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Manon airport, Mr. and Mrs. Smolcic, their two. year-Old son and a fourteen-year-old sister of Mr. ngICic. (The Smolcics are natives of Jul“). Xmin and came to Canada from a refugee camp in Italy. Ed.) They Were greeted by members of the committee and an interpreter, who stayed for . week with the family to help Mr. Smolcic un- ifirsland the highly mechanized machinery on me farm where he was to be employed. Tim-e .LLS a quiet luncheon that day for the new ar« .ivnls and later in the day a small reception. .irs. Smolcic enjoys a shopping tour once a Week ih a Women's Institute member and is enter- ncd quietly in a home before she returns to i dinner for Stevo. English instruction is twice neck and on Sunday there is always someone take the family to church. The Smolcics are iaippy family and are grateful to all who have “fled them. (Mrs. Smolcic has been invited to be lember of King Women’s Institute.) ii addition to the above activities the Women's itutes. in the early months previous to World iigee Year. had been hard at work raising is for the General Fund. King Institute a nber of the UNA in York County. observed ld Refugee Year by inviting Mrs. Douglas 5 tierson. national champion of the refugees. to - ‘k to a joint meeting in June 1959. Since then l and sister Institutes have transported speak- t on this humanitarian cause through World l zgee Year. Dr. and Mrs. Hardy Hill of Rich- I ll Hill never failed to weather the storm if ‘ were called upon to show films on the plight fie refugees, and a considerable amount of = .,-y was raised and an immeasurable amount t ihlicity provided. n‘ing the preparation for the Smolcic family . iilSil‘OHS fire. which took the lives of two | children, occurred in King Township. A | 1 fund was established and again funds and t mg were needed. All the Women's Institutes l -nded. this story is being written the King Women's l ute is catering for a tea to raise money for I \‘eWmarket Hospital, and all neighbour ln- - us are assisting. 1 these troublous times. the spirit of sharing \‘ he the only thing that can save the world.“ 7 ilhtlr Lee Kinsolving. ii ‘or's note: The author, Mrs, Ursula McLen- I‘ a member of King Women's Institute. was i 'man of this refugee project in York conntyJ iomecraft in the County Home By Mrs. Bert Egglesfield f .1 HIS project began when the Superintendent i of our Home for the Aged asked if I ‘ could arrange to have some members 0f ll South Tarentorus Women‘s Institute meet "i in Mrs. M. Smith. Supervisor of Handicrafts iii Ontario Homes for the Aged. Five Institute m .nbers and three Salvation Army ladies Came. “K were surprised at the small attendance but Wr carried on to the end of Mrs. Smith’s threeâ€"day Ctnii'se. FALL 1960 A resident of the Davey Home for lhc Aged showing Ihe Icy poodle modc- in the hondicrnll (loss, Pholo CourlI'Gy Snull Daily Slat. “1E learnt-d lllc :tJ'i of [linking HUM-CH. l'tium rubber ll‘l‘- WNW“ Lind ltl'l‘ lill‘r‘lt‘ .Illlll‘l.tl\ and agreed to him on \lhttl \\c had lL'.Ill'lL'tl In llic residents of our Dll\c‘_\ Home \11 lllL' \t'ulllg em to be done h) hand. the ltleu I‘L'lilfa’ in lime the older people the lhcil ll‘tlnLl\ as much EIN pusxll‘lt‘. We found they could handle the \llmllc‘!‘ Inks made of foam rubber Lll'ttl lllc lltmcls. hut in making l'ur l‘iihiic Ltl‘lilll:ll\ lht‘t unnltl lmc lIllL‘l'lL'Nl â€"the \Hll'k \HH u little dll'l'lclill l'ni lllt‘lniirl‘til the} enjoyed “inching its and triing, We visited llic Home ctach xii-ck. wincllmcx' making tun or three Halt» [he will people en- im‘ed these- Hslls. not so much I'm lilt.’ mnk. but for the cont.th uilh someone uhn L'ill'IJLl they told Us tlicu' lalllc sloriex unil timihlt-x lllL"made little gills uhlch they :I‘il‘sL'tl us to mull to friends; and the) uch so plcusctl “he” an :lI’liclc they made looked like Ilic sample. Out of this Humccrufi ('Iim lhc Dan-x Hume Auxillar} um organized \Hll‘l mist-ii .ls presi- dent and ,\l|'\, ( lull: Fggle‘lltltl :u Nllik‘HlNlll' of crafts. The muons church gmuhs semi lllIJllll‘L'H to the meetings .intl our pimccls urt- llllnylng sunshine into the l|\“v;‘~. of these wumr citi/ens. I think one of [110 best plll'l\ at our programme is the celebration of liirlhduys. Wu uvt 1pc eight- een birthdays 11 month in [he Home. and ouch month we give it list of those haying l1ll‘ll‘ttl.|}5 to any interested gioup desirous of llL‘l]‘il’ll.'._E'.th individual hiding a birthdtt) thut month is in, vited to a part} in a room designated by the Superintendent. There is Ll. programme. cuch gut-st receives :1 gift and .1 simple lunch is server]. We find that tiny cup cakes iced in dillcrent Colours with a candle on each receive gfL'lllvilPPlitllSC. The candle. or any favour. is cherished for months. 25