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derstandmg and co - operation among women's group* to ere ate an informed public opinion, to initiate action in the public interestACHIEVEMENTSBrandon Council of Women highlight achievements since 1V52 p. include: fl• Sponsored the successful j|| election of four women to civic office• Increased status in having four women named to civic, provincial and Chamber of Commerce boards• Initiated the Brandon branch of the Canadian Mental Health Association.• Played a prominent part in the 75th Anniversary celebration, initiation costuming.• Supported for three years the Unitarian Service Committees clothing drives for overseas aid to the dispossessed.• Continuous sponsorship of mid-winter short courses on a variety of subjects• Offered valuable recommendations to both the Commis sions on Alcohol and Education• Established the Christmas Cheer Registry as a clearing house for community giving and continues to operate it annually• Publication, by the Migration and Citizenship Committee, of a Handbook for New Canadians containing valuable information to assist newcomers It is currently being translated locally into German and Dutch, it has received commendation from the federal department of Immigration and Citizenship.• Arranged entertainment and publicity and transportation for more than 100 delegates to National Council meeting ui June.1959. at WasagammgMrs. P. A. McPhailii ■« aiyiiiiiwwiii iv inriw viithe occasion of Founder's Week, the important part Sun Foaturo Writer Kaye Rowe has played in the local Council of Women.In 195$, in e citation mado on the occasion of e presentation of a life membership to Mrs. Rowe, members paid tribute to a key woman in local affairs.During her ypars with the Council, Mrs. Rows has sorvod, first as provisional chairman at the organisational moating, then in turn as vice-presidant, chairman of Arts and Lottors, Public relations, and othar such capacities.Mrs. W. A. Wood1952 CouncilPERTON*3.50SOURIS SCREENINGSOIL-TItSATED AND DiLIVBRED•Economical fuel if fired properly in suitable equipmentCUMMING ft DOBBIE LTD.PA 4-2559 PA 4-2454 m Eighth StreetOrganizationFirst steps in the reformation of a Brandon Council of Women were taken Jan 29. 1952. when representatives from 12 women’s clubs of the city voted affiliation support Twenty other clubs’ representatives promised to relay information to their respective groups for further decision.Background support at the initial meeting was given by Mrs. D R Doig. member at that time of the Brandon School BoardSpeaking on Women s Place in the Community,” Mrs. Doig urged the reorganization of the council and was supported by Brandon women at the meeting: Miss Sadie Bertram, Miss Anne Macdougall, Mrs A. J Doak, secretary of the original Brandon council during the closing years of its existence, 1918-1922. and othersRepresentatives included Mrs. R. Holson, Graduate Nurses' Association, Mrs J T Donaldson. Art Club. Mrs G B Hilton. Teck Chapter IODE; Mrs. Barney Thordarson, WMS Knox Church; Miss Ruth McGuiness. Trilliam Club of Business and Professional Women; Mrs. M. S Donovan. Women’s Canadian Club; Mrs. R. McMullen, Alpha Omega of Knox Church Mrs. E D Wine hell, YWCA; Mrs. P. S. Golding, Catholic Women's League; Mrs. W. Whillier, Girl Guides' Association; Miss Daisy Patmore. Business and Professional Women a ClubMRS. DONALD McEWENa library and reading room in the YMCA where it remained well into the 1930s. From this room reading material known as Aberdeen Society Literature was dispersed over the prairies to settlers in the lonely homesteads.Nor was she afraid to make representation to the Provincial Government. The education of the blind was a matter whichThe clinching argument was the |:long *n*aged hef..int*rfl r, rmii ! f , ,71 roused her ire *t the refusal ofneed for reform in matters per-taining to women and children. g . . ** f‘ lt;. . .. .Her logic and eloquence were in- ^t the onset of the bouth-Afn- ___ '____. . . „ can war, Brandon Council wasescapable. Moreover, she had a .......... . .tlt]c the first in Manitoba to mother' the formation of an active RedMOTION CARRIED Cross group. It was among theBarely had the applause sub- fjrsj 0ffer support to the Vic-sided at the conclusion of the torian Order of Nurses and to appeal when Mrs. Stephen Cle- j0in forces with the W'CTU die-ment, wife of Judge Clement, hards for the control of hardrose to her feet. A woman of iiqUOr salesleadership capacity and calibre, OVERFLOING VIGOR she moved that Brandon form a ^ vigorous intellect dominated Council of Women in affiliation multiple activities. Pruning with the National Council. Need- shrubs in the garden, knead-less to relate, the motion carried jng dough for the householdi unanimously. bread or entertaining in her ele-Elected as first president, Mrs. gant drawing room—these repre- i Donald McEwen held the office j sented the distaff side. But there for 21 years 'until 1916). A bril- was overflowing vigor for the lant and gracious woman is larger world. She set up agen-the epithet for Mrs. McEwen -among those who keep her memory green Bom Jessie Wadsworth of Montreal, she had married Donald McEwen, ^ Scottish woollen manufacturer's representative in Canada.They came west in the late inExecutive Presidentsi Presidents of the Brandon 1880s m response to glowing Com,c]| 0( Women sinc, I895tales told by their personal hale mcluded;friend Donald Smith 'later Lord Strathcona'. Their farm home “Tillichewen,” five miles north of Brandon, they turned into a tshowplace of gardens and shrubbery.Dr Lennox K. Bell, dean of the Manitoba Medical College, remembers his grandmother in her later years. Her hair was pure white, the features chiselled as to nostril, line of the high, thin nose and curve of chin \ “She always carried herself very' erect,” he said in a 1957 inter-Mrs. Donald McEwenMrs. A. R. IrwinMrs. S. E. ClamantMrs. Charlas BlakaMrs. W. A. Wood 1952-'55Mrs. R. A. McPhail 1955-'54Mrs. Barney Thordarson 1951.STORING ICE CREAMStore ice cream in its originalview, “so that she appeared container if you are putting it in much taller than her actual your freezer or the freezing com-height ” The spare frame im- partment of your refrigerator. If plied frailty but it was the fragil- j the ice cream is to be stored in ity of a steel girder. the ice-cube compartment of theHER INTERESTS refrigerator, turn it into an ice-The first president’s interests cube tray, cover and set refrig-extended far beyond the green erator control to low.
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Brandon Daily Sun
Brandon, Manitoba, CA
Mon, Oct 19, 1959
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