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1974-1991, predominant 1974-1988 (Creation)
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5 cm of textual material 13 photographs Good
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A group of retired teachers living in the Napanee area formed the Napanee Branch of the Ontario Association of Superannuated Women Teachers in 1974. The objective was to keep members informed of pension changes and available benefits as well as providing fellowship and forming a contact between older members and new retirees. Meetings were in the form of luncheons and were held twice a year. The name of the provincial association was changed to the Retired Women Teachers of Ontario in 1999. One of the most accomplished members was Margaret Stewart Mitchell. Miss Mitchell was a home child, born in Glasgow and sent out to Canada where she was adopted by Mr. and Mrs. T.A. Dunwoody of Newburgh. They provided Margaret Mitchell with a good education. She became a public school teacher, then completed a Bachelor’s degree at Queen’s University and taught High School. Her great contribution to local education was recognized by a Queen’s Coronation Medal in 1953. After retirement, Margaret Stewart Mitchell was a founder of the Newburgh Golden Age Club, as well as the Napanee Branch of the Ontario Association of Superannuated Women Teachers.
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Materials kept by OASWT member, Loretta (Fobert) Fraser were loaned to the Odessa Heritage Group. Copies made by the Odessa Heritage Group were presented to the Lennox and Addington Historical Society in 2005.
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Fonds consists of photocopies of clippings originally mounted in two scrapbooks plus snapshots of Branch events. Fonds is comprised of the following series: Meetings, 1974-1991 Obituaries Margaret Stewart Mitchell
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Philip Smart, Odessa Heritage Group
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Permission of Ontario Association of Superannuated Women Teachers, Napanee Branch, is needed for publication of photographs.
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Mostly photocopies of clippings.
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- Mitchell, Margaret Stewart, 1888-1990 (Subject)