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HOME AND COUNTRY Published Quarterly by The Federated Women'l Institute- “ Ontario and The Womon'n Institute Brunch aud I’lfllllfl Economics Service Department 01 Agriculture 0mm Eui'roiunl. UonuiTTiI Mrs, Ll. Holmes, RR. 3, Bolluv'll Mrs. ll. Summon, RR. 1. Font Miss Aan 1’. Low: 'i‘aranio MEMBERS 0v I’ltovlh’mu. BOARD: 194619-17 Honorary Pruldenll Mia: Alina P. Luivia, Toronlo 2. hlra. Cinrcnco Holmes, I’LR. ii, Beiiaviiie. Pruidcnt Mn, Hugh Summon, RR. 1. Foothill. Rlaional VicovPrMi‘dunll Mrs. A. McEwnn. Russell. Mrs. . L. hicDougniI. 11.11. A. Thaiiiearillo. Mrs. B F. Danicll. 320 Noth Brodie St, Fort William. clan on the Executive lh'n .iies, nn. 2. Almonle. Wm. (cClum, an. 2, Brampton. 0. w. Ralph, Drona. iimy L. Wood, 14 Kitchener Ave.. Brnnilord. Ros: Dodda. Clute. Additional Dinelan S. L Heath. Portland. Arnold Muck-mil. RR. 6. Bellevillo. \i'. A. Mceregor, Dubaro. Fred Bouliou, RR. 2. Elon. Nonni Smith, Port Eigia. Roy Gondlcllmv, Stroud. Lon Shin-er. fut. i. Millgrova. Bert Litt. Scbrintrillo. .7an Lot”. Anpin. Ayliiiur Cnmpheii. Huntsvillo. P. W. Kent. RR. 1. Richard's Landing. iii. Fisbcr. R.R. 1. Ema. nrpiuo On. R.R 2 Maple Bony Ruddcll 2, Georgetown Mrs Mra. Mn. Mn. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. iiin. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. hlrs. Mm, Mrs. Miss lilac Secremryvfrzmru “In, John hlcCuIIuch, RR. 2, Brumnion. Correspondence should he midiâ€"cued to “HOME and COUNTRY" TIN! Wriiiinn's Imititutc Brunch nnd Home Economics Sari'ico Department o! Agriculture Pnrlinmunt Buildings, Toronto 2. no. paper is distributed through the secretaries of \Vnnioli‘s institutes in tho \Voiiil-vi'u Instilqu Members. EDITORIAL COMMENT HOME ECONOMICS Since my last article in the Spring 1945 issue of Home and Country World War I has ofi‘icially been brought to a close. Our service per sonnel have returned to civilian life and we find ourselves faced with post- war problems. How we prayed, toiled and yearned for peace! At last after six years of heartache we conquered the Nazis and their allies and thought we secured the peace. But did we? Certainly we have not the sort of peace we had hoped for, and of which our sons dreamed from the prison camps of Germany and the beachheads of Nor- mandy In reality war goes onâ€" izoes on in the homes of our people: between management and labour; be» tween community groups; between governments and between râ€"“nns. It was Thomas A. Kcmpis who said, “All men desire peace, but few men desire the things that make for pence." While housewife, farmer, employer, employee, soldier and politician, worked tirelessly and unitedly to con- quer the enemy, we failed to realize that “our enemies" were not all beâ€" yond the seas, but, that many of them were right in our midst, in our Na~ tion, in our industries, in our com- munities, in our homes, in ourselves, for the root cause of war in any form lies in the selfishness of human nature. During the height of the blitz in London a fire warden made this astounding statement, “I say without any doubt at all that incendiary tem- pers have damaged Britain more seri- ously in the last two years than in- cendiary bombs. How many hours in factories, Government departments, docks and offices have been cut be- cause one man savaged another? That is the way stoppages begin. How many men or women have done half the work they could have done in a day because their minds and thoughts were obsessed with the scene they had with wife 01‘ husband or brother at the breakfast table?” Family (kl-operation Essential What was true in England. was, and is, equally true in Canada, in our Province, in our community and _in our homes. Just what does all this add up to, and what has it to do, with Home Economics? Simply _ this: If two members of a family fail to pull together all members of the family are affected. The breakfast table beâ€" comes a battleground and thelchildren izo oli to school or to play with their minds filled with