Pine Lake History - 1956-1975

              1970 EVENTS ( Continued)
A motion was put on o u r books t o d i s r e g a r d the f o l l o w i ng
p o l i c y : " To be e l i g i b l e t o be a member i n good s t a n d i n g , y o u must a t t e nd
t h r e e meetings a y e a r ".
We had a r t i c l e s among the membe ar sb. u l l e t i n board each meeting t o buy, s e l l , or swap
Through a r o l l c a l l we were t r y i n g t o become more f a m i l i ar
w i t h " m e t r i c " by g i v i n g our h e i g h t , w e i g h t , e t c . i n m e t r i c terms.
S t y l e s were changing. Ladies were b e g i n n i n g t o wear f o r t r e l
s l a c k s u i t s and chunky, square- toed shoes.
PINE LAKE
TV January meeting of Tine
L. ikc WI was held at the home
of Mr-- C. I, awrence with nine
member? and one visitor in
( attendance.
Mrs. R. Rr'wn spoke on
• Pollution of the Mind" giving
excerpts of an address by Dr.
Roy Anderson, retired medical
( practitioner. Stress was given lo
9the continued use of beneficial
drags and the effect of drugs
jwith no medical use. The roll
jcall " should marijuana be
legalized''" produced a lively
Idiscu^ ian.
3 Members of the branch have
j taken a positive step in helping
to e- mbat the pollution of our
lakes and streams— they have
I pledged to buy no more laundn
detergents until a phosphate
free product can be developed
Detergent companies will be
advised of ( he action.
The branch will again adopt
another foster child now that
Jong Julc, formerly adopted by
the club, is re- uniled with his
mother.
Mrs. R. Pierce attended the
" program en aging" at which
needs of older people were dis­cussed.
Mrs. L. Munro reported
from I h e ' Federated News"
pving highlights of 50 years of
iVomen's Institutes in Canada.
PINE LAKE
Seven members attended the
February meeting of the Pine
Lake W. l. held at the home of
Mrs. Eric Pierce.
Special visitors were Mrs.
Harold Steele, Mrs. J. M. Nolan
and Mrs. Walter RabTdou. Guest
speaker Mrs. Steele, constitu­ency
convener, spoke on the
values of W. I. membership em­phasizing
positive thinking, re­sponsibilities
and fellowship.
Mrs. Nolan showed a display
of needleeraft illustrating how
the craft of hardhanger is work­ed.
Mrs. Eric Pierce will act as
district chairman for the up­coming
cancer canvass. Mrs. J .
Warke, Mrs. Roy Brown, Mrs.
. Warren Stanton and Mrs. John
Sawyer will be delegates to the
jdistrict conference March 5- 6.
fllHRCH p | N E L A K E
Pine Lake WI met recently
at the home of Mrs. Jcltn Saw­yer
with Mrs. Roy Clutton as
co- hosless. Nine members were
in attendance.
Special guest, Morris Flew-welling.
guidance counsellor
with Red Deer's Central School,
spoke to members on " Pollu­tion
In Education", tracing edu­cational
theories through his­tory
and their incorporation into
our present system.
Mrs. Eric Pierce, district
conference delegate, reported
on the recent conference held
in Red Deer. The Pine Lake WI
will sponsor a swimming les­son
program in July; children
will be taken by bus to Red
Deer.
Mrs. Albert Moschenross has
knit 19 sweaters during the win­ter
for USC. The branch is con­tinuing
its pollution study with
replies from detergent com-jpanies
and local stores.
M i l l i e Munro
PINE LAKE
Pine Lake WI held its April
meeting at the home of Mrs.
Roy Brown with 10 women in
attendance.
Visitors were Miss Kathy
Grimson, Mrs. Earl Grimson,
Mrs. Christina Grimson and
Mrs. Frank T. Dallaire.
Co- hostesses were Mrs. W. D.
Smith and Mrs. John Warke.
• Miss Grimson of Burnt Lake, a
grade 12 student and winner of
the 1969 IODE speech contest
and trip to the United Nations
I in New York, was guest speaker.
She showed slides depicting
highlights of her trip and stress­ed
the value of youth fellowship
and communication.
Preparations were made for
the May 1 constituency handi­craft
tea. Mrs. Warren Stanton
is in charge of all branch handi­crafts.
Pine Lake WI coffee party
will be held June 11 from 9 to
,11: 30 a. m. APK. lL
PINE LAKE
i Twelve members and one vi­sitor
were in attendance for the
May meeting of the Pine Lake
W. I. held at the Hub Com­munity
Centra.
Mrs. Warren Stanton was
hostess; co- hostess was Mrs.
Ray Brown.
Special visitor was Mrs.
Louise Buckler, a new mem­ber.
v Guest speaker was D. A. Dew,
soil management officer from
the Lacombe Research Station.
Mr. Dew said the greatest
danger of pollution by phos­phate
fertilizers and pesticides
is through wind and water ero­sion
of the . soil
Mrs. Stanton reported that
the Pine Lake members entered
19 items at the constituency
handicraft tea wininng 12 firsts,
six seconds. Swimming lessons
will begin at the Red Deer Rec­reation
Centre on July 6.
A sum of $ 96 was collected
by the W. l. throughout the dis­trict
for the Canadian Cancer
Society. Flowers will again be
planted on the W. I. corner in
Pine Lake in the campaign to
keep Alberta beautiful. Mrs.
Chris Lawrence is the delegate
for the June 5 constituency con-
Mrs. Echo Noyes and Mrs.
Ruth Groves were guest speak­ers
at the October meeting of
the Pine Lake W. I. held re-
• cently.
Eleven members and seven
visitors were in attendance for
the meeting held at the home of
Mrs. Robert Lawrence with Mrs.
Warren Stanton as co- hostess.
Mrs. Ruth Groves of Penhold
spoke on the problem of pollu­tion
and its effects on mind and
body, urging each individual to j
do his part — no matter how 1
small.
Mrs. Echo Noyes of Rocky
Mountain House, spoke on behalf
of all partially sighted children
in Alberta, urging that a school
be provided in the province for
such handicapped youngsters, i
The Pennies for Friendship 1
march netted SI. 80; members I
donated one dozen tea towels to :
the community centre, Q ^ j