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1 £â€"THE LONDON FREE PRESS, Wednesday, June 14, 1967 GUELPHâ€"An $8,000â€" endowâ€" ment fund to provide treatâ€" National WIs receive $8,000 endowment fund to provide psychiatric treatment for children By CATHERINE FORD of The Free Press The 70th anniversary of the founding of the WI movement was celebrated by delegates attending the triennial conference of the Federated Women‘s Institute of Canada at the University of Gueiph. ment for special cases requirâ€" ing psychiatric care at the Children‘s Psychiatric Centre in Hamilton was announced to the fourth triennial conference of the Federated Women‘s Inâ€" stitutes of Canada yesterday. Mrs. J. Phillip Matheson, of Oyster Bed Bridge, P.E.I., national president, said Donâ€" ald Baxter of Vancouver, has donated $400 annually for 20 years to FWIC in memory of his mother. The bequest will be known as the Isabel Baxâ€" ter Endowment Fund. Mrs. Matheson also reportâ€" In her report, she recomâ€" mended a followâ€"up program. in the north with active sup» port for the "emerging Indian and Eskimo citizens"; a conâ€" centrated study of the provâ€" inces; support and encourageâ€" ment in vocational education for young people, E very province supplied scholarships, bursaries, loans and prizes to . students from kindergarten to _ university, she said. Alberta‘s centennial project is a $1,000 bursary to a social service graduate; Manitoba‘s is the Myrtle A. Rose Bursary for vocational training for an Indian, Esâ€" kimo or Metis girl; and Queâ€" bec is sponsoring classes in English, French, painting and music. Mrs, Black urged members o assume responsibility in all ines of government, to upâ€" Mrs. George Black, Pilot Mound, Man., in the citizenâ€" ship and education report said programs on rights and reâ€" sponsibilities of citizens have been varied with such topics as womens rights, municipal, provincial and national govâ€" ernments, and women‘s views on citizenship. ed highlights of her threeâ€" year term of office at yesterâ€" day‘s sessions held in the War Memorial Building, University of Guelph. ' Cutting the anniversary cake, from left: Mrs. Aroti Dutt of Calcutta, ACWW president; Mrs. J. Philip Matheson, Qyster Bed Bridge, P.E.l.. FWIC presâ€" ident; and Mrs. Philip Rogers, Stoney Creek. In the report of the Northâ€" ern Canada special projects committee, Mrs. Mary Penney announced _ the (fundâ€"raising drive for the Northern WTI exceeded the $20,000 goal by $4,800, Mrs. Matheson reported the centennial project of restoring the Adclaide Hunter Hoodless Homestead has been completâ€" ed, and she recommended the EWIC continue the responsiâ€" bility of further maintenance, with financial support to come from general funds. Mrs. J. O. Decker, Pemberâ€" ton, B.C., recommended the FWIC participate in the Caâ€" nadian Commission Internaâ€" tional Year for Human Rights, 1968, in. the United Nations and _ international â€" exchange convention report. She urged that air and water pollution, "as a problem of vital importance," should be of "greater concern to our organization," and all women‘s groups should help to further the aims of the Vanier Instiâ€" tute. A recommendation that first aid be taught in all schools by a qualified teacher was made by Mrs. Arthur Mackenzie, of Piapot, â€" Sask., in the home economics and health report. grade their individual educaâ€" tion, and to promote internaâ€" tional coâ€"operation. Mrs. H. C. Taylor, in the secretary‘s report, told deleâ€" gates there are 8,154 WI branches in Canada, with a total membership of 61,337. ‘This is A decrease of T5 branches for the past year," said Mrs, Taylor, "but memâ€" bership remains about the same (an actual gain of 37)." Mrs. W. M. Thompson, of Souris, Man., in the Internaâ€" tional Peace Garden report, said_â€" EFWIC donated $344.77 last year to the garden which is in Manitoba. Some of. these objectives have gone into force. Two field workers, Miss Florence P. Eadie and Mrs. William Hough have already travelled extensively in the NWT and the Yukon. The report recomâ€" mended: The FWIC continue the development of the WI program in Northern Canada, through a national fund to be raised by an annual assessâ€" ment of 10. cents per PFWIC member for the 1967 to 1970 term. Funds will be used for: Promoting training in homeâ€" making practices; developing leaders and fostering of tradiâ€" tional crafts; providing â€"a qualified field worker for the area; supplying the necessary equipment; establishing _ a scholarship; _ and _ providing travel assistance.