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II her Committee when it is returned, and NEVER PASSED UNCHECKED FROM ONE HOME TO ANOTHER. SPRUCEDALE BRANCH OF THE WOMEN'S INSTITUTE DATE OF INCEPTION: Earliest records are 1922, though it is believed there was one at an earlier date. Several ladies from Sprucedale were members of the DOE LAKE branch of the W.I. before the branch in Sprucedale was formed. The SPRUCEDALE ladies were organized as a RED CROSS group during the latter years of THE GREAT WAR OF 1914 to 1918. FIRST PRESIDENT-1922 Mrs. W.J. Elliott Vice-President Mrs. W.H. Dixon 2nd, vice-president Mrs. James Summerwill Secretary Treas. Mrs. Joe Malkin BRANCH DIRECTORS Miss Polly Smith, and Mrs. George Copeland OTHER MEMBERS ON THE ORIGINAL ROLL; Mrs. Dr. G.F.R. Richardson Mrs. Peter Farrell Mrs. Wm. Pearce Mrs. D.C. McFarlane Mrs. Bert McFarlane Miss Winnie McFarlane Mrs. Wm. Marshall,(Beggsboro) Mrs. Archie Hellam Mrs. J. Blair Mrs. Charles Marshall Mrs. M.A. Deans Mrs. Connor Farrell Mrs. Wibby Mrs. Neil Johnson Mrs. J.C. Marshall Mrs. Roy Dixon At the time of the bad fire in the Triâ€"Town area of Northern Ontario, these ladies did sewing, knitting and made quilts to