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The Roslin Women's Institute was organized in 1908.

The Wharf Street Debating Club began as a working class men's club in the Foster Ward area of Belleville, Ontario. At the time of municipal elections the club runs a 'Bun Feed', at which prospective candidates address the group. For many years, women candidates were admitted only to give their speech, then had to leave the room. The exclusion of women from the club continued until November 1988, when Julia Drake crashed the bun feed, dressed as a man. After that, the event became open to all.

Auguste Martineau and Associates were a firm of architects based in Kingston in the 1950s. Biography of Auguste Martineau is at http://dictionaryofarchitectsincanada.org/node/1945

The Deseronto Arts and Culture Society was formed with the aim of restoring the former Naylor's Theatre building in Deseronto, Ontario. Members included Don and Noni McMeeken, Barb Thompson, Bill Conley, Ian Miller, Russell Cassidy and Andrée Boisvert.

Langley & Burke was an architectural partnership based in Toronto, Ontario. The two partners in the firm were Henry Langley and his nephew, Edmund Burke.

The Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario (RNAO) was established in 1925.

Alderville has been home to the Mississauga Anishinabeg of the Ojibway Nation since the mid-1830s. Before that time the people lived in their traditional lands around Bay of Quinte (Grape Island). From: https://alderville.ca/alderville-first-nation/history/

The Radio Four was a male quartet with members Dr. Allan Boyd Haffner, Arnold Thompson, Harry Moorman and Al Stillman, with accompanist Leo Riggs.

Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Broadcasting_Corporation

The Thurlow Circulating Library was established in 1847.

Quinte Conservation was formed in 1995 as a merger of three existing conservation authorities: the Moira River Conservation Authority, the Napanee Region Conservation Authority, and the Prince Edward Region Conservation Authority.

The Trent Valley Quilters' Guild was organized in September 1989 by students of Helen Ireland. The group met for the first time on 21 November 1989 at the Dufferin Centre in Trenton, Ontario. Its aim was to promote appreciation and knowledge of the art of quilting and to provide an organization for quilt lovers to share techniques and socialize. By 2009 the Guild had over 100 members. The Guild now meets in Brighton. The Guild's website is at https://www.trentvalleyquiltersguild.com/ .

The main branch of the Quinte West Public Library opened at Creswell Drive in Trenton in 2004. Its predecessor was the Trenton Memorial Public Library at 18 Albert Street.