Archive Record
Metadata
Accession # |
A2000.111 |
Title |
Drayton Women's Institute, scrapbook, 1978-1993 |
Date |
1978-1993 |
Description |
Drayton Women's Institute, scrapbook 1978-1993. Drayton W.I. was founded 6 June 1903, as a branch of West Wellington District; later associated with North Wellington District; disbanded 1996. Contains newspaper clippings of local events, programmes, cards, postcards, family and farm histories, family genealogies; Unlisted pages are detailed below: 1 [Title page] Drayton Women's Institute 75th Anniversary 1903-1978 3 Cards, Programme, 75th Anniversary, Drayton United Church 15 June 1978 5 Drayton ca 1900-1925; b&w postcards: "The Drayton Mills"; "Main St. / Drayton Ont."; "G T R Station / Drayton Ont." taken in 1921; "Main St Drayton Ont" 7-9 The 75th Anniversary - June 15 1978 [description of the day's events by Gertrude Noble (sec.)] 11-13 Attending [list of names and addresses] 15 Head Table [photo; handwritten address on history of Drayton WI, delivered at the 75th Anniversary Dinner by Ella McDowell, 8p.] [between 17-19: photocopy of 3 clippings (1981; 1983) referring to Gertrude Noble] [between 21-23: handwritten ("Mrs. McDowell paper") and typewritten histories of Drayton WI] 23 Adelaide Hunter Hoodless [photo, tribute, Mary Stewart "Collect..."] 24 Programmes, Drayton Branch WI, 1934-1935, 1935-1936 [as part of West Wellington District); 1946-1947 (as part of North Wellington District] 25 Programme, Drayton WI 85th Anniversary, 1903-1988 27 Knox Presbyterian Church, Drayton, 1883-1983 [history, 24p.]; sepia postcard: "The Manse, Drayton, Ont." 29 Peel Township [1-page history] written by Marie McD. Day; copied by G. Noble for the Drayton WI Tweedsmuir History 49 Drayton Women's Institute 1980-1995, 2 colour prints 51 4 colour prints [3 of quilts] 53 4 colour prints [4 quilts by Riek Foster] 55 A Time To Remember [7 colour prints; 1 b&w print of Drayton WI members, 1977] 57 clippings: WI Opens New Provincial Headquarters At Marden; Drayton WI Branch Disbands After 92 Years 59-71 Some Memories of Drayton, presented to the Drayton WI 10 May 1982 by Marie McD. Day 73 clipping: Long-time residents and newcomers mixing easily in growing rural village [Kitchener-Waterloo Record, 19 Jan. 1991] 75 colour postcards: "Wellington Street, Drayton, Ont., Canada"; "Town Hall - Drayton, Ont."; "Main Street, Drayton, Ont." [location of Post Office is marked] 77 clipping: Obituary Mrs. Harmon Mitchell, born Lena Myrtle Coultes [Observer, 24 May 1979] 79 Associated Country Women of the World [metal pin "1953 ACCW Hostess"; programme, UNESCO 'Water For All' project] 81 leaflets: The Adelaide Hunter Hoodless Homestead; Getting To Know Us: Junior Women's Institutes Of Ontario 82 poster: "Not to know what happened before you were born..." 83 clipping: Four Generations of Shoemakers In This Family of 'Four Jacks' [Hefkey family of Drayton and Clifford; Kitchener-Waterloo Record 2 June 1950] 84 clipping: Stirton [Kitchener-Waterloo Record 9 May 1956] 85 clippings: W.J. Brown Mill Sold [April 1959]; 51 Years Exhibitor At Drayton Fall Fair [Mrs. Richard Brimblecome; 1959]; A notable quartet... [Bill Brown, Frank Brandon, Harry Taylor, Brock Davis] 86 clipping: Rothsay [[Drayton] Advocate 29 July 1976] 87 clippings: Roots: Local society aids search [The Daily Mercury, Guelph, 5 April 1983]; Announce Appointment of Brock B. Davis As Third Editor of [Drayton] Advocate in 70- odd years [[Drayton Advocate] 8 Oct. 1959]; Dr. Johnson, Rev. Smithurst Historical Markers [1959] 88 clippings: Women's Institute: They've Made A Big Difference; Small-town quest for MDs serious business [Dr. Chris Donald; Kitchener Waterloo Record, 28 Dec. 1988] 89 clipping: WI members urged to use influence for good; 1,300 celebrate founding of institute's first branch [Kitchener- Waterloo Record, 14 July 1977] 90 clippings: Warning signs against hunters delayed by Peel [Twp]; Norwell celebrities [Mark Hilborn, Elizabeth Hughes; 24 May 1979] 91 clipping: How a village built itself a health service [Drayton; The Globe and Mail, 21 Sept. 1972] 92 clippings: Maryborough marks 125 years..