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Shown in the picture, rel: Photter, Past President c-l Federated Women‘s Instilu; representing the Historic Board; Mrs. Arnold Ellie" Rev. A. W. Downer, r‘n Speaker of the Legis’ Assembly; Mayor A, C, michoel of Collingwood; T. C. Kells, President. Georgian Women's lnsH and Rev. W. L. Youn. Collingwcod First Fresby: Church. In Memory of Mrs. Alfred Wt Institute in West Simcoe has been arrangâ€" ing to honour a noted daughter of the district, Mrs. Alfred Watt, M.B.E. native of Collingwood, the Canadian woman who first introduced Women's Institute in England and who founded the Associated Country Women of the World. The Georgian Institute approached the Ontario Archaelogical and Historic Sites Board asking to have a plaque erected to Mrs, Watt’s memory, and on August 2, during Collingwood's Centennial Week, the plaque, erected close to the site of Mrs. Watt’s birth- place on Maple Street, was unveiled in a fitting ceremony. The Hon. Rev. A. W. Downer, M.P.P. and Speaker of the Legisla- tive Assembly, brought greetings from the Province and paid tribute to the work of the Women’s Institutes and the Associated Country Women of the World. Mrs. J. R, Futcher, a former F.W.I.O. President, repre- sented the Historic Sites Board of which she is a member, Mrs. Gordon MacPhatter, Past President of F.W|I.O., spoke for the provin- cial organization. Mr. Allan C, Carmichael, Mayor of Collingwood, welcomed the visitors to the town’s centennial and Mrs. T. C. Kells, President of Georgian Institute, acted as chairman, Mrs. Kells paid special tribute to Mrs, T. H. Dyer who had convened the memâ€" orial project. Foe SOME TIME the Georgian Women’s 28 Mrs. Watt, nee Madge Roberts; daughter of a Collingwood lawyer, is in 1867. She was a graduate of the U1. of Toronto and a woman of out: ability as a teacher and organizer. Sh. most of her married life in British 0 and after her husband’s death in 1:1 and her two sons went to live in E During the first world war Mrs. Watt '- ed Women’s Institutes in England \primary purpose of food conservativ- she and Miss Emily Guest who was an Organizer of Scottish Institutes, had in broadening the programme of the Institutes in keeping with the Ontart “For Home and Country.” It was in 1930 that Mrs. Watt, at a in Vienna, was responsible for the m tion of the Associated Country Womc; World. She was the first president or ganization and was re-elected to fill it: up to the year 1947. At the time of hr:- in 1948, Mrs, Watt was Honorary Prowl A.C.W.W. * * 'k I: is the tragedy of the self-absorbed [l the great moments of their lives go by ‘ raiment with a sound of silver flutes, thE'.‘ muffled in self and the present that 1.110} hear our seeâ€"Mary Webb. * t * On August 2, I958, Clu‘n: Collingwood's Centennial W- rhe plaque shown above w; unveiled to Mrs. Alfred ‘y‘L‘ founder of the Assam Country Women of the Won-J and a native of Collingw: 5'» right are: Mrs. Gordon .1- -4 Ontario, Mrs. J. R. EU'W' niece of Mrs. Watt; the A- . lllt‘ .‘ [. r'lng art :4] ‘1 ill .\ hen n I\’.ll ff “7 1min! HOME AND [QUNlRY