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Between The Lines Mrs. Clarence Diamond Presrdant Federated Women‘s Institutes of Ontario Dear “'1 Members; N78 is another new beginning and no matter how you greeted It. this unmarked page is a chance to In L- me more fully, more humanely. less selfishh and very enthusiastically. But this new year also marks the start ofa new decade for our organization. From your anni- \ersar_\ celebrations last year I am sure you “Ill have drawn new inspiration for a l'L‘\'|tultl.Cd Women‘s lnsti~ tute. Eighty years is an outstanding milestone. the or- ganization was founded to meet a need and still does. \ke haye been reminded of the debt we owe to those who have gone before and laid down the object” es we can never outgrow because they have been updated with \‘tblOt'l and common sense. You are still women of \ision who will see the needs in the years ahead and keep alive those sparks of knowledge. goodwill. truth and beauty in what has come to he a very materialistic world. Perhaps there has never before been more need for this \‘tSlUfl and resourcefulness than today when gadgets seem to count for more than graciousness. We will always need to create tangibles that will giye strong character to our living. And then this new year is also a serious beginning for me as a new chapter in my life has been opened by my election as your Provincial Presidcnl. Mav l say a \ery sincere “Thank you“ for this honour as l humth accept the responsibility with an assurance to you that 1 will try to merit your confidence by serving to the best of my ability. With your L‘O-Opet'fillon we can en~ thusiastically approach this ninth decade in WI work with a healthy curiostty about what is going on in today's world. With a keen sense of responsibility we can prove. by our studies and our actions. that we are tolerant. understanding and aware of the needs of othâ€" ers. Naturally we take pride in our past but as we pause and look ahead one factor already emerges. We are not alone on the organizational bandwagon seek- ing new recruits for our membership ranks. But who are they and where can they be found? I would like to challenge that we have not tried hard enough to in volve nor invited our neighbours to participate in our monthly meetings. Let us take this as a personal mem‘ ber blitz as we sit down and think about our own com- munities and do something about including those who have not yet seen the light of our educationally-ori- ented meetings. There is now no such thing as the iso- 4 lation of most rural people front city influence in ur- ban people from the country way of living 5‘“ Wm ago the SllhjCClS under our (‘onvencrshipu “m. changed to suggest more appealing ave-mm 1"" women no matter where they lived, Not u|| palm.” “I living are good or had but each of as needs to ills-W and understand the other‘s viewpoint. tl‘ we are mm programing with current new ideas under our ohm; tivcs. then we will meet the needs of ALL \vunn . m our individual districts. We appreciate the privilege we have of helm to our organivation and the freedom Wt: enjtw hi and think things out for ourselves. That may TllL‘.l need to change some of the ways we have trim.“ things as we aim for MORI: goals and set prion“. meeting them. Our structure gives guidance .iii' murages us to research and discuss today's issul, tl are we assuming our responsibilities l'ully'.’ We \t. i fresh enthusiastic communication in our eomnm. initiated by women of ALL experiences_ At our Area Conventions our Home Econm alerted us to many- energy conservation means hu‘ weyust go home and think 'that affects the other it not me"? We need to discuss our problems and tak- tion as to the way we. as tndntdttals. can sau- years ago the Home hconomics‘ Branch conducted trition Workshops in all ofour WI Districts. Willi t constructnc programing did we follow tip'.‘ Han cyer planned a study on food additives and lllt'l feels or taught your members to read the labels- gredicnts on food purchase in the supermarket" WI has always based its programing on being tht diuni through which the member and her family it learn to Inc more nutritionally but also become l~ informed and thus a better citizen. Changes Lift us and we need to discuss the problems of olhc well as our own in today's society for farme life fails w hen humans fail The old garment of hung does not lit any n We ban: to appreciate a backward look at achievements but it' we want to live comforiahl this world all ofus must let out the seams of our 11‘ ing and gain more knowledge and understanding us destroy the myth that education is over at tin of certain completions. like retirement. and an or put a period there. Education is a lifelong expert and we can put a comma here and there and g alert in our times to the goals we want to rein creating a more peaceful and understanding w The WI is still concerned whether the beautiful : stroycd. whether the sensitive and tender are bru where there is injustice in all parts of our world. what is being done about these. Our co-lounders. ‘ Hoodless and Mr. Lee. were not afraid to step n untrodden ways and try to make improvements II- hcnerit of those who followed and we must not that fire. Future progress in our organization will depth our attitudes and individual acceptance of the t lenge to gain new members and make our orgdt‘ tion still more farreaehing in our oviin country. ‘- choices and plans we make today will determinu future when tomorrow arrives. lilL‘ Tin 'c .L» l'