Home & Country Newsletters (Stoney Creek, ON), Summer 1956, page 29

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0 Pickering lnsiituie's Hobby Show, n :onvener, Mrs. t, Lawson, shows a painting by M. Posigute of Brooklin .- Hon. Dr. W. J. Dunlo‘p, Ontario Minister of Education. â€"Pl.mlo by [Him .\lills, ANN. Carry-0n Institute's International Day pro- ram included the reading of a letter from 11 Institute in England â€" a letter accom- anied by a gift of lavender; making arrange- . ents to send a bale of clothing for European elief; the roll call “Another continent I would ‘ke to visit and why"; the singing of "The tar Spangled Banner"; a talk on Current vents in World Affairs”; a solo “Hymn of All ations”; and a contest in identifying emâ€" of other countries. Three members erved a typical Danish lunch. At Elma’s International Day meeting Mrs. ilmansen gave a talk comparing Christmas 11 Canada with Christmas in her natiVe coun- ry, Estonia. One member showed slides of laces of interest in Germany and other coun- ries that she had visited last year and an- ther member, native of Newfoundland, talked bout that part of Canada. The roll call was ‘A foreign country I would like to visit.“ At Simcoe’s Citizenship and Education r eating the roll call was to be answered by elling “Why I am proud to be a Canadian.” - special feature of the meeting was an ad- ress on the local work among retarded chil- ren, Brooke had a program dealing mainly with a study of Ceylon. A film “War and Want” howed the great improvement in conditions ade through UNESCO. South Mountain is sending a book, "Ottawa" to its institute link in Australia. Humberstone had a very enlightening ad- ress on married women’s property rights. (Perhaps any Institute would do a good piece f educational work by getting a lawyer or someone equally qualified to address a meet- ing on this subject and also the question of Wills. We would suggest it for a meeting atâ€" tended by men as well as women, â€" Ed.) At a meeting on Education, Richview had the roll call “How parents can help a teacher." Fenwick, for its meeting on Education had a history of Ontario’s educational facilities from two hundred years ago up to the DFES‘ SUMMER 1956 cut. The school teachers of the district were invited for the tea hour. Richard's Landing Institute joined the teaching staff of their school in sponsoring an Open Night at the school to help parents to keep in touch with their children's school lifel A DI‘OJGC’EOI‘ l'eL-ently purchased by the pupils and film strips provided by the In; stittlte were demonstrated A collection was taken to buy more films. Following a pro- gram of entertainment the Institute served refreshments. Campbell‘s Corner had an intermatiVe act dress on "Recreation and Television" by Ro- bert Secord‘ district supervisor of the Com- munity Programmes Branch of the Depart- ment of Education. At a 4-H Homemaking Club Lcaders‘ Tram- ing School in Perth County, preparing for the unit “The Club Girl Stands On Guard." the Chief librarian of Stratford Public Library spoke on books and reading} library service and books the girls might read, A feature of a program on Education at Uniondale Institute was a history of the Can» adian poet, Pauline Johnson_ with readings from her poetry by several members. Chesley devoted one program to Canadian Art and Literature. Members spoke on out- standing Canadian pictures and the artists who painted them. And the local librarian exhibited and briefly reviewed recent Can- adian books, with special reference to the. Governor-General's awards. Home Economics and Health This roll call is reported from Fisherviile: “What I leave my husband to eat when I am away for the day." Girl Guides, Ann Jurvin and Antioneita Korczynski, guard in hooked rug mode by Mrs. F. L. Sherry and designed by her son. This was exhibited at Pickering Hobby Show. â€"lem by John Mills, Ajax. 29

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