Home & Country Newsletters (Stoney Creek, ON), Summer 1960, page 7

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iuries 221, temporary injuries 4,400, lost days of work 73,240, medical bills $430,000 with an average medical bill of $74.00, property damage $3,000. Accidents in the yard and garden amount. d to 373 with 3 fatalities, 3,740 lost days of work nd. $26,300 in medical bills. In the kitchen ac- ,Nients totaled 268 with 8 fatalities, 2.410 lost .lltyS of work, medical bills $21,300; miscellaneous ..;cidents 1,025 with 27 fatalities and 10,180 lost .iiys of work, medical bills $79,200. "We cannot be proud of this result. Industry told what to do for safety but no one is going tell you what to do in your own house," said ..~q. Lymburner. “Only you can do that. It is . i‘ficult for us to realize that we can be accident L an: and' until we get involved in safety, such attending Safety Conferences where all the grim ., tails are put before us, we cannot know how . portant it is to us. It is evident from the Farm cident Survey report that people must be made .. :ire of the importance of being made safety t iscious.” A committee was appointed to set up a \. inien’s Institute Home Safety Campaign to 1‘ ‘iide Mrs. Lymburner. Miss McKercher, Mrs. t ‘ford Gillespie and Mrs. Cecil Runnalls. PUBLIC RELATIONS REPORT By Mrs. P. Y. McCandless Mrs. P. Y. McCandless. Public Relations (, icer, reported this year has been a busy one, g ing material ready for the Officers‘ Confer- L Also much more correspondence has been i ived and answered asking for information on ii subject of public relations, Public Relations i .cers are showing great interest in the work U ihe Women's Institute. They are becoming i'-- e and more publicity conscious. Newspaper r crage of events and. articles by P.R.O.‘s is being p lished very widely in many daily papers and .i rural weekly and bi-weekly newspapers. For il we are grateful to the press. \lany districts have a regular broadcast n dule with radio stations for weekly broad- c- \ on Women‘s Institute work and doings. i\' 1y TV appearances are also made. her 400 radio and TV Evaluation reports hi I been received, a much greater number than iii ilher years. This means about 800 forms to l‘ processed. The results of the survey will he i.i dated and forwarded to the National P.R.O. iii ‘Ill June 1. A report of this will be published at ti iier date. We International Ploughing Match will be hi ' in Elgin County this year, October 11-14. and mi iilziers of Elgin County under the direction of Ni . Earl Bagnall are planning an interesting pro- EI in for women who attend the Match. Royal Winter Fair Booth the Federated Women‘s Institute Booth at the RV Lil Winter Fair this year will feature Safety in “1} Home. The display will show a house which “Iii feature everything possible to make a home :irudent' free. This is in line with the plea made h) Ihe Minister of Agriculture, the Hon. W. A. Gt‘tidfellow when he asked for the support of the Wi’iinen's Institute for the new Farm Safety PTO“ 3mm being inaugurated this year all over OntariO. SUMMER 1960 Membership Survey By Mrs. P. Y. McCandIess Mrs. P. Y. McCandless submitted a committee report on the Membership Survey. Many ways of interesting potential members and publicizing the aims and objectives of the Women‘s Institute were suggested. 'The committee recommended that a member- ship committee be appointed and that a member- ship convener be appointed at previncial level. It was further recommended that each board member at the District Annual meetings ask each Branch to be responsible for getting two new mem- bers during the year and that new branches be formed in new really subâ€"divisions. Mrs. William Wallace, R.R. 4, Woodslce, was appomied membership convener. Other members of the committee are Mrs. P. Y. McCaindless, Mrs. H. A. Dickenson and Mrs. A. F. Mcrrcli. A good lnsiiuite reputation is good public relations. A happy Institute and friendliness all around make for a good relationship. A personal friendly invitation to attend a meeting. providing it is going to he an interesting one. is one of the best approaches for membership. Conference and Holiday Report By Mrs. E. V, Thompson The theme of the Women's Institute ()l'l’iccrs' Conference for 19rd] was “All “‘11” is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothâ€" ing." Over 700 applications were received, reported Mrs. Thompson. As only 375 hL‘tls were available at the College it meant accommodation had to be found in Guelph. The women in Guelph were wonderful. she said. and she knew that no one would be without a bed. She siiid many people were disappointed at not being iible to stay at the College but when they wurc settled in the billets allotted in them they were very liiippy. She expressed [hunks lo the people in Guelph for their hospitality. to Miss MCKcrchcr tll'lLl Mrs. Guild who hzid written the shit and dressed the dolls which were on display. and all those who had helped in arranging billets and helping with the registration. The Woman Institute Holiday will he held at O.A.C. Guelph, July II to 15. The program will include instruction in choral music. piiinliiig :ind leathercrul'l, illtd a trip to Siriitford to sue Romeo and Juliet. The Kcniptvillc Holiday will be held ill the Kemptville Agricultural College August 9-10-11. There will be instruction in lcathcrcrzil'i. Study of the Ageing By Mrs. G. Gordon Maynard A Day ('cntrc for Senior citizens in Ottawa is filling a great need. reported Mrs. Miiyniii‘d. in connection with the report of the Conference of the Society for the Study of [he Ageing. Welling- ton County is making a study of the changing role of older people in the town and village, In California a modern hotel has been built for re- tired people. They have a miximum of comfort at a moderate expense and many jobs are being created in the vicinity for these people. in North York the new home has a community centre where crafts are taught. There are books to read and 7

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