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Country Quilt Fest ’93 Country Quilt Fest '93 - from August 5 to August 15 - is requesting that each Women's Institute Branch submit one quilted wall hanging. The Quilt Fest requires: 0 that the wall hanging be either a group or an individual project; that it be a maximum of 36" square; that it be either pieced and/or appliqued and it MUST be quilted; that cotton prints be used for uniformity and presentation; that the description, proper identification (name, Branch, address) and size of the hanging be securely fastened to the back; that all hangings have a minimum 4 inch sleeve stitched across one end for ease of display; 0 that it be made between September 1, 1992 and July 26, 1993; 9 and, that it be delivered to the Ontario Agricultural Museum in Milton no later than Monday July 26, 1993. For more information contact Fatima A gos - tinho or Dorene Collins at (416)87848151 or Gail Spence or Angie West at (416)877- 9292. 6000 O The Life of an Artifact at the Erland Lee (Museum) Home his kettle, the oldest artifact in the Museum, was brought to Canada by James Lee and his wife Hannah (Corrnan) Lee in 1792, when they came from Virginia as United Empire Loyalists. It was passed on to a grandson, William Henry Lee, and then to his son, Charles Wesley Lee. In about 1899 it was loaned to the oldest daughter of Charles Wesley Lee, Maud Lee Blundell, who resided with her hus- band on Darling Street in Brantford, 16 Home & Country. Winter 1992 Centennial Book It is now possible to place an order through - your Branch for the WI Centennial Book - the ‘grassroots‘ history of the Women's Institute in Ontario. The book ,, will be about 200 pages long, contain over 150 photographs, and will be published in 1997. Each Branch should estimate the number of books they want for members, local libraries and schools and send a downpayrnent of $10 per book to the W0 office in Guelph. Mark “WI Centen- nial Book" clearly on the envelope. Branch Secretaries should keep a record of each order in their minute books. Send one cheque only made out to the FWIO by January 31, 1993. An order of just five books per Branch shows the membership’s support for the project and gives the Committee the money necessary to pay expenses. Withproof of the membership ‘5 support, wecan then approach corporate sponsors for further funding. over into a jardiniere. Her husband took it to his shop, removed the bail and at- tached the ornamentation to the kettle, He also drilled holes in the bottom to which three brass feet were attached. These have Ontario. Maud wanted the kettle made since been removed and lost. For Your Information Women Please note that the Calling All Women brochures can be ordered from the FWIO office at a cost of 20 cents each. TheBiggerlSmall/n- vzrlment You Can Make brochures are 10 cents each. Calling All Congratufiltions Anniversaries: Lexington WI . . . . . 30 Rummelhardt WI .30 Mountsberg WI .40 Trout Mills WI 45 Russell District WI .60 Camden East WI .65 Uniondale WI 65 Newington WI . . . . . 70 Aughrim WI 85 Bervie WI 85 Queens Line WI . . . .85 Wellesley WI 68 Shelburne WI 90 Springbrook WI .90 Tara WI 90 , Thornton WI . . . , . . 90 Wellington South District WI Winterbourne WI 90 .90 Llfe Membershlps: Lakeview WI - Eva Lougheed - Corinne Pentland Pittsburgh WI - Eva Robinson Vinemount WI ~ Iolla Scott Certltlcates of Merit: Onondaga WI - Mary Sharp Pittsburgh WI - Evelyn Swayne Mnrerbourne WI - Ruth Abarle - Ruth Gole - Annie Mitchell - Dorothy Wagner - Agnes Wright