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wife of a former Governorâ€"General of Canâ€" ada. The competitions are for the V best Tweedsmuir History BOok of a community, a Cultural Project and a Handicraft Project. F.W.I.C. History Book Competition â€" One Tweedsmuir History Book will be received from an area and must be in the Provincial Office, 20 Spadina Road, Toronto before Febâ€" ruary 10th, 1959. The first and second prizeâ€" winning books will be entered in the F.W.I.C. Competition. Prizes at provincial level will be $25, $15 and $10, with ten Honourable Menâ€" tion prizes of $3 each. F.W.I.C. Cultural Competitionâ€"“Words and Melody for a Women's Institute Song" ; The purpose of this competition is to obtain an original melody and words that can be sung by Women‘s Institutes as a national song. The entry must be a composition with original words and melody: the words to be (a) three or four line stanzas, melody repeated, or (b) two six line stanzas, melody repeated. Words to be of quality appropriate for a national Institute song. This can be an individual or group project, open to members of Women’s Institutes, Jubilee Guilds of Newfoundland and Homemakers’ Clubs of Saskatchewan ONLY. Notes of melody are to be on music manuâ€" script paper; words are to be typewritten. Care must be taken that the names and ad- dresses of competing group, rural route or other address. and province be attached to music sheet With a paper clip. Method of judging to be left to the discre- tion of qualified judges. General outline of score is as follows: (a) Originality of Thought (b) Singability of Melody (c) Suitability of Words Copyright in all entries will become the property of the Federated Women's Institutes of Canada Entrees must reach the Provincial Office not later than February 10th, 1959. Prizes at Provincial level will be First Prize $25.00. Second Prize $15.00, Third Prize $10.00, and ten Honourable Mention Prizes at $3.00 each. Handicraft Competition _ The Handicraft Competition for F.WiIC. will be A Book of Grandmother‘s Quilt Blocks, This also has been selected as the Federated Women‘s In- stitutes of Ontario Handicraft Competition, sponsored by the Salada-ShirriFfâ€"Horsey Comâ€" pany, Rules governing this competition have already been received by the branches, and as these rules were late in arriving at the Prov~ incial Office. entries not ready to be judged at the District Annual Meeting, as stated in our rules, may be judged at a later date pro- viding entrees are received at the office of Salada-Shirril‘f-Horsey Company, Box 201, Station 3., Toronto 6, not later than July 20th, 1953, for judging at Area and Provin~ cial level. 16 The Prizes will be as follows: Provincial lst Prize . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $100M 2nd Prize . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75.00 3rd Prize . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50.11:. Ten Honourable Mention Prizes ul Wm] Area ‘ lst Prize . . . . . . . . . . . . . . slam 2nd Prize . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10ml Districts lst Prize . . . . . . . . . . . . i . . $3M" 2nd Prize . . . . . . . . . . . . i 5,ch F.W.I.C. Citizenship Competition e t m. their competition to which Senator ~ mm. Wilson has graciously donated a train ‘ ' competition under Citizenship and is l essay on “How Can 1 Train My Cln!‘ a Citizen of the World?" The essay I i of not more than 1,000 words and slut n typewritten. Only one entry from eacl- . i will be accepted and this must be fm w! to the F.W.I.C. office in Toronto not kn- m. March 1, 1959. A committee of Mrs Keith Edward 1.0, Convener of Citizenship and Ed. My“ Mrs. James Haggerty, Mrs. G. Gorclor. Mr- nard and Miss Helen McKercher will '11] the competition as to rules and means n inating the entries to ten essays to l warded to the F.W.I.C. for national 1 Women’s Institute Holidays Mrs. E. V. Thompson reported ill 2“, Guelph Holiday for members of the W Institutes will be held from July 14th it in Included in the programme will be til .2.‘ teresting groups: Choral Singing, Tin; l: ing of Stuffed Dolls and Toys, and "i 3:- Painting; also a bus trip will be held in. Stratford Festival. Cost of the Holln l: $2.50 per day. The Kemptville Holiday will_ be 11- NH August 6, 7 and 8 and the programm ill be similar to that at the Guelph Hm but without the trip to the Stratford val. Members in the Kemptville area 'l'I' especially asked to keep these dates in ‘lti and to endeavour to have a good attenr m The attendance at this holiday last you -<- disappointing. Interim Report, Unitarian Service Conn tlt‘c Mrs. Haggerty reported that this n “N seems to have been a popular one. 1‘ fr reports sent in almost everyone has at that the branch had thoroughly enjoyed li- ing on the project of making or col! it: 1iEXYettes and sweaters, and had found in working together as well as a feel: ‘ satisfaction in helping children who haw desperate needs. About 75% of the hm reporting have added many extra items ‘lv: layettes and have sent blankets and all “'1: of warm clothing to the teenage childr i “l Korea. “I know that only a small percentage i ll!" branches have sent in reports," said ll" HaggertY. “as there was no time limit 8* W the donations to be in and I have had It "it-1': from some branches saying they are ‘llli HOME AND cal-NH"