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The President’s C0 rner Mrs. Austin 5. Zoel- ler, President, the Federated Women's Institutes of Ontario. What’s new? Plan ahead! It seems almost everything. the wcalhcr. the styles. the educational system, environmental control, mobility of our population, iS expat" encing change. This new year has so many exciting and inâ€" teresting things to do and plan for as far as Women’s Institute members are concerned. With genuine and sincere efforts on the part of our branches, the 75th Anniversary Project will be completed and the goal of $50,000 for the expansion fund for Macdonald Institute will be achieved. I am sure this year, 1971, will pass very quickly. We will all, Branches, Districts, Areas, be making plans to celebrate our Wom- en’s Institute 75th Anniversary which comes in 1972. The initial plans will have to be dreamed up this year. The new “Ontario Women’s Institute Story", a book telling the history of Women's Insti- tutes in Ontario and the eXpansion of this or- ganization outside the province. will be comâ€" pleted this year and will go on sale in Our An- niversary year. The work of the Constitution Committee is progressing well. This takes time but we are working as quickly as possible fully aware that our present supply of hand books has run out. The meetings are a challenge to the Committee and we welcome the letters with suggestions and the interest showu by the members throughout the province. Do you think that 1971 will be almost a lost year when we are so busy planning ahead? What shall We do this year? There are many plans. The Associated Country Women of the World Conference will be held in Oslo. Nor- way in August and there will be Ontario wom- en present as delegates both official and unof- ficial. We have booked a block of seats on a plane leaving Toronto, August 3. flying directâ€" ly to Oslo and returning from Oslo August 24. 4 If you are planning to attend and thcsu (latex coincide with your travel schedule drop to the F.W.I.O. office. Something new is happening at thicerfi. Conference this year. We are includini the Area PreSidents for the first time. Wl We every Area to send their President. This A unlit prove to be a valuable experience. A it meet and exchange ideas and program which will assist all at Convention time. Do you remember a year ago we pg. _ :resolution to help keep our province ; tm We worried about the dead elms and w. asked to plant another tree in their I m Have you as an individual member don .It-y Spring will soon be here and planting tin Lmi I would like to know just how serious nu accepted this resolution. Are you go- to plant a tree, or just take the same olu ml and let another member do it? We won] _.1. ly like to hear from you, whether you h it- cepted or are planning to accept this sponsibility. Is this the year that you are going to :1 program in your branch that will be di m from anything you have ever done ‘r 4"? Let’s all work on something that will ; the work of the Women‘s Institute in th. ‘11- munity so we may make our reason for \l» ence better known and promote our fine we of a group of women working who thii. 1!:- yond the present. As president, I can only say once age. in I appreciate the letters and the time ta; hi the many members who write to me sit up concern for the work of the Women‘s. ti- tute. I note ~L‘ i0 -in|.\; Margaret lcr A THOUGHT FOR THE DAY I got up early one morning And rushed right into the day, I had so much to accomplish I didn't take time to pray. Problems iust tumbled about me And heavier came each task, "Why doesn't God help me." I wondered But remembered, I didn’t ask! I woke up early this morning And paused before entering the dfli‘ I had so much to accomplish I had to take time to pray! HOME AND cat? ET!"