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Distributing Home and Country to tell us that she did not receive enough copies of Home and Country to supply all the members. And occasionally a member writes to say that there were not enough copies to go around so she did not get one. This situation is annoying to everyone con- cerned and the Department would much rather send a few extra copies than have any- one go without one. But the only guide the Department has as to the number of copies to send to each branch is the number of paid-up members reported on the Form E sent in by the Institute. If more members have been added since the report was sent, and if the Secretary will let us know, extra copies will be sent at once and with pleasure. SOMETIMES an Institute Secretary writes Recently a secretary wrote asking us not to send so many copies. She wrote: “We seem to have only thirty-five active members. The others just send their fees every year and never attend one meeting, so I find we get too many copies each month,” This puts the Department in a quaman. because it is our responsibility to supply ,, mpg, for each member. There is nothing for u: 10 do but send enough copies to supply the pgdmp membership reported to us. But we do 5; ~an. thize with the secretary in her probl; 1 0, getting copies to members not at the in {big when the papers are distributed. Some care. taries mail them. Has anyone a better Si, :93 tion? About what to do with extra copies: PL all; some shut-in woman in the communil; who was once an Institute member (or eVp one who knows the Institute only through .3, say) would enjoy reading our Hom, :ml Country. And by way of publicity and buildin: and public relations for the Women‘s In; ‘11,, among non-members in the community, sat could be better than giving a copy ‘5. my paper here and there as the oppor- sly ofiers? Once in a great while this miin on influence a nonâ€"member to want to le‘ m organizationâ€"Editor. Ontario Conference on Aging Conference on Aging will be held in Toronto. A great many Women’s Insti- tutes have shown an interest in the older people of the community in various ways of friendliness. Institutes are also interested in their County Homesâ€"providing television sets or other special equipment; holding an occasional meeting at the Home so the resi- dents can attend. So we believe some of our members might like to attend a Conference dealing with all sorts of aspects of agingâ€"age of retirement, part time employment, housing, health services, institutional care, nursing F ROM May 31, to June 3, the first Ontario homes, how old people can help them Ilia for their own and society‘s good. In an m to work shops on these questions there in , be outstanding speakers probably from F on and the United States as well as Canadu ml the “senior citizens” will have an opporw iii! to express their own ideas on what c “m: most helpful to the aged or aging pel‘s-' As the conference will be held befm lllf‘ next issue of Home and Country is publ i-d. please watch the press and radio for in «P announcements about the programme. he conference is being organized by T: M» University Extension Department. Programme Aids 1TH group discussions becoming more and more popular at Women's Institute meetings, in fact at the meetings of almost all organizations, members are natur- ally taking a growing interest not only in how to lead a discussion group but also how to talie part in a discussion. For our guidance in this the Canadian Association for Adult Edu- cation has issued a booklet “Putting Words to Work.”_ The book deals with the purposes of discussion, how to encourage everyone to take 18 L‘ part, the responsibilities of both members, fid officers, advance planning and how to 1:, 3 a discussion to make it more effective. Ti I05 and questions are suggested but the main fit" of these suggestions may be to help 1.15 C - topics of most vital concern to our partir inf group. Copies of the bulletin may be hadi \‘im the Canadian Association for Adult Educa, 113 St. George Street, Toronto, at the pric- of 50 cents each or orders of ten or more cot-1E:S at 35 cents each. HOME AND COUHFRY