardly find words to express my apprecia- tion for what the Women‘s Institute is doing for women and girls of the community and the country and the world." Miss Patterson, with abundant heart. did leave riches behind â€" memories of acts of faith and goodness. Audrey Armour PRO Grace Patterson WI Hosts for exchangees needed The International Agricultural Ex- change Association is a non-profit voluntary rural youth organization open to all rural young people who have the initiative, ambition, and staying power to see the world. Many Ontario rural youth have lived and worked in Europe, Australia and New Zealand as trainees; and have come home with stories, memories of a lifetime, new ideas, and a better understanding of the ways of life and cultural patterns in other countries. Ontario has recently been opened to receive trainees from other counâ€" tries, and now, we need host families. To qualify, you need only to have a farm, and be able to provide the trainee with adequate living accomâ€" modation. In addition, the trainee should become a temporary, accepted member ofyour family and be given the opportunity to take an active part in the social, cultural and educational life of your community. The trainee is paid, by you, a wage which is decided upon by the Host Family Association of Canada. Please consider becoming a host family. You are not only giving a foreign youth a wonderful opportuni- ty; you are also giving yourself the chance to take a look at and to bet- ter understand international agriculture, For more information, please con» tact: Don Hansen, P.O. Box I454, Ridgetown, Ont. NOP 2C0. Women’s Institutes organize program at plowing Match The Ladies’ Program for the Inter- national Plowing Match â€" Well- ington County â€" Sept. 25729, 1984, has been under the supervision of the Women‘s Institutes ot‘the county â€" 38 branches plus Junior branches. Also, we have engineered the official catering tent. Meeting approximately monthly since January 1982 our program con- sists of sections of food and enter tainment, fashions and horticulture, a craft building with about 23 craft people exhibiting and selling their work and they’re all Wellington County folk. There are competitions for individuals in painting ~ catagorics oil, water colour. sketch, ingI and for organizations“ is quills â€" catagorics pieced, embroidered appliqued. all under the theme Agricultural Heritage in Wellington County. The official catering tent will be operated by ladies of Wellington County, drawn in by ladies of In- stitute groups, preparing to feed ap- proximately 1.500 visitors a day. We Institute members of the counv ty are looking forward to meeting the ladies of Ontario and elsewhere and especially Institute members. WELCOME TO WELLINGTON |l