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Honeydole women who took "The Third Meal" proiecl, with their exhibit (unfortunately hidden) at Summary Day. The P.R.O. says "We found this an excellent course. One of our most effective ways of get- ting new members is to have n course of interest to the ladies of the community." .‘ the anniversary. An accompanying letter stated at the English Institute had rung the bell at eir meeting before sending it. Members and ; ests at the anniversary banquet signed a card f thanks to be sent to the Maple Durham in- . itute. At Singer’s Comet-5’ meeting just before Easter, it. president, Mrs. Wm. Paroschy. a Ukrainian anadian dressed in a forty-year-old, hand-beaded osmme of Ukrainia, demonstrated the Ukrainian ; t of colouring Easter eggs. ' Rockalong’s Home Economics and Health proâ€" 3;: am had an especially enjoyable feature in a umber of oneâ€"minute impromptu speeches. Sev- ral members were each given a slip of paper ith a topic written on it and all came through ‘ ith some interesting remarks. Other parts of the rogram were a progress report of the Eat to Live oam rubber and plastic. and a showing of home c onomics literature available from the Depart- ” ent of Agriculture. For their Agriculture and Canadian Industries rogram, Ravenna had the motto “Necessity is he Mother of Invention" and a paper on “What : Canada‘s Greatest Need in Industry Today and ow Can Women Best Serve That Need?" Golden Lake reports two meetings that they ound particularly interesting: the Health meet- g when the local medical doctor spoke on Food oisoning and the roll call was “One of Grand- mother’s Remedies" and the Education meeting. or the program on Education they had Open House for parents at the school in the morning and the Institute meeting in the evening with an address by the School Inspector on “Standards in Education and the roll call “Something money can- ot buy." Kilsyth had a program on table setting for buffet meals and formal dinners with a talk on fine china, silver and stainless steel tableware. The roll call for this meeting was “A domestic job I would like to see a man do." K e w o r cl Institute members, wearing dresses in the style of a hundred years ago singed on old-time quilting party for lheir flout at the Centennial Foir. Antiques on the float in- cluded o christening dress over a century old and a hand- hewn cradle. “The proiect aroused quite at community in- terest in historical research." says the convener. North Derby reports an interesting paper. “Six Ways to Cut Down Medical Expenses." Solway had an address on Diabetes with emphasis on early detection. The roll call was "An important medical advance within our lifetime." This suggestion comes from Coleridge Union: At their family night. when they always have a turkey supper. the members were divided into two groups. one to do the catering. the other to take charge of the entertainment. They had euchre for the older people. croltinole and dancing for the “younger set." and games for the children wtlh several of the young mothers in charge of the different age groups. At Christmas time a group of the members called at the homes of the shut»ins of the community to leave Christmas boxes and to sing carols. In the project “The Third Meal", the PRO, Mrs. Watson McCulioch reports “We had a jolly time at the meetings, all held at the home of the president. Shortly after the course was finished one of the members opened her home for a social evening. Our leader and assistant and our hostess were presented with gifts and lunch was served buffet style featuring dishes made in the course." At Summary Day we sang a song composed by our members. and sung to the tune of Yankee Doodle.“ Members of Stanley Institute met together Sev- eral times and made tw0 dozen stuffed animal toys for the children in Twinhavcn School. Kawartha had an interesting program at their meeting on Education. The roll call was “One way to help our youth." the motto “As the twig is bent so grows the tree", and there was a panel discussion with institute members, teachers and members of the school board participating. They discussed local problems and emphasized the im- portance of encouraging young people to stay in school as long as possible. this note comes from Clovcrdale: “Several members wrote essays on "Childhood Memories" for our Historical Research meeting. Originally we intended to judge these essays but after hearing thcm rend at the meeting all wore judged equally good "