Home & Country Newsletters (Stoney Creek, ON), Summer 1968, p. 7

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Miss Rosemary Clark, Supervisor of County and District Home Economists, Home Economics Branch, Ontario Department of Agriculture and Food; Mrs. C, M, Dock- ing; Dr. Mabel Sanderson, Macdonold Institute, Uni» versin of Guelph; and Mrs. Mabel Franklin. Photo Courtesy Audio Visual Services, University of Guelph. South American tour in March. The A.C.W.W. office was broken into on December 20. Thirtyâ€"nine dollars was taken and the office safe destroyed, so a new one had to be purchased. These items were covered by insurance. Mrs. Aroti Dutt will arrive in Halifax on August 11 and then proceed to Ottawa as guest of F.W.I.C. She will not visit Ontario of- ficially enroute to the Conference at Lansing. since she was here for the week last year‘ It is expected she will arrive at Toronto Airport for a change of planes enroute to Chicago at apâ€" proximately the same time as a flight of dele- gates arrives from the United Kingdom. it ‘1! 'k A FARM PICTURE Through the ample open door of the peaceful country barn, A sunlit field with cattle and horses feeding, And haze and vista, and far horizon fading away. \Valt \Vhitman * i: * Ontario Pollution Conference Mrs. Small attended the Provincial Pollution Conference held in Toronto early in Decem- ber. Pollution was dealt with under three phases â€"- agriculture, municipal and indus- trial. It was generally agreed that agricnlture suffers more from pollution by others than it contributes to pollution. The Conference foâ€" cussed on air, water and soil pollution, and speakers emphasized that some action on polâ€" lution is being taken but a lot more is needed. SUMMER 1968 United Nations Secretary Mrs. Percy Radbourne. United Nations Secâ€" retary. requested that each Board Director stress at District Annuals that a study on "Hu- man Rights" is essential. She is preparing a panel discussion and a flip chart for the pres- entation of the Human Rights story and show- ing laws passed from the Magna Carta in 1213 in England and dowu through the years. and asks such thought provoking questions as: “Do we have equal rights in Canada?" "Do Indians and Eskimos have equal rights?“ “Is there one law for the rich and one for the poor when the poor often do not know their own rights?" “15 it possible to infringe on rights of seller and renter?" Hospitality Report Mrs. John Charlton. chairman of the Hospi- tality Committee. reported that since the Anâ€" nual Board Meeting she has had correspond- ence with four Women‘s institute members from England, These guests will arrive in To- ronto May 16 and June 3 and plans will be made for them to see Stoney Creek. Erland Lee Home and the Adelaide Hoodless Home- stead. Wordsworth? "For I have learned [0 look upon nature, not as in the hour ‘ Of thoughtless youth; but hearing oftentimes The stilL sad music of humanity, Nor harsh, nor grating, though of ample power to chasten or subdue.“ * it t

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