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Here and There With the Institutes More notes from Secretaries5 Reports . Editor’s Note: The notes taken from Secre- mries' “Reports of Meetings" and published in put last issue had to do with suggestions for prugratm‘, national and international programs and projects and historical research. A few notes on historical research crowded out of the last number will be included here, along with items on community interests. how to gain new 'mrmbers and general ccunmems and sugges- rimu‘. Historical Research Stoney Creek members at the time of the 150th anniversary celebrations of the battle of Stoney Creek added a great deal to the his- IDI'ICfl] program by dressing in oldâ€"time cos» :umes and providing exhibits of antique fur- nishings. clothing. books and pictures. Broâ€" chures on the history of the Women‘s Instiâ€" tute were given to Visitors. Unionville supplied information from its two Tweedsmuir history books to the Pennsylvania German Society of York county and to the Richmond Hill Radio Station. for a three- minute broadcast on the history of Unionville. rlnstitutes of York county are providing a \eries of radio broadcasts giving the history of various villages in the county.) Members of the Mary H. Graves branch acted as guides at the Pioneer House in Thompson Park during the summer on days assigned to them by the Scarboro Historical Society. Community Interests Many Institutes sponsor 4-H HOmcmaking (Clubs. This year the Margaret Marshall Mem- orial sponsored three clubs. In Prince Institute each member donated a Christmas gift to be given to a hospital patient who did not receiva other gifts. Prince of Wales sends Christmas and birthday gifts to a patient from the community in a mental hos- pital. Desbarats gave their school's Grade VIII students a graduation dinner and had an ad- dress by a Vocational Guidance teacher, The Institute pays all expenses of their 4-H Homeâ€" making CIub. MacLennan reports a “Grade VIII Party.” This Institute sponsors evening COffee parties to enable teachers and parents to meet and get acquainted. Bowmanville members went in a group to the opening of the School for Crippled Chil- dren in Oshawa. They observed the work with children having cerebral palsy and similar WINI'ER 1965 troubIEs and the Institute plans to help the school as the work progresses. Kendal has this unique note: "Some ot‘ us do baby sitting for young mothers so they can get out.“ They also helped the recreation board with ham dances to raise funds for three ball clubs in the Village. Clavcring as part of its centennial project to “Make Canada Lovelier" has made plans to plant flowering crab apple trees at the school and the church and to promote a "clean up and paint up“ movement on farms: also getâ€" ting name plates for farms. Evidently this Institute uses the church kitchen for its cuter- ing for suppers and banquets. It is now reno- vating the kitchen “to bring it up to health standards." putting in double sinks. new counters and a hot water tank. The Institute "sponsors the local library” and bought twenty/«eight new books this year. It pays rent for a ball field for the local bumum team and supports the team financially. It also has “a very active school committee.“ Rockford provided buoy rings for sutcly at the local swimming place. Quinn held two card parties and ruist funds to buy a porto lift la hydraulic arrange- ment for lifting a patient as from u bed to a chair) for a local man who had been pur- ulyzed through an accident. The fund also provided a gift of binoculars "as he is unable to have many hobbies." Buritts Rapids takes care of the miniming beach. With the proceeds Irom curd parties they bought two second-hand sewing machines for their 4-H Homemaking Club. \Vharncliffc made and purchast clothing and gills for a needy family in the connnunity. Because of a discussion on safety for chil- dren in Leitrim Institute a cross walk was marked on the highway at the school. Greely Manotick Station hclpcd two burned our families by having a shower for one family and dressing :1 child for the other. Hockley Valley gave the use of their hall. free of Charge. to the Hocklcy Valley Sum- mcr School of Arts and Crafts for lour weeks. The Institute made all the noon lunches for the school for this period. (We tat-ac it of course that the students paid for these lunches which does not lessen the Institute's help in promoting this piece of adult education in the community. Ed.) The Institute gave the same service during the school‘s fall weekâ€"end Courses. 31