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ways â€" picnic tabl the bus stops; pie school kitchen; a to the Memks Migg6 ing for fiegédy fam: gular meeting of our Drancn to show members their many achievements. e A number of Grac;e Happy Gang C}ub girls have been chosen over the years to reâ€" present OxEor@ at 4â€"H Seminars at the University of Guelph; several have gone on exchange programs. Pm the Fall of 1965 Evelyn Day Arthur was a delegate from Oxford to share in the Jr. Farmet United Nations trip to Washington, New York City and World‘s Fair. Carol Day Reid was chosen as a delegate in %966 to attend the National Conference in Ottawa. In 1969 Sharon Armour was a d@elegate to Reglol:lal Confc.arence at University of Waterloo. In later years Pattie Broadfost participated in 1985 in an exchange program to Manitoba. _ S#mee the inception of F.W.I.O. Oxford County Conference «dolarships we have had three winnérs from Thamesford â€" Ruth Woods Wilson, Nancy Longfield Chambers and Sharon Armour Lynn Douglas Payne was recipient of the Centralia Award. In 1988 Stacey Cartmale was awarded the 60th Ammiversary F.W.I.O. Scholarship. Eseay contests "Why I am Proud to be a Canadian" and "My Opinion Concerning a Disâ€" tinctive Can@d@dian Flag and National Anthem"; and Safety Poster competitions, were sponsored in the Public Eehools. We gave Music Awards in Public Schools for many years. Contéstants are sponsored each year in the Farm Show Princess and Embro Fair Queen competition@. In 1972 Susan Clemens Hunter was the reigning Farm Show Princess and the folâ€" lowing year Na@mcy Armour House was crowned Queen of Embro Fair. Both these girls competed the fol.l~.@{wimg;- year with some one hundred other girls from across Ontario at the C.N.E. Sweetheart 6@Ff tEkhe Fair competition. A cup and saucer has been donated every third year to the girl with the most points in 4â€"H Calf Club. Since 1966 proficiency prizes have been given to stu@déents each year at Ingersoll Collegiate. Mrs. Archie Armour was Secretary of the District @ommi#lttee to assemble five Agriculture in the Classroom Kits for use in the Schools. Mrs. Roy R@SS has been one of a committee working on the Butler project whereby his art of true form fatrm animals will be placed in the schools of Ontario â€" Art in the Classroom. Our branch contributed towards this project. _Im Garly years baskets of fruit were sent to Mrs. Thornton‘s Nursing Home; books were donated to the Library, as well as money for drapes; Gishes and a stove were added to the Contimuatien School; a T.V. set was given to two area boys who were victims of muscular dystrophy. Some of our projects in later years have included crib quilts, finger puppets and other artickles for Children‘s Hospital; coffee maker and electric tea kettle to Green Valley Manor; don@tkons to tornado victims. ks J_Wlf- \mg»lted the patients at the County Home near Woodstock each March when we proâ€" of their time ar Mrs. Donald MacK: 1951 megs. Jas. C calleq "The Merr) steadily fronm eif participated as ! For a number 96 3 was given ‘Fo eact ceived a gji,fft "z@prc‘ hard to re€eive 2 the begyinning of Grace PatteESon it tlme and talents tQ lead our fl-H Homemaking Clubs. In 1946 Miss Jean Hossack and onald MaeKay were leaders of a Girls‘ Club, ages 12 to 15, "Cottons Can Be Smart". In rs. Jags. Calder, Mrs.“D.S. MacKay al."ld Mrs. J. Little started the first Homemaking Club @fhe Merry Imp$s Club" who Stl.ldled. Thg Club Glr} Entertains". Grace Happy Gang grew ly from eight glr;s to over sixty in five Clubs in the late sixties. Ten women 1pate@ ags Leaders. Recently we have had only two Clubs with a maximum of twenty. number 6€ years “%a'fly.‘?f the Club Leaders have.been former Club girls. A silver spoon jen o eéach girl umpon compléetion of every Unit, until recent years when girls reâ€" 2 ,g,;ji_.,ft};t@P’Ofl the completion of eact} Ss1x Un1t§. A number of girls have worked extra 5 rééelve Advanced Honc.>u1.:s â€" that is completion of eighteen Units, and even more, since ginning of this recognition a few years ago. Once a year the girls have attended a reâ€" C sarima iof our branch to show members their manvy achijevemente th i s a‘â€", m Women‘s Institute, Thamesford, 1945 â€" 1989 S \ id i l TV ke ho o o o 44â€" i Ca+ do bo P K "tute us "Wus us WO wike Tame Nb CMEC C 0 CE M M M 1, catered for bangquets, anniversary lunches and Fair at Ontario Hospital, and penny sales at Mystery Euchres and community euchres. For for the Lion‘s Annual Fish Brunch Gduring the C C__~V~/_ ~VCbLVii» CLall B6 omMmMart". In e started the first Homemaking Club ntertains". Grace Happy Gang grew the late sixties. Ten women Page 4