Home & Country Newsletters (Stoney Creek, ON), Winter 1956, page 25

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A "Fix and Fit" clothing class at Sectoth Institute with Miss Eleanor Kidd (standing), Supervisor of Clothing in Home Economics Extension Service. For this course the women bring garments that don't fit iust right and the instructor shows how to make the necessary udiuslments â€" a sort cl “clothing clinic." l ' HE HOME Economics Extension staff l. I have been busy this fall with the heavi- ' est schedule of courses in years. The :following comments from their reports and ._an occasional note from an Institute give a ipicture of this work not found in any general ,‘review or announcement. They remind us, 1:00, of how definitely extension work is a .co-operative effort of the extension worker . hand the people she works with. ’ * tr t " g The teacher of Millinery, a new course this ryear, made this report: . "When we begin a Millinery course We find ‘lthat one hat leads to another. We discover .new ideas, new materials, new sources of inspiration. “At Meaford, the ladies made five or six hats from a lovely velvet evening dress brought in by one class member. The dress .{had scarcely been worn, but the hats will be, 'At Island Foils Institule's Millinery Course with Miss Nora Creyke (upper right), instructor from Home Eco» nomics Extension Services. iHome Economics Extension Briefs and no two looked alike. In this same class a nine-year-old girl, with only a very little help from her mother, made an angora hat. The work was very even and neat, and the hat most attractive. "Music notes decorated a hat designed by a class member at Island Falls. It is of inter! est that music notes decorated a hat shown the next week at Eaton's Fashion Show. Crocheted and knitted hats take on shape and smartness when made over a firm foundation, or worked directly on one. Several of these are made in the Women‘s Institute Millinery classes.” It 3 3 Following are notes from other extension workers: “This was a pleasant group, all anxious to learn. They really wanted something on emergencies." (This was a Class in Health Education.) "So the classes continued long after the hour of clasing. Medical help is a long distance away and they have to rely on their own efforts. Even artificial respiraâ€" tion was demonstrated â€" and practiced." "The schoolhouse where the meeting was held is located in the wide, open spaces and one wondered where all the women came from, also the three small mice that played in and out of the register.” “The course in ‘Medicinc Yesterday and Today' was attended by Elflhl. women â€" one who walked nearly five miles to attend â€" plus the school teacher and thirty-seven school children â€" a very attentive group." “Previous to the course lhe womcn had scrubbed the floor and this was by far the cleanest hall. for an old building, in which I have ever had a course. Most of the twenty- one members are very young mothers.” “The hall was not open until ten olclnck and not warm until noon," “When the Needlecraft course was given an Institute member who operates the local telephone switchboard took her holidays so that she cauld take the course.” A woman from a very new Institute in Kenora district wrote: “We were pleased to 25

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