INTRODUCING Marion Margaret Cushnaghan appointed Septemâ€" ber ‘76 to Loan Library duties. Marion has been with the Home Economics Branch since ‘73 as a Home Economist‘s assistant. dealing with 4-H Homemaking Clubs and assisting the late Mrs. Dawson in the Loan Library when necessary. She continues with 4-H duties and now carries the re‘ sponsibility of library as well. V A Scottish gal born in Greenoch. she along With her parents and sisters Sheila and Lesley emigrated to Canada. Arriving on the Cunard line the "Carinthia" the family settled in the Toronto area. Marion received her public school education in Grccnoch Lll'ld spent her high school days at Port Credit Secondary School and Lorne Park Secondary. Graduating from Grade l2 with honours she continâ€" tied on to Centralia College of Agricultural Tech- nology enrolling in the Home Economics programme. She graduated Wlll't lirst class honours. ï¬rst in fash- ion (hcr major) and second in Home Economics. w» ‘ Miss Marion Cushnaghan, assumes duties in Loan Library. loan library. Home Economics Branch Ministry of Agriculture and Food l.t.';__‘l\ltlll\‘t.‘ lildg\.. Queen‘s Park I’oronto. ()ntai'io M7A IBS l’At‘TS in [976 the loan Library has replied to over llltlll rcqtlcslx for information. mosth for material for progriiiiiines and ittottoes. About 20!) of the requests were for information. dcm» onstration kits and slide sets. I.) let BE SPECIFIC WHEN REQUESTING INFORMA TION ' Dear Loan Librarian: I am a Women‘s Institute Member in charge (ii .,u next month’s meeting. Can you tell me where 1 car information for my programme? I. .‘tï¬l Yours: The Ladies of 0., Dear Ladies Thank you so much for your letter requestii; formation. ' lam pleased to tell you that material and into .. tion for papers and programmes is available froisi .u Loan Library of the Home Economics Branch keep ï¬les onjust about any subject you could tliii: ii" (and if you do think of a new one. we‘ll start ii i ï¬lell. Most ofour material. however. does come ii i the headings of the Convenerships, which you i ï¬nd listed in your Handbook starting on page (w The information is in the form of pampi ._ mounted papers and clippings. which can be born for periods of two weeks. (We all like to work ! it clean material. make any notes on separate PiCL i paper. and not on the original sheets.) We are trying to keep our material up-toâ€"datt .l informative. however. if you ï¬nd anything which 'l feel could be "reviewed and renewed." please l know. And ï¬nallyâ€"we like to hear from you! Did find our material useful? Would you like to see Information and Demonstration kits? We can‘t p isc to produce them next weekâ€"but we will no. i. any suggestions you send! After all. the Loan Lll is for YOUR useiu'on‘t you tell us how we can YOU? Looking forward to hearing from you. Yours Sll'lt't -ml 1., . I/flv ,--’ 7- a: Anyone can request informationâ€"just git us a months notice. as information must llf‘ he collected for you. and then once mailed can take a few days to reach your home. When _\oi write. please include your FULL RETUR‘ ADDRESS. your MEETING DATE. and lit SUBJECT FOR WHICH YOU ARE RE QUESTING iNFORMATlON. if you can b quite speciï¬c about this subject. we will be bet ter able to send appropriate information. ll'you have had a particularly wellâ€"receivct motto at one ofyour meetings. why not contrih tch ll to the Loan Libarv‘? Quite often you: motto may provide a spark of inspiration l'oi another member. especially if the topic is un-