Win Farm Safety Prize (Echo Hill WI - Reflector Tape)

Source: AWI Collection

Transcript: M- URDA. Y, MARCH 12, 1960
WIN SAFETY PRIZE — Mrs. W. B. H. Squair of Legal,
seated right, is a member of Echo Hill Women's Institute, a group
which Thursday received news that it had won the $ 500 second
prize in the annual Carol Lane safety awards. Mrs. Squair,
constituency convener for the WI in her area when the safety
project was undertaken, is in Edmonton this week and attended
a WI conference at the Corona Hotel Wednesday and Thursday.
She is pictured with Mrs. Harold Lefsrud of Viking, standing,
provincial health convener, and Mrs. G. D. Spargo of Alcomdale,
present constituency convener for mid- Pembina. To win the
safety prize, the 17 members of Echo Hill WI bought S180 worth
of red reflector tape and themeselves applied it to five farm
machines on each of 73 farms in a 40- square miles area. The
project was designed to prevent accidents involving farm machines
being moved on the roads from field to field. Left- over reflector
tape was sold to farmers in neighboring areas, who became
interested in the safety measure after hearing of the WI project.
Mrs. Lloyd McMillan is president of the branch, and the safety
project was her idea, Mrs. Squair says. Money for the project
had been raised at chicken suppers, bazaars, card parties and
sales of home baking. — Photo by Goertz Studios.