TW~EDSMUIR HISTORY Compiled by

KINGSMILL-MAPLETON WO~N'S

1952 to 1967 VOLUME 2 ORIGINAL

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Volume - 2

I N D E X - 1952-1967

TWEEDSMUIR HISTORY

(Compiled by Kingsmill-Mapleton Branch of t he Women's Institute)

1 . Sxory of Adelaide Hoodless - Page 1 - 6

2 •. Canada's New National' Flag - - " 3. Anniversaries - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - "

4. 1966 Winter Picnic - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - II

5. Flower DemonstratiD~ - - - - - - - - II

6. Life' Members- - -

7. June , 1962,Guest speaker, Mr~. Hibbard, Blackdown W.I. in England. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ol

8. Institut~ Acti vities - -- " 9 •. Member s from 1949 - 1966

10. Pres idents and uecretaries, 1952- 53 to 1967- 68 il

11. Deaths, December 1949 - May 1963 " 12. Y914 Dis t r ict Annual - - - - - - - II

13. June 1959, Q~een Elizabeth & Prince PhiLip - II

14. K~ngsmill-Mapleton at Elgin Manor - - - - - - - - - - " 15. Mapleton - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - II

16. Kingsmill - - - II

17. Crossley-Hunter II

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( November 22nd,I956. The Kingamill - Mapleton Women•a Inatitute celebrated ita 50th anniver­

aary on \Vednead&j' afternoon in the Church of Chriat Diaciplaa, with aom 150 membera and gueata in attendence. Gueat apeaker for the occaaion waa llra John .Adamaon (Eljh'a Jl:>ora) a formar reaident of the conmuni ty, who waa introduced by her arother'a wife, Kra.Jamea J.t>ore.

Mra. Adamaon outlined the hiatory of the Shakeapearean Featival, in the eatabli&hment of which, ahe haa played an important part. For four yeara, the apaaker haa lectured a large clua of ~men on the aubjeat ot Shakaapearean :glaJ'a. She diaplqed ooatumea worn by Tarioua aotora and a ctreaaea. at the featival. lira. R.A .Smith thanked the apeaker and on behalf of the mambera, preaanted her with a cup and aaucer.

Two charter mambera were preaent, J&a.Arthur lrbore and Ura.Roy lt:l,Gregor. Kra.lC,yron Aahord, tha praaident preaided over the meeting. The addresa o• welcome waa made by Kra.uthur l.bore. Mra • .Boy la.Gregor conducted a liJimrial aervica. Mllaical numbera were proTided by z.:ra.Fred Blnwn and lira. lk>y Learn. Ura. R.Stover aang two aoloa.Kra.K.lJC.Neil place flowera on the platform.

1lra.jahford a.lld llra.Carter welcomed the ladiaa to the tea :room, where a tihree tiered cake centred the table, flanked by candle a and yellow and mat Jlllm8. llra.Arthur, l.bore, llra.R.lil.Gre~, llra.IJ.oyd Laidl8W and l!ra.Claude HOover poured taa.

played a prominent part In the seen above, left to ript: Jl.lrs. seereta17: Mrs. llrron Ashford, Ro7 McGre1or and Mra. Arttmr members of the Jnsutute.- lT.-J.

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50th Anniver&aey(Continued)

The Church and alao the t ea room down a t aira had been beautiful~ deaorated by lira. Robena Finch , Mra.Kenneth Uo. Neil and ltra.Keith Heipleh.

Greetinga were r ead by the aecretar;y, lira. Carter from lJiaa Helen .UO.Keroher,Home Economiat, Toronto , i.U. &oa Gladya Elliot , Mra . Florence Greenwood and ~a.Eaaie (Hoovet) Courtney.

The anniveraary cake had been made and decorated by Mra.Jamea l.t:>ore . The Reception Committee oonai a t ed of Mra.Roy J.tc.Gregor, Kra. Sam Legg, Jira.Lloyd Laidlaw and Mra . Grey Fuller. l.tra.Alta Dobbie had charge of the llegiater.

Lunoh Committee and th~ae who aerved were :- ura. I Warren,Mra.Harold Daviea,Mra Ja .Feer,Mra.R. A.Smith, Mra. R.StoW.r, Mra.H. Smith, Mra .J.M. Ii>wae, ltra.C. Pake, l!ra . J ..M:>ore, .Mra.R.Lwm, .Mra.R. Bridgeman, Ura .wm. Free(Jr), Mra.H.Stover, Mra .D. Mbaaey, MWa.R.Danoe, Mra. J . Iriah, Kra.W. !.bore, lfra.H .Jenkina, l.l'ra . W.Teakey, llra.W. Inraton, 111aa L. Jonea, Mra. William i.lathewa •

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&Oth £nniveraaey of the Founding ot WOm.n•a Inatitutea of Ontario, Obaerved.

