a tne ee ee wore IODE emphasizes | The Charlottetown branch of the International Zonta Club has as its executire seated left, Carrie Thompson, corresponding sect’y; Mrs. D. M. Campbell, vice-president; Mabe! Matheson, presi- dent, and Laura Kitchen, recording sect’y. Stand- ing left, Anna Riley, treasurer: Mrs. Wallace Rodd, program convener, and Mrs. Gordon Mac- Donald, public relations. education field — | As a provincial organization the IODE in Prince Edward Is- land is not yet three-years- old, ut in the time that has passed since the provincial chapter was organized in May of 1962 great strides have been made in co | ordinating the work of the seven | primary and one junior chapter of the Order im the province There are app 200 members of the IODE in the province, organized iat seven chapters, Royal Edward, Eari of Hillsboro, Lucy Maude Montgomery, Royalty and Lady’s Slipper in Charlottetown and the Abegweit and Northum- berland Chapters in side The second annual meet.ng ot the Provincial Chapier was heid on April 25 at the Charlatetown Hotel and at a luncheon op that }ocecasion the LA.-Governor W_J. MacDonald and Premier W HK. | Shaw addressed the members During the meeting Mrs. Mac-3 Donald, wife of the Lt.-Govern- or was installed as a member of ; the Order and as the honorary ely Summer- ——' presidem Also at the meeting, Mrs. B Earle MacDonald, who hai been instrumental in forming the pro- vincial chapter and who had <i rected it during the first 2 years of its operation as provincial president, retired from her of- fice and was succeeded by Miss Wanda Wyatt of Summerside, who had been the first vice- president. Other provincial officers in- clude Mrs. E.M- Phillips, first vice-president; Mrs. Arthur Ro- | per, second vice- president; Mrs J.T. Davies, secy.: Mrs. Eric jorie Stewart, education secre- tary: Mrs. Wilfred Farrell. ;“*Eeho's’’ secretary; Mrs. J.A.! Bond, public relacions secre- tary: Mrs. Ron Clark, services | chase of a gift of some type for-- a | DncKayes teessusers«Akian~ Manes e prrives - | Mrs. Kennett alker, World Af- fairs secretary: Mrs. Arthur Love, organizing secretary and Mrs. John Ellis, standard bera- er During the year much work in the field of education was done by the primary in | the province. .~is a ed bursaries, school , do- nations of books fer school lib- | raries, caring for adopted | schools, donations to send a} deaf girl to university in the | United States donations to the Music Festival Association were just som: of the projects SECOND SECTION of the IODE members in the - province. Other chapters assist- ed with the Retarded Children and the Cerebral ~alsy Centre Among the highlights of the past year for members of. the IODE were two visits from the national president. Mrs. D. W McGibbon Mrs. McGibbon first visited the province in June when she presented Mrs; B Earle MacDonald with the first life membership in the Provin- cial Chapter of P.E.1. She visit- ed the province again ih No vember when she presented an Eskimo carving to the Confed- eration Centre Art Gallery on behalf of the National Chapter of the IODE The major fund raising pro- ject of the provincial chapter during the past year was an| “Auction Sale’ held at the Parkdale Community Hall November. Articles for che sale CGhre “Covers | were donated by members and it proved very successful ‘ j a financial standpoint. The} money _ raised A the .auction | has betn earmarked for ‘the pur- | the Confederatio:- Centre. When Her Majesty, Queen El- | izabeth II and HRH Prince Phil- | Chariotetown on fall members of the Provincial executive were guesis on th dock to see the arrival Gere-/ monies Planning-is already underway Guar. Prince Edward Island Like The Dew” WEDNESDAY, JAN. 27, 1965 at home and- abroad-secreiary:-+ gor -the coming year and mem- bers have again decided to hold in charge are local Institute wo- | the “Red Glove Revue”, which men was so successful in 1963. This Many Instituwes sponsor 4H | project was dropped in 1964 be- Clubs and its members are oft- | cause of a great number of): en leaders. In doing this they | events scheduled during our cen- feel they are helping in the edu- | tennial year. The “Red Glove cation of youth, the citizens of | Revue” will be held in the fall tomorrow. Co-operation was giv-|of 1965 and will likely be staged en in the inter - provincial ex-|im the Confederation Centre change of boys and girls. Miss | Theatre in Charlottetown and it Teresa McLeod, director of Wo-| will also be presented in Sum-| men’s work, is vice- president | merside. | of the National Council of 4H classes of Canada. | Many Imstitutes- entered the Centennial project in rural bea- | Some 4,000 garments for overseas and local provincial Red Cross commissioner, chats with disaster relief are made up each year by women’s groups throughout the province in co-operation with the P.E.I. Red Cross women’s work com- mittee of which Mrs. F.W. Hyndman of Char- lottetown is the present chairman. In the above three of the faithful volunteers at Red Cross head- quarters as they put the “finishing touches” such as buttons and labels on the garments. Left to right are: Mrs. Albert Wilson, Mrs. V.H. Dock- endorff and Mrs. Merritt Forsythe. keeping with the Centennial pro- « ject for Canada—~ “Making Can- | ada Lovelier.” | There are many monuments jin the province that are tribut- picture, Iphigenie Arsenault. (extreme right) es to the work of the Women's —________-——. Institmes and one that the - embers are agenda ist Institutes Saves =e © growth |& . 1s noted 4s. one of. the big -attractions -of +—- | Old Home Week and -another | tribuce to the work of the.-WI/ organization are to help women acquire sound and approved practices for greater home ef- ficiency; to stimulate and train women for leadership; to devel- op a more abundant life in rural communities and a deeper ap- preciation of things near at hand; and to develop better, happer and more useful citizens. Mrs. L.G. Ramsay, Indian ~ River, was elected 1964-65 presi- dent of the P.E.I. Women’s In- stitute at their annual conven- tion, which is held in Charlotte- town each summer. Mrs Charlottetown is host city seem 'eet| for CWL national convention Pi e Fi t f ; ir f i fH i : i Officers of the Charlottetown Branch of the University Women’s Club include 1 to r, Doris Anderson, corresponding secretary; Meriam E F 3 | i Executive members of the Prov incial: Women’s Institute are shown above, | to r, Mrs. Reg MacEwen, No rth River, convener of the United Nations committee; Mrs: L.G. Ram say of Indian River, president; and Mrs. Leonard Russell of St. Peters, t he home economics convener for P.E.I. her duties from the past presi-| . dent of the organization, Mrs. | Lincoln Dewar. | Three special projects were | the lieutenant governor, One of the highlights of last |carried out by the Catholic “o-|viticial goveroment, the , year’s. program was when the | men’s League ince Edward the town executive entertained Mrs. Gra-|island during- “Cente nnia! | Summerside, {Seas Spry, chairman of = AS | Year” sociated ‘Country Women : : : | World, General Purpose Com. | The major undertaking was | niries less «fortunate then |200 delegates from across Can-|was centred lip sed bow the Lady Abet met at the Basilica FT ‘rea-/ue's motto “For God deen Scholarship and Pennies tion Centre for the business ses-/ada” as a modern apostolate. i | This was developed durir z F n. In September of this year ACWW conference will meet | When they were the guests of in Dublin Ireland. Mrs: Ram- say will be attending (as offic- ial delegate), as are several oth- er members. In June the FWIC National convention met at Acadia Uni- versity, Wolfville, N.S., elected Mrs. Phillip Macheson, |a P.E.1. past provincial the nationa’ : i i : i i 2 ifs f i >F « tit i = sage i S § meri ad te a ndin or, * ne Pre, Me RW. Hyndman and” MM Nore on Stewart” im Met L