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President Ask a busy person to do 21 job and ten to one the b will be well done! Iliat delines the character ol‘ the newly elected csidenl ol‘ the Federated Women's Institutes ol‘ 0n- iio, Mrs. Clarence Diamond. New Hamburg. In her 37 years since joining the Women‘s Institute has worked on all levels of the organization. this orded the opportunity to understand and appreciate c work of the Women's Institute. A past President ‘kl Secretary 'l'reasurer, as well as a life member of itsi'ille WI Branch in the Region ol’ Waterloo. she is .o .i past President of Waterloo South District. She served as PRO for the FWIO before becoming and Director; elected to FWIC as Director-at‘largc «I after the change at FWlC‘s Constitution “Florâ€" ice" was appointed a vice president for Ontario. Mrs. Diamond served on the handbook and b}- .n committee for both the provincial and the na- inal boards. and wrote brochures [or both FWIC d Haysville Branch. A lil‘e member ol~ ACWW. M rs. i.ln10nd has attended Conferences as a voting dele- MC in Lansing. Oslo and Perth. Born in Wellington County she attended Weller .‘L‘rclarial and Business College. Alter graduation. llL‘ became receptionist and ofiicc manager for a med- .il doctor. She married Clarence Diamond and to- t-thcr they moved to the family farm south of Ne“ Itinihurg. As :i farm wife and mother ol‘ two. she still .t-mcd to find time to assist mth 4H and help out stir the Senior Courses oil'ered to the WI. Alter her iixband‘s death she moved to New Hamburg. She represents lhe Township Council on the Medi- ,i' Aid Liaison Committee and on the Waterloo Heri- “gt local architectural Conservation Advisor} Comâ€" iiiee. In 1977 the Council honoured her by propos- Iig her name for a Queen‘s Jubilee Medal. Actively involved in the women's organization in he church, she also is clerk of the session. and has ontributed to the writing of history books and is a «eivspaper correspondent. Over the past years Mrs. Diamond has conducted Procedure Workshops on WI Procedure. Both her children are married. Dr, Douglas Diaâ€" mond lives at Meul‘ord with his wife and two children .ind daughter Mrs. Bruce Cavanagh and husband re- \Idt.‘ in Kingston. PROFILE Public Relations Officer May (Cooper) Brown first heard about the WI while living In the city ol'loronto. She and Mrs. Helen Armstrong, FWIO Secretary, both received their intro- duetion to Women's Institute through Mrs. Archibald Empringhani and consequently both joined the Mary H Graves Branch in York East District. ' Mrs. Brown said too. she didn‘t kI’lOVK ho“ mam other opportunities there were after joining the Wl. Her first short course was Hooked Rugs. when the Mary H Graves and Scarborough Junction joined to gether. . "May" Is well suiled to assume the duties ot~ Public Relations Ofiicer for FWIO. Dealing Wlll'l people “as her business. She and her husband. a lormer second world war RCAF officer, owned a retail food outlet in Washago for 23 years. You learn a lot and become a much more tolerant person when dealing constantl} Will] the public. Mrs. Brown was born in the hamlet of Cooper‘s Falls and raised on a l'arm. Having lived in both a small community and large city has broadened her outlook on life. After graduation from Shaw Business School. she worked and later married John Brown in 1945. The) have three daughters and one son and one grandchild. After purchasing the food outlet. it became a famâ€" ily business and for many years the children were in- volved. As they gradually received their education and left home the Brown‘s finall} sold the business and built a new home in Washago in 1975. A member ol'the Washago W] for almost 25 years she has served in most of the offices. including Presiâ€" denl. Also. District President of Simcoe East and on the Simcoe Area Executive during her three year term 35 Board Director. Mrs. Brown attended the FWlC Convention in PE] and the ACWW Conference in Lansing. Active in her community. she serves on the official board ofthe Church. a Sunday School Superintendent and member ol‘ the UCW. A volunteer in the Cana~ dian Cancer Socreiy and Treasurer of the Communin Centre. she still finds time for crafts and needlework. Yes. when we phoned May Brown. she was busy preparing for a needlepoint course she is teaching in her home. UI