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v the indefatigable beavers. Up there in the '0th we visited things which many of us had ever seen in our livesâ€"wood pulping. paper ills. asbestos mines, and gold mines; at Kirk- and Lake in one mile‘s drive we passed seven . jng gold mines! Everywhere we were en- ertained royally by our Women's Institute ostesses. many times in towns just celebrat- ng their fiftieth anniversary. And every. vhere there were the romantic Indian names Temiskaming. Kapuskasing, Temagami. One f the highlights of the tour was our trip by oat eighteen miles along Lake Temagami to ear Island. to shop in the first trading store stablished by HE HUdson's Bay Company in 1670. We brought back wonderful memories of a fascinatingly lovely countryside and a warm welcome from our kind Institute host- esses. And the success of our tour was very largely due to our enthusiastic. but also sympathetic, Northern Ontario tour-lendcr. Mrs. McCracken. of Kirkland Lake. .- O -1 3' Western Ontario Four continents were represented in the rapid tour by car provided by the Ontario Depart- ment of Agriculture and driven most cili- ciently by Miss Audrey Spencer. 3 mcmbcr of the Women’s Institute and Home Economics Extension Service of the Department. who also acted as guide to the three delegates. Mrs. Phyllis Tilden (New South Wales). Mrs. Sonya Fredgardh (Sweden) and Mrs. Arthur inch5 (Kenya). the writer of this report. On the first day we were driven round the «harming Rock Gardens of Hamilton and saw the fine buildings and park of thc lchaster University. From there we called Ji the house of a Women's Institute member in Brantford to have cold drinks. Then on to luncheon at a hotel in Brantford where we were entertained by members of the Echo Place Women’s Institute. who took us to scc 'he Alexander Bell Memorial Homestead with ‘he interesting collection of early telephone instruments and switchboards. In the after- noon we stopped at a wayside fruit stall near Simcoe where We met members of another Women's Institute and were presented with lovely big baskets of apples and peachcs and had tea and cakes at a member's house in on orchard. After tea we drove through an extensive forest station near Springfield and met members of a Women‘s Institute group at u narbecue camp there. After a brief stay We rontinued our drive to Alma College. St. Thomas. where a belated teaâ€"party was given In our honour by the Board of Governors and the Principal. This College was established In iii-87 as a residential and day school for the training of older girls in academic subjects. secretarial work and home economics. They have room for 135 resident girls for 2-year courses. Students haVe opportunities for sport and art classes. religious instruction is given and there is a very fine chapel. A junior school for girls under twelve is also included, WINTEI 1955 Finally we were taken to Ridgetown where there was a large gathering of Women‘s In~ stitute members and a dinner party at a farm house. We spent the night in Ridgetown at the Western Ontario Agricultural College where each of us was given a student's bed- room most comfortably and practically fur- nishcd. Monday was another very full day. start- ing with a tour of the college experimental fields and breakfast at the home of a Women‘s Institute member, Then we went on n hu'pc Group luncheon meeting ill Port launhtun. making. a short divci'siou on route to scc the reputed grave and robin of “Uncle Tom." After luncheon we “cut across the wide St. Clair River on the ferry but did not loud in the U. S. A. We had it most iutci'ustiuu tour of the grout Polymer synthetic rubber factory at Saruia and attempted to understand tin- ycry complicated lt‘l‘i‘llllt'ni uml rhcmicul pru- L'csscs. We (travel half way over lhc urn-ill Ponce Bridge to sm- llu- Women's Institute pluquc. At :1 very large buuquct suppm' .‘ll Kcuwivk on tho inikc (Huron) \vc mu: runny murc ancu's Instituli- Groups from Hull urea and thou \ri-rc dispcrscd for tho night to private humus nvnr Struthrny wlivn- wt- cnch \Vl‘l‘t' given charming linsuitnlily On iht‘ third and inst duy wt- jtmu'tl [urn-3" again at n umuhbnur's houu- uiul nth-r xv.» hind (il'th‘ll round the UlllVllt‘sll)‘ :uui l‘nrk ul‘ lllc very attractive lnwu London on tlu- ’l‘hnnivs we went on to St. Mury's in :i fm‘mnl iuurhwn given by this Alvxuiulrn Wnnu-n's Iuslllulr. in the afternoon we drnvr alone. “11' l‘livvr Avuu lo Sti‘olfurd. “'ill‘l't' tiu- Shukt-spvnri' l“c.~:tiv:i| chk hurl just finished. it is z: bountiful litllv town with enormous Willow [rm-s “him: the strcom and many swans. A three [on party was given for us at St. Gourm- liy ihl' Wunn-u's Institute; nth-r :i hrivf \vvh'ulup :il :i cross- roads wr- \ri-nt on to Ft't' lilt‘ Afit‘illitit’ llmul less Monument and her house ru'nrliy. in tho evening Wc Wcrt- l'Illt‘l'Ullllt'ti ul nuulhi-r inl‘m‘ dinner party :it the form iu-ur Pnlt-i'mn "I" Mr. and Mrs. Fox Bull whcri- tho up‘lo-dnti- farm equipment wr- wr-rc shown lllt'illt’it'f'i :i L'Irtzc dccp-I’rt-cm- box in thr- cvllur and :In nir-i'mr dilionint: plant. There was I: large storage horn for ['t'l‘t'lliS, corn and root crops and m-vrunmu- dntiun for vows and rams. Most of thcsi- forms are undwstallcrl {I}: iuhur is svnl'm- :nul very uxpL‘lIsth'. so that fnrnu-rs and their nnulic-s have :i big job to do all iht' your round, we returned ti. Toronto on 'FIu-sriiiy I-vcu- int: at midnight. At Hlt'h of the hulls on this «uxlensiw> short tour We Were most klnrlly :Ititl hos-pinith vi:- termini-(l and showr-rctl with lovely prt-scnts of tiuwt'rs and fruit. We wr-rr photnurnphml endlessly. intivrvu-WI-d by the lirr-ss rind t“a‘l(‘I] of us mode a spew-h about our (lichrt-ut (-uunv tries to every group. iurttc or small. I only hnpc that our t-il'nrts WC‘l‘l' appreciated as much as we cnjriyt-d the enthusiastic- welt-onu- given to us as overseas deletion-s to the A_C.W.W. Triennial Conicrmicv. 31