Home & Country Newsletters (Stoney Creek, ON), Summer 1966, p. 36

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,.- Mrs. G. R. lone, F.W.l.0. Provincial Board Director lor Simcoe, presents the Dorothy Futcher Ontario Women‘s institute Scholarship to Janet Campbell of Guthrie. Janet is in her iirst year at Macdonald Institute. Guelph University. She has her 4-H Homemaking Club Provincial Honors and has been active in Young People's Church work, the choir and sports. Alice had a “Friendly Neighbors" proâ€" gram in International night. Some of their own members dressed in national costumesâ€" Dutch, Chinese, Japanese, Scottish, Icelandic and Australian, each spoke of their native country. They also “sang their native songs and everyone joined in." Snake River in addition to contributing to the International Scholarship and Pennies for Friendship and SponSOring a child through the Save the Children Fund, “sent a bale to UNICEF.” At Waubaushene a clergyman showed slides taken on a nearby Indian Reserve when he was a teacher there. The report says: “The speaker said We needn’t go to the Southern States to see discrimination. We should work for better understanding in our own country.” Churchill reports: “At our International meeting a new Canadian from Italy told us about Italian cooking; and our president, who came from Holland, sang a Dutch song and taught us a Dutch game she had played as a girl." Wellesley reports: “Our December meeting was a special one when a new Canadian memâ€" ber who had received her Canadian Citizen- ship papers at week before wanted to provide the home, convene the program and provide the lunch. She was thrilled and so were all the members. She had a splendid program and provided a Christmas banquet. Her table was a picture." At Christmas time Centreville members provide fifty cent gifts, Christmas wrapped to 36 be packed in one box and sent to an Insttlttl‘ in England. The English Institute sends an ct change parcel. Helena Feashy has Institute links in Quem. land, Australia, and Shropshire in Eng“,- They sponsor a child in Macao and sent hm of yarn and books to Institutes in the N; Territories. Pelham and Ridgeville were fortunate having Canada's Commissioner to the Yut as a speaker. At Carry on Institute a native of Hoilu now a Canadian citizen and president 0; Women's Institute, spoke on the importnv of citizenship and the franchise. Clifford’s program on education was gt by four men speakers. For its International meeting, Moshorm had as guest speaker a third year student Guelph University who had spent the SUll‘ll in Zambia with Cross-roads Africa. Riven had the wife of a Guelph University stud from India speak on “A Woman‘s Life in dia." Clyde and Scotts reports: “We had a ct munity resident who escaped from Latvia of her trials and tribulations at that l After hearing her We wondered what we 1 to grumble about in this land of milk honey and civil liberty." At Capetown a speaker from Africa st on the problems of African students cor. to Canada not knowing our language, ha' little money and great difficulty in tin rooms. Most Institutes of North Wentwonh rc l taking charge of a book depot for the to library. MGTY Wilkes, the first Denbigh girl to comple'e ‘ ‘e 4-H Homemaking Clubs, received her Provincial h “t certificate at the lennox and Addinglon Achiev» 1" Day in January. Mary is shown here with her exhibit. Li's HOME AND cab-“TRY

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