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Miss louise Heringa of the O.A.C. Horticultural Department with flower arrange- ments created in her demonstrations. leader and Patsy Gosneil commentator, set up an exhibit, “Cottons May Be Smart", featuring a cotton dress with special accessories to make it right for wearing to school, to church or to a dance. Meadowvale Club in Peel County had an exhibit, “Five Ways With One Vegetable," showing varied ways of preparing carrots. Their leader was Mrs. J. L. Norton and the com- mentator Joan Stewart. Members of Whitfield Club in Dufterin County with their leader Mrs. Dalton Brown, put on an entertaining skit, “A Planned Shopping Trip." The Banquet The Honorable W. A. Stewart, Ontario Min- ister of Agriculture, speaking at the banquet, told the girls: “We like to think of you as future homemakers because we believe home- making is the greatest vocation in the world," and he quoted from the Royal Bank Monthly Letter on “The Family, Cradle of Law": “The family is the single most important in- fluence upon the life and future of a child. it is required to fulfil the definition, ‘a group of people united by agreement as to the things they love.‘ In such a society children learn that certain things are right and others are wrong; they grow from stage to stage of confidence, skill, affection, understanding and responsibili- ty. They build character." On the point of character building the Minâ€" ister referred to the danger of associating ourselves entirely with material things that dis- appear quickly, and neglecting the imperish- ables such as integrity, unselfishneSs and respect for law and order. The challenge of assisting children from stage to stage of conâ€" fidence, skill, affection, understanding and reâ€" sponsibility, he said, is the reward of parenthood, Mr. Stewart said he had been especially im- pressed with the value of 4-H Homemaking Ia Clubs on a visit to Thunder Bay DiStI. cently, where he saw young mothers stil in the age for club membership, cont their club work to learn more about t. cook and manage their homes and sew to children. He complimented the girls or chOSen to come to the conference and 1's ed them that their challenge now wonltj take what they had learned back to theli munities. He hoped they would leave tt ference determined to develop the talen had been given and to use them in their and communities; from there their int would spread to their country and the “Set your sights on a high goal," the ter said. “I hope many of you will back to Macdonald Institute and train as economists to help other girls." Lynn Manson of Stormont thankéx Stewart for his address and Carol Mel of Wentworth thanked Dr. MacLachlan : hospitality of the college and the start bers’ contribution to the program. There was a delightful gaiety abOl gathering, too. From the beginning 0: Get-Acquainted Party on the evening th rived on the campus, the girls were In eager and friendly, ready for whatevr going in the way of fun or hard thinkin the Play Party on the last night with MH Gilchrist of Wellington county as Ma» Ceremonies they put on a hilarious progI original skits and songs. And, as in other years, one of the hell of the whole three days was the choral tice with Mr. Ralph Kidd of the UniThis year the program included an Ontar' Club song composed and written by Mrs â€" a song that we hope will soon have in circulation among the 4-H Clubs of our tnce. HOME AND tau [0 HQ [0 in. rat at of its n dd id: or. :1“