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Victoria District (Hastings County) for 1842-49. Council Minutes of some municipalities are on record from very early times up to the present. Perhaps some conveners of historical research might find valuable information for their Tweeds- muir histories at the Archives. The Newsletter also carries this announcement: The Art Institute of Ontario has compiled a gmup of circulating exhibitions for use in schools, colleges. libraries. clubs. study groups. and comâ€" munity organizations. Some with historical sub- jects. consist of panels of photographs or repro- ductions and accompanying text. They are de- scribed in a twelve‘page catalogue. Financed by a grant from the Canada Council. they are to be had for a two-week period without cost to you except for that of shipping. ThOse who feel that such material could be useful should contact Mr. Paul Bennett, Field Director, The Art Institute of Ontario. Box 16, ll Roosevelt Drive, 5.3. 1. Richmond Hill. On- tario. Haysville presented scholarships of $15 and $10 to high ranking students at the Waterloo- Oxford High School to assist with the expense of continuing their high school studies. Honeydalc has nine members who have met on Friday afternoons for the past four years making dressings for the Cancer Society; and they report that the women of the community have been “most generous in supplying them with used white cotton." A point that might be of interest to other institutes making cancer dressings is that the Honeydale group take the scraps of maâ€" terial too small to make dressings. sew them to- gether and sell them to garages to be used for washing cars. The proceeds go to defray Institute expenses. When the history of Desboro Institute was re- viewed at an anniversary. one item of interest concerned a bale of clothing and household goods sent to victims of the Northern Ontario fire in 192]. The bale weighed 2400 pounds and was valued at ISIUOD. Another note indicates the in- creased cost of living in the last forty years. It read: “Mrs. W. A. McGregor and Mrs. C. R. Milhurn were our first delegates sent to the In- stitute convention in Toronto. They were given $5.00 each to cover their expenses." Golden Lake is especially pleased with the pro- gramme at their meeting on Health. The camping secretary of Ottawa Y.M.C.A. spoke on welfare, also stressed the importance of members of an organization working together. “They may think differently." he said. "that is their privilege, but they should agree to disagree." A medical doctor spoke on “The Heart" and answered questions from the audience. A film on blood donations was shown. The roll call was "If I were a shutâ€"in, how I would like to be remembered." I East Simone District held a school of instruc- tion to help the branch Secretary-Treasurers to make out their annual reports correctly, and to discuss any difficulties in their work. The Dis- trict Secretary-Treasurer, Mrs. V. O‘Brien re- ports: "Using the Hand Book they covered all 34 phases of information for a Secretary-Tm"W”r with some valuable help from our provincial xii-3 retaryâ€"Treasurer. As Secretary-Treasurer t'ui it:~ District I was very pleased with the rwmf and hope it can be an annual event.“ ‘ h t Among the highlights on Snelgrove‘s gramme last year which might offer sueeu to other branches were addresses by the I‘ School Inspector on “Centralized Schoolx, m. the Reeve on "The Award System,” and :i .{E Aid demonstration by a member of the Si ihn Ambulance Corps. In addition to substanti.:: nations to the county hospital and the Red ' this branch gave $100 to a woman whm. band had been hurt in an accident. i‘rl]. .lnt rilit An Invitation Miss Ruth M. Home of the Historical M: at Jordan, sends this message to the \‘l. Institutes of Ontario: “The Jordan Historical Museum of the 't m; opens for the season of 1960, on May 7 ill‘ Directors and members would like to i-. E. cordial invitation to the members of the \Vlr :1; Institute to visit our Museum. “To those who have never been, we id like to say that we know you will enjoy .i ll; to our old friends, that we are planning to :n the house of Samuel Fry the Weaver. It a twoâ€"storey log cabin. dating to 1814. Thr. re picnic tables, and facilities for making tea. “Arrangements may be made by \Vl'lilll we Custodian, Jordan Historical Museum w- in: Twenty, Jordan, Ontario; or by telephoning is land. “The Museum is reached by the Queen :- beth Way, or Highway No. 8. It is open .n 11 am. to 5 pm. daily, but special arrflnllt‘ is can be made. There is no charge for admissu' “Do come. We are proud of our Musctu “Li would like to show it to you." Fifty Years Old and 0; r Since the last issue of Home and Counti is published. we have heard that the toll Women’s Institutes have celebrated their l in anniversaries: Quaker Road in Welland West. Crowland in Welland East. River Valley in Hastings West. Blyth' in Huron West. Martinto_Wn in Giengarry. The Institutes named below have Cfliebl'ltl v- niversaries of more than fifty years: Stroud in Simcoe South. fifty-one years. Woodbridge in York West. fiftyâ€"five yeah Kincairdine in Bruce South. fiftyâ€"six years Moorefieid in Wellington North, fifty-six it South Waterloo, fiftyâ€"seven years. AyIrner in Elgin East, fifty-eight years. Thornhill in York East, fifty-eight years. West Hastings District, fifty-nine years East York District, sixty years. East Victoria, sixty years. Union in Lincoln, sixty years. Stoney Creek in Wentworth South, sill? ‘1'“ years. HOME AND couz LIRY