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Published by The Ontario Women’s Institutes at Toronto 2, Ontario olume 12 5 UNIOR INSTITUTES EXAMIN THEIR CONSTITUTION Something new in conferences took law in April [in Toronto, when wenly young Wamen from rural ammunities across Qntario met to mm on future policies with Mrs. m :Ich, our Prumcia-l President, ’llIs- Lcu‘is, our Superintendent, some I me Home Economists who work ley with young people, and Miss ml'w, Supervisor of Junior Exten- st of the girls were members I mior Institutes or Farm Girls‘ (in \, both of whom form a part of In ‘mtario Junior Farmers’ Associa- I. which came into being two years One purpose of the meeting ‘m attempt to clarify their rela- to this group as well as to the Ir Women’s Institutes. ' Eadie reminded the confer- . t at the Junior Institutes have III-kground of thirty years of dies and service working closely Hist cases with the Senior Insti- She reviewed briefly the vy of Women’s Institutes starting wy did at Stoney Creek almost years ago and spreading until we have organizations of country on throughout the World: and .nggested that Junior Institutes M be very proud of the motherâ€" hter relationship with an organ» all of such a wide scope. It is no ‘1 thing to be a part of the minted Countrywomen of the hi giving us as it does a fine Inutional outlook and a means of ling for happier relationships ughout the world. or Lewis in welcoming the girls and them that the Women's tutes are interested in what they . doing and anxious to co-operate n l any movement of rural young nun which makes for better wmakers and better citizens. “The f the Women‘s Institute Branch", “is to help you help your- She stressed the need for dIscussion because that is part rlvmocracy and to-day democracy Tl: the best we can give it. lrs. Summers recalled her mem- hip in a rural girls’ club where felt the need to learn the ~hanics of homemaking so that w could be spared for companion I I: and pleasure within the home. girls had her assurance that zone Women’s Institutes would he run! to have a closer association ' ‘h the young women in the Junior l vnIers' Association. Honourable T. L. Kennedy, Minister v Agriculture, took time from his lr y day to extend eetings to the Ir wlurence. He said e felt this was :1 meeting that would make history. Illr. C. D. Graham, Director of :v..rlcultural Representatives, Mr. A. ll _Martin, Secretary of Ontario Jumor Farmers’ Association mainly through whose efi'orts the Association 1" functioned so successfully. and McIntyre Hood, Editor of Junior l_:rmer News, all added their word vl greeting. Miss Edna Moore, Provincial Di- m‘t9r of Public Health Nursing. nutlmed the new health units the I""Partment of Health is setting up. “‘9 Paid high tribute to the pioneer pork of Women’s Institutes in the I'l‘lld of health services in Ontario, wen nttributin the formation of the Department of 'I-‘Iealth to their arms. Miss Moore gave the girls many yrhctical ideas of how they can help 1“ promoting the health program. )'_ dint of much discussion the meeting agreed on some pretty clear- “Ji objectives for a farm Sltls' (Continued on page 2, Cal» 4‘) I SPRING, 1 946 OMB and COUNTRY Number SENIORS MEET JUNIORS AND EAST MEETS WEST Prom loll lo righl‘ Miss [mom .\I MI» Mun-me Dion-n Gr: NEWS FLASHES “Ill. Slurluuul, Mm Annn F. Lewis, SuIIIHiul-‘lull'nl. lluull - smun. Kohl, Summon», Provincinl Prmdunt. THE WAR REPORT Blllevale. Huron East: Are buying equipment for the kllxlIL’il of the community hall. Bracehridge. Muskuka Huulh: Gave the proceeds of a mg day to the Institute for the Blind. Clarkcsburz. Grey Centre: Contri- buted $100.00 to their community hall; help families \Iho have lost their Mothers. Diltz and Robinson Road. Haldi- mand: Gave three surgical trays, costing $24.35 each, to the Dunnvillc Hospital. Edenhurst. Bruce North: Are pre- senting bill folds and money to all returned men in that section, Finch. Hlormont: Gave $150.00 to the “welcome home" chest for return- ed nicni Kentvale, St. Joseph Island: Keep the firstsuid kits of two schools filled; also provide dulsc [or the school children. Lochwinnoch. Renl’rcw Souths Joins the school board in sponsoring 1| dental clinic for the schooli lllinden, Victoria East: Are couâ€" tributing,r to community recreutIon facilities by filling in the site of‘an old rink to make a park and helpIng to build 11 new rink. North Horton, chl'rew South: Bought an oxygen tent for Renl'rew Hospital at a cast