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Institute Activities Oct. 1967 â€" Jan. 1968 (1) Sydenham W,. I. entertained guests from Harrowsmith and Verona W. I. at a Hallowâ€"e‘en costume party. . (2) Guest speaker, Miss O‘Shea of Wolfe Island, gave the history of St. Marysâ€" onâ€"the Lake Hospital and its present use in caring for geriatric patients. (3) Annual Seniour Citizens‘ Christmas.Dinne;.' (4) Financial support of Fairmount Seniour Citizens‘ Home. (5) Support of a child through "Canadian Save the Children" fund,. Jan, 1968 â€" Dec. 1969 (1) Course "Baking with Yeast" given by leaders Mrs, Gladys Lewis and Mrs. Grace Gossage, â€" well attended. . (2) A Family night, â€" pot luck supper and variety programme. | (3) Speaker, Dr. Boucher, showed movies of his "Safari in Africa". (4) Gift of money to Cancer Fund in memory of Mrs, Elwood Shales, valued W. I. member, who died Feb. 268th., 1968. (5) Speaker, Mr. Lawson Orser, explained purpose and operation of "Manâ€"Power Retraining", Adult Education classes held at Queen Elizabeth Collegiate, Kingston. (6) Sponsored a 4â€"H girls‘ club, to be led by Mrs., Clarence Hartman,. Later, grozideg andlserved lunch for 4â€"H Achievement Day attendants, in Harrowsmith ublic School. (7) Improvements to kitchen in Town Hall, â€" hot water tank installed by Council and a frigidaire purchased by W. I. (8) Usual successful Sr,. Citizens‘ Dinner at Christmas, Pennies for Friendship, great? for cenotaph on Memorial Day, support of Public Speaking in Public chools. 1969 â€" 1970 (1) W. I. paid fee for 4â€"H., leader, Mrs. Hartman, to attend a Training Course at Geneva Park, Orillia. (2) ggzzfiiit;tgzfigid Frontenac County Food Forum, "Add a Touch of You", held at e. (3) Money given for clothing through Abramsky‘s, for needy children, later refunded, as promised, This is a charity plan of Abramskys, open to Institutes. (4) A foster child supported jointly with Harrowsmith W. I, (5) Usual Public Speaking contest for Public Schools. (6) Financial aid to Red Cross Swimming programme, (7) Guest speaker, Mrs., Kent, of Canadian Consumers Association spoke on "False Advertising" and the work of C. A. C. (8) Celebration of Sydenham W. I.‘s Fiftieth Anniversary on June 25th., a beautiful silver tea service was presented to the Institute by the Municipal Council. Later, the W., I. had a display cabinet built for this service, kept in the Town Hall (9) Institute gave its support to a plan to lease the northâ€"east corner of the Point to the High School for an athletic field, (Fee $1 per year). (10) W. I. helped financially in purchasing an electric sewing machine for 4â€"H. Club girls. (11) Support of annual Swim course, chicken barbeque at Point, wreath for cenotaph, Sr, Citizens‘ Christmas Dinner. 1970 â€" 1971 (1) M§.Egordgp Orser gave an informative talk on the work of the Prontenac County Board o ucation. . (2) Volunteer W. I. members took their turn with other organizations in serving tea to the Seniour Citizens residing at Fairmount, (3) 2£H.Fg%rls and ligders (Mrs, Hartman & Mrs. Marlow) were entertained by the W. I. at e February meeting. (4) Ewg.lectgrgrslspoke on "Rural Development" and on work of a Nutritional Advisor to ndia and Ceylon. (5) Assisted Board of Trade with annual Chicken Barbeque,. (6) Early history of Sydenham and area given by G, Gossage. (7) Members attended Sixtieth Anniversary of Inverary‘s W, I,. (8) Entertained Inverary W. I., at Hallowâ€"e‘en Party. . (9) %g:rsglon "Acc;sizgiis for the Home" given by two leaders Mrs. Otto Gossage and Â¥ arence Ha * (10) Sr. Citizens‘ Annual Christmas Banquet. 23