Home & Country Newsletters (Stoney Creek, ON), Summer 1966, p. 35

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[cl national «italdstream comments “We felt that our In- meeting was the best of the yc 33 It promoted better public relations in our Ct ~imunity, as each member was asked to h, g someone of another nationality. A new c I" 'iadian spoke of her recent visit to Hol- In «it. Brydges had a “Citizenship and New radian evening. Two New Canadians told ,ustoms and conditions in their native counâ€" .; their troubles in coming to a new ntry and how we can help them by show- them how we do things in Canada. They \ felt that some of their ways are better 1 ours and that by being friendly we can 'n from each other." Several New Ca- ‘vian women have joined this Institute. it Salford a native of CzechOslovakia set a display of needlework from that coun- . and a girl in her native Ukrainian national ss played the accordion. iprucedale: “Giving the Unitarian Services inmittee donations of clothing for Korean ldren gave non-attending senior or invalid 'mbers, who had not been able to partici- Fe in Institute activities, an opportunity to ntribute by knitting or sewing articles which Cy sent to the Institute to go into the dona‘ 'Il’l. i Shirley Baerger who received the Queen- ston - St. David's Women's Institute Scholarship this year. This Institute gives an annual scholar- ship of $100 to a Grade Xlll girl grad- uate who is going to either Macdonald Institute or Teachers' College at Brock University; and the Principal says.,s he will make a very good teacher. Shennett of Scith Lancaster, win- Su‘san nor of the '1965 Ottawa Citizen award of NHL 5U- san has completed thirteen 4â€"H Home- making Clubs. 5: SUMMER 1966 Carol Ann Lewis, winner of East Northumberland Onv taria Women‘s Ins stitufe scholarship. Carol Ann has grod‘ noted from high school; has her Pro- vincial Honors in 4-H Homemaking C | u b work, and is now in training in Belleville General Hospital School of Nursing. Buttar of Northumberland Margaret county has com- pleted thirteen 4‘H Homemaking C | u b proiecls; is now in Grade Xllt at high school and plans to enter a nurse » in - training course this tall. Margaret is ac- tive in sports and drama, has won medals in elocution and was one of the club members chosen to represent Ontario at the National 4»H Conference in Wash- ington this year‘ Mono Road reports: “Our branch attended a Court Reception in Brampton when seventy- seven ncw Canadians received their citizen- ship papers‘ AfterWAIrds we served refresh- ments to them and it was a great opportunity to get acquainted with these new Canadians,” At this lnstitute‘s international day they had a talk on Jamaica by a nurse from that counâ€" try who is on the public health stafI for the area and who works with Institute members in the baby clinics. Stroetsville’s International meeting included a study of both A.C‘.W.W. and United Na- tions. explaining the purpose of United Na- tions and the work of UNICEF. UNESCO and FAQ. ' Bornholnl “studied the North West Terri- tories. using the abundance of material in the Institute magazines," They are now pre- paring a layette for a hospital there. Sehringville says “We took advantage of our International meeting to explain the Internaâ€" tional Scholarship Fund thoroughly." They also had a display of articles from their link institute in England. Hillier says: “We invited the new Canadians of the township to a meeting and they put on an interesting program.” 35

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