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F. W11). Board Meeting By MRS. P. Y. McCANDLESS ' ing of the Provincial Board of The Fed» erated Women's Institutes of Ontario was a very heavy one, challenging the fact that our aims and objects cover wider and wider fields each year. The meeting was held in the Faculty Lounge in the Administration Building 0. A. C., Guelph, May 7, 8 and 9, 1956, with Mrs. Gordan MacPhatter presiding. The Honorary President, all Board Mem- bers, except two, were present and they were represented by their alternates; the Junior Directors, Conveners, Executive Secretary, Conference and Holiday Secretary, Represem taitive to the F.W.I.C. and the Director of Home Economics Service, Extension Branch, Ontario Department of Agriculture. The opening ceremonies were held and Mrs. MacPhatter cordially welcomed the Board Members and expressed her thanks for their co-operation. In her address, Mrs. MacPhatter extended special thanks to Miss Helen Mc- Kercher the new Director of Home Economics Service, Extension Branch, Ontario Depart- ment of Agriculture, for her help in establish- ing a new order of things for the work of the F.W.I.O. For her work in divertng the busi- mess to the proper channels, to maintain a happy relationship with the membership while doing so, and to promote the belief that we, as an adult organization, should learn to help ourselves. This has been the task Miss Meâ€" Kercher has undertaken to do and she is han- dling it as only one of her ability could do. A- S EVER, the agenda for the spring meetr It is a recognized fact by all of us, of course, that we need the present fine relationship that we hold with the Extension Branch of the De- partment, said Mrs. MacPhatter. It is just as important a fact that they need our organiza- tion as a point of contact for the promotion of extension services all over the province. So that, although the Women‘s Institute Branch of the Department of Agriculture has now been adopted for economic services in the Ex- tension Branch in that department of the gov- ernment. it is still to the interest of Miss McKerchcr and her staff to haVe a vital part in the work of the Federated Women’s Insti- tutes of Ontario and we welcome her to our Board sessions for the first time. We hope she will find our business sessions to be inter- esting, and that soon she will feel to be a part of our Board in fact as well as in name, "We are sitting on a historyâ€"making Board,” continued Mrs. MacPhatter. “We can take our responsibilities lightly and float gently down the stream, or we can begin the battle up- stream against the current. In order to grow and expand we must always be taking the 4 broader outlook. We are at a turning p.» ., i. the work of the Federated Women‘s Ins-i. . of Ontario. It is our responsibility as a Mary to make the wise decision. This decisim my be made with the good of the Women's imp. tutes in mind. We must legislate wisel} :il. we are here, for the whole future . m. Women’s Institutes of Ontario depends (i. m, decisions we reach in sessions during it... days. We can slip forward or backuu-i rl I know you are prepared to legislate wise! Continuing, Mrs. M'acPhatter said, ‘1 it. my associations with the national and a”, national levels of our work have brog. my point of View tremendously durj1._ TH. past few months. I believe that in om m grow and expand we must always be 2 _,q_ the broader outlook. I ask for your C! git trated coâ€"operation, your deepest wide iziri your very real appreciation of the no r.:‘ our organization during these next days Continuing with the business of the Sr mm the president reported some very good in - m the Board, in that the delegates to Ceylm ll-l had received centributions of over 3%‘ in) This is very gratifying and Mrs. Maci“: m expressed her gratitude through the Bun ‘ in the branches for their splendid effort. J34 branches contributed. There has been a tremendous increase no“ work of the Provincial President and [r- MacPhatter expressed her thanks to hr” «i sonal secretary for her help. She made - gestion that a committee be set up of tlw rim president and executive secretary to i ‘ with the new president regularly to as: her. She also suggested the establishin, 1' l central provincial office. It was decided to appoint a commit m set up a new handbook and Mrs. L. C. it burner, chairman; Miss Ethel Chapmai w" retary; Mrs. R. G. Purcell, Mrs. G, G loll Maynard, Mrs. Elton Armstrong and Mr T J Rennie will act. Mrs. MacPha‘tter reported she was ask the Royal Commission on Criminal I. connection with Criminal Sexual Psycliw lili- to prepare a brief and present it to thi Hf mission at Osgoode Hall. This she cl! 5”" after presentation was commended ll ll“ members on her effort. Secretary-Treasurer's Report The $64.00 question, Mrs. Maynard said whether or not there had been an incrw membErship and she was very happy to . that this was so. There are now 43,267 ‘- bers, an increase of some 300 member , letters had been mailed, 395 parcels sob? 7* HOME AND COUNTRY