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away on other business." He completed grade eleven at high school and added to his educa- tion through club work and a number of short courses at the Agricultural College. In the Junior Farmers’ Association he has served. as president, as a member of the county debating team and the county choir and as an effective public speaker. One of his special concerns is soil conservation and he was chosen to repreâ€" sent Perth County on the Soil Conservatlon and Land Use Tour last fall. He is interested in sports and has played ball and hockey in rural leagues. In church work he is a member of the Young People’s society and the chorr and for the past several years has been superâ€" intendent of the Sunday School. Robert P. Allan has worked with his father on the home farm since he graduated from high school; this year he will take over the management of the farm himself. His educa- tion since he left school includes courses in Conservation and Co-operation, Junior Farmer training schools, courses in Farm Machinery. Farm Shop, Community Programs, Soils and Land Use and 3 Folk School. He has been active in Four-H Clubs and the Junior Farm- ers' Association of which he is now a provin- cial director; has acted as manager of Soft Ball, Tugâ€"ofâ€"war and Hockey teams and organ- ized a singing quartette. He has served as a director of the County Soil and Crop Improve- ment Association, the Federation of Agricul- ture, the Agricultural Society and the local 13] fair. Last year he was Assistant Superintenl dent 0f Grain and Seed at the Roya] Winte‘ Fair. As a farmer he has taken part in manr field crop competitions. “Bob” is very mu; interested in the work of his Churlrh; ha been president of the Young Peopm', Un S for four years, is secretary of the Sunday School, and a member of the choir rmcl me Board of Stewards. Women’s Institute members have Ll close link with boys' and girls’ clubs an” Junior Farmers and Junior Institutes, not mg,- ha cause the members usually come fr-m ll'lElr an own families but because many of | ,. Ems. clubs are sponsored by Institutes and _..2 i113}, leaders from this organization. And v hon we consider the calibre of the four your. people referred to here, and realize thatâ€"er. n mall. lng allowance for special gifts â€" a me rather typical of a great many law toys and girls growing up today, it may do" it'll om appreciation of the start they get mung}, club work and junior farmer tralm. g and unquestionably through the less Ob‘. i> in. fluence of the home and the chur ‘ they belong to. Certainly the young pen sent at various times to represent Ontari‘ 'Hang the farm people of Great Britain or till 'niled States or other parts of Canada art irthy representatives of the farms and boom if our province. Here and There With the Institlt es Mostly an Exchange of Good Ideas Dunrobin Institute has done an interesting piece of work in providing film showings for the community. We asked the secretary, Mrs. Alex Baskin, to give the details of the project and this is her reply: “It was the National Film Board who really started it. They organized a circuit in Carleton County under the sponsorship of the Women’s Institutes, the schools and church groups. Each organization pays $20 and receives ten showings during the year. At first the Film Board loaned a projector, but later the county organization bought two projectors and engaged a repair and maintenance man. All other work is voluntary but the men who pick up and deliver film and projector are usually paid mileage. In Dunrobin the films are shown in the public school in the afternoon, in a hall the same evening under the auspices of the Women's Institute, and in the Separate School the next afternoon. We are not allowed to charge admission but there is no objection to our taking a silver collection and this usually covers our $20 fee and additional expenses. Our average attendance is thirty-five. The most popular film was ‘Milk Made’ in which 30 some of the cast were local people. :ioyal Journey” filled the hall. Other got films were ‘Packaged Power,’ ‘Four Sea: ms in the Gatineau,’ ‘Land of the Long l. a film of the Eskimo country." WI The Report of Meetings from Blue L; .:- and Auburn last year mentioned having a l'ieTl' show under a professional director; tht “DON also said something about the clever, men! of local talent at regular meetings. W: lsked for more information and had this repi from the SECTEtBFY. Mrs. Virgil Turnbull: “l‘w had a representative from a group in the Nantes, a Miss Robin, come to direct us in a i nely Show. In ten days Miss Robin, with tlm help of some of our members, had sorted 0111' talents and assigned a role to each of us HOWE even impersonated Pa Kettle and prominent singers. This leader was remarkablt and had a nice personality and, being a complete Stranger. was perhaps able to put thing-i “I,” more QUiCkly than someone well know“ 1“ the community. The show was put on under a fifty-fifty financial agreement and W65 HOME AND COUNTRY