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as a library. At the same meeting the mem- bers voted to join the Film Counml being set up in the town. When Kincardine celebrated its fiftieth an- niversary four years ago, with a turkey din- ner, the members enjoyed it so much that on their next anniversary they had a pot luck supper. The following year they dec1ded_to make this supper an annual event and to inâ€" vite their husbands and friends. Around one hundred attended. The supper fOIIOWed by cards and a home talent entertainment made this a very happy social affair. Kendal held a turkey supper to help finance the equipping of the local skating rink Kemptville held a Card party, the proceeds to go to buy floodlights for the baseball diamond, Acton Institute arranged an evening devoâ€" tional program for the residents of the County Home with talks by several local clergymen. A violinist and accompanist gave their talents to the service. Visitors and residents joined in singing well known hymns and the eve- ning closed with a social half hour and re- freshments. The Institutes of South Simcoe district held a Variety Concert which drew a crowd of nearly 500 people so that the audience had to be divided between the upstairs auditorium and the downstairs hall of the Town Hall, and those taking part had to repeat their perâ€" formances. Each branch Institute in the dis- trict made a contribution to the program. These included vocal and piano numbers, readings, skitsl a novelty band and dance 1 t # KITCHENS Vivian E. Lane A kitchen’s more than just a place Where pots and pans and brooms are kept; Where busy feet [read to and fro Where meals are cooked and floors are swept: A kitchen's more than just a nook Wherein we bake and scrub and cook. A kitchen sometimes is a school Where deep philosophies are taught; Where working with material things We hearken to a richer thought; And visions form and wider grow While kettles sing and fires glow. A kitchen sometimes is a shrine Where prayers are breathed throughout the land; Where wounds are healed, and problems solved Where dreams take shape, and lives are planned; Where sirenth and courage may be gleaned, While floors are scrubbed, and cupboards cleaned. A kitchen‘s more than just a place Where work and hear. and clocks hold sway; For it provides the cups of tea Which bind the friendships of a day; So all in all a kitchen gives The things by which a nation lives. it: a! a: 32 * * * SUNDAY SERVICE By Ethel Ron-Jig Fuller They [Ell me I‘ve no longer need In gm To church. Come Sabbath morn: that. now Has time and station on the radio, The old can sit at home and hear the \Klml So in my best black silk, I draw a rlmjr Up [0 the carvcn case...A famed quarrel, Or soloist, sings, someone leads in prayU The preaching's wonderfulâ€"and yct‘and m l7 lllt Lllnl There are no children after Sunday srhwl; No choir for looking at, no ushers, as They smilingly show folks to pews and I...” The plates . . . and afterwards, no vcsrihut For talk, or chance to shake the pastor's ll i Hl, And say, "Your sermon, Brother, was it... ,3le * a: a: number! “The Backward Girls" wl“ 'lltl a march with their clothes and faces "i had;- wards,” square dances. The evem raised around $266 for the district treason Belgrave sponsored a Scotch-Irish nicer: which drew such a crowd that a reg» i: p61. torn-lance had to be given on anothei inmg Elm Grove, for its variety concert v Custer] not only the help of a number of mi .11 the community but each school in the II' a con» tributed a number to the program. At Port Rowan’s family night thre. pictures were shown: “The Life of Sir l Ion Churchill, the Man of the Century”; "'1 3 !‘ Life of the Eskimo" and “Newfoundland In keeping with good neighboring 1w muons Clute Institute held a bazaar and sow :i ere- ning to raise funds for a family that ll. w been “burned out." Marmara donated a m of money and appointed a committee ‘i but something for a family who had it lhell’ home by fire. Desbarats members wok a shower of articles to a neighbor in . place things lost or damaged by fire. Snowball Institute members promo ‘1 do- nations of quilt patches, crochet cotlw YET” and other work material for the ww n in the York County Home. Echo Bay supplies milk to needy fall £5 in the district. Peace Bridge Institute had a Valenti]: Part" for the children in the County Shell» For a community social evening, G"r€fl0(‘k arranged a “Tart Social,” the luncl in be served by the men. This Institute hie DI'G‘ vided card tables to be used for games at social evenings held in the school. A roll call at Garnet was “A former Mimi“ in my community that I would like to 599 resumed." Gravenhurst working with the local figure skating club sponsored a skating L‘Hl‘lllval- ROSSIS'I'I also sponsored a skating carnival for the young people followed by a bean SUPP” in the hall. Rylstone had a debate: “Resolved that the HOME AND counm