Home & Country Newsletters (Stoney Creek, ON), Fall 1958, p. 42

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it '* 'k A happy life is not built up of tours abroad. and pleasant holidays, but of llllle clumps of Violets noticed by the roadside: in one long continuous chain of little joys; little whispers from the spiritual world: little gleams of sunshine on our daily workâ€"Edward W'ilson a] the Afllm'rlir. :k t * least five viceâ€"presidents, and oflficers should make use of them and spread all over the district to help them.” Elmdale advises “Use your own local talent at meetings. Have nurses, teachers, inspectors and others in the community service speak and invite them to your social evenings.” South Waterloo Jubilee: “We would like to have short skits made available to loan for use in meetings.” (There are a few scripts for skits in the Loan Library but the best skits are thOse that the members make up themâ€" selvesâ€"Ed.) Northgate: “If special study is needed to present a particular subject on the pro- gramme. we feel it is better to have our own members do it as they then have the benefit of the study.” . “Have winter meetings begin at two o’clock. and have the President and Secretary go over correspondence prior to the meeting, distributing as much of it as possible to the conveners concerned to save time. Tell guest speakers the time they are expected to arrive, preferably after the busi- ness is finished.” Troy: “Our Institute is a wonderful com- munity morale builder. We do not aim at making money. We aim at making friends.” local leaders, Mrs. Chas. Rarhwell, Assistant, leftl and Mrs. Bower Heney, will. lamp shades made by leonard IninIule women as a result of their ro'e " cl New for Old." p I Lamps 42 King’s Forest: “In Institute social an». ‘ it seems as if we give too much atter. \“fi games and contests and not enough 1. 7 art and music.” Temperanceville: “Our written so,- 7 handed in in answer to the r011 can i; programme committee to find out -..‘. Z,2 members don’t like about our meet . what they would like to have during ‘7 year.” King: “We try to have one moni project in which each member can discourages members if they are ‘ being asked for donations of money Elm Grove: “Programmes planner; idea of group or at least majority tion would add to the general inn meeting.” Union Street: “We had evening during the summer, Care was laid}: good programmes in an endeavor ' the younger women. Some of the come to the afternoon meetings.” Portlock Royal in reporting an El. response to the extension service lo project “The Third Meal” comments. gest that leaders be changed free that different members will va!‘ leadership training.” (A sound sugge appointment of leaders of course the local Instituteâ€"Ed.) Portlock Royal also comments: ’ were started in the beginning to whole community. Today our cotnn grown to embrace the whole wort, is too large for the majority of IT» envisage. If we work to help our munity to become a better one we c; more than by spreading a thin to“ a whole territory,” Eden: “Members feel that the In ceives too many requests for C139 they should stress the educational . stitute work,” and asks what can i' stop “the pages and pages” of up come to them. Campbellville: We hold meetin evenings as it is more convenient mothers and everyone seems HlOl'r, Bethany: “A brief summary of Association of Consumers’ bulletin at each meeting. We do not recei copies for all our members so we vi them out and if they are left for women to take home few rememl them." Falkland: “If an exchange of pi amongst the Institutes could be EL would bring fresh ideas to each In Rosemount says: “We believe Baby Clinic is so worthwhile that recommend this work to other brat our swimming classes for children stitute assumes most of the cost -’ children whether rich or poor Cal: financially, to attend.” m. l Cir y ». HOME AND

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