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tion in the area; they are planning to hold meetings devoted to the study of certain secâ€" tions of the Hand Book. Staff members are very appreciative of the care most groups take to provide good facrlâ€" ities for carrying on extension services. Courses have been given in halls, church basements, high school home economics kitchens and in private homes. There is a case on record where a class met in a hotel beverage roomâ€" during hours when the room was closed for regular business of course. Usually the com- mittees have tried to arrange in advance for good lighting and heating and sufficient work table space for classes in crafts, clothing, foods or any course requiring space and equipment for demonstration work. One report says: “The committee had tables and extra lights ready for the course. They seemed anxious to have the required equipment just right as this was their first course. The Institute is just two years old." Another note read: “The church loaned us a daylight projector and screen because the room could not be darkened.” Staff reports usually include some com- ments on the class itself, such as: “These leaders knew what their responsibilities would be in teaching others. They were very keen and interested and added greatly to the course by telling of their own experiences in buying and cooking meat.“ “A most enthusiastic group. Discussions were fun and many good and new ideas came up. The leaders were full of plans for presenting the course to their local womenâ€"something I have not encoun- tered before.” “There were several young mothers in this (Millinery) group and they wanted to make hats for their little girls. Children's hats are hard to buy and several were made in this class.” "One woman said that the ‘Focus on Finishes' project had given several members who had done very little sewing before, confidence to start making their own clothes.” As an indication of what the education to be had through home economics extension ser- vice means to some women. and the effort and enthusiasm they are putting into it, we have these quotes: “A woman hired a baby-sitter and drove ten miles to the course. Another walked two miles to the main road, but said she was used to it as the road is often impassable in winter." "In a class in Moccasin Making, a woman who was expecting silo fillers made advance preparations and arranged things so that she would not have to miss the class." “An elderly lady who had broken her hip and was just beginning to walk again took the Millinery course because she felt it would 34 be easier to make a hat than to shop 1m 0m, with her handicap.” “A woman of seventy-seven was one of [he keenest members at the course in Atlv‘uncgd Leatherwork." “At a Glovemaking course, a Mme showed us a pair of pigtex gloves mudt. for her by her mother in a similar course nuance“ years ago.” And this delightful story came from a gun. ty Home Economist: “Last month we had a senior T "Hing School in Frontenac County on HOOkEtl tug; The School was held at the Quinte Si ‘41“. rence Hall in Kingston, the Home l the Blind in the Kingston area. When 1 wt: wk. ing arrangements for the hall, the sup: ten. dent asked me if their Home Teachei \iisx Virginia Philpott, could attend the class she is blind but had a sighted guide wu her, Everyone at the Training School was ‘ fed at the work which she accomplishm She learned to do the fagoting, and there. pm the rug into the frames. It was quite intt ung to see the way in which she applied a . turn to her rug. While the others in the Cla- are drawing their patterns on their rUg's uliss Philpott made her pattern by using u w: thread and darning needle. She coulu lei. using her sense of touch, get a picture the pattern she had made. Then she pl wed hooking, and was doing commendable vk. She has already started to teach some the interested blind people at the resident; and we hope to have some of their work di; fed at the Summary Day next April.“ Fifty Years Old and 0v: Editor's note: Occasionally someoi villi sends us a picture taken at an allllll wry celebration. Some years ago it was deeid. Jun we could not publish either pictures or i am 0] anniversary parties â€" there are so my 0/ them that they could fill a whole t'.s.\'l Jul no member would be interested in any i“ own. This is'the sort of publicity that i: are cially good for local paper where most the readers know the people involved. Since the last issue of Home and C all) was published we have heard that the foil int: Institutes have celebrated their annive i'iéi of fifty years or more: Athens in Leeds East District, fifty .VL’ ‘- York Road in Northumberland East D lil- fifty years. Windermere in Muskoka South Distrit lll‘ ty years. Cookstown in Simcoe South District. \l.‘ years. York West District, sixty years. Northumberland East District, sixty it"l HOME AND COUNTRY