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Description : Bradford High Thanks Women's Institute for Tree
By Carol Simone

The Bradford Women's Institute has received a thank-you note from Bradford District High School for the mountain ash the institute donated for the school's Arbor Day project.

The women chose a mountain ash because it also provides berries for feeding wild birds in the area.

The women discussed their upcoming trip to Toronto to see a musical at the Royal Alexandra Theatre, and Mrs. H. Steyn and Mrs. S. Klop volunteered to work on the York County hospital cart for the next while.

Guest speaker for the meeting was district president Mrs. Paul Tipping who told the group how women's right have changed over the past years.

The next meeting will feature a pot luck lunch at the home of Shirley Carter. New members are always welcomed and this will be at 1 p.m. on June 20 at Apartment 106, 200 Holland Court. The topic will be educational and cultural.

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Description : Bradford Women's Institute now in 50th Year

A host of women in the Bradford area are members of the Women's Institute, an organization working for "Home and Country," its motto.

Mrs. Dan Celements heads the 25 member Bradford W.I. this year celebrating its 50th anniversary.

In days past this active group once raised $1,200 to furnish a room in York County Hospital. Secretary Mrs. Gordon Church notes Bradford members are getting older and not able to undertake such ambitious projects now. New members are always welcome, she says, and especially younger women, the greatest need of the branch.

In 1974, members heard excellent addresses on topics such as Unemployment Insurance and the care of lawns. Christmas boxes were prepared for residents at Simcoe Manor, Beeton and Martingale Villa.

Bond Head Women's Institute was instrumental in securing the warning light on Highway 27, at the dangerous hilltop at the north end of the the village, Mrs. Hulse Stoddart, the secretary reports.

The first library in Bond Head was started by the W.I. in Hipwell's store many years ago. This branch has donated furnishings, including pianos, to the community hall and stocked the kitchen with dishes and silver.

Dozens of teenage girls have benefitted from 4-H Homemaking Clubs sponsored by Bond Head W.I. and 20 have received provincial honors for the completion of 12 projects.

Mrs. William Reynolds is president of the 31-member branch organized 55 years ago.

On May 6 this Institute will be host to the South Simcoe convention known as the District Annual. Mrs. Sinclair Stevens will be the speaker.

Tec-We-Gwill W.I. draws members from two townships, West Gwillimbury and Tecumseth, as its name implies. President Mrs. Allan Orr lists its most ambitious project as a new furnace for Newton Robinson Hall installed in Centennial year.

This winter the branch sponsored a quilting course open to anyone in the area. A class of 37, many non-institute members, profited by the course.

Secretary Mrs. Milton Calder notes this branch sponsors an Austrian girl through the Canadian Save the Children's Fund and 4-H Clubs at home.

Tec-We-Gwill, which boasts 40 members celebrated its 25th anniversary three years ago.

Fisher's Corners, organized in 1921 still has an active charter member, Mrs. W.J. Hounsome. The 20-member group raises funds by opening food booths at auction sales. Recently, it presented stacking chairs to Newton Robinson Hall. Secretary Mrs. Ben Steers reports Don Jackson from the Children's Aif Society, Barrie, gave an educational address to them on "stress". Mrs. Clarence Noble is the president.

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Description : Mrs. Austin Zoeller, vice president of the Federated Women's Institutes of Canada, speaking last Wednesday night at the 50th anniversary of Bradford Women's Institute said, "There is no other organization like the W.I. in the whole wide world."

She recalled the W.I. was born on tragedy - the death of a child from drinking impure milk. Mrs. Adelaide Hoodless, the founder of the W.I. was the mother of that child.

Mrs. Zoeller told how the secretary of the Farmer's Institute, Erland Lee at Stoney Creek, Ontario, promoted hearing a woman speaker against the wishes of his all-men organization.

Mrs. Hoodless, that speaker, made a dynamic speech. Lee told the men after if they believe it important to have an organization to learn how to feed their animals, then it was equally important their wives have an organization to educate themselves on how to feed their families.

And so the Women's Institute was organized in 1897 through the efforts of Mrs. Hoodless and Erland Lee.

Nutrition, at home and abroad still tops the many-facet program of the W.I. today, Mrs. Zoeller pointed out.

Ontario has just completed province-wide nutrition workshops. The Institutes of Ontario have educated nine girls in food preservation who are working in India; two mid-wives in Turkey and a nutrition project is going on in South Africa.

These and other projects for the developing countries are made possible from the interest on a $50,000 fund contributed to by all Ontario Institutes.

Mrs. Zoeller said information in the community Tweedsmuir History books completed by W.I. branches is the best obtainable anywhere. The histories are recognized by the Ministry of Education and used widely for research by students.

"No other organization is quite so flexible as the W.I.," the speaker said, "working not only in the field of nutrition and home economies, but in agriculture, immigration and citizenship as well.

"We are lucky women to be so strong and have so much to give in a collective way," Mrs. Zoeller said in conclusion.

This newspaper article is from the Bradford Womens Institute Scrapbooks.

Newspaper article on the history of the home deliveryman, created by the Tecumseth & West Gwillimbury Historical Society

This edition of the Bradford Witness celebrated the Centennial Year of the town. Histories of the surrounding communities were added to the edition in honour of this event, and were contributions from the Women's Institutes. This article is a brief history of Fisher's Corners, located east of Highway 27 and 9th Concession.

This edition of the Bradford Witness celebrated the Centennial Year of the town. Histories of the surrounding communities were added to the edition in honour of this event, and were contributions from the Women's Institutes. This article is a brief history of Gilford (which is now part of Innisfil).

This edition of the Bradford Witness celebrated the Centennial Year of the town. Histories of the surrounding communities were added to the edition in honour of this event, and were contributions from the Women's Institutes. This article is a brief history of The Hollows, on Line 13 and Sideroad 10.

:Judging from the above heading which preceded a local item in the Era of last week, what a time there will be in Newmarket when the Trent Valley Canal branch (so called) is completed through to that town from the Holland River. A gentleman who had spent several days in Newmarket last week and in passing through our village on Monday, wondered if the Laurier Government had gone completely crazy by making a preliminary grant of $700 000 to build a good sized ditch a distance of 8 miles to an inland town. He looked upon it as a political sop. There is no kick coming from the Newmarket Era, however, as may be seen from the following item: "Mr. Grant one of the contractors for Newmarket end of the Canal, has been in town all week making arrangements to commence work. The stone house and one of the barns on the Hulse farm have been leased for a term. Sixty horses arrived here yesterday and more expected to-day. It is said that the contractors intend to employ 300 teams and 400 men. Work will commence this week if not already started, in the vicinity of the "Green Lane," a mile and a quarter north of Newmarket, where a lock and basin will be constructed. The United Factories have received orders to vacate their property on Huron St., where the survey runs, and are advertising a quantity of wood for sale at a low price to save handling twice. It certainly begins to look as if the Newmarket Canal is not all talk."

Description of the annual outdoor service held at Auld Kirk, celebrating the 180th year since it's founding. Also has a brief history on the Scotch Settlement.

Article on the Auld Kirk Cemetery plaque unveiling to take place the following Sunday, August 24th, 1958 at 2:30pm. Contains a brief history of the Auld Kirk and the Scotch Settlement.