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for herself. The reading of a play and the choice of a play for a local drama group have been features of special interest in many groups where this course has already been given. In Women‘s Institute Procedures, the course. “Aids to Effective Speaking" is continued and two workshops are introduced. A Branch Workâ€" shop deals with the duties of branch officers, how to conduct meetings, questions on parliamentary procedure, reports, records. public relations and programme planning. The District Workshop pro- gramme includes the duties of district officers, reports and records, questions on parliamentary procedure, planning a district annual programme. district projects and public relations. Handbooks are required at these workshops and the new handbooks will be ready and distributed to all Women's Institutes before the beginning of the new season, July 1, 1961. The 4-H Homemaking Clubs for girls and young women of from tWelve to twenty-six years old are offered two new units this year: in Foods, "Featuring Fruit" and in Clothing, “Separates for Summer”. These are in addition to some fifteen other units on in Food, Clothing, Hospitality. Health (Standing on Guard), House Furnishings and Gardening. A (Io-operative Undertaking Our home economics extension Work is decided- ly a cooperative enterprise with the govern- mental service providing the programme and staff and the local group, whether Women’s Institute or some other organization, making local ar- rangements such as providing a place of meeting and inviting all the women of the community to participate. Some Institutes have done unusual- ly good public relations work by advance pub~ licity through the press and radio, inviting the women‘s organizations of all the churches, the Home and School club and Lodges; then giving 16 North Torentorus hummer, Window Treatment exhibit m Algomu's Summary D”. The display of minimum and pictures of room merits in the bockgrowd Wm fastened on a cord lri’lc. w,” Scotch tape, then 5.1 swish, against the wall, Photo courtesy Snun ’ m, 5,“, personal invitations to women who r m belong to any of these groups, Individual men have helped, too; for example, here is t not: from a staff report: “One of the members undertook to it after all the children while the class was in t grass. either in the basement or on the grount. This made it possible for several to attend m; who could not have come otherwise.” In some places children do not seem try men; a problem. The instructor reported: "A group of women. all interested and up: n do things. They came from a radius of fin. brought their lunch and their children an: tiled themselves for the sessions." Local Leader Projects Local leaders and their groups add to ‘ L'de cational worth of extension study by the At the Perth County training school for lenders 'Iv‘ 4'“ Homemaking Clubs, leaders consider a table 'enl” tor the new project "Featuring Fruit." HOME AND CO U FURY ill-Il5â€" ‘mâ€"‘l .r‘ l :2.-