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Junior Women’s Institutes of Ontario Update from JWIO president Here we begin, a fresh new start. Your April 1 elections should have taken place and 1 hope you have some new faces on your executive as well as some new faces in your membership. Fresh new ideas help to keep interests going and friendship spreading. The spring district meetings should be well under way. District 1 is holding their meeting on Saturday. April 13 and will be hosted by Hastings Branch; District 2 meets in May with the host Branch, Villa Nova; and, District 3 will be meeting on Saturday, April 13 with the host branch being North Grey. 1 hope you will try to attend the Spring District Meeting in your area. It will give you a chance to enjoy some workshops and meet some new friends as well as old friends. and guess what, there is no business. This is really a chance for you to enjoy some of the learnâ€" ing experiences of other J.W.l. members. Please try to attend and support your district. The Women’s Institute has formed a committee called Concerns of the Women‘s Institute of the Future. This Committee is headed by Mrs. Verna Maluske who is a past presi- dent ofthe F.W.l.0. Carol Hyde and myself have been attending these meetings and have learned quite a bit. The committee will be putting forth recommendations to the Board of the F.W.l,O. in the fall. Please. if you have any issues of concern or any ideas, let us know by dropping Carol or myself a line. I am only too pleased to pass on your comments, The Rural Organizations and Services Branch sends out a publica- tion called Network. In the past issue were a few bits of information I would like to pass on to you. 1. Promotional kits containing a poster and brochures to stimulate ideas for International Year of the Youth are now available. 2. Joyce Canning has compiled a list of program resources for rural 22 women‘s groups from publicaâ€" tions to audio-visual aids. If you‘d like a copy of either of these issues, please contact Network, R.O.S. Branch, Guelph Agriculture Centre. PO. Box 1030, GUELPH, Ontario. NIH 6N1. Let's look ahead! Fall Conference, our 16th, will be held this year hosted by Howick J.W.l. Has your branch been sending it’s contributions to A little Bit More of Everything? This publication is in great demand and it can only work with your support. The J.W.l. will be making a presentation at the F.W.l.C. Conâ€" ference being held in June from the 16th to the 20th in London, Ontario. We would be very pleased to see some J.W.l. faces there for support. The J.W.l. presentation is on Tuesday, June 18 in the morning. if you could be there for support it would be very much appreciated. For more infor- mation about the F.W.I.C. Con- ference, contact Mrs. Velma Ritchie, R.R. #3, Parkhill, Ontari ' 2K0. 0. >1th I-iow is your project for the inter- national Year of the Youth goii q? if nothing else, you could Support 5mg youth groups or even send a t u; of girl to camp. Your help is it Ided with the Youth in this speciz. dedicated to them. Well, enough for this publii ion we will try to keep you infon J oi what is happening if only yr um read our letters. One importer ung to remember is to publicize wl yo“ do, no matter how small. \ hill soon educate people as to u the J.W.l are and why. We are t, to achieve, not just one goal or p me, but endless goals and purpo Your support has been grc: cap up the good work and keel ‘0le cards and letters coming. Yours for Home and Count MARION KOEPKE Provincial President _‘ EEII The members of FOI'ESIE/ 'alh' Branch have reason to Sm: facts days. After several years of t w‘iit' lobbying, flashing signals m- smlled at the CNR crossing (in village. (The visibility at the w: was very poor and Wm: 11 used traffic to the area, a dim ivm inevitable).