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INSTITUTE MEMBERS ENJOY OVERSEAS . CORRESPONDENCE The following excerpts are from a. letter received by Mrs. R. Bayes O! Lefroy: Program Exchange “This time I am enclosing our pro- gram. As a result of program competitions ours was chosen as outâ€" standingly good. We lost marks because we did not have sufficient practical work listed but special mention was made of our good choice of cultural subjects rind Institute ull‘airs. The first five programs chosen from our county contest are being used as specimen programs through- out England and Wales. We feel pleased to have this honour". National Federation Moi-ting "I attended our National chtmtion meeting in May Her Majesty the Queen honoured “it with a visit on the first day and addressed us. Miss Ellen Wilkinson M.l’., Minister of Education. spoke to uii and Lady Megan Lloyd George addressed the meeting on Foreign Affairs. It is a grand experience to attend such a large. and repi sentatlve meeting of our great movement". _ "At our County Federation Meeting I hciird a very interesting lecture on the United Nations Association". Victory Parade "1 hail the thrill of seeing the Victory Parade in London on June 8th. There were tickets issued by the Gov- ornmont tn Women’s Institute. Our County of I'Iorfordshire had two. one for a member to march in the Parade and one {or n inomher to watch. Each county represented its own special work during the war. My nciit was near to Buckingham Palace in Con- stitution Hill rind l was able to see iill splendidly. I gave (.unadn’s con- tingent a special cheer!" ‘ W. I. (fullcge “We were Very sorry to hear the iinnouiiccuwnt of Lady Ilonninn's t‘retii'ciiienl. liftl‘r such viilned service to our movt'iiwiil. 'l'his win; announced at the Albert lliill Illet'tin}: and the wish “us vxprvsucd liy iiienihci'a that the Women's Institute College for which \\i- are [illilininit should lir- nome Jti-miiiiii College." Agricultural Show At our Agricultural Show in .lulv HIM-I. I am acting in.- a steward. l’rini-vss I'Ili' both is ting the Women‘s lllhltlllt' 'l‘i-nt, We Illl‘l‘. planning to 1'Kllllill un- various Iiriinchos of our pork". (Himliinrd Arts Festival “W'o have just hold ii surrcsslul Combined Arts Festival. The host WJ. team from each county will be a final Festival in London in Nov- ember. At present our own Institute is l'L‘lll‘lll‘nlllL' Gilln-I‘l. A" Sullivun's ii “Trial by .liiry”. \Vi- hiive tin: hus- bands of the iiii-iiiliei's in this and it is griiml imituiil inti- 'Ht". "All over l‘lnizliinil and Walt-- thori- is a tut-iiiry i'umlulitlull entitled "I‘his was my villugc' niiil it ill be of git-iii. hut-rest historical How fast-hinting it is to lIL'IIl" from our .fiti-i' lllt'lllllt, oil over the world. We ri-uliv- tho lirouillh iinil impurtimce uf uui work by ridding up the deeds :lcruillplisllt‘tl liy each moniâ€" bcr co-opci‘iiting to do her sllul‘t‘ in the over-nil picture. The sum total contribution to Home and Coilntry is tremendous. I Can this not mean :\ ceincnt'ng to< gethcr of the homes of our people everywhere w‘ i understanding. fel- lowship and brotherly love into a world community und lusting l‘cncc'.‘ Would you enjoy establishing u letter friendship and cxclinnizc of programs with on Institute in Great Britain or elsewhere? Many of our women through Women‘s Institute “letter friends" are doing this and are gleaning new and interesting sug estions. Arrangements may be mule through the Loan Library, Women's Institute Branch, Depart merit of Agriculture, Toronto. CONVENTIONS GO FORWARD (Continued tram page 2) OUR DOMINION PRESIDENT Mrs. Cameron Dow, O.B.E., FEW.- I.C. president of Port Daniel, Quev bec, honoured us by her presence at the Ottawa Area and the Central Area meetings. She brought an in- spirational and informative message which made us realize more clearly than ever the scope of our work and the opportunities and responsibilities which we must share. “As an organization." said Mrs. Dow, "we are strictly non partisan. True politiesâ€"the art of uovernment â€"is above partisanship. So. while few of us may be endowed with the qualit s of statesmanship, we should be polit :ally minded. 