Home & Country Newsletters (Stoney Creek, ON), Winter 1960, page 39

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Forests or an address on some phase of conservation hy the Forestry personnel. Temperanceville distributed to members flower L-,:ds of four varieties that bloom in September; and ii. the flower show at their September meeting they add eightyâ€"one entries. Vellore Juniors took part in a debate "Resolved amt rural young people should take a more activc : ill in community life.” Elder’s Mills mentions an interesting roll call something I wish I hadn't bought." Saltfieet visited . exhibition of paintings in the Hamilton Art .illery, but this was not a regular meeting. South- .te had a talk on fire prevention and resuscitation the local fire chief. International Interests Augrim entertained a Welsh visitor at a social 'ning and exchanged ideas on the customs of her .intry and ours, Ice Lake made a study of Aus- lia on International Day. Delaware also had :1 ‘: and film on Australia. Unlondale a letter from ‘tralia and piCt‘urcs, along with a paper on Scot- -d. Thorndnle’s International programme included resentation of a flag, a Scottish dance. an Irish station and a talk on Swedish brass and Danish ".21 by one of the members. lorth Loho: “With focus on world turmoil we nd the study of Lebanon very timely. We studied nation in Russia and our citizenship meeting a especially fine.” Beaverton- has “adopted” a boy Lndia at a cost of $5 a month." (The report does say what agency they work with or how they i .10 contact with the boy. Ed.) Brougham says .- sent away for the book “The Universal Declara- of Human Rights” and different members are lying it." Athlone had a paper on this subject t a member. Prescott reports the reading and ussion of the Bill of Human Rights. ‘rincess Elizabeth’s International Day programme ‘ lured Scotlandâ€"â€"Scottish songs and other music . l a paper on the origin and meaning of the tar- ' .. Tavistock had a display of dolls from difi'erâ€" l countries; Classic, a talk on the International ice Garden and short talks on customs in four i er countries; Elmhursl, a tall: with coloured slides l in European countries by a new Canadian mem- l‘ . Cassbum and Lookout Bay studied Alaska. .i Gravelridge several members took part in a study I Argentina. "it Rosehill the public school inspector spoke on * cation and compared the Russian school system J ours. Avonton combines National and Inter- ! ional days. The programme featured short talks « the United Nations agencies and on NATO. - WW and the Federation of Agriculture. Bloom- li ti had a tall: on United Nations. Prescott knitted I! lumber of sweaters in response to UNICEF: ap- t l for clothes for refugee children. l l‘his interesting note comes from Cobden Institute: ‘ ur new high school teacher who had arrived I” m Germany only five months before, spoke IO U and anSWered questions about East and West C J’many and other European countries. He speaks fiiir'languages. His wife and niece came to the n: sting with him. The wife is teaming English, and ha: been to ttnee of our meetings." Wzmtrt 19w Community Women‘s institute float in Brighten's Cen- tennial Porode featured homemakers’ interests and home equipment of one hundred years ago Pcmbroke‘s International meeting was :1 dinner meeting. The room was decorated with the flags of all nations and they had a guest speaker on The Bill of Human Rights. Glasgow had a special Inter, national night meeting. the programme dealing with life in other lands. music of other countries and international trade. Dishes of other lands were served. Edenvale says "We have one Holland-born mem- ber and hope to have more new Canadians. They need us and we need them." North River had a paper on the flag and an Irish born lady spoke on Ireland. Woolwich Ever Faith- ful had a talk on Scotland by a member who came from there several years ago. Other members chose a country and gave a brief talk on some of its cus. toms. Cumnock had a new Canadian member speak about her native country, Holland, and they con. sidered it one of the most interesting features of the year. Galt had a paper on “The Challenge of China." Mill Creek says: “The Neighborhood Club in our community is following the example given by the institute a few years ago in recognizing a woman who had taken out her citizenship papers: they preâ€" sented her with 21 Maple Leaf pin." Allanburg feels that their international meeting this year was one of the best they have had. Their speaker was a Negro woman doctor from the United States who told of her experiences as a Negroâ€"her acceptance and rejection as a person of another race, Sheflieldâ€"“We invited the new Canadians of the district to our international night. The Polish Cana- dians took charge of the programme which included folk dancing, music and slides of scenes in Poland." At Carhike new Canadians conducted the meeting. One feature was a display of articles from Holland. Poland and other countries. Winona had an address on work among the lepers of Dutch Guiana. Bogart- town had a paper on United Nations by a local Woman. Snowball got the president of the county UN branch to speak at a meeting. 39

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