FWIO Centennial Celebrations, Volume 1, page 62

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Meet 'ZErttt On Feb. 19, 1997, guests, former members of Ponsonby, Riverside and West End W.I. branches held a joint 100th Anniversary celebration at Barrie Hill Church . . > With Riverside branch homing- ' i Fitmiu \'l'l{|) W m revs Wellington County Warden, Les Foote and Wellington county Museum ' . I721 ling-ES curator, Susan Dunlop each brought greetings. Everyone answered the Roll Call which ° "'1'," revealed the friendship offeilow members was mosttreasured and self--confidence «$633k gained from W.I. involvement was an asset. ' mu 2'.' mom ,i. r A copy of the history book "For Home and Country" was presented to the GUSIPh Public Library by West End Branch We also contributed a bell to the Wellington county Museum's display commemorating the 100th Anniversary of WI. The unique bell hadbeen won by the branch in a competition and has been used to announce the call to order at branch meeting for over 50 years. finnhirh fiat-215nm 331g]- (flelehrat ion 12 Ontario W1. branches were represented at a "Time to Celebrate" on Feb. 19, 1997 at a Hot Roast Beef Dinner at the Fratemal Order of Eagle's Hall, Sarasota 26 people attended At the Guelph Area Convention in 00/96 Margaret Zoeller and Bea Houston were bemoaning the fact that they would be missing the excitement of the anniversary celebration They are both Snobirds andspend'the winter-in Florida Afterthe convention, Bea ran the idea by Irene Maurer. They got a copy of the provincial program and the Centennial song and started planning. They placed posters in Florida parks and found a hall. The suggested programme was followed An announcement was made that Irene Manrer was a recipient of the Centennial Award. Margaret Zoeller was the guest speaker. Florida celebration

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