resentments and un- happiness. They are preoccupied and do not make satisfactory progress in their school work. On the playground they display the same qualities of illitemper, they have seen manifested at home. They dislike the tense atmo- sphere at home and at an early age begin spending: their spare time else- where. Juvenile delinquency is the result. I The father goes to work_\vorried, illâ€"tempered and uncooperative. His efiiciency is impaired. He is disinter- ested in his work, irritable and care- less. Those with whom he works all feel the reverberation: of the war in the home. At home the wife is unhappy and unloviniz. Her work is a burden. Her children are neglected and maltreated. There is waste in the bread-box, cash- box and brainâ€"box. If this state con- tinues the marriage knot comes Lin- tied and the children are left at loose» ends and in most cases become wards of the Children’s Aid Society and are placed in foster homes at a cost to the entire municipality. Sound Holliesâ€"National Necessity Now while we may think it is none of our affair llOW Mr. and Mrs. Blank run their home, we are, in fact, very directly affected by the success or failure of every marriage in the coni- munity. Sound homes are a national necessity. They are the very cement of national life, the place where the nation learns to live together. If homes weaken the nation weakens. Sound homes send out happy healthy children to school and to play, co- operative and eflicient workers to the factory, farm and office and peace- niaking delegates to peace confer- ences. If we have no answer for the difi'erences that arise among the members of our little family around the breakfast table, how can we have an answer for the diflerences that arise among the members of that great family of nations around the peace table? Human nature is the bottleneck in the production of naâ€" tional character. It can block the best of postwar plans, for plans fail where people fail. Selfishness vs. Teamwork Strikes. divorces, political disputes all have a common denominator. It is the lowest possible common denomin- atorâ€"the denominator of selfishness. But they also have a common cureâ€" teamwork. , The strikes and \valkouts which are ripping up the fabric of democracy can be settled by violence which Jures everybody; by compromise w ich satisfies nobody; or by teamwork which enriches all. Marriage vows can end in a divorce which breaks up the home and leaves the children at loose ends; by a grin- andvbearit stalemate which is little but an “undeclared divorce"; or by teamwork which izives the whole fam- ily something to fight for instead of something to fight about. International difierences can be ended by an atom bomb which, next time Is likely to end the world along With the war; by Craven mutual an» peasement which, at best is only a breathing spellâ€"a postponement of the big eruption; or by teamwork where each nation finds its destiny mid contributes to the welfare of the whole. As W.I. “embersâ€"What? Now, as members of the Women's Institute, what can we do to produce better relatinns in our home, our coni- muiiity and our country! If we 0M0 what happens to our homes and the post-war world we \VIIIIQIVE this ques- tion serious consideralion, and out'of this thinking will come constructive action. May I suggest just a few ways we can help? We can know ourselves. We can face facts in our own homes. Are we limnemnkers liidni: daily our best for the sake of the other meni- bers of the hoch We can make the Mary Stewart collect which we repeat at our monthly meetings our personal daily prayer. We can be ever ready to extend the hand of welcome to homemakers of the community espe- cially to brides and newcomers. We can take them to Institute meet- ings and include them in the discus- sion of plans for our homes, our com- munity and our nation. We can make them realize that their home is an integral part of the community and an essential link in the production line of national character. We can study