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Special Programs and Projects A note to P.R.0.'s: The purpose of this section is to carry special reports or news stories that may offer suggestions or inspiration from one Institute to another. So if your Institute has had some special program or carried out some special project that meant a great deal either to the members or to the community, do write and tell us about it. And please note these points: To produce a photograph we require a glossy print, not a negative. ' We cannot make a cut from a coloured picture or from a slide. We cannot give space to reports of anniver- sary celebrations or other local meetings; but the title for a particularly good topic. roll call, “motto,” debate or panel would be welcome because it might be taken up by other branches. â€"-Et‘litor. An Anniversary Review OR ITS FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY F celebration Kars Institute had a pro gram "Reminiscences 1912-62" which 1 included several short features: a skit, “The April Meeting of 1912"; 3 1914â€"18 wartime skit; a 4-H Homemaking Club skit; a grandâ€" parents’ meeting; a skit to show what the Women’s Institute Hall had meant as the cen- . ire of the social life of the community; and ‘ an A.C.W.W. pageant. The presentation of activities in the Institute Hall featured a step- dancc by the son of one of the first members of the Institute. The P.R.O. explains that while a square or round dance might have been more in line with the regular social events, it 5 would have required too much space to stage them and the step-dance brought back an art 1 of fifty years ago and made a good enter- ‘ tainrnent feature. Mrs. 135. Haggerty, F.W.I.C. President, was guest speaker, taking the theme: “Our Heritage from the Past: Our Challenge ‘ for the Future." An Orchestra For Fun By Mamie Cameron T WAS in a spirit of fun that someone I Suggested an orchestra should entertain at . our White Lake Women's Institute's fam- llY night in‘1958. So our pianist, who has an ear for old-time music, a member who could chord on the guitar, a member who played a Washboard with thimblcs on all her fingers FALL 1962 and one who rattled spoons, got together and provtded some most enjoyable entertainment for the other members and their families. “This was repeated when we were invited to vusut another institute and supply part of the program. Since then two guitar players have been added to the group and the original gui- tarist now plays a violin. For the first year or two the orchestra played just once in a while at our own meetâ€" ings but lately they have been invited to come to other institutes. One engagement was to play at Bonnechere Manor. the chfrew county Home for the Aged. We feel that our orchestra has done much to brighten up our meetings, to provide publicity for the Institute and to create good public relations; but most of all it has given a great deal of enjoyment to those taking part. Cards for Sheltered Workshop NOTHER PLACE FOR used Christmas cards and other greeting cards is rec- ommended by Mrs. George Holt, P.R.O. Thornton Women‘s Institute. Mrs. Holt writes: "We send our cards to the Shcltcrcd Workâ€" shop in Barrie, They also receive all our used stamps. This Workshop employs and trains retarded teenagers and is under the guidance of the Retarded Children's Association. These boys and girls sort and make sheets of the used stamps and they cut and use the cards to make place cards. tags, calendars and other decorative articles." This might be :1 suggesâ€" tion for other branches or individuals, International Day at Dorion OUIMET-DORIUN Institute, for its Inter- national Day. had a most intercsting program contributed by members of the community with backgrounds in other parts of the world. Mrs. Helen L. Atkinson reports that “Mrs. Kirkpatrick from the neighboring Stirling- Lyons branch delighted everyone with tales of her early days in the district after coming from Finland. Mrs. Tolmoncn sang the Hymn of All Nations. Mrs. Cupcak sang two Polish songs; Mrs. Taminen and Mrs. Osuala, their native Finland‘s National Anthem. Mrs. Broughton played and sung the United Statcs' National Anthem. Mr. Krevisitch sang in Slovak song and as an encore surprised his audience with a lilting Italian song. Dressed in native costume, Mrs. Chorzempa and Rose Pikor sang two Polish love songs; and Adam (‘horzcmpa and Miss Pikor danced two spiritcd Polish dances. Mrs. Swanson and Mrs. Hansen danced Swedish folk dances and Frank Tyler played piano 50105 by English composers." In a paper on Being a Good Citizen of Canada, Mrs. Atkinson reminded the gather- ing that Dorion, "during its sixty years of his- 27