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t it * THE COUNTRY FAITH By Norman Gale Here in the Country's heart Where the grass is lgreen, Lite is the ~amc sneer life As it e'er ha!- been. Trust in a God still lives And the bell at morn i-lnals with a thought of God ()‘er the rising corn. _ (Hid ('ulTlEW down in the film And tl‘lc crop-i grow tall. This is the country faith And the be»! of all. t i * inc. ensuring the required attendance, pro- \‘ldlnfl good publicity and arranging for any rcquu-r-d supplies or equipment. The Director appealed tr) the Institutes not to cancel. a ('UUI‘SP {it the last minute. If for some spec1a1 rensun a course must be cancelled the Depart" llIL'nl should be notified in time for the m- sti-urtur to [ill the time with another course. Referring to the Department‘s problem of filling :ill the requests for courses, Miss Lewrs snirl, "Although we have 43 full-time and fi pzirLtime staff members in our Women's Inâ€" .wlllUll' Brunt-ll. only 15 of these conduct the st'lllul' coursesâ€"50 you can see. with the illlIULllll of lime we have. :1 tremendous amount nr w-u-k is accomplished. For example, over lllt’l)il.-il_\‘1'ill' (April 1, 1953 to March 31, 1954) these l5 stall members conducted courses where 900 Women's Institutes were repre- sented and 12.461 women in Ontario partici- pated in these courses this year. Not only this, but you know the extent of our province and the distances the staff had to travel to bring these servo-cs to our women. Miss Lewis spoke of the satisfaction she feels when such results as these are reported to her. (These are true statements): “Miss Collins taught me dressmaking and how it has helped in my home!" “It was through Miss Hamilton's course in Health Education that I realized I should see a dnctor about cancer symptoms and ii was caught in time." "Through the dis- cussmn in Miss McBride‘s course, Psychology and You, I learned how to surmount some difficulties that had been a problem to me for a long time.“ “Mrs Hayes' course in Women's Institute Procedure just kept our Institute from going on the rocks and we have been n flourishing branch ever since.” Miss Lewis also reminded the women that the Institute Branch was established at the recfiuest o! thlc Institutes. and that new courses â€" or examp c the courses ' Cultural Activitiesâ€"have tigefsiidldgliogd’t ill: request of the Institutes. The important thing now is for the Institutes so wholeâ€"heartedly to support their courses that to gethe w more adequately attain our goals: r e can 12 1. To help women acquire sound and mm ,_ practices for greater home efficim‘f‘ 2. To discover, stimulate and train 1., V 3, To develop a more abundant lip rural communities and a deeper tion of the things near at hand, 4. To develop better, happier and m , citizens. idler; 'I‘Slllili'r: :7 United Nations And Exchange Programs Mrs. J. E. Houck, convener of F.W,I.C. committee on United Na“ , , Exchange ProgramS, appealed to the up: to support the United Nations pri , UNESCO (United Nations' Education and Cultural Organization) and (United Nations’ International i Emergency Fund). “At the AC.“ ference" Mrs. Houek said, “the won“- and Africa were able to give us of their problems. These Women charity, not money help, but hell themselves. As a result of the A.C_\‘. ference, the Federated Women’s In:- Canada decided we must take a few and a committee on United Nation change Programs was set up.” An exchange of programs with (l country women in some other 133‘ world could be arranged through tl‘ cial office or the General Secretary. d 167 Kensington High Street, London glam F.W.I,C, is considering issuing a bi - Canada to send to other countries. Concerning assistance to UNE: ,.i-“‘ UNICEF, Mrs. Houck reminded us fifty per cent of the world’s people zii illgl'i' over seventy-five per cent are illite- '1 world is rapidly growing to a state I “ independence and when people a: and unable to read or write, they ari between what is told them by mi and how they have been exploited . a they know which form of governmr ~ b-ri mespecially when the communists ‘ " l' FL," * 'k * GOOD COMPANY By Karle Wilson Baker Today I have grown taller from u l: with the trees, These seven sister-poplars who 30 W- a line; ' And I think my heart is whiter for m with a star That trembled out at nightfall and in above the pine. The call-note of a. redbird from the t in the dusk Woke his happy mate within me in answer free and fine; And a sudden angel beckoned fr" -‘ column of blue smokeâ€" Lord, who am I that they should 5b " these holy folk of thine? “k * iv HOME AND 03W"