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Lee Homestead Report The report of the Lee Homestead Commit- tee was prepared by chairman. Mrs. R. Wise and read by Mrs. T. A. Farrell. At the Annual Board Meeting. Mrs. Wise reported, a letter had been directed to the Ontario Heritage Foundation Fund. whose Board of Directors has been appointed. with chairman. Mr. 'Fred- erick A. Wade. Toronto. The Foundation is just in its initial stages. with limited funds at its disposal and many requests. so each propos- al will have to be examined very carefully. RURAL LEARNING ASSOCIATION Mrs. E. Small reported that a number of Folk Schools have been held in the province and that a Rural Leadership Forum was held in Brantford. One hundred delegates. representing 22 marketing boards and producers‘ errâ€"operatives. attended a 4-day Marketing Conference at Ge- neva Park in February, Plans are under way for a youth travel exchange project in coâ€"operâ€" ation with Farmer's Union and Co-operative Development Association in Alberta. The annual meeting of the Rural Learning Association will be held at Geneva Park. Oril~ lia. June 7-9. 1968. Mrs. Edith Sterr. Executive Secretary to the R.L.A. has resigned after many years of valu- able service in Farm Radio Forum. Ontario Folk Schools. etc. Ontario Welfare Council According to Ontario‘s Deputy Minister of Labour. women aged 15â€"54 make up about 30 per cent of the labour force in the cities and concern has been expressed for the care of working mothers‘ children. All day nurseries providing facilities for more than three unrelated children must be 1i- censed under the Day Nurseries Act. re-writâ€" ten in 1966. Municipalities providing and opâ€" erating Day Nurseries according to standards set for space. equipment. health care. staffing, etc. will receive 80% of cost of renovating the building and 80% of difference between oper- ating costs and fees received from parents. A pilot project average is about $4.50 a day. Approximately 450 establishments are oper- ating under the Act. with 122 of these giving all day or after school care to about 5.500 children. Adult Education In April 1967, the federal Government as- sumed entire control of Manpower Training. Under the new legislation an adult is eligible for a training course only after being out of school for a full year. To qualify for a training allowance he must have been in the labour force for three years and he must have one or more persons wholly or substantially dorm“, enl upon him. The Canadian Association 1... Adult Education does not feel these COI'lLiili. a. are best for our citizens. The Nuffield Foundation of Great Brii u will again award travelling scholarships. on. . a farmer in the eastern, and one in the West . provinces. to study farming practices and . ditions of agricultural life in the United K. dom. Ontario Food Council Mrs. Homer Judge. a representative it F.W.I.O. on the Consumer‘s Committee at Ontario Food Council, outlined their prm tional effort to move the plentiful supph Ontario canned tomatoes. On March 1st. : tario had 3,100,000 cases of canned tomtu and it is important that at least one mill cases are sold within the next few month- avoid serious problems before the 1968 p. Members were urged to buy high quality I tario canned tomatoes with vitamins C uni1 and with low calorie content. The Food Couricil is studying the prol' of. imitation dairy products. Ontario ti fruits and vegetables. and other topics. in dcr to get the best food for the consume the same time considering producer. prom- and distributor. Ontario Committee for Human Rights Mrs. Roy Westlake represented our P: dent. Mrs. E. Small. at the meeting of the -7 tario Committee for Human Rights in Torn on March 2. The morning program dealt \i the Ontario community and Human Rig and pointed out our responsibilities. first in dividuals and then as groups. Mrs. Westlake sat in on two discuss groups â€" implementation of the Code and Status of Women. * t * MO'WING There was never a sound beside Lhe wood but it And that was my long scythe whispering to ground. \Vhar was it it Whispered? I knew not well niyw Perhaps it was something about the heat of the st Something, perhaps, about the lack of sound -â€" And that was why it whispered and did not spent- It was no dream of the gift of idle hours. Or easy gold at the hand of fay or elf: Anything more than the truth would have seem too weak To the earnest love that laid rhe swale in rows. Not without feeble-pointed spikes of flowers The fact is the sweetest dream that labor knows. (Pale orchises), and scared a bright green snake. My long scythe whispered and left the hay to mat. Robert Frost * at * HOME AND COUNTF