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Laidiaw, jeft, of RR 7, London, talks with the Onfario presiâ€" dent of the WI, Mre _ _Herh Maiyske.of Chesley. 4 4 17 60th anniversary : Sara and FEverett Fitzgerald \ H ols 0 C0h Misoaaie es o meeve s t n celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary at the home of their daughter, Mrs. Lloyd (Selena) Flannigan on Dalkeith Avenue, London. They were married at the East Nissouri Township home of the bride‘s parents and farmed in West Nissouri Township until they retired and â€"moved to Huron Street, London. They have four grandchildren: itzgerald were caught By Ed Heal of The Free Press 477 /. in happy reflection Sunday as they By Sam McLeod of The Free Press Recruitment campailgn urged for WI By MARY NESBITT of The Free Press VANASTRA â€" Women‘s Inâ€" stitute branches should mount an "active recruitment" camâ€" paign to bolster their dwinâ€" dling numbers, a ministry of agriculture and food official told the annual convention of the London Area Women‘s Inâ€" stitute here Wednesday. d Molly McGhee, director of the ministry‘s home economics branch, told about 340 deleâ€" gates that, ironically, memâ€" bership is declining at a time when the WPs services are needed more than ever. As examples of contempoâ€" rary problems that directly afâ€" feet the family, she cited dimâ€" inishing energy and food reâ€" sources, increasing alcoholism and drug addiction among young people. and the "bomâ€" Branches are disbanding for lack of support and a 2,000â€" meinber decrease across Onâ€" tario is projected for 1978. Fewer young women are joinâ€" ing, she said, and many rural residents know nothing about the organization or its goals. * The need to disseminate inâ€" formation about all aspects of home management and family life is becoming increasingly acute, Miss McGhee said. â€" Raising the health standards of the community is still a priâ€" ority, if only to reduce the Then, the WI was concerned with _ house _ architecture, household economy, nutrition and hygiene, childâ€"rearing and public health standards. The objectives of the organiâ€" zation haven‘t really changed since its founding 80 years ago but have become more comâ€" plex, Miss McGhee said. [ bardment of information and _ spiralling costs of medical caâ€" misinformation through the _ re, she said. media" about nutrition. _ ; Modern changes that affect Those changes and the probâ€" lems they produce aren‘t conâ€" fined to urban areas, she said. Farming has become "big business" and more people are living in the country but workâ€" ing in the city, with the result Modern changes that affect family life â€" such as the inâ€" creasing number of single parâ€" ents, communal families and working mothers â€" are the orâ€" ganization‘s Concern, Miss McGhee said. She said â€" the â€" institute. through its local branches and the larger parent organizaâ€" tions â€" the Federated Womâ€" io en t i nanenee e ids She termed the WI a "unâ€" Ique" organization because 0f its widespread use of volunâ€" teers to distribute information through 4â€"H courses and semiâ€" nars for members. § "Rural Ontario isn‘t the basâ€" tion of strong family ties any more“’_ Miss McGhee said. that there isn‘t much diffe{‘} ence between urban and rura lifestyles., en‘s Institutes of Ontario, the Federated Women‘s Institutes of Canada, and the Associated Country Women of the World â€" can have an influence 0n deâ€" cisionâ€"making in the communiâ€" ty and the world. The convention concludes toâ€" day with the election of offiâ€" cers and consideration of resoâ€" lutions. Representatives from 131 branches in Middlesex, Elgin, Oxford, and parts of Huron and Perth counties are attendâ€" ing the twoâ€"day convention.