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THE ELECTIONS With Past President Mrs. Everett Small serving as election chairman and Miss Helen McKercher as scrutineer the annual election of officers was conducted on Wednesday November 26. Please see pages 2 and 11 for lists of officers for 1970. The Board of Directors accepting the recâ€" ommendation from the committee who inter» viewed applicants for the position of F.W.I.O. Secretary Treasurer, appointed Mrs. William G. Miller to that office. Mrs. Zoeller expressed sincere appreciation of F.W.I.O. Executive and Board to the retir- ing Searetary Treasurer, Mrs. John Charlton, for her excellent work in that capacity for the past five years. Mrs. Everett Small made the presentation of three French crystal Lalique birds. Mrs. Charlton ably expressed her appreâ€" ciation both for the gift and the expression with which it was presented. She spoke of her happy experiences over the five years as she worked with three provincial presidents, the Director and staff of Home Economics Branch and the Board Directors and concluded “I‘m going to count all of you as my very special friends." OFFICERS’ CONFERENCE Mrs. Gerald Holder presented a full report of the let Animal Officers” Conference held at Guelph in May when 598 delegates attend- ed. There were 719 initial applications handled with lll refunds made or a cancellation rate of 16.8%. Evaluation sheets, prepared and analyzed by Dr. Mark Waldron, Macdonald College, Montreal stressed the success of the conferâ€" ence which had been set up for Branch Presi- dents, Branch Secretary Treasurers and Mem- bers At Large, and on district level for the District Public Relations Officers. The Board accepted the proposed recomâ€" mendations that F.W.I.O. sponsor an Officers’ Conference in 1970 with the pooling fee to re- main at $30. The dates of the conference will be April 29 and 30. The branch delegates are to be chosen from (1) Branch Agriculture and Canadian Industries Conveners (2) Branch President and (3) Members-atâ€"large. District officers eligible will be the District Federation Representatives or Alternates (Board Directors excluded). Mrs. George Clarke. National Presi- dent, was to have paid her official visit at the time of the 1969 Conference but was fogâ€" bound in Newfoundland and unable to attend. An invitation has been extended to Mrs. Clarke to attend this April‘s Conference. 12 Mrs. Zoeller expressed the appreciation of the Executive and Board for the excellent am; ices rendered by Mrs. Gerald Holder din-mg her term of office as Officers’ Conferenew Sec. retary. BOARD DIRECTORS’ PROBLEM Sheets for District Annual reports wer ,_ tributed and explained and also the Cl- 1| activities and United Nations reports. :- in Board Directors asked that more space b. _ en on these District Annual reports. Broel , and copies of amendments were distribuii m the Board Directors. The President Sll' J that the Board Director should give her Ii 1 at the morning session of the District Anni. Members seemed to feel that meeting with officers in sub-divisions to acquaint : with the work of the F.W.I.O. board preven to be fruitful for discussion of \2 en’s Institute ideas and problems. When discussing Area Conventions and part the Board Directors should play it stressed that the convention is not a teacl experience but should be inspirational pro tion. The Board Directors should have a on the program â€"- not selling gifts or regi ing â€" but should give good leadership for ; gramming, act as hostesses and take some tive part at the Convention. THE ROAD NOT TAKEN Two roads diverged in a yellow wood. And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveller, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth; Then took the other as just as fair, And having perhaps the better claim, Because it was grassy and wanted wear; Though as for that the passing there Had worn them really about the same, And both that morning equally lay In leaves no step had trodden black. Oh, I kept the first for another day! Yet knowing how way leads on to way, I doubted if I should ever come back. I shall be telling this with a sigh Somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and Iâ€" I took the one less travelled by, And that has made all the difference. Robert Fro?- * 'k at HOME AND IICIUNTRY