[[Drayton] Community News, 29 July 1976]; Senior Citizens Association [12 Dec. 1973]; The Kinsmen Club [[Drayton] Community News, 5 Aug. 1976]; Tweedsmuir tea [[Drayton] Community News, 5 Aug. 1976] 93 clipping: Tornado tears through Drayton [Kitchener-Waterloo Record, 19 July 1977] 94 clipping: Anne MacMurchy, Guelph area WI [Kitchener- Waterloo Record, 29 Oct. 1977] 95 clipping: Conestogo Dam Will Revive Hamlet [Stirton] Bypassed Into Obscurity by Railroad 96 clippings: J.B. Coram Founded "The Drayton Advocate" in [18]89; Kenneth C. Cragg; Sister Edwardine 97 clipping: Drayton fire leaves 13 homeless [Kitchener- Waterloo Record, Wednesday, March 1980] 98 clipping: Maryborough lady is named new president [of North Wellington District WI - Mrs. John Bailey, R.R. 2, Moorefield; Palmerston Observer, 27 May 1981] 99 clippings: Group seeks aid to fight child abuse [WI; Mrs. J.D. Cleghorn, Guelph; Mrs. Max Noble; Kitchener-Waterloo Record]; Drayton's ready to grow [Kitchener-Waterloo Record, 16 May 1986]; Fewer farms, but they're bigger [Kitchener-Waterloo Record, 30 Sept. 1989] 100 clippings: WI founders would approve [Kitchener-Waterloo Record, 9 Feb. 1987]; WI nudged to be flexible, relevant [Kitchener-Waterloo Record, 6 Feb. 1989] 101 clipping: Truly A Town Hall [Drayton; Crossroads, 20 Nov 1985] 102 clipping: 44th Area WI Convention [Wellington Advertiser, 31 Oct. 1983] 103 Wellington County Museum [illustration and handwritten text] 104 Erland Lee (Museum) Home [illustration and handwritten text; additional note: "This is the last of Ella McDowell's clippings. We are very grateful"] 105 Family genealogies: Minnie's Families (Waind & Campbell); Henry Schieck; Jacob Schieck; George Schieck; Eliza Jane Trask; Albert Schieck; Catherine Day; Louisa Kells [NOTE: p.107: "...Mrs. Chas. Walker (Aunt Minnie to everyone")] 107 South half, Lot 2, Concession 13, Peel Twp. [farm history] by Elva Armstrong 109 Richard Day and Myrtle Norris family; John Day and Mary Campbell family 111 Samis family 113 Samis family [continued; information supplied by Lomer Samis, edited by Gertrude Noble]; The Brimblecombes 115-118 Noble family 119 Awde family [by Marie Day; lists births, marriages, deaths] 121 Genealogy of the Awde family [by M. McD. Day, copied by Gertrude Noble for the Drayton Women's Institute, 1980] 123 George Schieck - Anna Catherine Hett [genealogy] 125 [200 acres, Lot 3, Concession 12, Peel Twp] written January 1993 by Martha (Mrs. Bruce) Watson [nee Martha Rutherford; with a history of the Watson-Rutherford family] 126 Joseph Day - Catherine Schieck [genealogy] 127 Drika (Riek) Foster [Mrs. John Foster [Sr]; genealogy] 131 typescript of page 125 133 Tom and Jane Lise [genealogy]; typescript of page 127 |
Creator \ Maker |
Drayton Women's Institute [compiler] |
Item Name |
Scrapbook Tweedsmuir History |
Person \ Organization |
Drayton Women's Institute Drayton United Church Drayton Knox Presbyterian Church Drayton Town Hall Drayton Community News Drayton Mills Drayton Advocate Noble, Gertrude McDowell, Ella (Mrs.) Foster, Drika Foster, Riek Mitchell, Harmon (Mrs.) Coultes, Lena Myrtle Hefkey Brimblecombe, Richard (Mrs.) Brown, Bill Brandon, Frank Taylor, Harry Davis, Brock Davis, Brock B. Donald, Chris (Dr.) Hilborn, Mark Hughes, Elizabeth MacMurchy, Anne Coram, J. B. Cragg, Kenneth C. Edwardine, (Sister) Bailey, John (Mrs.) Cleghorn, J. D. (Mrs.) Noble, Max (Mrs.) McDowell, Ella (Mrs.) Waind Campbell Schieck Trask Day Kells Walker, Charles (Mrs.) Armstrong, Elva Day, Richard Norris, Myrtle Day, John Campbell, Mary Samis Samis, Lomer Brimblecombe Noble Awde Day, Marie Hett Watson, Martha Watson, Bruce (Mrs.) Rutherford, Martha Day, Joseph Schieck, Catherine Foster, Drika Foster, Riek Lise, Thomas Lise, Jane |
Place |
Drayton Peel Twp. Maryborough Twp. Stirton Conestoga Dam |
Subject |
History Women's Institute Fire Weather History Medical Railroad |
Year Range from |
1978 |
Year Range to |
1993 |
Accession # |
A2000.111 |
Containers |
MU 394B - OVERSIZED MU 394B |