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Brooke specializes in hobbies. It would ap- pear that they have an item on a hobby at each meeting, . Central Ennjskillen especially enjoys its annual Friendship Meeting. Each member is asked to bring a friend and the programme is built on a friendship theme. Shetland, at each meeting had a member give a short talk On a motto, followed by a discussion by the members. I Brick School: So that the members might better understand the Mary Stewart Collect, each convener was asked to explain two lines of the collect at her meeting until it had all been covered. Fair Grove and Caistorville report lectures on the Ontario Hospitalization Plan. Frankville borrowed a Felt Work Kit from Home Economics Service. They used the kit and put on a good display of articles made from old felt. _ Grantham reports: “Our pot luck supper is always good. Everyone brings too much â€" that is the reason we get the men to come. This year we had a dance â€"4 square and modern. We found the teenagers had youth on their side.” Byron says: “We had one clause of the Mary Stewart Collect discussed by a member at each meeting and they brought out some very good thoughts. The Collect is worthy of study.” Coldstream: “Undoubtedly. the feature of our year’s programme that aroused most in- terest was a panel discussion “Are present day parents too easy on their children?” North Lobo: “It was a tie vote as to which was our most popular programme of the year: a humorous account of a trip to Ireland or a meeting where a sixteenâ€"yearâ€"old girl demâ€" onstrated to us oldsters her method of making sweet rolls." Gravenhurst says: “We plan our year’s work so that everyone is a member of a committee." Atherton, Lynn Valley, Oakcrest each had a talk on Remedial Education by the Public School Inspector. Lynedock: a study of the Canadian Indian. Colborne: a local doctor's talk on Emergencies. Quaker Hill: panel disâ€" cussions on Education and on the question: “Are people of modern times as satisfied and happy as people thirty years ago?“ Myrtle staged the panel “Sixty Years in Review” borrowed from the loan library. Pickering had a local naturalist, Mr. Alfred Bunker, speak at a meeting to which they in- vited the public school pupils; and they had the Public Relations officer for the Stratford Festival, Mr. Charles Taylor, at a meeting to which the high school students were invited. Brown’s recommends more demonstrations by members and not so many outside speak- ers. This year they had demonstrations by members on dish gardens, cooking and hair wavmg. Embro and West Zora prepared and pre- sented a skit “Early Housekeeping in West Zora.” 36 Kintore: A panel by a parent, a teaci a ratepayer on “Are the schools dgj job?” Princess Elizabeth, Oxford North rem mends more singing and contests at im-r-nrm: for sociability; at the same time a dental“? tion or talk so that members can {m a” have learned something. At their ,1. meeting, following the business and of officers, they had a general disc“.- plans for the year ahead, They from all members and everyone 5e; feel they had accomplished someth- Plattsville presented two plays do year, one of which was written by a . Woodstock North: A panel on m. with representatives from the disi ratepayers, the school board and the Board Member acting as chairrr w». ._‘ was considered very worthwhile, At Brownsville, members felt the: On Shyness in children and a van- ._ which brought in $40 for the build. .5, for the school for retarded children , i bf. mentioned. 7 Culloden: an address by a dent lean Brampton, a lecture with films by a r m. tative of the Department of Lands - i‘ ests. Mount Elgin, next to a talk on it mo] for retarded children, found their d..- of antiques and crafts and hobbies espc . 2:; teresting. Norwich: At a May meeting, three ‘ whose mothers had “notable” gardt 391‘ and 1'19 1119:: community, told how their mother: Lir- ranged and developed their gait ind shared them with others. Otterville at each monthly mean. vie five minute study of a clause of i .lary Stewart Collect. Golden Gate has a section of the H. Limo}: read at each meeting. Trout Creek recommends a progra ~ ric- veloped from the Study Kit on It. 3.13; Furniture. Hampstead had a Fire Marshal :; on “Safety in the Home," and a Police V ‘1 on “Safety on the Road.” Several programme features on Mi. research are mentioned in the follo' <90- tion on Historical Research: Historical Research Brampton East reports that the in u- of all the churches and schools have is. £959“ at meetings and are in the Tweedy mi his; tory and that histories of two farms . cm?“ each year by the present owners. Fisher’s Corners sent some histor "i 1h? community to be published in a local iiDL'I 1“ connection with a centennial celebz LI'II- Thomton: a member helped to (11.131193 history for the township centennial. Ingleside had a paper on the oi“ Grand‘ Trunk railroad that had served the w iiiillllfl' ity for many years. HOME AND SOUNer