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ich have become dependent upon electricity r their lighting, heating and cooking, rangely enough, we do not haVe a great deal : snow, but the snow, which does fall is i, own about, causing big drifts. The roads ' 'om the farms down to the main highway are passable and often dangerous because of the 3,, surface. The temperature varies greatly, i e day there may be rain and the next day any degrees below zero, so that the pipes eeze. Cars cannot be used at this season ther because of the extreme cold or the con- tion of the roads. There are no built-in rages on the old farms, Where the houses 6 often several hundred years old. On the d door to our ‘stabbur’ (a small house built a pillars for the storage of food) there is rved the date 1741. A feature of Morewood Institute’s fiftieth I niversary celebration was a display of an: ues and a set-up of an old-time store with dies dressed in the costumes of the time ing their shopping. This anniversary celeâ€" ation took the form of an "open house" in :3 church hall both afternoon and evening. MacLennan at its fiftieth anniversary had a splay of quilts made by some of the mem~ rs, and an address by Mrs. John Nott who as president when the institute was first - ganized. At Fenella’s fiftieth anniversary Mrs. W. A. oodfellow gave a sketch of the institute‘s ifty years of achievement," and the first cretary read, and commented on the minutes the meeting when the branch was organ- ed. Mount Pleasant marked its anniversary in rather unusual way. In addition to having anniversary tea with a birthday cake, ‘ests and an appropriate program, the folâ€" wing Sunday the institute placed flowers in 1 church and attended the service as a group. Westmeath had an anniversary banquet at l ich special guests were members of longâ€" ". standing in each of the eighteen branches ‘ the district. They had a roll call of the MI anches in the district answered by a repreâ€" ‘ntative giving the institute’s outstanding I hievement since its organization. A charter ember, Mrs. Grylls, was chairman: Mrs. slie Davis, guest speaker. The.I history of Blackheath institute as re- ewed at its fiftieth anniversary celebration, called that the branch was organized by Mrs. land Lee who had helped her husband to ganize the historic first meeting at Stoney eek in 1897. Miss Marjorie Lee was a EUESt ' the anniversary. The history also reported at the cash receipts in 1905 amounted to $15 IN'I'ER 1956 It is understandable that this valley with its contrast of wild, bare mountains and rich vegetation is popular with tourists. In the months of July and August we hear many foreign languages being spoken in the Village shops and on the buses. There are many very good hotels in the district, even high in the mountains among the peaks, glaciers and foaming rivers. For us. on the farms, summer is a short and hectic season. Everything grows so quickly and the harvesting must begin at once, before the frost and cold of an early fall overtakes us. I hope I have given you a little glimpse of life on a farm in one of Norway's numerous valleys and that it will interest you." Fiftieth Anniversaries as compared with $1037 this year. Miss Edith Collins, formerly of the Women‘s Institute Branch, was guest speaker; and the district secretary, Mrs. N. Fletcher, presented the branch with a secretary‘s brief case. North Oxford district‘s anniversary program featured an historical pageant, “Through the Years" and a member from each branch was dressed in a period costume of the time of the organization of her institute which, the report says, “caused great hilarity." Padre Young of the Ontario Agricultural College was guest speaker, also “leading in a rousing sing-song." Stouffville celebrated its fiftieth anniver- sary at a tea with more than one hundred and sixty visitors from twelVe neighboring insti» tutes. The main feature of the program was a review of the institute’s accomplishments in war work and local work to make the com- munity “a better place to live in. economically. socially and spiritually," Fenelon Falls’ fiftieth anniversary celebrae tion had a forward as well as a backward look. The historian, after showing how the institute had consistently worked closely with the origL nal ideas of the founder, Mrs. Hoodless, "with a view to raising the general standard of the health and morals of the people, and the carrying on of work for the uplift of the home and the betterment of community life," gave this final pronouncement: “These fifty years have been years of achievement and progress. But there are greater tasks ahead. We need more members, young, strong, willing women. who will take up and carry the torch older members are forced to lay down." West, Korah Senior Institute celebrated its fiftieth anniversary with a social evening in a home to which all former members and pres ent members and their families were invited, The Institutes of Lambton County celebrated fifty years of Institute work in a getâ€"together 55