carefully the Co-opcrativc Pro- cram and use the services provided by the Women's Institute Branch and Home Economics Service of the Department of Agriculture. The im- pm‘tance of doing this must not be underestimated, [or as con-eel; methods of homemaking are learned and employed a new respect [or house. work on“ a new interest in the home will develop. There will also be a more' . . Alters m'. apportion, uild the sort of brim? and the kind f country that has he 5 bought With my blood-shed of hi“ world watch, nd.to\establish ppm v" the indi dual, the, home, industi-wmifl Forwe won't get a I‘N 0 order. EW It must be Died "visits. G. \in Keyca Provincial, Conv “ met Econo'inicé). i)": am” Home NEWS FLASHES Pittaburg, Frontenac: Have in- 1 their membership by 50 thiksHvear Jubilee. Frontoiiac: Entertainr‘ ’hu; bands and had zone forester .10", Dept. of Landsrand Fol'csk may on "Forestry in its Relation in so“ Conservation. A mothercraft class was also formediwhichfinet one aftern on a week under professional leadw hip The class was outlined for in m I of small children and “lawn waiting".« ‘ - ' Port Colborne'.’_Wel.Iand: Have no). duced the new custom of an iiilnn men as associate members. ~ New Hamburg, Waterloo South En. tertained cit-service personwl and presented each with a wrist . .iich. War bride from Sivitzei-lani ore. sented with table lamp. ased in FINANCIAL STATEMENT, 1945 -1946 Federated Women's Institutes of Ontario RECEIPTS .Balzince, October 1, 1945 ....$ 3,290.15 Federation fees and exchange 5,242.04 Sale of \V.l. Hand Books 112.45 " " ” Sonic books lst edition $587.33 2nd ed. 189.46 776.79 " " ” F.W.I.C. pins .. 51.96 " ” ” Board inembe ’ pins . 24.00 " ” " Lifemembe - H H ship pins . . 286.65 photographs of II rs. bloodless .. . 25.80 " " prints of photos of Mrs. Headless. of Lord and Lady Twecdsmujr, cop- iesdoar‘EForeword" an . . seals . Life Membership fees .. . A.C.\\’.W. & FW C. fees ~for 1946-47 .. . 3.83 Glfl.’ from Calabogie W . 10.00 Robin Hood Flour for ad. in F.\V.I.O. Sony: Books . 50.00 Bank Interest 21.78 Postage . .25 Donations to the Adelaide Hoodless Fund 5,618.40 Total Receipts ......$15,78’2.23 DISBURSEMENTS Allocation to F.w.I.c. .. .. Allocation to A.C.W.W. ands 500m subscription (The Coun- trywoman) . Arfiiiagion fee to 2631 of griculture .. . 2 Grants to Area Conventions Fed. Rtemeseifintivcs to Conâ€" ven ions ( ‘Xec.) . 2 Pl';ftltl'|E “flame and C 6923 we e itions) .. . Parcellinp: and Malling 829‘” Home and Country (three editions) . 30 00 President’s allowance for I expenses Directors’ V 100.00 1945) Directors’ meeting (Spring. 647,65 _1946) , 648 55 Directors to District An- I nua 5 President 51 epiesen; 259.00 tative to Convention and Area Executive 126.59 Representatives to other organizations . . l"0 Sub-Executive re - Board 1946 r. ‘lSO Provincial Conv age, (it -~‘ - ' . ALIS} Presidents ~ ex eases to Area Conventions 1946 .. $0.00 Secretary’s Honorarium (Mrs. Leatherdale) .. . Secretary (Mrs. Leatier- dale) to three meetings in Toronto . . Office Supplies Stationery, Postage & xp. charges Secretary (Mrs. McCulloch) L 7.50 jil (.5 ll‘ 1,81 to five meetings in Toronto i l ‘10 Secretary’s Honorai'ium (Mrs. McCulloch) . 1:? “0 Expenses, 50th Anniversary Committee and Hand Book Committee’ J V "0 Mailing letters re Beverage Room Brief . Refund on Life Membership pin returned Printer. printing 0 rs. Hoodless and Lord and Lady Tweedsmuir photo» graphs, “Foreword”, W.I. Seals and Envelopes Printer, printing letter heads, envelopes, crazian tial exp ense account forms .. Photographs. Mrs. Headless New Ledger Book Tweedsmuir Histoy Book for F.W.I.O. 1 Crest (Brass Stamp) W1. i“. Tweedsmuir History 11o) Printing 2nd edition of "‘3 Book Jim 11 For F.W.I.C. pins Subscriptions and Member- ships ‘ mil Secretary's Bond 13-00 Auditor’s fee .. “‘00 Gifts .. 57-00 Exchange on cheq issued .. and deposited A 63"" Charges, transfer‘of funds to Brampton Bank from Goldwater ' 4'“ y / Total Disbursements ..$ 5,755.12 Bala‘nce .10,0ZT-11 / 515,732.23