Win Farm Safety Prize (Echo Hill WI - Reflector Tape)

Newspaper Article - Win Safety Prize (Echo Hill WI - Reflector Tape, March 12, 1960)AWI CollectionM- URDA. Y, MARCH 12, 1960 WIN SAFETY PRIZE — Mrs. W. B. H. Squair of Legal, seated right, is a member of Echo Hill Women's Institute, a group which Thursday received news that it had won the $ 500 second prize in the annual Carol Lane safety awards. Mrs. Squair, constituency convener for the WI in her area when the safety project was undertaken, is in Edmonton this week and attended a WI conference at the Corona Hotel Wednesday and Thursday. She is pictured with Mrs. Harold Lefsrud of Viking, standing, provincial health convener, and Mrs. G. D. Spargo of Alcomdale, present constituency convener for mid- Pembina. To win the safety prize, the 17 members of Echo Hill WI bought S180 worth of red reflector tape and themeselves applied it to five farm machines on each of 73 farms in a 40- square miles area. The project was designed to prevent accidents involving farm machines being moved on the roads from field to field. Left- over reflector tape was sold to farmers in neighboring areas, who became interested in the safety measure after hearing of the WI project. Mrs. Lloyd McMillan is president of the branch, and the safety project was her idea, Mrs. Squair says. Money for the project had been raised at chicken suppers, bazaars, card parties and sales of home baking. — Photo by Goertz Studios