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practice “as more often than not, the purâ€" chases are unusable and therefore a total loss.” Asking the Minister of Education to empha- size the study of the local county as a part of our present-day course of study. There is no specification at present that. the local county map and geography be studied in any particular grade. ‘ Asking the Government of the Provmce ‘of Ontario for a grant for transportation for chil- dren in outlying districts who should be in attendance in classes for retarded children and who have no way of being conveyed there now. Applying to the Department of Highways for a traffic light at the corner of Highway No. 40 and Hill Street in the Village of Corunna where the Public School is situated. The Vil- lage to assume its portion of the cost of opera- tion and installation. Requesting the Department of Highways to place signs on highways showing the angle at which railroad tracks cross the highway. Asking the Bell Telephone Company to ex- plore the possibilities of establishing some sysâ€" tem of fire alarm on rural telephone lines. Requesting the Department of National Health and Welfare to list the antidotes and instructions for their use on all products con- taining toxic ingredients. Asking the Canadian Government to broad- cast the music of the carillon, if not regularly, at least on special holidays. The request of the Retail Grocers’ Associa- tion for the right to sell beer in Ontario gro- cery stores was opposed. The Board expressed concern at the increase of automobile and other accidents due to drunkenness. Mrs. William McCutcheon, ninety years old, who has been an uciive member of Thorndole institute for the Ian forty-five years receives a Life Membership Cer- tificole from the branch. Le“ to righl: Mrs. G. Smith. president; Mrs. McCuicheon. Mrs. G. Murreil, dislricl director. A resolution that the expense of prescrip. tions ordered by a physician from the druggist be deductible from income tax when receipts are secured. A resolution that barbers and hairdresser; be required to have a medical examinalim; each year, including an X-ray of the chest Feeling that the health rules of Ontario mi not strictly enforced a resolution was his; tained that a regular investigation of 311 restaurants and lunch counters be mad. Io check on the health of all employers m1 employees. A resolution asked the F.W.I.O. thm 9.1 “Home and Country" to urge every mam.I Institute in the Province to include in one ri- .. gramme during the year the study and it. cussion of fire prevention, and the savine if lives when such fires occur, working wi- _ ever possible With the local fire departmen Again the Department of National Hg» 1 and Welfare was asked to provide pensions i 1' all blind persons in Canada without a lllt 3 test. The Government of Ontario was reque‘ through the Conservation Council, to take propriate action to preserve the White pi erty in Southern Ontario which has been i; as a public recreation ground for y through the generosity of Mr. White. Th. : one of the few areas in Southern Ont: i remaining in its natural state with Io: stream and pond. A resolution asked the Department of Li zenship and Immigration to require that , immigrants educate their children in 9 established schools of Canada. Under the p ent policy of immigration, the Board was ti . in some communities undesirable nationah a antagonisms have been introduced; '1 through the establishment of special natiol istic schools the children of these New Czi - dians, being isolated from other Canal-t fl children, tend to continue undesirable tagonism. There were resolutions: That all manufacturers be requested to l: i all fabrics whether household, yard goods. 9 Ci ready-to-wear apparel, as to their wash a or dry-cleaning qualities. Petitioning the Minister of Transport i u the advertising of alcoholic beverages no 9 allowed on our radio and television outlet To combat the American advertising of i '- tillers’ and brewers’ products which constai ‘v' flaunt before our youth the exhilaratint 1" relaxing qualities of social drinking, the 1' perance societies of Canada and the GOVL ~.- ment are asked to co-operate to launch n educational programme in the home, scho is and churches to instruct of the dangers L: d risks encountered in such social drinking. _ That more 16 mm. sound films on the Si 3- Jects of Home Economics and Horticulture for use of Women’s Institute programmes *6 made; and that the Department of Agri'wl‘ tum, some universities and colleges and me HOME AND coumRV