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Here and There With the Institutes Notes From Reports of Meetings EDITOR'S NOTE: â€" Again the editor has gone through the secretaries’ Reports of Meetings from the nearly fifteen hundred branch Insti- tutes in. the province. Our object was twoâ€"fold: to learn more about what the Institutes are doing and the service that would be most help- ful from the Department, and to gather for our paper ideas and experiences that might be of value to other Institutes. It may happen that an Institute carrying on an. excellent program and. contributing to all sorts of community projects may not be mentioned because what it is doing is already well known and many other branches are doing the same things. We hope the Institutes not mentioned will not be disappointed and that the notes recorded will be of inspiration and practical use. Outstanding Programs S THEIR outstanding program of the A year, many branches named an anniâ€" versary meeting or the grandmothers’ meeting or the annual visit by the district president, or a talk or demonstration by the county Home Economist. Several reported that the social friendliness of their community night or the Christmas meeting made it the best of the year. Lamb’s Corners sends this note: “Being a newly organized Institute we feel that each meeting was outstanding in that members were willing to participate and many of them had never belonged to an organized group before." And perhaps the Edgeley seC- retary speaks for many branches in her com- ment: “All our conveners had excellent pro- grams. It is impossible to say which one was most outstanding.” We know how difficult it must have been for some Institutes to cheese one program as their best, but their answers may give other branches ideas for their next year‘s program. _w |_ Here are some of the good programs built on standing committee subjects: Skipness’ home economics program: “The roll call was ‘A Favorite Supper Dish' and some recipes were given from the Institutes Branch booklet ‘Cooking Short Cuts’. A spe- cial method for making buns was given and a paper ‘Safeguarding Our Holidays’, There was a display of articles suitable for a bazaar.” Lavender-’5 August meeting featured an exâ€" hibition of flowers and the women came wearâ€" ing hats trimmed with vegetables. Haldimand .Iuniors took Decorating and Furnishing a Livâ€" ing Room as a special project and most of their programs were based on it. Vellore Juniors’ outstanding program was a fashion show “because,” the secretary writes “it took 34 the co-operation of all the members 1. but on this display as each girl was requ, i m sew her own costume and to design a i7 ' Easter hat." Bay View in Lennox reports: “Our ou‘ . .4. ing program was on histOrical researcl'i ing with the looal history of our first Si ..,_ We had an exhibit of photOs of early r and their homes taken over a hundred ,. ago and such interesting old things as ‘iHy: snuffers, brass scales to weigh mail, a I W1 proclamation of 1788 and excerpts take: mm the records of the Court of Request }. ,g', Bath in 1819. Many old family name up, recognized.” Mickshurg had a display tiques to draw attention to the neeg museum to preserve the relics of pious. in before they are lost. Delhi had a dis; of quilts and a talk on quilts and their 1: ~ Aberarder a talk and display of antiqu v.53 and china; Laurentian View rated high “1:, torical research program dealing with t A users of the telephone and hydro in the (T Sunday Creek places first, their home um- mics and health program “giving a lot .:r~ ful information on The Care of Clothin. .11- am ada’s Food Rules, Canning and suggestr Jor helping the Red Cross.” Molly Creek: 5- vi- ing when one member showed how ti mt leather purses; another, hammered alu‘ Illl trays; and another, fancy ribbon bows i Jill wrapping. Willow Run: a home eco ‘ .«g: meeting with demonstrations on the use a: binding, faggotting and covering dress en mat hangers. North Perth Maple Leaf: a 1). am where three members spoke on the pl» ‘ne Home, the Church and the School has iiw lives of our children. Central Dumb »‘ a program in which three of the youngei mi.- bers save papers on “Helpful Hints for makers” and demonstrated new idcn 'lllll gadgets for home decorating. Calton‘s mi»: economics program featured demonstrzu - it: quilting, rug making and smOCked cu nus. Crowland: a meeting on agriculturc’: wt: a member gave a demonstration on the .m- mg, pruning and care of rose bushes. Th” was followed by a quiz on the subject a the Winner received a rose bush. Whitby: tl l”- gram on Agriculture and Canadian Indl. NE- A Speaker talked about the industrial dr“ - j“it merits right in the area and what the “fi- tribute to the community. Then they Ml 3 debate, “Resolved that horticultural and mi! lands should be preserved for such prod “‘1ij rather than used for housing and indus r25. Bur-wick: a panel discussion stressing tha nerd of conservation, by members of the H1 "“bel Valley Conservation Authority. The A» W)” says: “The truth of the facts brought I'M “1 HOME AND COUle