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Junior Institutes9 Annual Meeting tario held their annual meeting, as usual, in a session of their own at the time of the Junior Farmers‘ annual conference at Guelph in April. MrsAnn Alexander, Junior Convener on the Provincial Board of the Federated Women’s Institutes of Ontario, spoke of the educational and enjoyable experience it had been to sit on this board. Miss Marion Conklin, also a Junior representative on the Board, reported the work of the seventyâ€"five Junior Institutes in the province, Miss Conklin named these proâ€" gram features: A demonstration on “Make- up," by a beautitian, a series of meetings on "Safety on the Highway and in the Home,” with a roll call “A hazard I can eliminate”; a program on cooking with the roll call “My favorite recipe” and a demonstration on mak- ing chocolate cake; programs on Floral Ar- rangements, Interior Decorating, How to Con- duct 3 Meeting, Being a Canadian, Dollars and Sense, Christmas Decorations and Gift Wrap- ping, Farm Family Business. There were demonstrations on Snacks and Sandwiches, Good Grooming, How to Use Cosmetics, Mak- ing Wall Plaques, First Aid, Smocked Cush- ions, Rug Hooking. THE Junior Women’s Institutes of On- During the year Junior Institutes gave d0â€" nations to the Mental Health Association, The Cancer Society, Save the Children Fund, Caâ€" nadian Institute for the Blind, Sick Children’s Hospital, Tornado Relief Fund, Community Christmas Trees. Homes for the Aged, The Boy Scouts, Girl Guides and Brownies. One branch provided sweaters for needy children at Christmas time. Every year the Junior In- stitute of Haldimand County sends two Chil- dren‘s Shelter girls to camp for two weeks. West Elgin girls are providing for a little Italian girl whom they adopted last year. A branch in the Barrie Area sponsored a Coro- nation Year Scrap Book Competition among the Grade VII and VIII pupils in six neighbor- ing schools. Social events in the Junior Institutes last year included Halloween and Christmas par- hes. a parents‘ banquet, showers for brides andcntertainments for mothers and Senior Institutes. Many of the Junior Institutes’ social events are held in conjunction with the Junior Farmers' Associationâ€"events such as dances box socials, corn roasts and weiner roasts, banquets, Parents' Nights. The girls also joiri the Junior Farmers in church services conâ€" ferences, field days, public speaking arid de- bating competitions. A number of Junior Institutes take ‘ g _ I an activ interest in Girls’ Homemaking and Garde: Clubsâ€"not only sponsoring clubs but often 24 providing the leaders. And Miss Conklin E pressed the Homemaking Club Girl”. ap it. ciation of the support the Senior wmhanasple. stitutes are giving to club work. 11' Mrs. Gordon MacPhatter, President law 1 0 brought greetings from the Federated ;\',;,n‘,én.‘<’ Institutes of Ontario, and said that L1,. mam“ bers had a warm place in their 1': am to, all Junior organizations. She thaliflrjdhthe Junior Institutes for their respons- it. the Korean Widows’ Self Help project old W plained its function and purpose, *; on the Provincial President said she had “nu axe to grind”: Juniors don’t remain Junior. no She is looking forward to the time w w, “19,, will take responsibility in the Senio .rgam: zation; their experience in Junior N is giving them excellent training for if ‘l'Si‘llp, Several girls took part in a disc! an on clothing fabrics, leading up to a tall. Miss Lulu Row, Clothing Supervisor, Jun] Wrark‘ Women‘s Institute Branch, on the ne- 3’an for girls' groups, “Know Your Fabu “ 1n the discussion Geraldine Brackenbur ' East Elgin advised the girls in buying cl» :wc to read the labels carefully. Miss Brat {om had collected twenty different label mug information about fibre content, si tare. moth resistance, color fastness and o u-tions for washing and ironing. Margaret w tom of Port Elgin spoke on choosing nylm any to suit the activities when they will . om, saving the shearer stockings for 5in nc- casions. Elizabeth Young of Sarnia 'l '.:lllp suggested that when buying slips l Ell‘lS should consider such points as the . 3.31. the durability of seams and the trim: a The program concluded with a p... .115â€" cussion on "You and Your Family" : bf: Mrs. Alex Sim of Bronte. Mrs. Sim . I lied briefly three types of family orga ‘iiHIL First she described the traditional - s m which the father was the sole anthoril the home, characterized by severe discipi ' and very little affection for the Children. The other extreme is the childâ€"centred typn More father is merely the breadwinner :v the mother is in complete charge of the (-3 lea. Between these two extremes, a n6" '25P9 of family is emerging, which Mrs. S 7 de scribed as the democratic family. Herc- “HE Person has complete authority, fathc and mother share the task of bringing i We family and the children are also giV'w TE" SQonSibilitY as they grow older. In thy, .i'aef discussion the girls agreed that this the tYllle of family in which they were intc‘i PM Miss Josephine Bird, President of Halo i1:in County Junior Institute, was elected rel:- F6“- tatlve to the F.W.I.O. Board replacing W55 Conklin who has completed her term. HOME AND COUNTRY