Pine Lake History - 1976 - 1989

              Pine Lake WI expresses Valen.
tine's Day differently. At their
recent meeting president Marion
Brown, perhaps liberally para-phrasing
Elizabeth Barrett Brown-ing,
put it this way:
" Valentine's Day is here, and I
love this farm for better or
worse, for richer or poorer in
summer or winter . When do I
love this farm? Let me list the
times.
I love this farm in winter when
everything is dormant, hidden
calves growing within the cows
and fields resting under the
snow .
I love this farm in spring when
As a member of the Pine Lake
Women's Institute, one of the
areas of study is environmental
conservation .
Branch members have been
involved in the past and have
expressed concern regarding
unmanaged landfill, roadside
spraying, lake water quality and
roadside litter . Branch mandate
has been to recycle products
such as paper, tin cans, and bot-tles
. We support our provincial
body, Alberta Women's Insti-tutes,
through their involve-
W. I . tribute
to the farm
all is revealed once more, and
the cows give birth to calves and
the barren fields get sprouts of
green.
I love this farm in summer
when all is reaching its prime
and the calves are getting fat
and the alfalfa is in bloom.
1 love this farm in fall when
we reap the rich rewards, and
the calves are converted to cash
and the alfalfa becomes bales of
hay.
I love this farm all year long
as it repeats its cycle endlessly
but never twice the same- birth
to fruition to new birth.
Happy Valentine's Day, farm . I
love you."
Lake contamination feared
ment in the pitch- in program.
Since our motto is, For Home
and Country, Pine Lake
Women's Institute members ex-press
their concern of the imple-mentation
of the proposed re-gional
sanitary landfill at the
head of the drainage system
into Pine Lake . We fear the pos-sibility
of contaminated seepage
into the system may ruin Pine
Lake for future generations.
Doris Warke
Environmental convener
Pine Lake Women's Institute
Pine Lake - Kathleen Urrenu, 8a8- 1a15
Thirteen Pine Lake members, live Hills-down
members, ten visitors and two children
were welcomed to the special meeting
ccmIf oratlng Founder's Day recognizing the
With anniversary of AWI.
The creed was repeated and each WI
member Introduced their guest .
The letter to the Advocate re -. the landfill
site was composed and delivered but
subsequently returned for lack of a phone
number . It was ra- 0elivered and a suggestion
made that a copy be sent to the Minister of
the Environment and to the County.
Members voted to pay $ 250 toward the cast
of a Life- line unit to be used by Delburne
Life- line Program Board,
it was reported the used Christmas cards
and calendar pictures sent to Michener Centre
were much appreciated .
One quilt work bee was held and Doris
Warke displayed the results .
Two members have been registered for the
District 3 Conference at the North Hill Inn on
March B- 9
Certificates at recognition were presented to
each WI member as a token of appreciation
for their contribution to Home and Country on
the occasion of the 80th anniversary at AWI.
Pat Ancian, Pine Lake Hub executive
member, made the presentation, congratulat-ing
and expressing appreciation to each
member for their contribution to the
betterment at the respective communities.
Hillsdown WI was organized In 1946 and Pine
Lake WI In 1956. Pictures were taken of
members and guests .
Constituency Convenor Grace Graver,
introduced by Marion Brown, reviewed the
new 80th anniversary brochures at AWI, and
cited the many activities taking place this
year . Highlights of these are the Provincial
80th Anniversary Convention at Olds in June
and the unveiling at a cairn at Lea Park in
July on the site of the first Women's Institute
in Alberta .
A fun- filling half hour was spent making
homemade Valentines . The resulting creations
were used as part of the decorations for the
Valentine Dance at the Hall .
Hillsdown WI and Pine Lake WI agreed to
unite to compile a set of 40 pictures to enter
in the Get Gracking- Get Snapping Com-petition,
an agricultural project .
The hostess gift was won by Pat Ancian .
Pine Lake Women's
Institute
Eleven members and two
visitors were present at the
January meeting at whichMrs.
Faye Hughes, Regional Co- or-dinator
for the Life- line
Program, showed slides and
gave a hands- on demonstra-tion
of how the Life- line
program operates. Asmallper-sonal
help button is worn on a
chain around the neck or on a
strap on the wrist. At any time
of the day or night when help
is needed the button is pressed
to send out a call forhelp. The
button activates the home unit
which is attached to the
telephone which in turn
automatically dials the Emer- t
gency Response Centre .
Trained personnelat theE . R . S .
contact the home and beginthe
proc= dure of sending the ap-propriate
kind of help .
Mrs. Hughes was suitably j
thanked by Social Service
Convenor Edna Whittemore .
In recognition of
Founder's Day and the 80th
Anniversary of Alberta
Women's Institutes our
Branch will join with
Hillsdown W. I . in a special
meeting on February 14 .
The annual Heart Fund
Card Party will be held in the
Hall on February 25 at 7 : 30
p. m.
Our Environment Con-venor,
with the help of other
members, will reply to aphone
call from the Advocate re the
proposed Sanitary Landfill
site on land 4km north of Pine
Lake .
Roll- call for January was
Used Christmas cards and
calendar pictures forMichener
Centre.
The draw for the
Australian gift was won by
Doris Warke and the hostess
prize was won by Vera Pierce .
Kathleen M. Lawrence
Pine Lake - Kathleen Lawrence, 885- 1815
Two visitors and 13 members gathered at
the Community Hall for the March, meeting.
The birthdays of four members were
recognized as well as the birthdays of our two
visitors .
Lillie Clution attended Speaker's Day at
Bidgewood Hall and reported much useful
information gathered . Three guest speakers
were featured .
$ 425 was realized at the annual card party
in support of the Alberta Heart and Stroke
Foundation .
Three members attended the District 3
Conference and Kathleen Lawrence gave a
short report . As a result of a silent auction,
the District 3 Director's travel fund was
added to by $ 356 .10 . Succeeding Faye
Mayberry as District 3 Director will be Hazel
Swalnson at Sedgewick .
upcoming activities for various branch
members was ( a) attendance at the Cancer
Society training session . Mar. 21 ; ( b) Lea
Park picnic, June 24 ; ( c) open house at
Provincial Office during tee first week in
May. ( d) Speaker's Day, Mar. 29, at
Bidgewood Hall .
Members will assist the midnight lunch for
the 40tn wedding anniversary dance for j
Gordon and Isabelle Beck and the 25th
wedding anniversary dance for Jack and
Gayle Olwn .
In recognition of AWI's 80th anniversary
the branch will purchase an AWI 80
anniversary pun for each member .
The evening program was presented by
Isabelle Beck whose topic was senate reform .
Our guests were welcomed as new'
members
Hostess gilt was own by Kathieen
Lawrence