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left to right: Mrs. H. A. Dickenson, F.W.|.O. Board Member, 0 group leader on the tour; Mrs. E. V. Thomp- son, F.W.|.O, Public Relations Officer and low conductor; Mrs. W. A. Gondfellow; Mrs. W, T. Phillips of Nipissing District, F. W. l. 0. Regional Vice President; Mrs. tester Smith, Presi- dent Nipissing Dis- trict Women's Insti- tutes and Mrs. Jack A l k i n s , President Parry Sound District. merit. Entertainment was provided by two girls who gave several Scotch dance numbers. Many women from district branches came in and we had a pleasant evening of visiting. Later these women served tea and cookies. Before retiring for the night many of us visited the trading post to buy sonvenirs. This store had been closed for the night but opened for our benefit. We were late starting out on our last morn- ing. Perhaps we were up too late the night before. but whatever the reason it made us late for all our commitments that day. A stretch of road under construction didn’t help matters. We were expected to meet the Ems- dale-Scotia and Chalmer ladies for morning coffee at ten-thirty but Were at least an hour late. It must have been disappointing to these women to have to wait so long but you would never know it from the grand Welcome we received. The food and hot drink were so refreshing after the long drive. Some of us exchanged programs of our branches with the women we visited, hoping to get new ideas for our meetings. When we reached Orillia more friendly women received us and at their luncheon a pleasant surprise was a place card for each of us in the shape of an oak or maple leaf in gay colours. These were made by Victoria Crescent Branch and added a personal touch. Representatives from the local radio station were present and taped an interview to be presented on the Women’s Program the fol- lowing week. Our final stop was at the Stephen Leacock Home, now a museum. We arrived home feeling the trip had been a wonderful suc- cess. It was our responsibility to make it so and those who put forth their best effort to be friendly will have received the most in re- turn. The women of the North deserve a lot of credit for their part in the success of this friendship tour. There will always be a warm spot in our hearts when we think of “The North”. 26 President’s Corner (Continued from page 4) You are not allowed to say that, for i r part, you want a life of security and rent for there comes the great American Jusl Oliver Wendell Holmes with his sharp remin r that “Security is an illusion and repose is the destiny of man.” We must live our live- that those coming after us will say, “Here I generation that did not seek security but loo! for opportunity." And if in seeking those portunities and discharging them we are m. to suffer or make sacrifices, then we we hope that we should be the better for tl And We might remember that Schiller wr his greatest tragedies in the midst of physi sufferings. Handel. warned of his com death, composed the great works which h.. become immortal music. Beethoven produt his greatest work amidst sorrow and the 1 pression of deafness. And Schubert at thir two died, having as his sole property thirtyei florins and the suit in which he was buried. l he gave the world a wealth of beauty. The crying need today is for a rejuvenati of our spiritual values and wider recognition our individual responsibilities. ThOSe who liVe irresponsibly today, who su only their own security, not counting the ct to others; every politician who plays reckles» on present-day problems for partisan advanta or his own advancement, every injustice in m common life, every hypocrisy practised L contemplated, weakens us and makes us 16 able to fulfil the role laid upon us. Even though we cannot see the pattern the future, We must recognize the duties th. lie at hand and the value of hard and salt denying work in the present. We too. by whu‘ we do, can help to shape the course of history No matter how small our beginnings may b6 we begin where we are with what we haw Lilah Lymburner. D HOME AND COUNTRY