February 19th, 1959.

The Kingamill - Maple ton \Vbmen'a Inat itute celebra t ed the bOth ann-1veraar;y of the f ounding of the Womer1•a Inatitutea pf Ontario, at an afternoon t ea at the homa of :.tra.Claude Hoover. Forty gueata were prea­ent, including tormar membera from Beln:ont, .&,ylmer, S't. Thomaa and the au.rrounding diatr1ot.

During the aft erm110n, the ga thering enJoyed a aolo by !Ira .Ceoil Cox. Mra.Don Mbaaey read a paper on 'The ~ueen•.~a.C.Paraon contributed a humouroua reading.ura .Ha~ld Daviea preaented a del ightfUl a tor;y of e umberla life in Inat'litute work. At intervala • during the a t ory , !Ira . Kenneth Smit~ooomapanied by J.lra.Hugh Duncan, aang familiar aonga.

Mra .S.He rbert and ara.Edna Smith poured tea. ura . Roy )i).Gregor C\lt the anniveraar;y oak.e, whioh had been made by J.lra .Walter !.bore . Piano muaio waa provided by Mlaa Shirley Pake .

:Jra.Orlando Charlton, the former Mabel Brit¥ of St. Thomaa, waa preaent.

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Fifty titth Aaaiveraar,y.

oa Fetruary lat, 1962, M:ra Ralp}l StoYer ope•d her laome tor the tltty titta aaaiveraary ot the Kl~a.dll Mapletoa Wbme.'a Iaatitute, wllea a'lout tJUrty me!Uera, viaitora ud akildrea .. joyed a pot luck di .. er.Jira. Jamea labore aad made aad decorated tae aaai­yeraar.y cake.

lira. Ralp}l Stover wllo waa to receive aer lite mem, 'Mraaip, aaked to have tlle moaey aeat to tae aolaool tor retarded okildrea 1utead ot tor her mem8eruip. su waa preaanted with a aroaoa and ear ri~a, ia reoogaiyioa ot aer twenty five ooueoutive yeara aa aa Iaatitute me!Uer. ay the preaideat lira. Iriok­aoa.

With Mra. Stover at tae Piu.o aad Mra. Eriokaoa pre­aidbg, the •eti.Jig opeucl witll tke laatitute Ode aad

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tae :aary Stewart Oolletc ad _ The Lord'a ir~er. ~ Naaey Luan(aeated ) Kra Bal:pll Stover,

Kra. W. F~e Jr. preaeated ~· Jolul Irlokaoa,Mra.- Jamea ibore. the flag aad Ura. Earle Saxtoa . read the Scripture. The miautea of the previoua meetiJag alld alao the fiaaacial report were read ay the aecreaar,y, Ura Karjorie Oarter.Tll.aak you aot}a were read fq lira. Fred Bro .. and from Alex PUller.

£ caa doaa~ioa waa made to ~e Friudakip Sc:bool for retarded childre~ ia St. Tllomaa •

.Kra Walter Jtatthewa, Ooaveaor of Home EooJIOmica aad liealta, ~­pared a program. lllra. Sam Legg gave tt&e motto ' Aa Apple a dq keepa tlle Doctor aw~. •

lira. Aleta Tkomaoa gave a talk oa Home Buraillg alld demoutrated maki-e a aick aed. Sae ~alao gave auggeatioaa oa meala for the aick. SJie told how to make a muatard plaater.

Mra Buaaell LQaa diaplqed a Firat Aid Kit. llr'a. Clifford Peke tha~d Jlr:a. Sto'Yer ad alao thoae w.io iook

part 1a tlle program or ~ other wq.llra Sto'Yer ade a fittiJtg NP17• !lle meetiag oloaed wit& the Wisp&& Beaediotioa.

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Ki:agamlll - Mapletea W..u Inatitute eb•nea iia 60th Ul1i Tena17.

1967 beiJI~ oeateuiel ¥8U" tar Cauda, ..U.ra atte~d their 60~ ... iTera"'*reaaecl ill peried olothea, iaclwU• the ourraai pnaident, Kra. H.Jeakaa. !h1a haPW eooaaien aoourred in the Iapletoa Church. ' beautifUl oau maa D¥ lin. E. 8ouloa aJld deoerated Dy Mra.V U.en, na the fecal peiat of the tea talala.

The tea ••• ooaTeaed D¥ K.ra. h'ed Bnwn ud her oemmittee aa4 triead.a c•..a.d tram qlmer, Caltoa, apri»cfield,Spana, !he Glea, Bel.Mnt, 'nl Yal'lllluih, North YanDuth,Bd.ea, St.~r.a,I.¥eu, X.adet, ~.!he ...

