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Parade Float on Pioneer Life Mrs. Percy MacMullen. Public Relations Rep- resentative of River Valley Institute. in West Hastings. sends this description of the Institute float in the Stirling Centennial Parade. "The float representing ‘Home and Country‘ feaâ€" tured a home of one hundred years ago. The crowded pioneer kitchen contained iron pots. flat irons for laundry. a reel for homemade yarn. a splint broom. guns. 3 fall-leaf table. old pictures. candles and oil lamps. Strings of dried apples took the place of today‘s modern canning and bunches of dried catnip were preserved as a first aid med- icine. Members dressed in keeping with the time demonstrated such activities as churning with a dash churn. washing with tubs and washboard and homemade soap. 'working' and ‘printing‘ butter. cooking over a wood stove. Grandma in her rocking chair had her place in the activities of the home. helping with the children â€"- there was a baby in a homemade cradle and another child in a high chair, tied with a diaper. “Back of the kitchen was the parlor with its quaint organ where members wearing lovely. oldâ€" fashioned dresses sang old-time songs. “The house had a thatched roof and the outside walls were hung with an ox-yoke. guns. wooden hay forks and other tools of the pioneer. By the door was a flower bed filled with marigolds. Crowded? Yes. So were pioneer homes; but love, activity and usefulness were contagious. "At the rear of the truck the ‘Country’ part of the Institute motto was depicted. Here there was a Queen on a throne surrounded by representatives of army. air force, navy and Boy Scouts. with a Union Jack flying in the breeze and a Women's Institute member representing Father Time. Over all was the River Valley Women's Institute banâ€" ner and crest and a Home and Country banner, showing to the hundreds of spectators that the In- stitute marches on." At Millinery Courses Following are some notes from reports of inâ€" structors in Millinery in Home Economics Exten- sion Service: “A woman who had taken a course in millinery gave a television demonstration on making a hat and did a wonderful job." Following another course several of the women appeared on televi- sion. blocking. making. covering and trimming hats. “One member of the class does sewing for bridal parties and was very grateful for what she learned that would help in making head- dresses." "The class members plan to buy a block and continue working as a group." "When the committee found that some women they had counted on were not coming to the class they phoned around to other Institutes and got enough to make up the required number.” “One member of the class was over eighty and had recently had an operation for eye trouble. 28 In spite of this she made a hut Without and is looking forward to making huh hilt“ng grandchildren," er “This” was a nonâ€"Institute class but 5...}. M, the most enthusiastic I had ever seen rlrltl “1h. most determined to make the most of ‘Mr c portunities.” - up. “This class was held in a home which ,_ ‘ W] fortable but rather crowded. The hosted. l3 “.ni. of the most enthusiastic members, m“; ,4 hi“: for herself. her daughter and other rein Hr. husband shared her enthusiasm and \lm- W; to object to having the home taken 0\'-:’ n the class so long as he had a corner in Will- He seemed to have quite good taste anti his opinion freely." 0 cat. "0st National and Internatii. .1 Awards Following are the awards made in the ‘ 1C Tweedsmuir Competitions: Tweedsmuir Histories: I. Angus Ridge Women's Institute. \ . 2. Noel Shore Women's Institute. No min Honourable Mention: Huntington ans Institute. Quebec Cultural Project: (Words and Music for a Song) 1. Sanford Women's Institute, Manilt 2. Glen Bain and Winnabel Hon my Clubs. Saskatchewan Honourable Mention: Pense Ho 11m Club, Saskatchewan Handicraft: (A Book of Quilt Blocks) 1. Coutts Women‘s Institute, Alberta 2. West End Women's Institute. Onti Honourable Mention: Pense Hm ltrs' Club. Saskatchewan Citizenship Essay: "How Can I Train My Child to be u .u nf the World?“ 1. Mrs. R. R. Bonsteel. Bethany W. in- stitute, Ontario 2. Mrs. Frank Wilson, Cavagnal WH'i Institute, Quebec 3. Mrs. Hugo Polak, Millgrove Wow erl- tute. Ontario A.C.W.W. Essay: "Things My Grandmother Told Me" There was no national competition in i will Winning essays from each province \w it” ‘0 the A.C.W.W. Office in London for fin igmtl The awards were given as follows: 1. Mrs. G. E. Bolans, England 2. Mrs. E. M. Dorning. South Afrit‘ 3. Mrs. Gretta Westerberg. Sweden 4. Mrs. Punchihewa. Ceylon 5. Mrs. Lydia Carlsted, Finland 6. Mrs. B. Pretorius, Transvaal 7. Mrs. K. Matthis, Kentucky 8. Mrs. V. M. Tobe. Australia 9. Mrs. L. Wissinkaezeen. Holland 10. Mrs. F. Shurdie. New Zealand HOME AND » “UNI”