Home & Country Newsletters (Stoney Creek, ON), Summer 1967, p. 29

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Comments and Suggestions Cedar Hill says: “Our Christmas meeting oved that members had hidden talents in aking decorations. They were beyond all ex- ' More meetings should be planned at the branches of a district should get to- ther more than once a year at the annual. d have a good speaker on a subject that fects our daily living." I A great many Institutes all over the provâ€" ce are doing what they can to assist with 6 education of retarded children. Victoria owing how the proper kind of education It help them to be useful, happy citizens, 'nd able to work at some job within the range . pf their ability.” Thorndale reports: “This year we set up mmittees such as program. social. finance '3‘ and banquet with a convener for each and .‘Hfthe members divided to serve on the dif- itferent committees. This saved time at our regular meetings. If a banquet came up. all We did was refer it to the banquet committee Eff-find they took over." This Institute also says: ifji‘We didn’t have an International program this ~Pfiyear. There aren‘t enough months to work 1in everything. Couldn‘t we have an Interna- l-fional convener and do without a Resolutions 'Onvenership? We believe resolutions could , e handled at the regular meetings.“ Lu] Kerwood says: “Don‘t be afraid to try new f§<~things. Several of our members got together impromptu band with washboard, bells, __'Wik3200. etc., and provided numbers for a con- . [port at the County Home." Balsam Hill also considers its International E'meeting one of its best. A new member. a _'--".l_:lative of Holland answered questions about 'lirlflolland and showed articles from there. An- "i‘i other member collected a display of articles from the British Isles. France. Corsica and fSpain and told about each. The gathering :1. Sang "A Song of Peace." -.n l 71‘? Miss Jenn Lo Rose, l r ' of M. l, lnglewood, winner of the Peel l County Women's In- stitute Bursary, Jean has completed 15 Homemaking C | u b r. proiects and is a { student at Lukeshore ' P Taochers' College, f Toronto. Muirkirk Women's Institute presented pictures of old Ortord Township Schools to lhc new Orlord Township Public School. Mrs. Ernest Guyill (left), head of a committee for this Centennial Proi8ct, and Mrs. Allen Fcnton, president ot the Muirkirk Branch of the W0- mcn's Institute. Brampton West sends this suggestion: "This is the second }’Ctll’ that we have had our unnqu meeting dinner catered by a neighbor ing group 77 this. year .1 church group. We met at |t).3(). bad old business :Ind annual reports in the morning with a hot dinner tll noon tollowcd by it sing-song and :i skit. The installation of officers and new business were completed by 3 fun. Members were pleased with the early finishing time as they bud air» rived on time in the morning. At this meet- ing we had our biggest attendance ot‘ the whole year." When Derry West entertained the 4-H Homemaking ('Iub girls. the girls and Insti- tutc members were \cntcd alternately and each girl was introduced by the woman next to her. The girls said it made them feel that they "belonged." it * i: Maturity â€" among other things â€" not to hide nne's strength out of fear and, consequently. live below nnu's best. Dag. Hammarskiold in "Markings" 442$ 29

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