4l...,nh u4 Arrewadi»c ana. lira. B17 MDGrepr, the ••lT 11T1me charter mamDeJ' out the oaka. Jlra Arthur lilian ... thu' 60 year •IIDn' waa al• preaeat.

Dllri• iia 60 yeara ot aeniJJC the clo111DW11~, the Inat1tuie haa created aew ideaa at oeallllli¥ l1T1:aa ~ uainc preen- pnYided bJ the DepartMAt. n llaa ciYn leaderahip in the .& H ~ makiag olaasea. Thro'Qih 2 wrld wan 1\ uadenoek aa all eut etten. It apa ... n a ohllcl Wider Sn• the oh1ldfta Plaa. It aaaiata 1n the Child Eaalth Cliaio held fer tbe diatrici in AJlmer. Gitta et .... ¥ p i.e the Retarded Solloel, Sick chlldrea *-"~ beapiial aad i.e 110¥ other woJ'i.ll¥ deNnd.a. Ii aaaiata 1a oeDIIIW1it7 ett'Gl"ia aaoh u oater1-c to u.tueta Ia U.n, the lite at tum ••• hu 'bNa Nd.e happier and •re mapi»cflll ihftQCh the W.mua IDa t 1 tuie.

Tu lite meaD8n attuded ihe 60th aaniTeraU7 (Prom lett) Kra. Claud HaeTer,Mra. Ba7 X.g,J&ra • .Bruce Baber,Kra. Bert reater, Mn. Sam IAca,Kn. Wilfred RerDert,.Kra. !'Yea Warrea,.Kra. rlenace Laidlaw, lira. Arttuu- llaere, Jll"a. ~ MD Grepl".

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TbeM ..-.n added ~a~ch bawnat 'bf appaar1mc 1a ¥eater ¥e&r dreaaea and hata.

(~roll\ lett) ill"a. Bq MD Grepr.lfn. ~¥ Faulcla, Jan. WUtred a.rben. Jn• Bobl.aa F1aoh, M.n. DeTid Stever, lll"a. Jack W1d.Der,Jira. Rr••t ~1aa(Seoretal'f Treaarer) ad llra. Hiram Jukn(Prea14eat)

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Eaat lUcia lutUute Wiater Picaio - 196

• water pioaic oaa 'be u •ell twa •• • ...ar .... a. 180 Baa' BJ.aia \femau Iutl tute MJIIMra 41aoeTend w.baa thq •t 1a the Ch.riat iaa Eduoatiea Bu1ldbc ef the IIJlMr Baptiat Ohu.rob ill Fe'brua17• ef O..'nal•l )'8Ue

41 _.. lwacllM• preCM~ aa attenaoea ef nlazatiea ad intenaia­.. ~ 11h8a .. oh ef the Bruohea oeatributed • ~r fer the pncr•• iater­·~nect with •a-..a tnm a~oial a-ata. ura. Harl')' Struc. B:ater.Prea­idut at x...-. £rea. C.a.at7 Preaideau tnm ozterd. ucl weat Elcill. lin. J.R.htcMr, • termer :r.w.x.o. Praaideat Pd. Mias Je7oe P1r1e,Hea. Eoe-.. lat te• Elaia•

fM caatr1but1ea bem tb8 KI.apa111 llapletea Inatitute ••• a U.rt plq writtM b7 lira. EQ~Ue Slreet. clepiotiac the wia aeparatiea 1a oeJn'eaieaoea ad oellterta 1a the lite Pd. wrk ef farm ... ef w.tv Pd p1e .. er da.Y•• !he .. taklac the pana .. n Mt'a. R•T MD G:r-.pr,lll'a. Herlaen Brewa,Jira. Kea. MDBeU.Mn. s- Lea, aad lira. Grace Free.

Ia lceepiJlc with the CU.te.aial th- which pre<»Jiliaatea ••t eatherinp durinc thia Centennial 7•ar.JDU¥ et the 111181Dbera etteadecl ~1• eutiltc. 1a pieaeer dl'ea .. a.

Bel .. , intnduoina ... effioera, (treat :r-.w) Mra. 11ar,)erie carter (Seontal')' tnuu.rer)Kra. Gewan Yeuc, reti.riJIB Prea1cWat,l4ra. Cha.rlea Phillipa(p.-idutJ Tb8 'baoq.reuod ia filled with Life membera (Lett)Jin. l.le7cl LaicU•• (IUapmill.- Mapletea) .Jira• J-• Jukiaa (K I Jl) ,Kra. -J1tt Grep.r(K/K),Kra • .&aaie lie f._art(~lmarl (Back nw)-Mn. Blake Oaaell (.ua),Mra. Qerdea lfricll~ ( 8t.4111drfta),Jira. Blaache CU'tia(Jr.Y_..uu). ~a. QJ.ril W1111 ... (Jr.Yarm.uth).

