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Photo, :ourlew the Soul! Doilv Slur. rile winners in 0 "Comic Hols Coolest" at o Massey fl omen's Institute meeting. The trimmings leolured everything from fresh fruit to toy chickens. rovided a waggon for a crippled child to use l get to school. South Lobo gave baking and elp to a sick neighbor. Eatonville provided oal for a family in need, New Dundee gave roceries to a family where the father was eriously ill. Picnic Grove held a tea to raise unds to buy a record player for a blind tudent. Lucknow says “In our private hospital for he aged, the patients are all remembered on heir birthdays.” Cane bought eye glasses for . child in the community and cod liver oil apsules to be distributed to the school Chile ren. iroquois, in addition to donations to : any organizations bought glasses for a H oman in the community. Hall‘s Glen re- orts: “Our public relations convener found hat two families had never applied for the amily allowance and she helped them to get 'hat assistance.” Sudbury looked after three estitute families at Christmas time and had 7: “stork shower“ for another. After a funeral ! a member’s family Point Edward “served inner to a large number of friends and elatives who had come from a distance.” oseneath reports “We have an outstanding ' ood Cheer chairman. This year she sent 26 cards, 3 plants and 20 boxes of fruit to e aged and sick and 9 cups and saucers to rides in the community." New Canadians â€" International Days Kintore's International Day program had or a roll call “Customs of other countries that ' like;” the motto: “No nation can rise higher han its people;” the topic “Our Union Jack;" nd a display of flags and articles from other ountries. Tavistock for International Day "ad the hall decorated in red, white and blue. travelogue and exhibit of souvenirs from exico; and the school children sang the folk Ongs of other countries. Woodstock North's nternational Day program featured a talk on weden, a report of the United Nations' eminar held at Western University. 311d ‘ INTER 1956 Dutch songs and dances by a Dutch mother and daughter dressed in native costume. Napanee had an address from a teacher who had been a delegate to the United Nations Seminar, Lavender’s International Day pro- gram included a talk on United Nations, music of other nations and a quiz on world capitals. Bowmanville’s “outstanding program was a Citizenship program when a group of New Canadians and their teacher held a discussion on life in Canada compared with life in their homeland. At “Model's” education meeting. the converter conducted a discussion of Holland with a Dutch war bride. Newboro entertained New Canadians at a pot luck supper. Colborne had a speaker on Quebec Women's Institutes and their ways and customs, and a Dutch woman spoke on Holland. Guthrie had Dutch girls speak on farming in Holland. Atherton, Long Point. Walsingham all report an address by a New Canadian as the outstanding program feature of the year. Lynedoch had a Canadian. a Belgian. a Hungarian and a German taking part in their International Day program, Lynn Valley has letter friends in Germany and a friendship link in England. At Duntroon's International Day, tw0 Dutch women spoke on their native country and sang native songs. Mrs. Alfred Watt Memorial Institute reports a talk at the Citizenship and Education meek ing on “Citizenship in Other Lands" by Jozo Weider. (Possibly a former citizen of another country. Ed.) Dinna Weary had a New Canaâ€" dian citizen from Estonia speak on “Life Boâ€" hind thc Iron Curtain.“ At Sebringville a guest speaker spoke on her native country. Switzerland. Moorewood says: “Our Inter national Night was the highlight of our mectv ings. Our New Canadians came, shared in the program and enjoyed themselves to the full- est." This branch also had a program of read- ings about Holland and a talk by a local Dutch lady on rural life in Holland and her experi- ences in coming to Canada; Shedden had a program very much like this for their public relatiom meeting. _w1_ Kingsmill Mapleton had a demonstration of needlework by a lady from Poland. The roll call was answered by showmg an fll'llCiL‘ from another country. At De Cew Falls (1 New Canadian demonstrated coloring Easter eggs by an old Slavic method Fonthill had a speaker on a South American trip; and the program included music. clothing and a talk on the ctlstums of other Countries. Bowling Green had a Finnish woman talk about Fin~ land and a Dutch woman about Holland. At Laurel, New Canadians brought to the meet- ing treasures from their native countries. Three members; sang songs in their native language and told of customs in their home lands, Latvia, Holland and Germany. St. Helen’s had a paper on “The Meaning of International Day." a talk on Holland and a talk on The Colombo Plan, Brooklin's Inter- 43