Home & Country Newsletters (Stoney Creek, ON), Summer 1963, p. 32

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bells and some of us had prepared questions to get things started. We discussed such commu- nity problems as trucks speeding on the road past the school and whether Mother should have a daily coffee break, One talented mem- ber had made up advertisements presumably for the local storekeeper and a farmer who clears snow from laneways with his tractor. We all felt we hadn‘t wasted our time comtng to that meeting.“ Members of Garden Hill lnstitute's class in samplers with instructor, Mrs, Evelyn lacks who introduced the sampler proiectl second From left, back row. Mrs. Stanley Gray at Garden Hill Institute with the sampler she designed based on the story of her ton-til form. V 32 “Members of Sunday Creek Women“, |n_ stitute recently held a quilting parry 10 WW on a Friendship Quilt,“ writes Mrs. B. Broumce “The quilt had been started in 1959 and K'sork; ed on in leisure time. The quilt has gum r.m_ broidery on a green and white backgmmd The larger centre panel has the Institute ’ test embroidered in the Institute colors. at ' the' four corner panels have the provinein‘ ‘ ‘ I ‘ “m- blem. trilltums, tn embrotdery. The rent ‘ l quilt blocks have the names of the memt “If? the Brentha Community embroidered on IIL “A somewhat similar ‘Friendship m- was made by the Brentha Ladies‘ Aid h nu and is kept in the community as a ham qr with the past and holds human intert; 1d historical values. Things like this. mm m] preserved by women's organizations, an. E. less and become more valuable as lhl. .n go by." Ollcrville held a very successful ‘ "3 Show. Articles contributed for the sh t. eluded dishes, cutlery. pictures, jewel! ml quilts. Six ancient Chinese scrolls were i display. The women who served at I .l tables wore old time costumes and 0 cups were used as far as possible. A home baking “went like hot cakes." Mr old Waring who reported the event “This might give some other Institute .t ,t of how to make $100 quickly as we did? For one of their roll calls. Northgtit "Did you hear . . f!" to be completed “current event.“ Iv Mrs. T. M. Gresham gives this rep» how Colborne built up an attendance ' short course on Aids to Effective Speaki. was a horrible day with snow, rain and nevertheless we had a good class. The} from three other Institutes and height ‘: communities and represented the l -= Church Women, Catholic Women‘s Lu Anglican and Presbyterian groups as w one Community Club and one Recrt. ‘ ClUb. We sent notices to twentyâ€"seven gt had an article in the local paper and a to up in the ‘Coming Events' column; and m the course announced from two radio stai One of these announcements was made 1“? Country Home Economist. Those outsidt 3 Institute who attended said how pleased were to be invited. Sending out notices sex 4 more effective than posters or newSF 'r notices in publicizing the meeting." HOME AND cow 3

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