Home & Country Newsletters (Stoney Creek, ON), Winter 1957, p. 28

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ment to two schools. Elk Lake. Sutton Bay and Bury’s in Temiskaming all report p_rov1d- ing cod liver oil capsules for school children. Sutton also helped to pay for curtains to darken the school windows when films are shown. At Dymond the members assisted in making costumes for the school children’s Christmas concert. Hall's Glen bought milk tablets for school children. Thornchfi proâ€" vided a hot dish for the school lunch during the winter and Lake Shore donated a supply of soup. Bentpath entertained the girls’ soft ball team at a turkey dinner. Oakwood gave banquets to the Girls' Soft Ball Team and the Junior Hockey Team. Several branches have assisted with swim- ming classes for children. Rosemant sponâ€" sored a class of over eighty children. Violet Hill helped to pay for a bus to take children to the swimming classes, a mother always accompanying them. Coulson paid for instrucâ€" tion and transportation for children in swimâ€" ming classes. as did many branches in Simcoe county. Robtin has started a movement to provide the children of the community with a suttable swimming place in the local river. Amherst Island financed a skating rink on the local school grounds. Some Institutes have shown their interest in the school and the children in another way. ()tterville helped to elect one of the members as a school trustee. Chatterton “got behind a drive to get the women out to the annual school mccling. with very satisfactory results.” Victory members attended the school meeting and served lunch. (Maybe serving lunch Brumplon Earl's exhibit of some at the articles made in a (loss in Children's Clothing, 28 would give women an entry to school ings, where men are still prejudiced a, m, , having them thereâ€"Ed.) F As a result of historical research (low it Clover-dale, a school reunion was helm "over four hundred boys and girls of an attending. High lights of the celebration} reminiscent talks by former teachers. . r i them Mrs. Agnes Bodkin having taugh 1889 to 1892. A history of the school ha prepared and copies were available \- grounds. Arman Institute takes a special inlet the school for retarded children at Sound. Members attend the schools 11‘ meetings and ‘bring back reports and tilt tute helps the school financially. Islam! alt~ was instrumental in getting Salk vacci. the children and is trying to get the st of the CNR dental car. Rushview leadership in the administration 0t vaccine.” Coleridge Union notified pa}, polio vaccination and assisted in trans: children. HockIey Valley, York Ron. Gamebridge also assisted with polio \'1, tion and the transportation of childr treatment. Among the miscellaneous communil vities, at Apsley about twenty womt- girls, at the time of reporting, were a Nursing Course at their outpost l: . and more were waiting to take a i later. Rossmount had a delegation vis. county Home for the Aged. They in understaffed and overcrowded and rm this to the branch and at the District A (We believe this report also went : w county councilâ€"Ed.) West Arran sta relief fund for the victim of an accident it was well supported.” Markstay in Sudbury district is cam .- the community to get enough subscrin ' bring telephone service and is petition: council for a health programme. They with mobile chest Xâ€"ray clinics and are ' ing to prepare their hall for a comn centre. Queenston St. David’s provides portation for mothers and children to til trict’s Baby Clinics. Lincoln County Ins‘ in general seem to be supporting the i Victorian Order Nursing service. McKeltar in South Parry Sound spmi i 3 “HOUR QuiZ” for public school pupil "l direct their interest to the classics and from the crime comics, They also assi village library. Mono Road reports: A result of a panel discussion on the SU local dealers in Crime Comics have bl more active in keeping undesirable hit?! from children.” Caledon members operated a Craft during the summer. (We understand I a shop to sell their craft work to tourists Torrance had four members attend clas- Felt Craft conducted by Communit." grammes. These four members then aC‘L‘ local leaders, conducting classes for th:. of the members. on ‘. HOME AND COUE'IRY

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