Home & Country Newsletters (Stoney Creek, ON), Summer 1964, p. 29

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Mrs. William Watkins, a native of Wales, dressed in Welsh costume and sang a Welsh 5010. A Scottish member Mrs. Sheppard sang Scottish songs. And the visitors during both the program and the social hour answered many questions. In Welland county the Institutes held an In- ternational meeting for the whole county with Mrs. G. F. Hess, education convener for the local U. N. Association as speaker. Margaret Scott of Seaforth Junior Institute reports that when the Senior Institute had a booth at the fall fair the Junior lnstitute girls worked in shifts helping them. Most of the Junior Institute girls are members of 4-H Homemaking Clubs and Margaret Scott is also a leader. This Junior Institute sponsored a club. One of their programs featured Safety, with the roll call, “A home hazard I intend to eliminate” and the motto: 'Selling safety to your family and community.” 95‘ 3k 55 Mrs. Gerald Paul, Public Relations convener for Florence Institute sends a report of the Institute’s work for the year from which we take these items: The Institute supports a foster child in Austria, also sent Christmas and birthday gifts and several members correspond regularly; they donate an annual high school home economics award. This year they cared for the town cenotaph; erected new Welcome signs at each end of town; gave the com- munity centre new flags and pictures of the Queen and Prince Philip; sponsored a Christ- mas party with supper, variety concert and treats for children; also a family night with supper, program, dance contests, crokinole and euchre; sponsored two girls' 4â€"H Homemak- ing Clubs and assisted the Boy Scouts; can- vassed for the Cancer Society and contributed to various charities. a: Kawartha Valley Secretary reports that one of their members, Mrs. Delmar Robertson "won a $100 prize for her homemade jam in the Made-in-Ontario souvenir industry con- test." Mrs. Douglas Heise of Iohnston-May Insti- tute in West Carleton district reports the death of their oldest member, Mrs. Mary Greene at the age of one hundred and one. Mrs. Heise says “She was a grand old lady and loved l1 visit with her many friends.” at: s: s- In Vandeleur Institute many of the members are daughters of the women who had a part In organizing the branch sixty-one years ago. From a history of this Institute sent to us by Mrs. Russell Freeman, P.R.O., recording the “51131 Projects: Red Cross work in two wars, SUMMER 'l 964 helping to furnish a memorial, hospital, spon- soring 4-H Homemaking Clubs. helping with the Flora Durnin scholarship. the Agnes Mc- Rhail scholarship. the cairn memorial to Net- lie McClung, we select these projects for the health of the people of the community: Educa- tion of the public regarding hospital insurâ€" ance, goitre prophylactic treatment in the school, dental services for school children. im- munization and vaccination of school and pre- school children. fi: >l¢ ti" "Buttonâ€"button, who has the button?" so the children play; but Mrs. W. C. Rutherford of Ayr. Ontario, has the buttonsâ€"16.UOU of l; lll .a‘ l sf «it. : ll (55%: ews'r-‘v ' = '1 " M Brocebridge Block Printing group's decoration tor cur‘ tuins using each member's individual design. i t I f E 5 ii . w i y. i l . . E Finished curtains at Cl window in the W.|. District's rest room in Brocebridge, Curluins were provided fer all tour windows in the room. 29

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