( ) The Kingamill l4apleton Womaan•s fnat1tute membera were pr1Yeleged on fhurad&~J attemoon_OCtobel' lath• 1959 to see maqr \fpea o~ ~loral arrangements, ezeout ad b7 J&ra. Ela1e llbl'ton. 11ra,Jbrton is a MeatH :Plo~ 1at and haa had 40 ~ears experieDOe, workll:lg with flower. • .lira. Jean Gr&¥ • wbo was former]7 Jean »e1kle aDil apent hel' obildbood at Crosal~ BUnter,acted aa corzaentatOI' ~or the deDDn­atrat 1on.:ror a number of ~eara, l4r8. G!'e¥ WDed "ai14 waa Suptrlntendent o~ fbe

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~ail' Hospital in Toronto.·~-----------------~-;._.;~ Both Kra. Gr~~r and Kra. lbrton are peat P.reaidenta o~ The Baalneaa 8114 Proteaalonal Women'• Club of Eaat Toronto. Kra.Gra.y recent]¥ 1'8turnei from Parla, :rrance, when aha atteDCle4 !he International Oongnaa o~ !Galneaa fDd. Profeaaional Wbmen'a Oluba.

While the gueata ~ol' \hia meet~ aaaambled 1n the Disciple ChurCh at J&apleton, Jlra. lb~ Leam entertained with plaDO aeleot1ona. Kra. RDasell LanD, group president weloomd tboae 1n attaDdenoe aD4 Mrs. lbaa Bvert sang a aolo. Kra. Roy !.earn and her d.eaghter, llra.Haul Bogera pltfed a plano duet.

The Tol'Oilio women, who wal'8 to p:reaent the flower demonatl'atioD, were 1ntl04lucecl b,y lira. lby liO.Gregor. Varioua typea o~ ~loral d1apl8f¥ wen made up and afterward. aold, the pzoooeada go1Dg to the Inatitute group.

on the lett of the aboTe picture la lira Jean Gra.y .on the right 1a Mrs. 1Ua1e ibrton, both of Toronto.

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LIFE liEllBERS

J.rhe Kingamill - Mapleton Branch ot The Women•a Inatitute honoured Ml"a .Boy Ml .Gregor (Florence Finch) with a Life Membership Certificate on Ju.l¥ 4th, 1940 and in September 1948, the Crossley Hunter Group ot The Branch presented her with a Lite MemberShip pin. Florence Finch and her mother,Mrs. Culver Finch were 8JIDDg the group of ladies, who met at the home of Mrs.John Brod1e,Mapleton on Feb­ruary 9th, !907, to organize a Branch of The Women's Inatitute. ~ct1Te through the Jteara, ltrs.J.b. Gregor sel""t'ed as Secretary in 1915 and 1916 and again tn 1917-18. After her marriage, she was pres­ident in 1923 - 24. At the time of writing (1959), Mrs .Kc.Gregor is the only remainiDg one, 11TiDg, who were present at the inaugural meeting.

Mr•, Arth!q Jl:>ore hat been an aot 1 Yl member of lhe

" K1Dgaaill Mapleton I.Datlt­ute, a1noe lt na organlse4 1n 1901. She aoted 11 ~aldent 1n 1921-22 aD4 wu made a Lite

mber 1n 1948. It wu at her bome that the tint ~ Senloe na heli tor The Iutltute aDd. 'beo.. Ill amm•l eowent there tor a IUUDbe1" ot yeara. Kra. Jl:)ore took an aot1Ye pert 1n tbe 50th ~1Yer­aary obaenanoe.

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~a.Olaude HOover (Stella Charlton) is a third gener­ation member of The Women • a InatituteJaer mother.ura. Ansel Charlton and both of her grandmothers.Mra.John R. Charlton and Mrs.John B. Tbomaon hB'Iing been members also. urs.HOover has been very aot-1ve through the yeara.She waa the President 'in 1937 - 38. She has served as one of The Group Leaders and has alao taught short oouraea to the Junior Girls.

-lolrs. Salem Herbert.

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MEltBE R S

ltra. Claude Hoover • •

. Mra.Salem Herbert is the oldest member of the Branoh. She is 90 years old( 19591

and still enjoys getting out to meetings. She has been a member oont1nuoualy • sino• 1915 and haa al~a been willing to do her part. Her home waa alW&f& available for a plaoe of meeting.