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ROYAL WINTER FAIR Mrs. Bagdon, F.W.I.O. representative on the Royal Winter Fair Board, was appotnted a director on the Floriculture Committee .She attended the annual meeting and a committee meeting as well as a tea and reception given by the president in the flower court of the Coliseum. FOLK SCHOOLS Mrs. G. W. Smith. representative to the On- tario Folk School Council, reported that the annual meeting of the council was attended by delegates from across the province with interâ€" est chiefly in adult education. The school oper- ates on financial grants and the assistance in leadership comes from the Ontario Department of Agriculture and Department of Citizenship and Immigration. It was at this meeting that the recommendation was presented and voted upon in favour of the amalgamation of the Folk School Council. Rural Leadership Forum and Farm Radio Forum. Folk schools were held throughout the year in more than a dozen counties and regions. The themes were most informative â€" “Rural planning and develop- ment for tomorrow". “Canada‘s challenge as we approach the centennial”. “The challenge of change". “In the looking glass". “Changing at- titudes towards education.” Mrs. S. Mollard gave this report of a pro- vincial Folk School: At a meeting in Petrolia 24 delegates attended. studied and worked to- gether in large and small groups, sharing duties and privileges in the weekâ€"long experiment in community living. Problems discussed were: “Are present means of adult education ade- quate?“ “What has been happening with re- gard to change in rural Ontario?" “Farming is becoming less a way of life and more of a business." "Farmers are const’mers as well as producers." A study of semantics was introduced to show h0w a by-pass in understanding can occur when a word means different things to differ- ent people. A concern with the attitudes of people within the group was discussed It was learned that we should develop a sensitivity to the feelings of others; and that the majority of people meeting for the first time fee] fear or dread. Once a problem is thoroughly un- derstood it is seventyâ€"five per cent solved. Block parties, a mass meeting. panel discus- sions, buzz groups acquainted the delegates with various means of tackling problems. UNITED NATIONS Mrs. Fred Moyer, the F.W.I.C. United Na- tions Secretary. said that correspondents from 14 England comprise the largest group oi Insti- tute “Letter Friends" but some [6130:] Am tralia and Tasmania. Friendship Linn numerous. The Sponsor a Child Plan 5U“ being well received. It is hoped mm more branches will report their U.N. activity E\_ change programs are being carried in. branches in various waysâ€"telling abut lar meetings, giving recipes, scrap bu. .‘ N. porting community activities. snapshot: l (W nadian scenes. One branch purchii ’ Encyclopedia for a school in NigEriu 'ium Women‘s Institute International D. mi. grams were reported. A request was l mu from the national convener for literate mm Ontario for a Study Kit going to the Tr My Africa. where a study of Canada is [ilL for the year, undertaken by the womt x..3t_‘. tion of the Agricultural Union of Ti .t..|_ Material was forwarded. flit? WI lli Feuu» an [tecl CULTURAL ACTIVITIES Mrs. S. Panting noted that the worl. my hands seems to take first place with 1 Kit. tute. Many branches report having seii gist to be sold at the F.W.I.C. gift stall ul llLI~ tional convention. Needlecraft, letti !.:ll etching. Danish lace-making and mttl‘ ‘liiL‘l' crafts are being kept alive by our tit Displays and demonstrations of hobl‘ nul- ticipation at local fairs, short C0lll' mil workshops were evident. An interest in good reading. donatiol ln- cal libraries. the appreciation of per at reading to shut-ins have caught the im- 1 ul some members. There is music of sci in» at most of our meetings. and the it an give support to music festivals and m Jul choirs. BUSINESS AND FUTURE PLA" Mrs. Donald McNabb had been it i in view F.W.I.O.‘s section in the Peace i ‘lL‘n last summer. She had pictures of this ‘an and it was decided by the directors to \th an additional table and bench with .: me plate and the balance of the $100.00 at \Iilt to be used for painting in this section. A letter from Mrs. Graham Spry slut: Ilizil A.C.W.W. had been asked to place a vhf at the World’s Fair in the agricultural K M"- This exhibit might be in the Specimen Mm Home. Board directors will be asking to it“ and will present these at the May 1‘1 “Ill-‘- To date the Junior Institutes do not ‘ {it badge- A design was chosen from whim" sions and the secretary was instructed 7 FL“ quest Birks to prepare a die for F.W.[.t-. cision also was made on a past prek'lit‘fi" HOME AND coUNW"