51% of Can- adian ballots are in the hands of women. It rests with us to use them in an interested and intelligent man- ner. We cannot do so unless we keep alive to the issues of the day and then met our ballot not through party af- filiations but by our reasoned judg- ment as to what is best for Canada, the province, township or school whichever it may be". "At the F.WiI.C. Biennial Confer- ence in 1945 the first recommendation brought in by the policv committee and accepted by the Board was: That properly quiilified women be our pointed to post-war councils," Action has been taken in several instances. It was noted that Mrs. Roosevelt was named to chair the committee on "Human Relations" of the United Nu- tions Assembly. She chose her com- mittee from the women delegates. A letter was sent by the F.W.I.C. to the Honourolilc l’rime MinistL‘r expres- sing regrets that no Canadian was chosen on this committee since our government hiid not included one in its delegation. This fall ii woman nd- Visor to the Department of External Affairs was sent down with the Can- udinn delegation to the Assembly. Other instances were cited in Mrs. Ilow's talk to show the powerful in flucan we possess as a group of rural women united for ii common cause. Neverthelesx, much more yct nL‘L'Ilh to be done. In refcrring to the work of the Food and Agriculture Organi- zntiiin Mrs. llow pointed out that ho- cuuse we are both food and :igricul» ture conscious. the F‘.W.l.(‘ felt that i'ci'lnin phiisux of the I“..-\.D. would [w fncilituti-d by the introduction of thl' women's viewpoint. Our government .wnt no 'umi-n deli-gulps to the (gm-r lice i-iinfi-i'enrn. It is to he hoped that through our influence n woman will he sent next time. “Another I‘l't'nl -iidiition approved iit the last Hiriinii was that we ask for a uniform allurutiun of 5c per member. This your with your pro- vince accepting this allocation. we lIlIVl‘ nttxiiiicd our objective. We how- iicvor hccn o money-limiting orgiin' lion. Our whole budget has been d pcnih-iit upon the voluntary L‘flllll’ liutioiis of our coiistituvnt incmlici 'l'hc Notioiuil organization has nc-VLr linil help from the Government. “It was further :ipproied that the Million Mombrr I’liin \\l|(‘r(‘ lw pm" iiig ii penny in 1'4llllVlllt‘nl. one may lwi-onii- ii Illt'ml r of the Associated ('oiintrv Women of the \\’nrld he n-t’mulnvndcd lo the provinces for up- provnl. Since thr honour of liDil’IL’ the first and only l‘msiduut of the World nrgunizutiun had been given to a i‘nmidinn woiiuiu. Mrs. Alfred Watt. \\ ho is retiring this year. it would he :i very fine gesture of :ippl'rciutinu on yhe port of Canadian Institute mem~ hers if we could support the Million Member Plan 100"?“ In closing Mrs. Ilow said. “A well known Canadian Educationalist has said "NO organization in our country is so charged with possibilities for good as the Women's Institutes . . . its potentinl power is vastly greater than its actual power." We accept his statement iis a challenge to forge ahead until our power is recognized throughout the length and breadth of the land as an actual force in the educational, economic. cultural and moral advancement of our communi~ ties both great and small." HOME Ann COUNTi'w « ad We are a rural society. Li 3:.- rlose to nature, we know the fe» "The Good Earth". The Institutes have made us late; have given us breadth of Vision » ~ have filled us with pride in our heriâ€" tage as country women. Let us added pride in our membership in the Federated Women's Institutes of, Canada." PANEL DISCUSSIONS FEATURED We highly commend the many in- terest‘ing panel discussions featured at conventions this Fall. At Hamilton a splendid panel on The Youth Commission brought forth lively discussion both from the five members Of the panel and from the audience. The panel dealt with Youth in relation to Education, Religion, Employment, Recreation and Farm- ing. We are all implicated in the out- come of the Youth Commission hence it behooves us to study it and to understand the attitude of youth to- ward the problems of the day. Hamilton area featured a second discussion on Planned Programsi North and South Norfolk and Welland County recommend the use of a D15- trict planned program with a central theme or emphasis chosen for the year. Each Institute adapts the pro- gram to its own particular needs. At London Area many salient points were brought out in the Panel Discussion chaired by Mrs. Edmund Hansuld on Woman in the Home. in the Community, in the National and in the lnternationnl Sphere. In her remarks Mrs. Hansuld statecl. "W on have too long been the row ‘ uads to right the mistakes of me Why not get out and do a good job as women in public life.” At Guelph a panel on Juvenile De- linquent-y. chaired by Mrs. T. D. Cowan, as organized under the four suli top “Juvenile Delinquency”. "Health and the School Child". "01â€"- i’lllll7ell Recreation" and “Parent