Home & Country Newsletters (Stoney Creek, ON), Fall 1956, p. 27

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nd had "made copies of the Oath of Al- egiance and gave us each one so we could earn it and try to be better citizens our- qelves as well as try to understand our New Canadians a little better and so help them in their new home.” West Lorne: the meeting on Agriculture and Canadian Industries. A native of Czechoslo- vakia Who has been in Canada for five years spoke on “New Canadians in Canadian Indus; try," Good Neighbor Institute placed first its citizenship convener’s review of the book “The Arctic Eskimos." Murvale: a talk and film on “acial discrimination. The report says “It hit home at our community Where citizens from Jtlier lands are moving in.“ Morewood for their citizenship and educa~ lion meeting had the Public School Inspector .md the president of the school board speak on ways of teaching and helping the retarded :hild, the normal and the above-average. [nverary says: “Our Citizenship and Educa- tion programme was outstanding as it led to a great deal of thought concerning delinquent children and we decided to arrange for some sort of entertainment every week for the teen- age group of the community." A great many branches including Campbell- ville, Cloverdale. Neustadt, Selwyn, Milherta, Becher had talks on “Wills and Succession Duties.” Usually these talks were given by a local lawyer and were followed by a question period. Humberstone and Fail-grove had talks on “Wills and Women’s Property Rights." Blackstock placed first an address on “Women as Consumers.” Pittsburgh, a panel discussion on the Women’s Intitute Hand Book. Orangeville found an address on "Women in Politics” by Mrs. J. E. Houck to have a stimulating effect. Omagh: a talk by a member on “Life in a Changing World.” Capreol: an address on “Birds of the North"â€" a good cultural interest. Carpenter: a discusâ€" sion of radio programmes best suited to chilâ€" dren. Orkney made a progressive study of famous Canadian women, and of education and had one evening's study of Communism. Van- dorf had a panel discussion of the merits and disadvantages of television. Highland Creek presented a skit on the projects the Institute ‘ had carried through in the last fifty years. Tottenham especially appreciated two ad- dressesâ€"one by a Jewish woman who had been interned in Germany and one by a Dutch woman who told of experiences in her country during the war. Locksley Rankin reports as their “most thoughtâ€"provoking meeting" the one at which they formed small discussion groups to bring out suggestions for “a law I would like to see passed." Comhermere: a de- bate on whether girls should attend university. From the report it seems that following the debate the members continued the discussion. Films are popular in this Institute, too, partly because everyone can take part in the discus- sion following the picture. Forester’s Falls Placed first a discussion of the question of the question “Should women serve on FALL 1956 Phat/f by [him Mill; One at the lectures of the Fire Prevention reports lo the conventions of the Canadian Association of Fire Chiefs and the Association of Canadian Fire Marshals. meeting September in British Columbia, were large scrapbooks highlighting the activity of the fire services for greater fire solely, especially in the home. These books were prepared by the Women's Institute of Pickering, Ontario, who. when they heard of the pro- ieci, volunteered their services, The lock involved the sorting and posting of thousands of newspaper clip- pings. The fire organizollons placed value on the books as enabling them to chart The right courses in directing public utlention to lire, which claim: over 500 lives and a hundred million dollars a year in Canada Holt 0! those who perish are children and these tragedies are, in the main, the result of human carelessness. The more the public is acquainted with simple practices of fire safely, the fire-lighters believe. the greater will be the success of curbing the scourge. Canada's per capiiu lire Ins: is one of the worst it not the worst, of any civilized notion today. The pholc shows, left: Mr. J. H. Peallie of lhe Ontario Fire Mar- shuls' Associution; right: Fire Chief Tom Poveling. President Canadian Assouziolion of Fire Chiefs, and mem- bers of Pickering Women's Institute who worked on the scrap books. school boards?” At Brooklin the choice was divided between a programme on how newâ€" comers to Canada work for their citizenship papers and learn our language an customs, and a programme on the history of old churches. Castlemore: the Citizenship and Education programme. The roll call was “One step I would make toward world peace.” The essay “How is the organization to which I belong contributing to world peace” written by a member for the A.C.W.W. Competition was read. And there was a debate “Resolved that a career and marriage can be combined sucâ€" cessfully. Trout Mills placed first a programme on the work of UNESCO. Clinton: a film on the work of the United Nations in health and agriculture in India. East Norfolk Juniors: a programme on local governmentâ€"the work of the townâ€" ship and county councils and how the tax- payer’s money is spent. Union studied a part of the Hand Book at each meeting. Pefferlaw placed first a past president’s analysis of the Hand Book. Komoka, following a course in Programme Planning, had a panel discussion on the course. Atherton: a panel discussion of radio and television programmes. Athens had 27

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