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MESSAGE FROM ENGLAND 1: has been my privilege to attend rallies on Manitoulin Island for two consecutive years. The one at Mindemoya on August 10. 1972 was particularly interesting because of the 75th Anniversary celebration. I had impressed on my fellow members back in England what we owed to those Canadian pioneers of the Women‘s Institute and it was good to find my, self a connecting link between the daughter movement in England and the Ontario Women‘s Institute. In England. I am just an ordinary branch member; here. I was repre- senting England and being pressed to take back greetings from the Federated Women‘s Inst]? tutes in Ontario to their oppOsitc numbers in the Women‘s Institutes of my country. It was an honour and a pleasure to be welcomed so warmly just for being English. One said. "I loved hearing you speak; you talk just like my mother.” Another said her grandfather came from Chilham in Kent. Many told me of dis- tant relatives or ancestors in Somerset, Cornâ€" wall, Staffordshire or Cumberland, or ex- pressed 3 hope of visiting England one day. There was the Queen‘s portrait on the wall and we sang “God Save the Queen" to demon- strate our common bond. We also sang “O Canada." to show our loyalty to the commuâ€" nity at large. We are to have an “International” rally in my own district of Thames-side, in Kent at the Istead Rise Memorial Hall (on the way to Gravesendl in October and the theme is to be “Canada and the 75th Anniversary of the Women‘s Institute movement." Elsie Cook, “Linden”, Whitehill. Meopham, nr. Gravesend, Kent. Pnst presidents and secretaries of the lanurk South District Women's Institutes attending the 60th Anni- versary of that District. Back row, from left â€" Mrs. 5. Temple, Miss Eva Candie, Mrs. P. Timmons, Mrs. R. MCTOVISII, Mrs. H. Shaw, Mrs. E, Hammond, Mrs. F. 5°‘ld; Mrs. E. Duffy. Front row, lrom left u Mrs. W. E. Moore, Mrs. E. Hulperlny. a past chairman of the Ottawa Area; Mrs. Verna Davidson. District President; Mrs. D. Horricks, Mrs. R. H. Mcllquhom, Mrs. R. Both- well. FALL 1972 Mrs. A. E. Taylor, lite Member at Cuinsville Women's Institute, has been an Institute member for sixty-one years. The Girls suidâ€" t'rmt‘d from page 30 When I found that I was chosen to go to the Girls‘ 4-H Conference at Guelph I was pleased for I knew it would be an opportunity to meet many different people from other parts of Ontario. For some reason I thought only of Southern Ontario but found when I arrived at Guelph that Northern Ontario was represented also. That was a very pleasant sur- prise. The girls were all friendly. I met quite a few and found I had :1 lot in common with most of them. I enjoyed the group discussions and guest speakers and found them very interesting. Eating in a college cafeteria and living in a college residence was a new experience to me. The campus at Guelph is very shady with many trees to sit under. With the temperatures in the 80’s and 905 all the time the shade was appreciated by everyone. We had the opportuâ€" nity to tour Macdonald Institute which I found very interesting for my mother used to attend there. I much appreciated the opportunity to at- tend the Canerence and I know I will never forget it. Lois Armstrong Lambton County 31