Home & Country Newsletters (Stoney Creek, ON), Winter 1960, p. 13

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of major commodities. such as eggs and hogs, O.F.A. has asked for limited support by means of nonâ€"incentive floor price supports, plus a good self- help farm marketing programme. Control over supply is a matter of public and farm concern. If the opinion of the Ontario farmer delegates is accurately represented by the recent O.F.A. conference, we can be certain that most Ontario farmers continue strongly to believe in doing me job themselves through their own organization Miscellaneous Reports Miss Ethel Chapman had been asked by F.W.l.0. .0 attend a meeting to discuss a Canadian Centre of iiilms for Children. 25 organizations were repre~ ented and plans were made for establishing this ‘entre. This Centre would prepare a catalogue of ,hildren's entertainment films now available in anada, with sources; would organize distribution ‘u‘ough existing children‘s film groups and help to rganize new groups; would work towards reducing he barriers that hinder the international exchange i' children's films; and promote the production of ‘iildren’s films in Canada. Mary Field. Chairman of the International Centre !' Films for Children, will tour Canada this spring id it is expected that a formal setting up of the :ntre will coincide with her visit. Replying to a comment at the meeting on Child- u's Films that most rural children do not go to .wie theatres in the evening and on Saturday after ions as town children do. it was said that the ‘lalogue of Children‘s Films and the films them- lves would be available to rural communities I rough film councils. libraries and other means of vtribution. In connection with the Toronto Evening Telegram tlio project, Mrs. Maynard reported that at the ne of the board meeting requests had been ceived from 87 branches for radios for people thout radios and unable to buy them. and that .9 had been sent out. \lembers are reminded that Hasty Notes. with a :ture of the Adelaide Hoodless house on the front ge. are available from the F.W.I.O. office in ekages of three for 30 cents or at a special price the dozen. F.W.I.0. sterling silver coffee spoons i: also available at $2.00 each. Either would make cellent gifts for speakers, Visitors or prize winners. aw that the Adelaide Hoodless home belongs to Women’s Institute members, a good book to ldy or to use as programme material is “Fifty "rll'S of Achievement" outlining the origin and his- .V of the Women‘s institute through the first fifty :trs. This also can be obtained from F.W.I.O. lice for 50 cents per copy. Cheques or money - lers must accompany orders for these articles and mid be sent to the Federated Women's Institutes I Ontario, 20 Spadina Road, Toronto 4. Out. Resolutions l'hree resolutions received from Central Area "-lllng with the education of retarded children ‘ 'ueived unanimous support from board members. ltlesc resolutions request that the Provincial GOV» -. nment or the Ontario Department of Education - «time complete responsibility for the education and ""51115 0f retarded children; speed up auxiliary ‘rhOOIS and supply specially trained teachers at township and local level, or make available increased WINTER 'l 960 grants for this work. This resolution was considered of such importance that a delegation from F.W.l.0. will present it personally to the Provincial Minister of Education and the Ontario Welfare Department in an endeavour to speed up assistance and to obtain greater financial aid for existing schools for retarded children. immediately. Seventy resolutions were studied. several of a like nature were grouped together and studied collective- ly. Mrs. Gordon MacPhutlcr. Convener of Resolu- tions, conducted this session. A recommendation made by Mrs. Macl’hultcr at the Spring Board Meeting that a resolutions committee be appointed was accepted. and the committee for this year is Mrs. James Huggcrty. Mrs. E. W, Bricsc. Mrs. D. W. Cameron and Mrs. Bruce Connell. The following resolutions from the North Central Area were sustained: That hospitalization be provided by the Ontario Provincial Government. by legislation. for treatment as required for sex perverts. and after treatment that they be put on probation for a two‘year period. That the Canadian Consumers Association be requested to ask the nmnul’ucturcrs of rcady-to-wcttr clothing â€" blouses, houscdrcsscs. ct celcru 10 intro» ducc horizontal buttonholcs in all these garments its vertical hullonholcs are not satisfactory. That C.A.C. request designers of garments for stout women to produce a variety of styles more suilahlc to them. As snow-plowed snow hanks ot'lcn conceal approaching trains at railroad crossings. that the Ontario Board of Transport be asked to huvc some device installed at the most dangerous crossings in Ontario warning of this danger, tEcho Buy. Bar River and Dcsbarais were cited its examples.) As many schools in Ontario are situated beside much travelled highways, that the Department of Highways in [he vicinity of schools. be asked to reduce the speed limil, provide crosswalks and indi- cate these changes with proper signs. Cochrttnc3l‘cn1iskaming Area: The road cast of Cochranc extends about twenty miles. A resolution was sustained urging the Depart- merit of Highways to extend this road to La Rcinc. Quebec. in View of the necessity of such a road in building up a permanent scltlcmcnt in this area for prospective farmers. The following resolutions were sustained: Northern Arcu: Asking for improvement of sewing thread to eliminate knots and thin strands now found in many sewing threads. * * * Some families can trace their ancestry back in“ years but haven‘t the slightest idcrt where lllL'll' children were last night. ‘ v ' â€"I:rtrl Werstinc "There is no heatttiiicr of the complexion, or form. or behavior, like the wish to scatter my and not pain around us.”~l€mcrsnn. "Life is a grindstnne. Whether it polishes you up or wears you down depends on what you're made of" t t i 13

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