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A Tweedsmuir History In Print For some lime back. Birr Women’s Institute in Middlesex county had a Tweedsmuir history which was used so much as a reference book by teachers, local university students and others that it began to wear out. So the Institute decided to have the higtflfy extended to tell a very comprehensive story of the community and to have it published so that its information would be available to anyone in terestcd. The book entitled “Birr and Beyond" was com- piled by Mrs. Jennie Raycraft Lewis. an Institute member and a writer of some experience. Mrs. Lewis unearthed and wrote a good deal of the history herself. several sons and daughters of the community made their contribution from research or from memory. and the well known historian [3f the London area. Mr. Wilfrid Jury. supplied the early Indian history of the locality. The “Birr and Beyond" book carries many ilâ€" lustralions. Like most Tweedsmuir books it tells the stories of the families and farms and schools and churches, of cemeteries and toll-roads and the industries that have either persisted or disappeared through the years. and of course the story of the liirr Women’s Institute. In paper covers the price i\ $1.00: in hard covers $3.00; obtainable from Mrs. Clarence Lewis. R.R. No. 2. Denfield. Ont. All In the Day’s Work A good way to get an idea of the tremendous 1111101111! of sound. basic Women's Institute work being done over the province, is to look at a report of a regular monthly meeting such as this one from Honeydale: A letter was read from the Muscular Dystrophy Association thanking the members for their interest and help; also a letter irom the District Secretary asking cooperation in getting physiotherapy canes for patients at what he editor supposes is the county Home for the \ged. This was to be dealt with at the next meet- ng. It was reported that twelve members were .naking hooked rugs in the current local leader .u‘oject. The women made plans for the Institute .lisplay, a “Baby Shower" at the coming fall fair. :’rogress reports were given by leaders of two 4- i Homemaking Clubs sponsored by the Institute. .nd it was announced that members would be \Ot'king at the Cancer Dressing rooms the next :riday afternoon. The programme included a All: “The Years Teach Much That the Day Can- 101 Know," a reading, a contest and a singsong. 'he press report concluded with an invitation to .II the women of the community to attend the wrest meeting at a stated time and place. with this dual note: “Young mothers are cordially invited. daby sitter will be provided." Raising Scholarship Funds At the East Bruce District Annual last Year I was decided to start a fund for a Women’s institute scholarship for a deserving student. A .llSll'ICl board was set up to make plans and they suggested that if each Junior Institute in the dis» il'ict would contribute $10 and each Senior In~ iilltlie an amount equal to $1.15 per member. this would bring in the required $2000 to establish 3 SUMMER 1959 fiFhato by Eronrford Expositor. Mrs. Cecil Smith of Longiord Institute, exhibiting her lump ot Brunt County Summary Doy, said: "I look my saw and went for 0 walk in the fields. When I found iust the piece of wood I liked on the old stump fence I brought it lo the house and got busy with steel wool." This wood screwed to a piece of plywood with a tiny pot of ivy alongside made the base {or her lamp. The shade is covered with burlap sacking. “You can find Ihis in the burn and wash It up," Mrs. Smith explained. scholarship before the fall of this year. The sec; retary of Walkerton Institute, Mrs. E. W. Krampp. reports: “In our branch we had a Valentine Tea and Bake Sale to raise our funds. Saturday. Feb- ruary 14, was a thorotighly bad day so far as weather was concerned but we more than raised our amount for the scholarship.“ A Sauerkraut Supper For the past nine years Bridgeport Institute has raised most of its funds by catering for Waterloo Country Club's Sauerkraut Slipper. In the past four years the supper has made a profit of over $2500 for the Institute and most of this has been spent on community projects. To prepare this supper for between seven and eight hundred people means a tremendous amount of work. It is re- ported that last year fifty women were busy either at the club or at their homes. Thirty-five women were cooking 400 pounds of pork in their own ovens: others were peeling 500 pounds of potatoes; among them they made 250 Dutch apple pies. Applesauce was donated by the gallon and 20 cabbages. also donated. were made into cole slaw. Also on the menu were IIS pounds of wiencrs. 225 pounds of sauerkraut. 15 pounds of cheese. over 5 pounds of instant cofiee and 25 loaves of bread. International Programmes At Forest’s International Night, the Institute on- tertained women now living in Forest who have recently come from Holland, Hungary, Czecho- slovakia. Germany. Newfoundland and various parts of Canada and the United States. A local 27