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At Middlesex Women's lnstitutes' County Rally, Mrs. Milton Purely, F,W.|.0. Board Member, presents scholar- ships of SIOD each from the Middlesex Women‘s Insti- totes to Nancy Campbell and Marion Clark. The dual award was made bemuse there was no applicant lost year. Slate River reports: “We recommend having a party like our Christmas party for older people in the community, some of whom hadn't seen one another in years. It was held on our regular December meeting night in the form of a pot luck supper, buffet service with festively decorated tables and Christmas crackers. hats and gifts. We had games and carol singing afterwards." Stamford suggests that more thought might be given to Mental Health and its problems. Wellesley had two popular panel discussions, one on “Advantages of Higher Education” with three non-members from the community taking part, one on “Eat to Live”, the panel being members of the Home Economics and Health committee. two doctors' wives and the President. Helen Feasby had short talks each on one of the Group of Seven Canadian artists with a showing of prints of some of their pictures. (Editors Note: The National Film Board has excellent color films on these Canadian artists and their pictures.) Winterbourne: “We recommend a visit to the Stratford Shakespearean Festival and to get more out of it and understand it better, we had a synopsis of the play we were to see read at the previous meeting." Central Dumfries: "We enjoyed home eco- nomics demonstrations by three of our memâ€" bers. Baking Buns. Pressing Men’s Trousers, Transfer Savers and Gadgets to Save Time and Work in the Kitchen.” Laura Rose had a debate “Resolved that the School has more influence on a child than the Home.” Farewell strongly recommends having an address from an authority on schools for retarded children. Royal, for its program on Canadian Indus- tries, had a talk by a representative of a rug 38 company who brought samples and explained the care of rugs and the selection for dilicrcm rooms. At Greensville a member arranged it pro. gram that the members liked very much The subject was Kindness and the program was given as a talk interspersed with poem, ,m} prose readings and songs by several menu-rig”, Adelaide Hoodless branch recommep . u panel discussion, “Fighting Words". al't» - the style of the radio program with the same i ‘ Binbrook enjoyed demonstrations on m. mics and The Care of House Plants. King’s Forest had a panel “Education ' ml the Cradle to the Grave”. Queen Mary reports an interesting [in .m on which each member prepared and r l ;. short paper on a province of Canada. Southcote says: “A talk by a tear-Ii ol severely retarded children, who is at» he Mrs. Furrugie, President of Cainsville Institute, pre 15 u gill from the Institute to Mrs. George Fox, a ct r member celebrating her 86th birthday, Mrs. Fox i it an active member after 55 years in the Institute, mother of a retarded child, gave us a - l pathetic understanding of the great work t g done in schools of this type." Langsme Young Women’s: Meetings l husbands may attend, such as travelogues \c enjoyed by everyone. Markham Village recommends a talk I“ -t representative of the Canadian Associatim ‘1 Consumers as being “most enlightening . J helpful to homemakers.” As the result of a roll call “Suggestions -r community improvement”, at :1 Richmond 1 ill meeting, and press reports following thi~ zit the local paper, the town Council‘s attent m was drawn to the need of street clean-L *- signs for motorists at blind street corners and more parks and “parkettes.” Victoria Square had a debate “Resolved that women have a greater sense of ham I‘r than men.” HOME AND COUNTRY