Home & Country Newsletters (Stoney Creek, ON), Winter 1959, page 32

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gave donations to the public library and the com- munity rink. Micksburg made donations to two cancer pa- tients in the community. Westmeath has complete responsibility for the managementâ€"perhaps also the upkeepâ€"of the town hall. Zion Line had a crokinole party for members and their families. Glen Gowrie bought clothes for children whose home had been burned. Statt'a helped to refurnish the home of a member who had had a fire. Kirkton buys special children's books for the library. Stalin canvassed the township to let fami- lies know that children could have inoculations for polio from the M.O.H. without cost. Wellington helped to send a boy scout to the Jamboree in England. Hall's Glenn bought milk tab1cts for children in two schools. Keene sponsored a St. John Ambulance First Aid course and thirty-three received certificates. The Insti‘ute formed a sub-unit of the Cancer Society. Trent River paid for the use of the rink for the school children two days a week; bought a sweater for a cub scout in a less fortunate family in the community. Castleford sponsored card parties which “besides raising money for the Institute were one of the few community activities." White Lake supplied funds to buy equipment for a soft ball team and sponsored a petition to the County Council for the establishment of a co-opera'ive mobile library. At the close of the hockey season. Navan en- tertained the junior and senior hockey teams. Richard’s Landing specializes in library work especially books for the schools and donations to their Children’s Library. Hilton Beach gave ten juvenile books to the Library during Young Can- ada Book Week. They provided supper for a fam- ily arriving from England. Edensvale sent a petition to the local Member of Parliament to have “Drive Slowly" signs in the village. Other groups did the same and signs are now erected. Clowes renewed their travelling library and got Edgar branch “to go in with them" in using the books. They keep the library in a central home convenient to both Institutes. They sponsored a concert in the community by the Peel Conserva- tory of Music. ] [galston paid for the arena for the local hockev c u . ' Marie Fleming of Mount Elgin, second year student at Macdonold Institute, winner of the first London Area Women's Institute Bursary. From her lirsi grades in high school, Marie has wanted to take the course at Mac‘ donald Institute. She plans to teach home economics in high school and would also like to do some work In on experimental kitchen and in other countries. Hawkestone put on a benefit euchre and mixed $100 to help pay for a brain operation in. 3 English girl. n Victoria Crescent members at the Orillm ml Fair presented a play “Bertha Bingle‘s Patel.‘ rowed from the Loan Library. Bradford provided equipment for the con-mun. ity centre to the value of $200. Thev y.“ copies of each issue of “Home and Chum the local library. Churchill presented the play “Bertha l: ml Patch” at the Senior Citizen‘s Club in Bail Ii ills“ entertained the Farm Forum at an evu 0] games. Fisher’s Corners sent a box of bakinc M. . A month to an invalid lady. Ivy sent bak‘ ‘in fruit to needy families at Christmas and .[m with transportation to hospital for a ehn- who had suffered an accident. North River said: “After much promp, finally got the school board to have . teacher come to the schools.“ Clearview: "We held one meeting in on. W school with the pupils and teachers of t school as guests. the pupils taking part i :n. cussion on school improvement . . . Had .. barbecue for members and their families vited all who had assisted at our meeting mg the year. Held a turkey banquet and we ing for members and their families." Norman has purchased a lot on which hm, 1 '.‘r D ’m Joanne Go 0! Thorndale : n5. making Clul- 'l'IE-l of lhe Mi er C o u n l y ‘ r 0 Women's l ‘ lllle Scholarship n n nowattend- th- ers' Colleg- tend to build a hall to be used by the wit sm- munity. Lebel, a new Instituie gave $100 to H thl Sports Association for kitchen equipment ‘ i “It new recreation centre. Star of the North purchased material «1‘ for black-out curtains for the school an“ 'tmm windows to use when films are shown. l‘ PM for the food to be used by the 4â€"H Horn [ling Club to serve on parents’ night. Markstay sponsors parties for teenager W A week. Carson maintains a cupboard at the lit \IHE' tarium with such things as bathrobes and mmd‘ for patients needing them; also proviuv lOOlll paste and brushes for the children at the .m and a personally marked gift for each one 1" WW“ mas time. Skead Road supplied hot cocoa for the whim! children’s lunch during the winter; held a .2. Id d3} HOME AND {BUNNY

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