Home & Country Newsletters (Stoney Creek, ON), Summer 1952, p. 20

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things you wear your expression is the most important and it costs you nothing. . Forestville, in coâ€"operation with their County Film Council put on a community showing of educational films: "Mexrcn To,- day", "Knock Knock", "Building the Igloo”. “Ukrainian Holiday". “Three Little Bruins. and “Story of the Violin". (The possibilities of educational film nights for the commuan seem worth investigating.) __ w] _ South Simcoe Women’s Institutes sponsored a holiday bus trip to New York in April. Any resident of South Simcoe was eligible to take the trip â€" up to sixty passengers, and the entire cast was fifty dollars, Bethe! and neighbouring Institutes in Welâ€" land County took a "historical research" trip through the Niagara district. _ W1 _. Grenard Women's Service Club recently met at the farm home of the president of the North Simcoe Institutes and reorganized as a Women's Institute. This new group will be most welcome in Institute ranks. _ w| _ Brougham sponsored an Amateur Night with school children from six communities taking part. Delta chartered a bus and took the chil- dren of the community to a skating party at Brockville Memorial Centre. _Wl__ A rather novel Women‘s Institute exhibit at the Lakebead Exhibition will be a display of stuffed toys made by the members. _w|_ Thornhill held a successful tea and antique show, the antiques including a melodeon used in the Wesley Methodist Church in 1838, a communion set dating from 1858, a moustache cup, a warming pan, a powder horn, baby's dresses, china and glassware, all dating back one hundred years. _. W| _ Feuelon Falls Women’s Institute co-operated with their historical society in putting on a Cutting the birthday cake at the Fiftielh Anniversary banquet of the Winterbourne tnstilute in South Waterloo. From left to righl: Mrs. Milton Weber, Provincial Home Economics and Health Convener; Mrs, Loren Guild, Rock- wood, Provincial Board Member; Miss Anna F. Lewis Director. Women's institute Branch and Home EcOnan-iics Service; Mrs. Conley Amos, President of Winterbaurne Institute, and Mrs. Waller Geisel, District Director. 20 Al Lincoln County's Fittielh Anniversary: Let! ro Mrs. K. Emberlcy, F. W. LO. Regional Vice From 1 Mrs. R. G. Purcell, Presidenl, F. W. |.0.; Mrs. H. mers, President, F. W. I. C.; Miss Anna F. Lewis, Dill Women's Institute Branch; Mrs. Survillo Fry‘ first sent 1 ol Lincoln County Women's Institute. historic programme and antique display Bible over three hundred years old and SUV music boxes were among their treasure» _.w| _ York Count}r Women's Institutes jnlncd York Pioneer and Historical Society in a i nic at the historic Sharon Temple. This 1 become an annual event. _. w| _ In Lincoln County when the Kinsmen \Collecting funds for the Children's Aid . other county welfare services it was repoi that “the Women‘s Institutes did most at ' canvassing in outlying district." _ WI _ In Simcoe County â€" and no doubt thi. true of many other areas â€" a newspal praises the Women's Institutes for kindnes- to people outside their membership, and mi lions a welcoming committee to welcome ni families to the community, sending balm and flowers to bereaved homes, arranging have cards and letters go to a girl spendir months in a sanitarium, aid to fire sufferer gifts to the ill and shut-ins, magazines 5L“! to Homes for the Aged and soldiers’ hospital: _..w|_ A delegation from Lakefield Women‘s in stitute asked the Township Council to Glt‘t'il up the community cemetery and to give thi Institute permission to plant and beautify 1hr grounds in the spring. Both requests were granted. Eden Mills enlisted the help of the men ti.- clean up an old cemetery and to restore an old log chapel with a background of history. _w|_ Willow Grove reports that one of their mem- bers, Mrs. E. Sinclair, has had a perfect at- tendance at all Women’s Institute meeting5 for twentyâ€"five years. Can anyone else equal this? _ w| _ Among many reports of charitable gifts, We notice that Spencer-ville purchased a bushel of wheat at ten dollars for the SaVe the Chil- dren‘s fund. Linwood provided quilts for the same cause. Ravenswood makes layettes for the County Children’s Aid Society. Seaforth HOME AND COUNTRY

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