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Perhaps hundreds of miles. So a Presbyterian clergyman concetved the idea of having a “flying doctor" and of setting up a sort of radio equipment lfl homes by which people could call him. This is the equipment the Country Women‘s Associations of Australia use to Conduct their "Branches of the -\Jr." A radio station co-operates by offering time on the air, and on the afternoon of the meeting the women settle down by “the wireless" in their uomes and proceed with the programme. One mem- icr reported that her president was one hundred miles away, the pianist fifty, but there was no Ilt‘l'iculty in carrying on. In order to take a vote. he president does not say “Those in favor say \yc' she says “Those in favor keep quiet." y "We now have six branches of the air in Aus- ttlia." Mrs. Walker said. “and they mean a great cal to isolated women. One member told us that n the afternoon of a meeting she puts on her best less. puts some flowers on the table and says to :r husband, ‘Now don't disturb me. I'm going to y CWA meeting.‘ “ Vtrs. Dethmers of Holland reported an “Ad- .ury Bureau for Interior Decorating.“ This begun run a member wanted to remodel the kitchen in r old-fashioned rambling farm house, She put plan of her kitchen on paper and the Institute pointed a committee of six to study how to re- :del it, learning what they could from mag- :ues. exhibitions and so on. They found that .«rature provided by trades people was often di- ted to advertise the goods they had to sell: and it the experts in house planning didn't know ich about the requirements of rural homes. but ii in consultation with rural women the experts ild be very helpful. They have held exhibitions rural housing and they hope soon to announce opening of a bureau to which women can bring it plans and their problems and get the advice . need. '-lrs. Occloo of Ghana. reporting "Village -rk" among her people, said that first they had each the women to read and write. Then they ght them hygiene and cleanliness, then how to it their native dishes to get the best in nutrition. gv taught them some “foreign” dishes, too. »ir first projects in community work Were sweepr under the trees where the people spend their “re time in this hot climate and sweepâ€" i the cemetery. From simple cookery. the lessons i pressed to bottling or canning and foods for cctant mothers and babies. In this country they l c midwives â€" some of them very skilled â€" ' Mrs. Occloo puts on short courses for them. :rcat deal of the work is carried on through 1 il leaders. ‘irs. Occloo who directs the work is a native ti bhana who took special training in England. I udtng a course at Denman College. Mrs. Verne Alden of the National Home l- monstration Council of the United States told L: tilt the “Traffic and Safety“ programme of the U wncil. They distributed printed mnierial on high- "- .v‘ safety, held traffic safety seminars to which \' men of all organizations were invited, and had linlliC safety contests in local clubs. Looking Ul't'ild to new developments in highways they are HM. 1959 Mrs. Esther Occloo of Ghana and her husband. photo- graphed ul their wedding two weeks before the con- terenm. Mrs, Ocelot), who studied Cookery and Good Housekeeping in England, and is now teaching the wo- men of her own country, spoke on "Village Work" in the Symposium: "The Must Worthwhile Proiect at My Organization." Mr. Occloo is a commercial designer. considering "psychological adjustments to new de- velopments in highway traffic." Some Notes From Group Discussions Happily the women who planned the conference programme provided a fair amounl of time for group discussion. The themes were Roads to a Better World, |. Through Technical Assistance. 2. Through Understanding Each Other. 3. Through Understanding Each ()ther's Cultures. -l-. Through Understanding the Youth of Today. Following are some of the findings of the groups. Through Technical Assistance: We mun acknowledge that there is a job for all of us in both well developed and less developed countries to support and promote technical as- sistuncc. We should make a study of material available from the Sales Section of United Nations. New York. in the form of printed material. films and film strips. And we should not miss the Coun- try Womun Supplement on United Nations called “Two Way Trafiic" by Miss Hearnden. iThe ad- dress of The Countrytvoman is 78 Remington High St. London. Wit. England.) Then we should spread our information as widely as pOSsible through our own societies. It is our responsibility, 9