F.W.I.O. Board Meeting (Continued from page 4) 10. members, to date, in answer to an appeal sent out by the President. _ A An important and pertinent discussion was held in regard to financing our splendid little magazine “Home and Country.†After much consideration the decision was made that the individual Branch pay one cent per month per member to help finance Home and Country by means of a subscription rate (one issue of Home and Country costs $2,700). A decision was reached by the Board whereâ€" by a Branch or District wishing their Provin- cial President, or any other Provincial officer, to visit them should offer to pay their expenses. REPORTS Women’s Institute Branch Service Miss Anna P. Lewis gave the report of the Women’s Institute Branch and Home Eco- nomics Service. There are 1,426 Senior Wo- men's Institute Branches, '72 Junior Branches, a total of 1,498 Branches with a membership of 47,387. 13 new Institutes were organized during the year and 10 senior and 9 Junior Institutes disbanded. 900 Institutes were servâ€" ed with Extension courses with 12,461 women attending. The Loan Library sent out 11,673 foldersâ€"an all time high. This service has expanded so much that a third staff member had to be appointed. 130 Kits were sent out and more Letter Friends have been estabâ€" lished. 11,945 members attended the District Annual Meetings in 1953. The Women’s Inâ€" stitute Branch and Home Economics Service has a full time staff of 43 and a part time staff of 27. Conservation Council Mrs. J. G. Thompson gave the report of the Conservation Council of Ontario. Since we, as an organization of rural women, are inter- ested in all matters applying to soil and water conservation and can play mir own special part in the recreational, educational and pub- licity needs of the work, ours can be a broad and effective program if we choose to make it so. Work cannot be done through only listening to or reading reports. We must get out and work whenever and wherever we see avneed of the application of conservation princ1ples, or a chance to publicize those prin- c1ples and the benefits they will bring when applied. It is to the men and women on the land that conservation ideas must go primarilyâ€"- they are the ones who must implement them. We do not wish to make laws after the fashion of governments of some lands, which force men to do things they should do to preserve our renewable resources of soil, water forest and Wlld life. Rather we would educate them to the needs and principles of conse ' ‘ _ Nationâ€" to see the1r adVisability and so want to put 6 them to work on their own farms_ communities, in their province_ Herein, I believe, lies our greatest field of opportunity for Service in the field of Con servation. We are the largeSt membmv organi. zation of the Council and Mr. Thompmn Would like to see the F.W.I.O. take as our aim the slogan “Reach and teach the man on ,he 50“, Mrs. Thompson, in concluding her TEDHFt‘ said “Will you not all accept ‘Conversatinn‘ in its' broadest meaning as a vital, personal as we“ as organizational responsibility?†M13. Thomp‘ son said that she was pleased to annmnme that Miss Lewis had been made an individual mem ber of the Council and through her all much literature and guidance will go to the members of F.W.I.O. In their Rural Leadership Forum Mrs. John H. McCulloah gave a rep“! of me Ontario Rural Leadership Forum Cu :nittee, A meeting of representatives of farn ul‘gani. zations in Ontario was held in Octol-r 1953, This meeting was called by the F ensign Branch of the Ontario Department Agri. culture to hear suggestions from fariv ii'gani. zations and individuals, who had 13- iously asked for the assistance of the Ontario ï¬ver“. merit to provide leadership trainini or of. ficers and members of local and cow farm organizations. A committee was set Iii u plan further organization and subject in. ‘ 0r for these forums. This committee was made up of or: ‘cpre. sentative from each of the followinr wgani- zations: Ontario Farm Radio Foruz‘ Folk School Council, Junior Farmers’ Ass .lnon, Ontario Department of Agriculture. ntario Federation of Agriculture, Ontario part- ment of Education, Canadian Assocr in tor Adult Education, and Federated Won ‘5 In» stitutes of Ontario. It was decided that the program of r. uClEI- ship Forum be designed to assist offir ~‘ and members in performing their duties their organizations and might include sucl. mugs as member participation (work shops‘v mirlia- mentary procedure, program plannin; “11385 of officers, discussion techniques, > more Speaking, ccmduct of meetings, social urea- tion and the better use of aids and 1": “TBS Mrs. McCulloch also attended the Ru heath Leadership Forum on Feb. 19th and .711 1“ Northumberland County. 13 organ "ms with 74 people were in attendance. Civil Defence Mrs. R. G. Purcell gave a report of ti CW1] Defence Welfare Services course whit-11 she had attended in Toronto on Nov. 24th 7 i :7th 1953. Representatives were present from many Canadian national organizations includ- ing Mrs. Maynard, Mrs. Ridley and Ollie“- 1‘9DTesenting F.W.I.C. They were rather P1"?11d to be singled out as an organization which does things and to be included in th: ï¬rst course of this nature. At this meeting SPUL‘Ches arid films gave a good picture of the need for HOME AND coumRY