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A Reminder The author of the article above wrote to Home and Country: "Can you do anything to further publicize the fact that the Adelaide Hoodless Homestead is not at Stoney Creek, but close to St. George? So many visitors are disappointed when they come here to visit the homestead and find it is miles away. Over- seas visitors, particularly seem to take it for granted that Mrs. Hoodless‘ home was in Stoney Creek and we are sorry to have them inconvenienced and disappointed.” Historic Sites Marked By Mrs. Stuart Shier DREAM 0F many years came true for A Kirkton Women‘s Institute on August 18 when a historical plaque was un- veiled to the memory of Timothy Eaton, founder of the great retail stores of the T. Eaton Company Ltd. Timothy Eaton and his brother opened a log store. and post office in the hamlet of Kirkton in 1856 when the surrounding land was mostly in virgin forest and the pioneers were buying land from the Canada Company. He moved to St. Mary's in 1860 and con- tinued with a dry goods store. While in St. Mary’s his attractive young wife made and trimmed hats for their customers. In 1869, Timothy Eaton moved to Toronto and comâ€" menced business on Yonge Street. Kirkton is on Highway 23, twenty-five miles north of London and the County Road betvveen St. Mary’s and Exeter, This is the third historical plaque to be erected in the district. The others honored the memories of the Honorable Arthur Meighen, at Prime Minister of Canadaâ€"wthis plaque is at Ander- son, Blanchard Township, and the Honorable James Gardiner. a Canadian Minister of Agriculture, near Exeter on Highway 83. Briefs At Thunder Bay North‘s District Annual, the District Public Relations Officer, Mrs. L. S. Row drew the delegates‘ attention to the amounts of money donated to other or- ganizations and the comparatively small amounts given to Women’s Institute projects: the International Scholarship fund and the hind for Institutes in the North West Territories. Mrs. Row then made a recommendation that “because we are an educational organization, and as such are complementing, not compet- ing with other worthy service organizations, a provincial by-law should be passed regulating the distribution at donations in order to pro- tect the Women’s Institute approved projects; FALL 1963 left to right: Mrs. E. J. Cormnn, Mrs, C. Kolt, Mrs. Ivan Davey, guides on the Historic Sites and Homes Bus Tour. and that a committee be formed to investigate this thoroughly and formulate a resolution to be presented to the Area Convention at Fort Frances in September.” Although the motion on the recommendation was defeated, the members felt that the recommendation had served the purpose of bringing the situation to the women‘s attention; and that if it could be published in Home and Country it might help many Institutes to see the importance of supporting the regular Women's Institute projects. a a a: Tavistock reports several especially interest- ing programs. At one meeting their speaker was the field secretary of the Canadian Na- tional Institute for the Blind for Brant and 0x- ford counties, and guests at that meeting were eighteen members of the Stratford Associa- tion for the Blind. The speaker told of the work of C.N.I.B. in the home, in business and in the community; and of the educational facilities provided for the blind. (Perhaps there are a number of people. particularly those scattered over the rural parts of the province, who have never heard of the “talking books” (records) that C.N.I.B. loans just as ordinary books are loaned from a library.) . . . The other program features reports by the Tavistock P.R.O., Mrs. K. H. Brown, were a talk on Canada and the Colombo Plan and another 25