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Mrs. Melvin Dillabough, a Charter Member of the Elmo Women's Institute. cutting the cake at an Anniversary Celebration. South Neebing. A representative from the local office of the Ministry of Natural Reâ€" sources addressed a Branch meeting. The speaker said, “Conservation is many things to many people but essentially it is to preserve the forest as we know it, for optimum utiliza- tion without destroying it â€" so that as well as being enjoyed for its beauty, it will be a natu- ral resource to provide economic remuneraâ€" tion. Preserving the original tree is not con- servation but providing desirable species for regeneration and growth is." The talk was ilâ€" lustrated by slides showing burned out areas~ reforested areas etc. Shedden â€" A speaker at a branch meeting explained estate planning, income tax and farm evaluation. He cautioned farmers to beâ€" ware of professional evaluators who come to the door offering to evaluate the farm for a large sum of money. The best person to do this work is the farmer himself and if help is needed it is available through the Ministry of Agriculture and Food. 1': * * "if you give all. but life retain, Your gift is nothing and in vain." â€"Ibsen 31 EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS Ponsonby ~ Motto “True wisdom lit» In gathering the precious things out of each its» as it goes by." A member ended her [all “n this motto with a poem, “Think This Over.“ The clock of time is wound but once no one has the power To tell just when the hands will stop, at or early hour, Now is the only time we own. Love. toil with a will. Do not wait until tomorrow for the L‘ may then be still. "i Li 'L‘ Mountain View. After a tour of the On“ School for the Deaf in Belleville the roll for the meetings was “Something I l learned today about education.” Gilbert’s Mills -â€"- Roll Call, “Name country of your ancestors,” Park Head. Roll Call â€" Display and about an article in your home that came i another country. Berwick. “Advice For Women’s Institu found on page 84 of the new Women's l tute Handbook was read and discussed . branch meeting. Bluewater. “It's not the hours you pit that count but what you put into the ht- was the theme of an address given at a bi meeting. Glasgow. The history of postal services presented at a branch meeting. The 513'; said that the first postage stamps in the were issued in Britain in 1840. Lake St. George # Roll Call, “Somellr‘ have learned of A.C.W.W." Rugby Roll Call. “Some points Cornet" the new Handbook that we should know." Price’s Corners Motto â€" “Go often tu home of a friend or neighbour. A com" on this motto was, that it may be bettc make two short visits to a shutin than long one. Arkwright â€" The theme of a branch m ing was to familiarize members with the i Handbook. Roll call was a procedure ]car from the Handbook. Hampstead â€" Members of this branch undertaking a study of the Metric System. Central YarmOuth â€" Roll Call â€"- 501' thing I have learned from the new Handbv: Middlemarch e Roll Call â€" Tellbf ux cent current event linking Canada with 01: world powers. HOME AND COUN‘