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Dale was unable to finish her full term
as Chamber board president a ter
she and John moved to London to DID YOU
pursue new career opportunities at KNOW?
two separate law firms but her link to
the Chamber world continued when What does a name
she joined the London Chamber of really mean?
Commerce and served on various The Preston Chamber
committees. of Commerce was
The couple, now with a young daughter, created, replacing the former Preston Board
returned to Cambridge in 1986 and of Trade, at a banquet held in June of 1947 at
set up their own legal practice called the Kress Hotel attended by, according to the
McDonald Ross LLP. Galt Reporter, “100 men representing every
classification in town.”
As well as the Chamber, Dale also was “I’ve sort of been on the periphery a The decision to make the change received
very involved in the YWCA and was head lot in a way,” says Dale, who retains great support and the move had been
of its Status of Women Committee. many good memories of her time with spearheaded by a committee led by the late
the Chamber, including participating
“I was chair of that committee and in advocacy events that took her to Norman O. Hipel, a construction company
owner and former Ontario Labour Minister.
served along-side some other high Ottawa and working with its long-
profile local women as well,” she says, time general manager the late Betty However, it wasn’t until 1965 was it discovered
adding the group published a book in Faichney. “Betty was fantastic. She was that someone had forgot to inform federal
1979 entitled To Sit at the Top profiling the Chamber.” authorities about the switch, which means
local women in non-traditional careers the Preston Board of Trade was still in
and adopted a former NDP slogan existence.
– ‘A women’s place in the House of Chamber manager Campbell Millar
Commons’ - which they had printed on discovered the issue when he received some
T-shirts. government correspondence and advised
the government to make the change.

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