of 5401100. Puslinch, Wellington South: Gave money to help install an elcctnc water pump in the community hall: presented a war bride wIth (IuIlt. blankets and bed linen. Thornliill, York East: I-Iave Put most of the proceeds of their annual sale in a fund for 0 community hall. In this is;qu we present I1 summary of the war reports submitted to the Women's Institute Branch on the “blue shoots" from the beginning of the war to October of last year. Figures at their host ncv - c n tell the whole story of tho tirol efforts thnt have gone into thc knitliug and sewing, the raising of mum-V and tho packing of parcels Nor do figures tell all they should unless the work done is rI-ported in detail and wry definitely. Boxes and hulr‘s are in» definite terms and do not lend ithu- solves lo inclusion in reports unless IlIc- weight or value is estimated ns pounds or dollars. At the beginning of the \I'nr it was hard for some Institutes to see the need for rcpoI'ting their work nnIl some found it dilI‘Icult to put it down in black and white. In the first period up to December 1939 only 40% of the lnstitutes, or two in every ten. sent in the blue sheets. In the next sixv month period the number reporting rose to 479’“ From that time tho reports increased steadily and in 19% some 87% of the Institutes, or nine in every ten reported. When the proportion of Institutes reporting is considered and allowance made for reports not received. we feel safe in estimating that Ontnrin Wo- men's Institutes have rniscd locally for war purposes a round million dollars, and made almost one and a half million knitted and sewn articles. We hope to have a fuller summary of all the vnrious wartime activities in the next Home and Country. If! ' Do you number 21? ‘ Do you number 35'! FIFTY THOUSAND MEMBERS Iar our FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY Our present membership is _ The increase must be _. This is an increase of three for every seven members, Where you have seven aim for ten. 35.000 1 5,000 Then aim at 30. Then aim at 50. NEW INSTITUTES DI STRICT INSTITUTE Brunt North Riverside Juniors Brockville Fairficld (reorganized) Bruce East West Arran Bruce East Elsinore Carleton East Ridgcnmnt Cochrane North Frederick House Dufl’crin Itosemont Dull'erin Whitfiohl Ilufl’crin Lavender Durham West. Essex South Grey North Grey North anlu Grow Cottulu Juniors Sarawak ooutlI . ‘nwnk and prpul Golllt‘ll \‘Mlluy Grey North Hnlton llmmquin Hulton Milton .luIIiuI-s Huron South Grand livnd Huron West llll‘llu- Juniors Huron West Flintnn .llllllDl'S Lunnrk North Appleton lAIIuII‘k North ltumsny Lunurk North Luual‘k North Lincoln Illuskoka North Outurio North Ontario North Oxford North Oxford South llnch)‘ lil‘lL’t' llcckwilh Victory llrl‘ut‘fillll’lf‘ P-I'm-k .lumnrs llxhrinlirc Juniors Grncr ll‘ullvrson Dslrnmh-I' Parry Sound Juniors North [louver I'col Roscllill I’crth South AthloIn- chfrrw North Gulllpu l.lll(l‘ (I'eul ultlllm-«ll lir-nl'rew South Glasgow I .toII Russell Leonard TlIqulcr Iluy Kaknhcku I’IIlls \‘iI-tm-iu West North 0,» Wallingtnn South Lakl‘Sl'll' \VmI tworth South York North \l’oorlluu'n Nohloluu Juniors WHY STOP LEARNING? This is the nrrI-stiug lillt‘ of II hook on ndult education Why, inch-Il. should we stop learning and hon, in- deed. can “'0 :Ill'uI'II to. if we lll‘l' not in be left fur lu-hinll in llll> fusi- IIIoving world? \VIIIuen’J-I institutes urn I'I-I-ngnizcd as [donor in iIdIIlt mlumliun for rural a so you all will lu- in- lorostcd lcnrning nlmut the Uni- vers Adult Education Board of ()IIlnrio which I-IIIIIc iIIln ox tom-c load your. Two IucnIlu-rs of tht- -lluIII'Il are “men. Miss nun-I (Thnpluun "I the [I'III'IIIcr’x Mu \xinu nIIIl Miss llnrothy i'm'lislc of RM l‘uhlir‘ liihrary, Wing Communlhl {ass \Vinlur who lml’nru tho \\lll‘ was Director ol‘ Extension Ill Quinn’s University has lmon named lliroclnr of Adult Educa- tion for Ontario and Flight Lieutenant Norman (7. Lindsay is in charge of Agriculture and Rural Adult Educas Lion. More about [his in the next issue of Home and Country. WE WELCOME MRS. McCULLOCH The Provincial Board at their meet- ing in April chose Mrs, John McCul- loch, R, 'R, 2, Brampton. as the new Secretary-Trensurcr of the F. W. I. O. Incidentally, they feel this is an especially happy choice at this time of planning {or our fiftieth anniversv sry. since Mrs. McCulloch’s Mother- in-law is a first cousin of our own Adelaide Hoodleas, and her Father-in- law was active in the early Farmers’ Institutes.