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said Mr. Goodfellow. “and we hope the Women‘s Institute will be part of it." Mrs, Haggerty thanked the Ontario Government and the Minister for giving the dinner and for their many other courtesies, Speaking to the guests. Mrs Haggerty offered her congratulations to the new president, Mrs, L. G. Lymburner. and pinned on her. Mrs. Haggerty's own president‘s pin. She congratulated the new secretary- treasurer. Mrs. Gerald Holder. She said she was grateful to Mrs. Maynard and Miss McKercher for their kindness and co-operation all through her term of office. Mrs. Wm, Wallace presented Mrs. Haggerty with an engraved watch from F.W.I.O., and Mrs. A. F. Merrett presented her with a small gift from the members of the board. Mrs. Gordon Mat-Phatter presented Mrs. Maynard with a set of nylon luggage from F.W.I.O.. and a small We“ I. esteem was presented to her from the memltm ‘ the board. ’ “I Mrs. Maynard said she had gained so mint. alttrt . her six years of service as secretary-trcttstnt-r had shared the joys and sorrows of many up.‘ My, many lasting friendships. Her biggest thrill l- F_W.I.0. opened the provincial office in ' {Win March 1957. “ Mr. T. R. Hilliard. Director of Extensior- . Ontario Department of Agriculture, [hit 4‘]. members for their help with the Farm Sato- M... L Padre Young of the College, in his «instill way. ted community singing and was at pm"; on the piano by MrS. Ralph Kidd. Tl )M' quartet. Bill Baxmr. TEd Curtis, Lyle PL'l‘ Trevor Dickensen sang several ntlmbcr~. A Word to Public Relations Office: that have come from Public Relations ()tficers and regrets having had to return so many reports of local meetings. anniversaries, presentation of life memberships and the like. These reports are excellent for a local paper where most of the readers know the women concerned. and we are sure the P.R.O.‘s saw to it that the local paper had the reports at the time of the event. We think they are not of general interest to readers all over the province and beyond it. who do not know the locality or the persons mentioned. But if an Institute has some unusual programme that might offer a suggestion to other branches, an account of that would be well worth publishing in our Institute paper. Also it is not the purpose of Home and Country to “publicize” or “advertise” any Institute. That again is something to be done locally. If an Institute raises $l000 for the local hospital. or the new skating rink. it is right and proper that everyone in the community should know about it. Such help to local causes makes for good public relations between the Institute and the rest of the community, but to raise $1000 for a hospital or a rink does not offer a new suggestion to other Institutes. though they would be tremendously interested in a report giving any new or interesting or easy ways of raising $1000. One of the purposes of Home and Country is to provide an exchange of ideas from one Institute to another. We try to do this in the items recorded in the section "Here and There With the Institutes" in each issue, but we apologize for the repetition and for the amount of material which we have not weeded out that must already be well known to most of our readers. What we would like to have from Public Relations Officers is more short articles like “Oakland's Book Quiz“ and "Roll Calls With Colour" and “Parade Float on Pioneer Life“ in our last issue: or the items under “Special Programmes and Projects" in this issue. We still receive some reports and pictures taken at anniversary celebrations. Some years ago we had to give up publishing photos taken at anniver- sary meetings because there were so many of them‘ and now we have to limit any reference to an: niversaries to a list of Institutes celebrating anniversaries of fifty years or more. We get most THE EDITOR appreciates the communications 16 of this information from local papers 1“ 1 H... press clipping service. Sometimes we receive a report of an . M. vention. Convention reports have not by .cii m Home and Country for years. Witt Lthgn conventions each year it’ would be im‘ «if m publish all of them. Anyway there “’O'lti \m‘ be so much repetition that they would - A \L‘n tiresome reading. Of course a report of n, , Vn- .{r is of very great interest to the readers of l «app in the area. Many of our best photographs conic l|)L.ll papers and if a Public Relations OfflCL‘t .31.: photograph from a local paper it may mu tutu reproduction than a picture taken by it -m.t!l camera. But amateur pictures can make it run too. if they are distinct and clear. It t punt we use to make a cut. not the negative. ll genu- is sent to us we have to have a print . i'tllll it. Wherever possible an illustration 1 In‘l something. Pictures of groups of peopl ml to have their pictures taken are not of in. firm! to anyone who does not know the pt in W picture. We are especially anxious to h. name showing people doing something such 10mm helping with a baby clinic. A distinct , : vi a good Women’s Institute exhibit is good l'ltlllll' and Country because it may give 0th; «mule an idea for exhibits of their own, It MW has established a Children‘s Section in lll‘l-ill we would like to have a picture of i .hiltltén making use of the library. A picture -‘ im‘ Institute activity in connection with r CI‘UN‘.‘ Home would be welcome. Something tit W’ in“: never thought of might be better still Briefly. the purpose of Home and will ': til an to inspire, stimulate or inform its rent I Way that will make Women’s Institute :t more effective; that will contribute to a bath: time LlllLl community life and better human reltn‘ - Mimi P501318 everywhere. At the same link he men entertaining and colourful we can milixt iti‘ W?“- the better. So if you have somEthiItg an1 . :HS “I “l special human interest to report from ytv tnstttmL life. by all means let us know about thi- 100' __THt. EDIT“R HOME AND COW“