Home & Country Newsletters (Stoney Creek, ON), Winter 1970, p. 31

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INTERNATIONAL Camden East â€" Roll Call â€" “A Bit of In- . formation About India". The main feature of l the meeting was an address by a woman who lived in India. She told the members that in ' the village where she lives the people live in homes constructed on bamboo poles with mud packed walls and an overhanging straw roof. Here the transistor radio is of educational val- ue as Well as a status symbol but through lisâ€" tening to the radio the villagers have learned ‘ to boil the water taken from the river and so the number of cases of malaria has dropped sharply. Markstay â€" Stories from other countries provided a program of interest to members of this branch. _ Balsam Hill â€" A lesson in the French lan- guage provided the members with an enjoyable ; international meeting, Malcolm â€" A feature of an International ‘ meeting was the U.N.I.C‘.E.F. film. “Assign- ment Children”. Willow Grove â€" The roll call for a meeting with the United Nations as the topic was “Show an article from a member country in A.C.W.W.” Fort Frances â€" For the international night program each member brought a souvenir of another country. South Line Bran! â€" Paper â€" “An example of good public relations is when one organizaâ€" tion of a town or community cooperates with others in sponsoring a project and working to- gether for the good of the community." “Public Relations is having a sound program aimed at moulding public opinion, the making of good friends." Good Neighbour -â€" Roll Call â€" “One thing I would like the public to know about the Women’s Institute." Mrs. George McCuflrey, Russell County District Presi- dent (left), presenting the Advanced Honours Certifi- cate and the sterling silver cake server to Miss Michelle Luckner of the Cumberland Centre Girls' 4H Homemak- ing Club. THE JUNIOR WOMEN‘S INSTITUTES Do you want to know what the Junior Women's Institute is all about? Come to the Provincial Junior Women’s Institute Annual Meeting, The date is March 7. 1970 at Welland, First Baptist Church from 9:30 to 4:00 pm. The day‘s agenda will include an Officer’s Workshop, an explanation of F.W.I.O. frame- work and reorganized Junior Women‘s Insti- tute. Crafts and a demonstration will add a light. interesting touch to the day. Bring your ideas and take back with you the ideas of others. The fourth Junior Women’s Institute Con- vention will be held on October 2nd, 3rd and 4th at Cedar Glen United Church Camp in Bolton, Remember. not enthusiastic and you will be enthusiastic! Miss Dianne Willnrd, who re- ceived the Cochrane and Tern- iskuming Area Women's In~ slilule Scholarship from Mrs, Austin Zoeller at the Area Convention held in Molhescn in 1969. Dianne is now u slu‘ dent nurse at St. Mary's Hos- pital in Timmins. wmrm 1910 3‘

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