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w. l. 0. Board Meeting By Ina Hodgins atcd Women's Institutes of Ontario was held in the Ontario Agricultural College, Guelph, May 3rd, 4th and 5th. 1954, With Mrs. Gordon MacPhatter, newly elected Provmcral President. presiding. Twentyâ€"eight Board Directors, one Alterâ€" nate, the Honorary President, the Director of the Women's Institute Branch, the Secretary- Treasurer, the Conference and Holiday Sec- retary-Treasurer, the conveners of Agriculture and Canadian Industries, Community Activities and Public Relations, Historical Research and Current Events. Home Economics and Health, and the F.W.I.O. representative on the Board of Directors of F.W.I.C. were prESent. After the opening exercises the President tendered grateful thanks and appreciation to the many people who have assisted her in the months past; to Miss Lewis for her hEIpful and untiring efforts to promote and further the work of the Women‘s Institutes; to the Department of Agriculture; to the courteous staff members at 1207 Bay Street who, short- staffed as they are, have added F,W.I.O. mimeographing to their many duties; to Dr. McLachlan and the Ontario Agricultural Colâ€" lege for the privilege of holding the Board Meeting and the Conference on their beautiful campus; with a special “thank you” to her two secretaries who have come into new work with enthusiasm and have given time and overtime to further the work. Mrs. Mac- Phatter extended a very hearty welcome to all of the Board Members and hoped all the business would be carried through amicably and with precision. Mrs. MacPhatter said “I shall try to be absolutely unbiased in presentâ€" ing any matter of business but I do have to give you all the information possible before you can reach a decision. Please do not allow yourselves to be influenced by any members of the Board. Reach a decision which is your ownâ€"arrived at through your own consideraâ€" tion of the matter before you. THE SPRING Board Moeting of the FedErâ€" "The New Approach” “In our capacity as leaders in the Women’s Institute work of our province we have an increasingly difficult work to do each year " the President said. “We find that the Branches Districts and Areas are becoming adult in their thinking and more educated in Women‘s In- stitute domgs. In years past a speaker could go out and tell the history of the Women’s Institute movement, but today the members know the story as well as we do. They read 4 everything about our work so intelligm'iilr that there is little left to tell, consquEm, ‘Wh‘é; new policies are established. a new opened or a new job completed, our '7 are cognizant of all facts in an :_. short time. We must keep this in 111:, go from place to place. Be as well as possible on every topic alluding to or we will find our audience more 7. .. v we are. Our members are now so ' :1 cated that they can discuss Women‘s matters very intelligently. “So discussion groups have become program feature. This is a good way the audience contribute their ideas not need to tell so much; we now ’ . members to tell us the subject matte: ,_ fore with a new method of approa: .. My membership I feel we will arouse thi item to learn more, so that they can at Mme something worth while to any discus: I: is my opinion that such a method is a 5', 5 the success of the future of the Woiv ‘.- lr.» stitutes of Ontario. This Secret might ’ lermr ed ‘The New Approach’ and I think oh considering by leaders in Women‘s . ':‘. ' work.” 1 drug: Since her election the President wt in Guelph to present the five Regional ‘ClD. Scholarship awards to the students liar:- donald Institute who were chosen ti. t‘tll’E them: attended a Subâ€"Executive lTlt‘ g in Torontoâ€"a meeting to make plans the completion of the Provincial Tweedsn H13- tOI‘l’: attended the Junior Farmers’ Cow “PM? at Guelph, bringing greetings from l 1-0.: and attended as many Branch i as possible; also had written 146 lett hand and written and mailed hum receipts for the Korean project. Korean Widows’ Self Hem PTOjt‘ In giving an interim report of the l 51.0.; PI‘OJ'ect for 1954â€"the Korean Widov SHE Help Project. the President stated it - oz: April 30th, 1954, $5,317.13 had been it wed- This fund will provide handâ€"looms and mi machines to Widows of Korean Servitr lief-i so that there will be a possibility o. hem 138ng taught Weavingand sewing for WW selves; and through their industry to 1 lo 10 clothe the many needy in Korea. Tlll fuan will be closed on July Blst, 1954. The N ‘GLEI SOCiety for the Deaf and Hard of Hearin; WE‘VE received 12 good used hearing aids froi'r KW. (Continued on page 6) HOME AND COUNTRY