Home & Country Newsletters (Stoney Creek, ON), Winter 1953, p. 18

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Blockslock Women's Institute members stage an lnslitule meeling ol lifiy years ago ul Central Onlonos fiftieth annual convention. held November, I952. how pointless resolutions can be weeded' out before they reach convention level. This is something1 for good business minds to work on. We remember that one District Annual last spring' had a humorous skit on resolutions. Perhaps this is as good a way as any to teach the kind of resolution that should go on to the convention and the kind that should be handled locally or that is. for for one reason or another, "out of order.“?Ed.) Jury Service for Women Shortly after legislation was passed in Jan- uary 1951. permitting women in Ontario to serve on juries, the Ontario Board of the Canadian Federation of Business and Pro- fessional Women‘s Clubs undertook the task of ‘‘acquaintingr women across the province with the facts and circumstances of their new responsibility." Each Business and Profes- sional Women's Club was asked to brief speakers on the subject using material sup~ plied by the Board's Committee on Jury Service. and to make these speakers available o women's organizations. This is how it came about that a representative of a Business and Pi'oi’cssmna] Women‘s Club spoke at most of he Women's Institute conventions last fall. on the SLIDJE'Ct "Jury Service As It Affects Women In Ontario." To further extend this information the Board of Business and ProfeSSional Women‘s Clubs suggests that local Women's Institutes get in touch with their nearest Business and Professional Women‘s Club and arrange for a speaker on this subject at a local meeting. If an Institute interested in the subject of Jury Sel‘VICC for Women finds it impossible 0 get a speaker. the Loan Library of the Women‘s Institute Branch. 1207 Bav Street Toronto. can loan study material provided b): Elaie Gregory McGill. Chairman of the Jury Service Committee of the Ontario Business and Professional Women‘s Clubs. This maâ€" terial includes a questionnaire which should be completed by anyone using the material as a speech, or as a study guide. 13 Cookery Ar0uncl the World Our Provincial President, Mrs. Poise] suggests that Ontario women might tie if) terested in an occasional cooking rem... 71m" another country, as given in the ACWW ("m book, “Cookery Around the World," u...” ' a dish that could be made from i 7 available at any time of the year: Uncooked Chutney (Southern Rhodesia) 1 1b. dried apricots 1 lb. stoned .i... 1 bottle vinegar 11/2 lb. White 11,2 lb, onions 5 chillies Soak apricots in vinegar for a few . Grind up apricots, onions, chillies a all together. Add sugar and vineg. pinch of salt. A little butter may 1' Bottle. This will keep for months a excellent chutney. (Since the size of a vinegar bottle i.- suggest that anyone making this chu= use her own judgment about the on :y vinegar required. â€"â€" Ed.) l‘-lil l‘iiii Still Sound Advice We have all heard about the high of the talks and papers given at the of the first Women’s Institute at Stone The following paragraph from a it “The Country Home" by Miss F. M. C a charter member at Stoney Creek corded in the Women’s Institute ROplI'l . .7 year 1900, might almost be the advice 1H3 psychologist: “Never break a promise to 3 chth 3i .. that happens in the home to grieve 1 iii» ones and weaken the mother‘s hold i 'iiin broken promises are the most fruith Cii.» dren should have company. Encou: 7. In: children to bring their playmates ho them. giving them time and assisting having pleasant social gatherings It 'i Ir a little bother but it will enable you on a more familiar footing with then 'ii' know their associates.“ Past Presidents of Thornton Women's lnslilule v : “"3" Presented with F.W.I.C. pins at an anniversary 5""? Le” '0 right.- Mrs, Holberl, Mrs. J. D. Slewo M’- S. A. McQuoy, Mrs. E. A. Bane, Mrs. Robl. W-v’ M” Willis Smilh. Mrs. M. c. Cunningham, Mrs. A. i‘ M Sealed are Mrs. H. L. Dunning whose lerm began ' Ni and the present president, Mrs. C. A. Spent-w HOME AND tiOUNTR'r

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