Home & Country Newsletters (Stoney Creek, ON), Fall 1959, p. 33

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Choral number in o skil at a Keltleby Institute meet- ing depicting the Insti- lute's first meeting nearly fifty years ago. cards and gifts at Christmas time: invites school :hildren to a midsummer picnic and sponsors two wall teams. Teeswater helped to supply clothing for a local my to go to the School for the Deaf in Belleville. Kars put on a Stephen Foster concert and found talent they did not know existed." They raked people outside the Institute membership to .tke part and as a result of this they gained four iew members. At Kars two Institute members coached school hildren in square dancing so they could enter re competition at the Manotick centennial. Leitrim sponsored a Parents‘ Night at the local :hool during Education Week. Antrim arranged picnic for the two schools in the area. Huntley ponsors classes for children in ballet and tap .incing: also a contest in public speaking. Richmond held its sixth annual Music Festival iis year. In started six years ago with a one-day 'ogramme. Now it las's for three days. They no sponsored figure skating this year and a flower 10W. Rosemont gave its support to a baby clinic id swimming classes for 108 children. They cn- y bus trips and family slippers and films. The im “Postmark Canada" was especially mentioned. Zereward has a member assist at the baby clinic rice a month. When the town hall was redeco- led the Institute provided draw curtains and etching drapes for the auditorium. ln Orangeville the town bell was being removed. .ie Institute ptlt in a petition to the town council ‘ have the bell remain. as many people had come depend on it, and the petition was granted. Williamsburg sponsored a drama club, the Villiamsburg Little Theatre." Corinth among its any community services arranged an open meet- .; to inform the public about the Ontario Hos» val Plan when it was introduced. Springfield says: “We maintain a Women‘s latitute Hall which is available to the community ~r the Junior Band practice. family parties. bridal owers, wedding receptions. church groups. imination meetings and elections. Roseland lets L” boy scouts, girl guides, cubs and brownies ‘lVE the use of their hall for their meetings and Winquets. They held a card party and raised Money to buy a record player for a school for i- larded children. Oldcastle also held a card party l-ir the benefit of this school. Good Neighbor branch purchased a hall. tak- -“g a mortgage of $600 which they paid off dur- FAH. 1959 ing the year. Some of this amount was raised through card parties held during the winter. Most of the Institutes in Grey county are con- tributing to a fund to provide a memorial to Agnes McPhuil. in the form of a scholarship. Durham set up a display of antiques and a pioneer scene for the centennial fair and put on an old-fashioned play for the agricultural society on fair night. Clavering rents a ball field and bars a supper for the teams and the communin at the end of the season: also provides prizes and lunch for the Ht-tllowc‘cn social at the school, The children plant slips from window hoxcs into tin cans and sell them at the social and this along with a small admission charge is their money for the Junior Red Cross. Kilsyth: “Our health convcnm‘ asked our M.O.H. for an immunization clinic so a clinic was are ranged for thc Dre-school children of the town- ship. the first in about fourteen years.” Bruce Centre district put on a Variety Concert last year and did so well “lll’l it that they are having another this fall. Haldimand Junior Women‘s Institute took part. with the Junior Farmers. in public speaking and debating. the study of trullic safely. on annual church service. annual bunqucl and it still: of mailbox signs. They also took “The Third Meal" project with the senior Institutes of the county. Jasper cntcrlaincd their hiin school \ludcnls to an agricultural programme with a special speaker. Dr. Carver from Hull Laboratories. :1 number of the students ptâ€"ll‘.lL‘iptlllng in thc pro- gramme. Kemptvillc reports “setting aside $2.000 of their funds” for the new district hospital. Burritt‘s Rapids started a recreation committee; paid for street lights and for servicing them. Oxford Mills “sponsors street lights." Ventnor provided a hall for recreation gatherings for the young people of the community. Cherry Dale contributed gent-rous- ly to members and their families in times of serious illness and accidents. HopevilleSwinton sent hampers of canned goods and other food to a family whose father and mother were in hospital. Willow Run‘s family night took the form of a hot meat~pie supper with a showing of films after- wards. Bothwell‘s Corner. Grey county. co-operated with the local school board. agricultural society and farm forum to improve a piece of property purchased by the school board and this work will continue. 33

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