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West Ops Women's Institute, Victoria County, on its fortieth anniversary, June I 1, I952_ Many former members and guests were entertained and tribute was “The Place of Social Studies in the Present Curriculum." South Renfrew chartered buses, picked up passengers at Institute centres all over the district and visited the Kemptville Agricultural School; had lunch at the school and went on to Iroquois to visit the Caldwell linen mills. At Iroquois they were entertained at a delightâ€" ful dinner as guests of the Dundas district Inâ€" stitutes and the Iroquois branch. Among the cultural enterprises carried on by the Institutes, many branches in Bruce county are members of the county film council and enjoy cultural films. Eden Crest communi» cated with the village and county library and offered to support a local rural library system. South Mountain sponsored a library member- ship drive. Price’s Corners has a library, kept in a member’s home' where over 500 books were handled last year. Eramosa sent a dele- gate to the county folk school. A number of Vandorf members sing together regularly, call- ing themselves the “Vandorf Choristers”; another group, with the help of their husbands, put on a very good play. Many Institutes have had New Canadian women taking part in their programs. Dun- church had an International Day and made a study of the flags of the nations. The roll call took the form of a quiz on international affairs. _ A number of Institutes are making interestâ€" ing contacts in other parts of the world, Kemble is supporting an orphan boy in Greece. The Millbrook Institute received a letter from an Institute in England as a result of the English women finding the Canadian name on a package of cake mix sent in a parcel from the Millbrook Institute. The British Institute used the mix to make cakes to sell to raise 18 paid to the memory of lhe late Edith Hopkins wh go nized the lnstitule at a meeting in her own farm me Children seem to be welcome here. funds. Port Dover branch has sent be). canned meat to the Dover Institute in Eng .vl Clyde and Scott’s Institute sent food l u: for the aged to an Institute in Britain. l in has been sending boxes regularly to an I l" tute in England; an eight-pound cake was or to mark the English Institute’s annivei ' Stroud received a box of gifts for its I“ bers from the Stroud Institute in Eng 1 Scarboro Junction received from its act. G Institute in England a parcel of gifts to st 11 a bazaar. Forest held a drive for good d clothing to be sent to Greece. Members a" ‘1 dozens of diapers and safety pins. _w|_. West Ops sponsored an essay contest in three schools of West Ops, on any of ti ' topics: “The History of Our Farm," i: History of My School,” “A Number of Pim l‘ Stories Relating to My Community,” “A La mark in My Community and its Story.” Ajax is purchasing a cupboard to be pla‘ i in the Whitby library to store museum pieE River Valley is undertaking to beautify old, neglected cemetery in memory of l pioneers of the district. ‘ Port Credit was instrumental in formlnl; ' county historical society. 1r * it * ir * * A.C.W.W. CONFERENCE THEME The theme of the A.C.W.W. C011- fercnce to be held in Toronto, August 12 to 23, 1953, is uHow can the countrywoman as an individual, and through her society, take a more active part in international work?" at Â¥ It at r at at * HOME AND COUNTRV “- m... m. a)...“ 4â€": .a (~â€"-'v u _. at.” c l