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we deliberate and arrive at decisions, you Will always vote or discuss as you feel your sub- division would wish you to do. You realize your responsibility to your members. Do they realize their responsibility to you#their re- sponsibility provincially? If they Wish to exercise their rights they should make their wishes known to you, their representative on this most democratic Board. Through a full realization of her responsibility to the-Pro- vincial Board, each member will automatically achieVe equal rights and privileges Within our organization. Perhaps we Will never see complete perfection, but as long as we are willing to work in coâ€"operation with others we can view cheerfully the great future of our organization. I like Patience Strong’s poem Harmony: 'Lct us work for harmony in every walk of life Harmony instead of discord, jealousy and strife. If we live in harmony, no jarring note destroys ‘ Peace of mind, relationships and all our premous joys. Harmony of voices. Let no ugly sound be heard, Bickering or bitterness, the shrill and angry word. May the voices in the house he soothing and refined: _ Quiet and happy â€"â€" saying only what is good and kind. Harmony within the home! How different things might be With a little tolerance and generosity. Praise instead of criticisms, smiles insteads of tears: When Love's spirit enters â€"â€" all suspicion dis- appears. Harmony throughout the world. 0 may we live to SEE Christ's own Kingdom not a dream but a reality, Every nation in the world united yet tree Working out their destinies in perfect han'nony.‘ “I was very much impressed with the theme of the London Area Convention, It was ‘According to our vision today, so will be our achievement tomorrow.’ How very true and apt are these words. If our vision is bounded by small confines, our achievements will be confined to minor things. If we train ourselves to have the broader vision, if we force ourâ€" selves to see the whole forestâ€"not just the individual trees which comprise it, We will find that we are faced with greater tasks, and will be rewarded when great achievements are the result of these tasks well done.” MR. GARNER. SPEAKS Mrs. MacPhatter introduced the Director of the Agricultural Extension Service, Mr. J. A. Garner. to the meeting. Mr. Garner paid Warm tribute to the work and activities of the Fed- erated Women‘s Institutes. In the course of his remarks Mr, Garner stated that in the reorganization of Depart- mental services the staff of the Women's Institute Branch would be integrated with that of other Extension services. He informed the group that Miss Helen McKercher would be heading up the women's division and that she would assume her duties as Director of 6 l I l | Home Economics Service at the first of [h t New Year. *1 Mr, Garner stated that the integration 0, Departmental staff was designed to broaden or extend the services of the Ontario Depart. ment of Agriculture to the Federated Women:- Institutes and to the people of rural oma‘,f,,; It was hoped that as a result of the Chantil- the executive oflicers of Federated Worms», Institutes could have a greater degree of ;,.,,,,'_ norny than heretofore and that the Depart, ment recognized that the president and secretary of the Women’s Institutes reqmml stenographical and clerical help. He mtg-M, stated that during 1956 a special effort \Hltlltl be made to add to the staff of home 900110!" St, working in the field and that the fiti.w;._« would be provided for this purpose, Home Economics Extensimi Service As Acting Director of the Women’s Ins: my Branch Miss Ethel Chapman reporter “an home economics extension services sch. ,m to be given this year, in Food and NLlll- ~11, Clothing and Textiles, Home Crafts, ‘ m, Furnishings, Health Education, Cultural n. vities and Women’s Institute Procedures, an. about these extension services will be ‘ ml under the title “Home Economics Extw “in Briefs” elsewhere in this issue, Miss Cllt' .;in also referred to information gathered m u study of the “Reports of Meetings" it '31.. 1,495 Institutes in the province. An exl it; report of this material is given in the .t -t'\'. “Here and There With the Institutes‘ THE SECRETARY’S REPORT I feel very much like the Bird of ill - t-wn. for the second year in succession I h. to report to you a DECREASE in Memtr. hill â€"of 2,039. This is something which Shit .t I,»- of the gravest concern to us all, It m:. In advisable to set up a Committee to dell . mt- the cause for the falling off in menib lift. and to draw up plans for a Provinci: altll' Membership Campaign. You will rec-tit that nearly 10 years ago, when we were pl't for our GOLDEN JUBILEE, this Slogw r coinedâ€"“50,000 Members for our 50th ‘ in: versary.“ At that time our membersli reported as being 48,000â€"today we ha lust slightly over 40,000 (40,783). During the year I have sold the low in: supplies: 7 Hand Books . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $246). “ii-i Pictures, prints and crests 2 7 copies of “50 Years of AchieVe- ment” . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . , 7.0“ Life Memberships, Badges and _ Certificates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,200.!)- 741 Parcels sent out, excluding Life Membership material. 3,072 Letters were sent to 15 new branches. I should like to draw your attentirt iv = matter or two in connection with our :-~""‘“‘ tion with F.W.I.C., which I feel warl‘fl” “‘m' disnussion. According to a recent F” m“! Statement received from F.W.I.C. it r-Wl“ HOME AND mum“