Home & Country Newsletters (Stoney Creek, ON), Winter 1955, p. 29

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stem Ontario Holiday HEN YOU visit Kemptville Agricul- tural School you feel the hospitality of the place from the minute you meet he school's hostess. Miss Ruth Rorke. Direc- or of the Home Economics course for girls. _' the forty-five women who came to ho Eastern Ontario Women's Institute holiday his vear “made themselves at home." and the rieiidliness of the women went a long way 0 "make the holiday." The holiday opened on Tuesday aflornoom ugust 17. Mr. Barr. principal of the school lcomed the visitors and the first thing on he program was a “hay ride" â€" a tractor our of the farm to visit the barns and t‘XpL’l‘l- ental plots. also a visit to the dairy school. hat evening Mr. Miller. Eastern Ontario rcp- esentative of Community Programmes Branch of the Department of Education, directed 3 Get Acquainted Party. Mr. Miller's program of alternate active games and quiet games. singing and folk and square dancing was a fine demonstration of how to make a social evening truly recreational and how to adopt a recreation program to suit people of ‘t'al'lt‘t‘l ages. Mrs. Roy Graham of South Mountain provided the piano music for this session and m . .. E’. :i _. , F. ('3 VauteletI C.B.E.. National President of the Canadian Association of Consumers. published in C.A.C. Bulletin. should clear up my misunderstanding about the ASSOchition's policy on prices. Mrs. Vautelet writes: “Occasionally I have been introduccd by an enthusiastic but uninformed consumer its the president of the Canadian Association of Con- ~umers ‘which is working to bring down prices.‘ This distresses me greatly, and I nave been at great pains to correct this quitc inaccurate description of the function and purpose of C.A.C. C.A.C. is not an association dedicated to bringing prices down. except in rare and spc~ tial circumstances. Sometimes We try indi~ rectiy to bring about a lowering of prices. where they may have been kept higher than necessary by some unwise. clumsy or unfair trade practice or condition. such as. for m- ~tance. re-saleprice maintenance. But sueh have been few during the seven bricr years at our life. And when C.A.C. has donc so. it was because principles much more than the prices themselves. were at stake. C.A.C. is not working to bring down prices for several sensible reasons In the first plow. no assoeiation could do it. In the second. Prices and earnings, like Siamese twins. are tied closely together. It is a very delicate Operation to bring down one without pulling down [3311 of the other. THE following note from Mrs. H. E. WWI ‘Iflfil led singâ€"songs and a variety of musical stunts at intervals all through the holiday. Mrs. Gordon Mm-Phultcr. President of the Federated Women's Institutes of Ontario. PI‘Pâ€" sided at till sessions and led In nonâ€"Scctzlrimi devotional exercises ouch morning Miss Anna P. Lewis, Director Wumcn's institute Brunch and Home Economics Scrvicc. showed her colouer slides "Lot's Visn Jmnnicn" and sotnc other pictures of Enstcrn Ontario Institute groups. Miss Isabci Li'slic of thc Wm‘m‘n's Institute Ri'nnch diroctcd ii handicraft work- shop in making [cit flowers, Ethel Chiipinnii gnvc a talk on tho t‘lljil)’lllt‘hl of poclry and at another St‘Sslfltl lccl .‘l disrussmn on tho sulnc topic. Thcrc nu»: ii lt‘t'llll‘l' \\'llll films on Lilltdr scnpc Gurdcning by Mr. H. E. Itiiiismtl'. Horticulturi- I'li-pni‘tnu-nt. lioiiiptyilli- Apr» cultural School. illld :i puncl discussion on "World Alliiirs and You" led by Dr. l'll‘lt‘ll Alu'll. Economics Dt‘pill'lllll‘lll, Mnrkctini: St'l‘Vlt‘t‘. llcpni‘tnu-iii of Agriculture of Canada. With Mrs. l‘vlltt‘Plli‘lllt‘l'. Miss Iii-\vis, Miss Rurkv. Mrs Roy tiriihnni and Miss L‘liiipnuui us llli‘tli- burs of thc pom-i 'I'hc linlldln‘ l‘Tldl'Ll u'iili ii tour of thi- Di-piirtmcnl of Lands nnii Fnrcsts district nurscru-s undi-r thi- iiuiihuicc of Mr. l..'inc This With it happy. friciidly. splrilcil illltl. we bl‘ltt'\'t'_ prul'itiihli‘ holidiiy for cvm‘yunc who uttcnriod Canadian Association of Consumers Nor is. t' A t' it” urgiinmitinn Hl'l up in lliilil ulhcr groups. in Canada Ruthi-r. wc urv rcrog nizcd in ii Mllllld lllt‘illlr. of twinning the print» lclns “11d inlurnmtinn zit thusc who M'll. -'I.'~l UIH' instzini'c, tu thusc who liuy from llll'lll Finally ('A(' If» not it “rnnsunu'r only" group, Wi- hr-iicvv thiit any lwnol'lts for conâ€" sunicrs that are obtmni-d iit il'lI' l'Xpl'llh‘l' of the Icgiliniiiti- l'lkhls. iii‘ nthcr ul‘llllptt, or thiii pt'lllllllt‘ iiiiJustly nthi-r groups. "hm vnii liy [)t‘l’lfllltlllfl cunsumr-rs 'l‘his l}; mini-thin]: rim nlImt‘l‘s must lczirn lur llll‘ll‘ own unml. A MESSAGE TO HURRICANE BUFFERERS ()n Di-lnlici Ill 'l'ln- Himiirnhln Frimi-cs Form-r. GI-iii-riil Sccrrtnry of Hip National it'c-d i-rnuiin nf Worm-n3; lllhllltllt‘fi, flit Ect‘h-stun Stun-t. Vir't<iri:i_ London. Elmlnnd, wrntt' to Miss LcWIs. "We htivc hand of “W ii-rriiilc llllVUl' cnuscd in Ontario by tl'ii- typhoon nmi l writo on ht» hull of the National chcriilinn to 50nd our sympathy to any Ontario Women's limtitiili- mcmbci's who niiiy have sum-rod. "Mcmhcrs who wcrv prl‘M‘l’ll at the Con fi:l'£'l‘lt‘l‘ in Toronto :irv nhlc to picture the dwinli’ilion very viwdly and oil of its are able in rlrulill.‘ the [car which such on event mqu chose to everyone. “Plcasr- do mnch our iimlcrstrmdlnu :iml I'HIICI‘FH to your mcmlwrs." 29

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