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niversaries Celebrated ach month now brings word of several eth of fortieth anniversaries celebrated by titutes over the province. Since our last . Haldimand county celebrated its fiftieth ‘versary at Selkirk, home of the first In- 7 tute in the county. on June 17th. _‘ South Simcoe celebrated its fiftieth anni» rsary at Bond Head on May 22nd. at the e of the District Annual meeting. North Waterloo has its fiftieth anniversary is year but the celebration had not been ranged at the time of writing. Horning’s Mills in Dufferin county celev ated its fiftieth anniversary at a banquet on ‘ ye evening of July 9th. ‘ South Grenville marked its forticth anniver- ry with a brief ceremony as part of the strict Annual meeting at Maynard on May th. ere honored and life membership certificates ,ere presented to a number of women in Ecognition of the fine contribution they had -ade to the work of the Institute. Winger-Wainfleet Institute celebrated its tieth anniversary on June 11. An entertain- ur: g feature of the programme was a skit put by some of the older members portraying n Institute meeting of many years ago. At a Board Meeting of the South Peel omen's Institutes a committee was appointed 9 ously agreed to go ahead with a Citizenship ay celebration. The participating organizaâ€" rofcssional Women. Boy Scouts, Canadian ‘1 egion. Girl Guides, High School, Hospital uxiliary, I.O.D.E., Junior Red Cross, Kins- en. Lions, Lionettes. Public School Council. otarians, Rotaryâ€"Anna, Victorian Order of I urses and Junior Farmers who gave the use 1 their hall for the occasion. The celebration was held an Canadian Citi- enship Day, May 22. The Public School Inâ€" pector, E. R, Underhill, acted as chairman. : he New Canadians were welcomed by Mrs. . E. Houck, Convener of Citizenship for thc ederated Women‘s Institutcs of Canada. Judge Cochrane presented Citizenship Certili‘ cates. The High School Glee Club sang “Land of Hope and Glory." their teacher, Miss Ethel Frey, played the vibraharp and there were vocal and piano 50105 by New Canadians, Marie FALL 1952 " *1... Officers and past officers in Simcoe West, cutting their Fitlieih Anniversary cake. Elk-ff '4’ Twenty-filth Anniversary Cake Cutting Ceremony ul Comdcn Eosr, Addinglon District. Citizenship Day, Peel County Luvcuusknilc :Jlld. Czllvkn Nichulowa. Thc spczikcrs Wi‘l‘u Gordon Grnydon, lVl.P., and John Brics, Ll young Latvian who, with his purcnts. cscupcil thi- Russian invusmn. It IS reported that cvurynnc was thrilch with John's talk on "Why I Came to Canada." About ten nationalities were l'CplT‘SL‘I'llL'd in tho two hundred and titty people who titlcndcd the ceremonies. At thr- close of the incctinrz Instiâ€" tutc women were hoslcsscs at :1 social hour with u snack of collee and doughnuts. An L‘ClllOl'litl in a local pupcr mode this cum- ment: "It is a good thing to scc Ncw Canadian: blend into the genera] scene, absorbinpi where nCC’L‘SSfll‘Vith' language and customs of their udoptcd country as quickly as pos- siblc. But in our desire to make the Ncw Canadians 'lucl at homu' hcrc and [it into the Canadian scene. let us not discourage the cone tinuoncc of their great cultural and l‘i'tJI‘Cu‘ tiona] traditions. From the culture and folk ways of mzmy of the new arrivals, Canada could adopt those worth while. and in so doinirl enrich our way of liie." This seems to indicate the spirit of the whole project as planned by the Institutes. I9