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F.W.I.0. Board Meeting From a Report by Ina Hodgins annual meetings of the Federated Women’s Institutes of Ontario was he‘ld in Toronto in November, but through the 535‘ sions, in spite of the warm friendliness preâ€" vailing. ran a feeling of nostalgiaâ€"the realir zation that this was the 1&5t meeting Over which Mrs. Purcell was to preside, Mrs. Mc- Culloch to act as Secretary and Mrs Futcher to present the resolutions. Mrs Purcell’s executive ability, her generâ€" ous response to the many demands made upon her, her breadth of vision and her interest in the small branch members as well as the larger branches across Ontario. made her an out- standing President. Mrs. McCulloch endeared herself, not only to the Board, but also to the members all over Ontario who have received her letters. Her unfailing friendly courtesy will long be remembered. She never spared herself in the fulfilment of the many and varied duties of Secretary-Treasurer and her lontribution during the past seven years has been most valuable. Mrs. Futcher’s wealth of experience, her fine judgment and keen grasp of the problems and wishes of the Institutes made her well equipped for the task of con- vener of resolutions. After the opening exercises the President welcomed the members and extended thanks to Miss Lewis and the Women’s Institute Branch, to Mrs. McCullooh, Mrs. Futcher and to all the members of the Provincial Board for their support and cooperation during her term of office. 1953 had been a very full year. Altogether she had spent 18 weeks away from home attending to F.W.I.O. matters. There have been three main projects carâ€" ried through in the past three years aside from routine annual activities: the Tractor and Flour Fund for Greece, the Penny Round Up for the Canadian Mental Health Associaâ€" tion and the A.C.W.W. Conference All owe their success to the coâ€"operation and interest of all our W1. branches in the Province, and Mrs. Purcell stated that she realized as never before that while the F.W.I.O. Board may set the policy, we must depend upon the local groups for the successful outcome of all our plans. 0 NE OF THE busiest and most interesting Mrs. Pin-cell’s Message I Mrs. Purcell spoke on “The Place of Women in a Changing World.” saying in part “When Mrs. Hoodless conceived the idea of having rural women meet together to study and to plan for better homes and families and im- proved conditions in the communities she little thought how far the results of her 4 idea would reach, or what changl “my; take place in the status of women in 14“. n " fifty years. At that time women’s It my, W considered to be largely in the home. ind sh; was kept busy with her home dutie for Les family and had little time for outside time: Today the picture has changed. E, their. cars, planes, radio, telephone, telev on, ah of these amazing inventions of the la: 9mm have given the woman in the home n 1; mm to use in outside activities and haVe mugm the world to her door so that she US the need of an increasing interest and hel lelSlde the home. She is beginning to realize at he interests in life should be broadened lCl the; she possesses great potentiality for m N T the world. In many situations we r «3d 1mg woman with her fresh view point pm i the way. So we find women taking th place; 1 alongside the men in most fields of rlustrg. ‘ and professions. Women are acting ‘ SClTLwE boards and municipal councils. They sen ' ing as mayors of towns and cities a (hung T it well. Just the other day four wor. . we: ,. welcomed into the Federal House. Tl Sena: x now has five women. We have a -:(l in equality and in most cases we hay ‘ If we are to keep our position, if v are in; use the vote intelligently, we must k to changes in community life and ad selves to them. _ “But this deals only with the i ‘.'ldlléll. woman. What is our place in this new; world as a group? Are we still thinl, : bad; in the days of Adelaide Hoodless or grown with the times? Has our Institute degenerated into a social get or developed into a money makir service group? How many of 0 local Women’s Institutes realize that our mar:- aim is adult educationâ€"education of it how- a maker, yes, of course, in order to : 9 NF! families better health, better nutri< t and: better living standards, but even mori {dUCH' : tion of our members by study, pane lSL’US“ sions, by readingâ€"â€"to make them m f M'l versant with the needs of our wori‘ It is time that we took a new assess int 0i our groups to see if we are growing 11} Tm“, 1 are many channels of learning open ti '5 a“? the field of study is unlimited. How in “E develop a wish to know more and 1 learn. more? I leave the answer for you to w K 0L“ As I turn the last page of my record 01 ervict . as Provincial President, I am going iv WW“ 1 out to you this challenge: You are thc Hal-‘1'“ between the Women’s Institute in ym'l' SUb; division and the Provincial Board. W1 at t‘Pâ€"F we, the Provincial Board. do to sivE be“ HOME AND cr-umnt