changes and it was unanimously agreed to form an Alumni. Thirty-seven 
     
     paid dues to become Charter Members and the following officers were 
     
     elected: Honorary President - Mrs. Edith Gates; President - Mrs. Mary 
     
     MacLean; Vice-President - Mrs. Sally MacKinnon; Sec’y-Treas. - Mrs. 
     
     Florence Matheson. Provincial Board Liaison - Mrs. Louise MacMillan, 
     
     was appointed at a Provincial Board meeting on May 28, 1979. 
     
    
   
   
    
     This Executive Committee will be the governing body of the Alumni 
     
     and the Annual Meeting will be held the first Wednesday in May of each 
     
     year. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Entertainment was provided by members of the Provincial Board 
     
     and was enjoyed by all. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Respectfully submitted, 
     
     Mary B. MacLean 
     
     President 
     
    

    
     P.E.I.W.I. Directors Alumni 
     
    
   
   
    
     COOK BOOKS 
     
    
   
   
    
     The first Women’s Institute Cook Book was suggested at an 
     
    
   
   
    
     executive meeting by Mrs. Walter Leard who served as Provincial 
     
     President 1939—1941. 
     
    
   
   
    
     This Cook Book “Home Recipes” was compiled by the Women’s 
     
     Institute of Prince Edward Island from home recipes contributed by 
     
     individual members. Added features were sections on Canning, 
     
     Household Hints, School Lunch Box and a Tourist Section. The cover of 
     
     this first edition was coloured Blue and Gold and had the Institute Crest 
     
     on it, at the bottom of the cover was printed the price of 50¢. 
     
    
   
   
    
     In 1943 another edition of 5000 copies was printed with a similar 
     
     cover and many of the same recipes. Also included was a war time sect- 
     
    
   
   
    
     ion offering suggestions for substitutions for foods, which were scarce 
     
     during the war 1940-1945. 
     
    
   
   
    
     This book included advertisements of many well known businesses 
     
     across Prince Edward Island. 
     
    
   
   
    
     A new revised edition of Home Recipes was printed in 1958, because 
     
     a fire in the Women’s Institute office in September, 1957, destroyed all 
     
     the contents including the supply of cook books. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Mrs. Aubrey Cutcliffe, Fredericton was Chairman of the cook book 
     
     committee and the third edition of Home Recipes was compiled during 
     
     Mrs. Jean Wilkie’s term as provincial president 1957-59. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The sales of these books at $1.00 per copy began the following term 
     
     1959-1961 when Mrs. Florence Matheson was provincial President. 
     
    
   
   
    
     It is regrettable no information is available on the number of cook 
     
     books that were printed. 
     
    
   
   
    
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