Women's Institute Celebrate Centennial

Source: AWI Collection

Transcript: 2 The Innisfail Booster Tuesday, February 25, 1997
IDomeiVs Institutes Celebrate Centennial
Centennial Banquet
One hundred years of
Women's Institutes were
celebrated at the Cotton­wood-
Gordon Hall on Feb­ruary
19, 1997 by the Cot­tonwood
Women's Institute
members and guests.
A tasty supper was served
followed by a fact and fun
history of times and changes
since the first meeting which
was organized by Adelaide
Hoodless and held on Febru­ary
19, 1897 in Stoney
Creek, Ontario.
Musical selections by the
lovely choir brought back
memories of yesteryears. A
K l o n d i k e c h a r a c t e r , a
Charleston dancer and even
Elvis, who put in a surprise
Centennial Choir ( I to r) Kathleen Piesse, Blanche Cunningham, Joanne Nielson, Linda
Darby, Sharon Blair, Trina Cunning han and pianist Shirley Shrader.
appearance, added to the t u t e s p r e s i d e n t D o r i s Blanche Cunningham pre-fun.
Northey was a special guest, sented Dorothy Webb with a
Alberta Women's Insti- Cottonwood W. I. president branch life membership.