McDowell, with flowers and a candle. Joan Smallman read a poem. Volunteer hours to be passed to president by Wednesday. $35 was received from Isobel Harris for old fridge from K WI

community centre. Fairley Yeo gave a progress report on the last panel. Meeting adjourned.

The regular KWI meeting in March took place at the home of Orell Smallman. She opened the meeting with a poem called A Prayer for Spring. Isobel Harris presented the programs with riddles; the members were entertained but didn’t answer very well. Orell read a story about a man named Karl who thought he would die that night, so he called for the doctor, who stayed with him all night. He did die that night and he was the richest man but for reasons that really mattered. Seven members answered roll call with a joke. Orell told one about the smartest man in the U.S.A. who jumped out of an airplane with a backpack for a parachute and in it was then U.S. President Donald Trump. The QEH sent a letter requesting support and the members moved to send $100. A thank you card was received from Margaret Ann Woodside which contained a $200 donation. There was a discussion on the 18th annual Spring is in the Air Gala Dinner to be held Friday April 13 at the Rodd Royalty. The women decided not to attend this year but to send money instead $200. Once again, Fairley and Alvin Yeo donated their cottage at Mill River to be auctioned for a mini weekend holiday. Computers were ready for pick-up. Ken and Verna Smallman will pick up and deliver to members. No update yet on the Festival of Small Halls. Possible plans for 90th anniversary. Leila Lynch will cater to a meal at the community centre. Convener Betty Sweet, citizenship and legislation, reported Antoinette Perry, Lieutenant Governor of P.E.I. had an audience with Queen Elizabeth in London with five famous P.E.I. women in senior positions - Pat Mella, Catherine Callbeck, Nancy Guptill, Marion Reid, Libbie Hubley. Viola Desmond, a Black woman from New Glascow Nova Scotia, received recognition for refusing to give up her seat at the theatre in 1946 and was subsequently arrested. Her picture is now featured on the Canadian $10 bills. Fairley Yeo adjourned the meeting and all enjoyed a

time of fellowship and Orell’s famous homemade ice-cream.

The regular institute meeting in April was at the home of Susan and Garth Smallman. Devotion was conducted by Joan Smallman reading Psalm 86:8-10, Thou Alone and Prayer. Agriculture convener Fairley Yeo presented the program: alternative to pesticides. She suggested coffee grounds for the garden, boiling water and vinegar to remove mold in cracks, peppermint and

cinnamon acting as repellants, and three inches is a good height to cut the lawn. Western

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