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These little girls are wearing dresses mode by their mothers in the Thunder Bay Women's Institute prciect "Sew to Save," Photo courtesy The Times Journal ome Economics Extension 1961- 62 OME ECONOMICS SERVICE is offering a number of new courses and local leader training schools this year. 'In Food and Nutrition, the short course. "Caâ€" ing for Crowds," will still be given and “When 0d Makes a Difference"; but along with these M- will be “Creative Cookery" and “Food upping in the Sixties". The Local Leader pro- t will be “143 Pounds of Meat"â€"â€"this being amount of meat eaten by the average Cana- an in one year. There have been many re- ests for a complete course on meat and this it will include the place of meat in Canadian als. inspection and grading, the identification cuts, modern methods of cooking, organ meats, as for left overs, carving and Serving. The new course in Clothing will be "Belts and ttonholes", how these can give a dress a dis- ctive appearance and how to make them with ' “professional” look. The Millinery course and hoosing and Using Fabrics" will be contin- d; and there will be two Local Leader proj- ts: “Sew to Save Dollars and Make Sense" -sa “Focus on Finishes". “What‘s New in Home Furnishings", another tr short course, deals with some of the new i or coverings, upholstery and drapery materials. ere will be time for discussion and an oppor- nity to examine samples. "Window Treatment" in “New Lamps for Old” will be the Local ader projects. “Copper Tooling” and “Advanced Leatherâ€" will be the new short courses in Home afts. In copper tooling, thin sheets of copper are oled and used to cover wooden boxes. planters. ok ends or picture frames. The copper is fairly expensive, the wooden forms can be made by 1- andyman and the only other equipment needed »: an inexpensive wooden tool. The advanced an F? i MMER 1961 course in leather craft is for those who have had some experience in leatherwork and will include making such articles as purses and book covers. The courses in Needlework, “Making Leather Gloves" and “Moccasin Making“ will be con- tinued. “Rug Making” will also be retained as a Local Leader project and there will be a new unit in “Block Printing", an art that may be used to give a distinctive decoration to curtains, bedspreads. place mats and other household linens as well as to biomas, children's clothes and even to Christmas cards and stationery. A new course, “Safety Begins at Home". should be a timely and popular feature of the Health Education programme. Other courses will be “Home Care of the Sick” and “Medicine Yesterâ€" day and Today". The Local Leader project is "Hints for the Home Nurse". Something entirely new in the programme this year is a workshop in Home Management. This will deal with choosing, using and caring for some of today's new household equipment and appliances and how to make simple repairs such as replacing electric plugs and mending cords. It will include discussions on such questions as Guarantees. Warrantees, Contracts. Labels, Ad- vertisements and standards set by Canadian Stan- dards Association and others. Perhaps one of the most important features of the workshop will be a discussion of the management of the family's money and keeping household accounts. The course in Cultural Interests is continued. It deals with reading in the family, beginning with story-telling and reading to very young chilâ€" dren and including lists of books suited to chilâ€" dren of different ages and good books for adults. There are discussions of such questions as how a woman may cultivate good reading habits in children and how to plan a reading programme 15