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The thirtyâ€"seven girls in this picture, members of Westport's 4-H Homemaking Club, com- pleted lhe protect "Clothes Ciosels Up-tomlote" this spring and ere now working on another proiecl. preciation and the Westport clubs rarely have any dropouts; when the girls start a project they nearly always complete it. As one girl expressed it in her club story â€" “We are privileged to have the opportunity to be 4-H Homemakers and I am sure that mem- ories of these years of club associations will always be very dear to us.“ Visit to a British Pen Friend By Grace Ridley RS. FLORENCE BREWER who lives M at Highfield, South Chard. Chard. Somerset has written to me ever since her name was given to me from the Tatmouth Women‘s Institute in Somerset seventeen years ago. We have shared our Instittle and family experiences through the years and our meet- ing was a wonderful occasion for me and I think for Mrs. Brewer. The Brewers have a large farm operation which includes the raising of barley beeves and battery chicks. Mrs. Brewer had just that day received 1000 baby chicks â€" sounded quite like home. They have broilers as well as lay- ing hens: the family all assist â€" a married son Bruce who lives on one of the farms in the semi): daughter Sandra and son-in-law Tony who live in another house on another of the farms, and son Peter at home. The Brewers have been fortunate in that both of the sons preferred to carry on with farming. We had a wonderful weekend. Visited Wells Cathedral and the Cheddar caves which are falle near; also visited Stourhead, one of the stately old homes of England now taken over by the National Trust and preserved for pos- lerity with all its marvellous furnishings includ- mg many priceless paintings. We saw a nylon FALL I964 Photo by Mrs. Don W. Brest-e one of the club luntleu. factory and one of the largest dairies in the British Isles vrhcre butter from New Zeal-and and Australia is shipped in cnrlozids and blend- ed with English httlter. a ton of butter in each churn. We met Mrs. Brewer‘s mother who is eighty- four years old and an active member ol' the Women's Institute. and Mrs. Kirkland u ho has corresponded with another member oi our Wilâ€" low (irove branch for seventeen years. You can imagine how the tongues licw. The men decided they might as well retire to :l corner and let us have ottr innings. All in till it was :1 never~toehe-l'orgottcn experience. Later in the month I visited the AIIWNV. headquarters in Remington Street and met Mrs. Spry. Mrs. Bell. whom I would have par- ticularly liked to see again. Was completely in- volved in committee meetings. Mrs. Haven Smith had just been there and M rs. 'I'rivers Wilt] expected the next day. A History for Circulation W 0 M E N'S INSTITU'I'IC 'l WEEDS- A MUIR HISTORY is a precious thin],I and too destruclihle to he used by every- one who might want to read it: so more and more Institutes have collected data for their history books and then reproduced it in printed booklets that can he published in quantity and sold to cover the cost. To commemorate their fiftieth anniversary. the Institutes of South ch» frew have just issued such a hook dealing ox- clusively with the history of the Women‘s lnsti» tutes of the district. It is a most attractive and readable hook with pictures on almost every page and a heavy gold paper cover.- Mrs. Margaret Hamilton. a member who edited it 21