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Canada‘s flag" was also sustained and the embers are asked to study and use the “Flag iquene" given On the back of the Winter ue 1954 of Home and Country Secretary's Report Mrs. G. Gordon Maynard. in her first Sec, tary-‘Treasurer‘s Report, expressed appreciaâ€" on of the many kindly letters she had re- ived after her appointment as Secretary- reasurer of F.W.I.O. and wished to assure 9 members that she was at their service at 1 times throughout the year. Since Novem- er Mrs. Maynard has sent out 741 letters. 295 arcels of supplies, as well as 2,300 Presidents" etters. 133 Life Membership certificates were sued. Miscellaneous Reports Mrs. Charles Agnew gave a progress report f the committee for United Nations and Pro- ram Planning. Mrs. MacPhatter gave the report of the pro- osed Rural Life Museum. having visited one f the proposed sites. Mrs. A. GillEtt presented the Proposed (Esti- 1ated) Budget for 1954â€"55. Mrs. J. H. McCulloch gave the report on the ropesed Provincial Life Member's Badge. Mrs. George Ridiey gave the report of the .W.I.C.. stressing the need for preparation for Civil Defence. The F.W.I.C. is entering a brief for the Henry Marshall Tory Award of the Canadian Association for Adult Edu~ cation. Mrs. Philip Douglas. Whaletown. B.C.. is the convener. Mrs. R. G. Purcell was appointed Provinâ€" cial Civil Defence F.W.I.O. representative. to maintain liaison with the Provincial Civil De- fence Co-Ordinator. Mrs. Summers. Mrs. Futcher, Mrs. Ridley and Mrs. Houck were recommended to be recommended the adoption of a reso~ lution regarding Auxiliary Training, the term is coming to mean more and more to Women's Institute members. To some this program is known as Remedial Training or Opportunity Class work. but, call it what you will, the work done through the Department of Education under Dr. C. E. Stothers, Inspector of Auxiliary Training. is considerable. Many Ontario school children who are handicapped, either mentally or phyv sically, are taught by men and women esâ€" pecially trained for this work. For those of us who live in rural areas the picture has a peculiar interest because among 15.000 handicapped children helped by the SINCE the Federated Board of the F.W.I,O. SUMMER 1954 added to the F_W.I.O. committee to prepare a brief re the F.W.I.C. National Convention. Awards and Holidays Announcement was made by the President that the two Rose Bowls awarded annually to the two high Homcmnking Club Teams on Provincial Junior Day. were won by \Venl- worth County's Food Team: Misses Florence Hood and Alma Dickson of Gall; and Huron County's Clothing Toam: Misses Elizabeth Taylor and Kathryn Huntcr, both of Exotcr. The week commencing July llllh will be tho time for the Holiday Woe}; for Women‘s In. stilutc members at O.A.C. Guelph, The (lead lino for registration will be Juno 23th. August 171h, lath and 19th will he the Hullâ€" day time (ll Kcmptvillo .‘\gl'lt‘l|lilll‘ill School. . . . On Tuesday :ifivrnoon the rctiring Board Directors prescnlci’l :\ program and scrvcd n delightful uttcrnmm Iva. Mrs. Mucl‘hulti-r and Mrs. Maanughton spukt‘ of tho splendid cunâ€" trihution thc rctirmc, mi-mhcrs had made to the dclihcrdtmns of tho Hoard and how plcnsâ€" not it would always l.)(‘ to have known and wurkcd with thcm. 0n chnosdny u surprist‘ and new innovation tollowcd whcn lhv rc- muimnu Board Incmlwrs prcscnicd thc rcilr- im: mcndwrs \\‘llll a short prourmn zmd novcl clu‘saigcs, On Thursday rim-mm; tho Ontario l)('p{ll‘l- mum of Agriculture cnlr-rlmmn‘l tho pronuncnl gum-sis who wvro :dlcndmp, llu- F‘.W.I.0. (‘uni lcrcncc. Miss l.c\\'|s, Mrs. Mnclettcr .‘lll(i illl‘ nicmlwrs of tho Hoard. Anion}: lhosi- prcscnt “'l't'L' Dr. McLurhlnn. Mrs. lelnchlun. Mr. L'. D Graham. Dcpuly Ministcr oi Am'iculturi'; Mrs. J. W. Adams. li',W,l.(‘, Prl-sldi-nt, I'Illu-l. tun, Susk, Miss M. K. lit-mum”, Ellll‘lil'll'l‘flh, Scotland: Incmhcrs nl' lho [ll'(':~'f¢, a Mrs. lluuh Summers and nlhi-rs. Giving the Handicapped Child a Chance By Mrs. Douglas Hart Department at Educuilun lhcrc are practically no country L'illitlH‘H. (‘im this mc-un that the rural child is so blessed :Is to noml no hi-lp in this field? On lilt‘ r'nnil‘ut‘y, um; Township Arr-n survcycd in; Dr. StothL-rs and his (Issifi. tants II‘li'ilet'ii umng its hilt) children in 13 rural schools ow-r thirty in new] of special asstslunrc. Tllt' truth of tho situnlion is that Rural School Boards art- not asking the I)L‘~ purlmcnt [or the SpH'iill sown-vs uvnllnhlv. As the Auxiliary L'lnss‘m Art now reads. provision of special holp for thr- hundiruppcd child is not mandatory: thus Boards are not. compelled to utilize this scrvrcv; and many of them are unaware that it exists. The word “handicapped” covers a multi- tuch of (lcbllitics. and assistance includes re- 9