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Bowmanville: an address on Canadian In- dustries by the Secretary of the Chamber of Commerce â€"- “outstanding” the reports says “because it gave us ideas for developing our town and our country.” Payne’s Mills: a visit to a greenhouse where the owner gave some valuable information about growing flowers and shrubs. Southcote: the meeting on Agriculture, with a talk on what to look for and what to avoid in buying fruit and vegetables; an explanation of grades in canned goods; and colored slides of gardens. Snowball placed first a programme on conâ€" servation in the township by a school teacher. assisted by pupils who showed their scrap books and posters on the subject, Lorneville Argyle: a talk by the teacher of Agriculture in the high school on “Minerals in the Soil,” “outstanding because it gave an idea of what scientific research is doing for the benefit of agriculture.” Manilla: a talk on gardening with a film on fall fairs by the agricultural representative. The report says: “This was at the February meeting. in time to be of help in the spring gardening." Elma Centre: a talk by a local cheese maker on cheesemaking and different kinds of cheese with samples for the members. (Editor’s note: Would such a talk along with a talk or demonstration on cheese cookery by an In- stitute member, and perhaps an exhibit of a Below is a port of the Women's institute exhibit at the Rotary Spring Fair at North Bay. provided by the to branches at Nipissing district and Chisholm in Parry Sound. The Publicity representative. Mrs. D. W. Reeves reports: "There was an exhibit of crafts, and the centre of the display was an illustration of the growth of the Women's Institute from its origin, with a photo of Adelaide Headless in a prominent place. Miss Lilly Petty, Home Economist for Northern Ontario. displayed literature, depicting different phases of the work at the Institute and Boys' and Girls' Clubs and Homemaking courses. Members of the branches in attendance at the booth also explained the types of extension services available. Orders were taken from the public for literature with the cooperation of Mr. Fahl who had charge at the O.A.C. Exhibit at the Fair and helped in many ways with our exhibit." The women in the picture are, left to right: Mrs. D. W. Reeves, Mrs. G. Phillips, Secretary-Treasurer, Mrs. J. Chadbourn, President, Nipissing District Women's ln- stitutes, res-5 26 “cheese and cracker tray” make a good pm. gramme?). Gravenhurst: a programme on thi- growing of cranberries, an important lnduslrv in the district. Candles: a film and the Slur-v of Wedgewood china. Queensville an addingt on the Federation of Agriculture Citizenship and Education including Cm ,1, 5.1 Interest had an important place in thtx HM. standing programmes of the year. At Camden East a talk on books re... d, in more books being borrowed from H. 1., brary. GIencoe Juniors placed first a [Elli .m vocations. West Korah Seniors: an addl‘r- I... a German-Canadian woman on “Ger- . 4 During the War." Dobbinton: a talk on ,i Defence. Reid’s Corners: a programm. .m Citizenship including fiveâ€"minute talks [u . M Steps to Canadian CitizenshipI Facts Abm ., Coat of Arms of Canada, the Coats of . ;. of the Provinces, The Mottoes and Em! wt of the Provinces, Our Flag and Can it Women of Note. Ridgeville and Drew in study of the provinces. Richmond: the programmes when men ! discussed radio and television prograi, Stittsville: a panel discussion on educatio citizenship stressing the contributiOn ol‘ Canadians to our country, Honeywoi {. panel discussion on “Which has the mo fiuence in bringing up a child â€" the l i the school or the church?” Bount, Main h and The Maples, all gave first place to a dress on the opportunity school in the Or ville district. Laurel, a meeting where i . ers from two schools explained how Clli n learn to read and write; and one grow 1 a choral reading. Briar Hill reports: “As ' of our members are mothers of school dren we decided our August meeting outstanding. A teacher, assisted by dr: strations by school children gave a talk 0 new curriculum." Langstafl‘ Young Won M Institute, most of whose members have school children, were especially interesh a school principal’s address on the new 1: ‘- ods of teaching. Bloomingdale placed fin {i panel discussion by four teachers â€" int: ‘7 ing to mothers because it helped the ‘w understand ‘better teacher‘s relationship ‘II her pupils. Sunday Creek: a talk by ‘ u Education convener on “Children from 0‘ ‘w Six Years.” At Glenmorris the outstanding meeting i“ an event rather than a meeting. It we in Institute‘s bus trip to the Shakespearean tival at Stratford, with a picnic lunch ii M: park. It is worth noting that Institutes m as far away as Wellington in Prince 3d: id county and. Tec-We-Gwill in Simcoe an ed trips to this Drama Festival. Alford I'd Park Road placed first a programme on N 'IL' arranged by the county supervisor of mus in public schools, with musical numbers Hi‘ school children. Lorne Sutherland: an adu \ 55 by a home teacher of the blind. Mgiflstone: the meeting when the com-w :181' of _c1tizenship explained the real meanin; of citizenship, presented two flags to the bunch HOME AND COUNTRY