Edu- cation’. In summing up the panel Mrs. (‘ownii stated. “We are all some we have not solved the prob- lem of Juvenile Delinquency. Our spciikei-s have brought us much that non l)(‘ of value to us. When we are h k in our communities more ideas uill lie gleam-d. Ideas are not enough. Lei. us express our ideas and put them Into at on. Women with vision and courage I‘ll" do much to eradicate jllU'lllllJ delinquent-y. THE GIRLS" HOl‘ll \\'u are proud of the work of our .liinm . The programs arranged and (‘illl'll’il out hv our Hoiiieniziking Club girls at the conventions this Fall \\PII' lioth entertaining and educa- tiollul. it is our llllllL' that next year ('V y convention area in the province 'Il iirriingc to have 3 “Girls’ Hour" :ind thiit in next year's Home Eco- nomics reports we shall find that wherever there are girls from 12 to '16 years of age in a community the Institute in that community will have reported sponsoring Homemaking Hut The best time to interest pro- ve Instituti- members is while are growing up. 'l'n adequately report the activities of ill convention areas in one article i: no impossible task. All we can hope to give you iire a few highlights, One article alone, if space would onI ' per- mit. t'fiul’l be devoted to the sp eiidid leadership given by the executive officers throughout the province. So many very very important in- tangible tliings cannot be passed on to_you through the medium of the written word. The spirit of good fel- lowship created. the inspiration gained from associating with splendid wo- men of like mind. the sense oi great- ness felt when we find that each has her important place to fill in our great organization. We see how great things can be accomplished when each and everyone at us pull together seek- ing thc common wealâ€"the good of all Vrmlllkllldl thett us start now planning or even 2 er. mor in: ‘ ‘ - ventions next year! 8 D”an can monkska 1: shown to u iii-m indeed is a la" The gifts Have , practical kiud' uresemniz 1': fruit. gardens, cakes» and jam foi- 'pleted store” cupboards, ma“. clothes for thosejwbo lost their i i. throu h bombingâ€"to name few. ut besid s the practi: and let no.9 e,under-estini muchlwe enJoyed those cakes, - especially to tell your peep their thought for us has min has, I am sure. done much - home and make real the St)" the bonds that: unite the com the British Commonwealth of but it has done more than thi given an example of good mi liness, of the ,responsibility human being for another, an i which I hope we may all fol upon this spirit the whole it the world depends. Once more from the button hearts we thank you." Miss N. Tennant, Vice-Chairman, N.F'.W.I., ani‘ man, International Sub<Coi MRS. CHAS. RUSSELL, ENI MISS SYBIL HILL, JAM) i HONOURED AT LUNCH! i\' At a special luncheon arra Miss Anna Lewis, Superin Women’s Institute Branch, Mi Russell, A.C.W.W. executive and Miss Sybil Hill. Senioi Welfare Ofl'lcer. Lands Deni Jamaica, were special guests. Col. the Hon. T. L. Kennv other Department of Agricul‘ ficials were present as well men's Institute members repr- the F.W.I.C., F.W.Ii0. and ‘ tion Areas across Soother l Miss Hill, who had been Convention Area meetings a operative Program and Ham» Club Courses during the fall 1 a special greeting from Jainai stated “I have found that women the world over are \'€'l’ alike. The women of our are dark but they want wli wantâ€"good roads, sanitary ll ments, good schools". Shc the importance of people of d countries getting to know one :- Miss Hill's visit this {all ho greatly appreciated. We sen- With her our very best wishes ' case in organizing rural \- groups on the Island of Jamal Mrs Chas. Russell, former W.W. letter friend secretary. Ontario while on tour through ' States to Australia and New Zr She related many instances desi theyourage of our women in I cupied countries. Their eagen. get back into the active work world organization is amazing. An invitation has been r! from the Holland members ll the A.C.W.W. to hold its tr‘ Engaging at Amsterdam in Sepli i ontario is entitled to 5 votim: gates at this meeting. Let u- we shall have at least this num attendance. Little Current, Manitoulin Ell“ baby clinic was sponsoredvbi branch and twenty-five babies examined by a Public Health I Have decided,tofiponsor a T.B. for this ma. ;_ . King (My; run; North: A {nu library has “been started 1" through the”eifoi~ts..:of the WI Everett, Si' iiiié.._Siiuth: WW “'i active iii ‘N fluential in ham? h Ith " d d “’ in ofiioeieian 9315: an I. 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