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and wrote the overall story on the first two es, sa 5: paEThe gooklet is definitely not the work of any one person, nor even an editorial commit- tee. It is a typically co-operative venture In which a great number of people have had a part. In addition to the thirty-odd writers whose names appear in the book there was probably twice the number who obligingly dug into recâ€" ords for dates and facts, who searched attics, trunks and family albums for pictures of past officers and scenes of early years. (One pho- tograph of a past president came all the way from the west coast for inclusion in the book.) There were the committees who wrote in- numerable letters, made countless phone calls and spent many evenings discussing, consider- ing, tabulating, putting together and taking apart. and making decisions (sometimes with qualms) on all sorts of things. And there were the just as coâ€"operative print- ers, composers, type-setters, picture scanners and office staff, whose skilled hands and end- less patience finally wrought a thing of beauty and interest from a rather unwieldy conglom- eration of material. This, I might add, is one of the nice things about getting a job done in one's own home town. A city publisher, I'm sure, while undoubtedly equally efficient, wouldn‘t have been nearly so interested and painstaking. “It is our feeling that the Women’s Instiâ€" tutes of Renfrew South have again carried out a very successful project â€"â€" this time unique in that it is not in the nature of a ‘hand-out’ to other folks, but something for their own members and co-workers to enjoy and to treas- ure for many years to come." A Tweedsmuir History Tea N JUNE the Staffa Women's Institute held I a Tweedsmuir History Tea at the home of the curator, Mrs. Cecil Bowman. Repre- sentatives of neighboring Institutes, Dublin, Gould’s, Glen Gowrie and Kirkton were pres- ent and displayed their Tweedsmuir History books along with the Staffa Women’s Institute Tweedsmuir History Book. The stone house in which the tea was held is over a century old and the farm has been in the family since it was purchased from the Canada Company by Mrs. Bowman‘s grand- father, Wm. Yeo. Hence many of the old books, family pictures, clothing, antiques and furniture belonging to the older members of the family and still in the home were on display. There were also hooked and braided mats made from old shawls and table covers, and knitted mats from carpet rags sewn by Mrs. Bowman’s ma~ ternal grandmother. There was also a display of articles Mrs. Bowman had received from a 22 The Bowman home over one hundred years 0 “it. its garden of roses and hollyhocks. pen friend in Australia. The dishes used l= n. ing tea had formerly belonged to Mrs “\- man’s mother and her maternal grandr. The hostess were her white satin weddin rm of thirty-eight years ago. The program included short talks 1 ht District Tweedsmuir History Curator an m officers of the district and area; alon ith music appropriate to the event. including: 110 “This Ole House" with words especiall' rit» ten for the occasion. Adventure in Adoption IVER VALLEY INSTITUTE ll Est R Hastings has had quite an CXPEI’lL in child “adoption” under the Sn the Children Plan. From Mrs. Percy Mat' lcn we hear that in December 1961 this I. “It sent the required $60 to F.W.I.O. and a vnh later they received the photo and case In of their child, Geriche Gunther. Gericht \ u thirteen-year-old boy who had been 5.1-. no glected by his parents and had been in mi in a Youth Home in Germany. The mm mm provided clothing; then a letter came sa} I- ml the family was in better CiTCUmSlanCR ml sponsorship was no longer necessary. In February 1963 another $60 was ~ to sponsor another child, Heintz Zellnei hl~ boy’s father had died in an accident a die mother’s pension did not provide ac alt maintenance for the family. An extra Ch: nth gift from the Institute provided Heintz \\. ni- boots and gloves and the shoes and wot adv ets for the family. This year the Instituti ml to continue their sponsorship with a it” cheque for $60. Mrs. MacMullen writes “Workers everywhere heartily comme- lhf‘ adoption of children in other lands. i 1h” way they are giving needed support ar ‘11“ enjoy life with their own family. A field Ark: er is always on the job to check the nu *1 01 the children. Money goes farther in their ‘Ufl‘ try and with wise spending the mother can receive much needed assistance for their Jilli- dren." HOME AND COL-"RT