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“ village members, such as bread, cake, pies, ’ and fancy work. Some good clothing that is garge or too small for the owner, dishes and aâ€"brac are usually contributed. other committee has a table of both donated purchased articles for a penny sale. During termission the kitchen committee sells pie _ice cream, coffee and soft drinks. The auc- ers are local men. which adds to the fun. _’ the last five years we have cleared each ‘an average of well Over $100; besides having , joyable social evening." Where the Money Goes ECAUSE we sometimes hear that Wom- en‘s Institutes give such a large proportion of their funds to other organizations that i ‘3; have little left to support their own work all levels, these donations made at the No- ber meeting of Laura Rose branch may be interest: $50 was voted to the Federated men’s Institutes of Ontario, $25 to the Fed» ed Women‘s Institutes of Canada; 350 to the upon 400 plan of UNESCO for the educa- al project in Jamaica: an additional $5 to an Adelaide Hoodiess fund and an extra $10 to elph Convention Area. It was decided to col- pennies at each meeting for the Pennies for ndship fund of the Asaociated Country Womâ€" , of the World. It was also announced that ,0 had been sent to Gait Community Services that at the annual Christmas Dinner meeting rd) s and games would be collected for the Fam- ij , Service Bureau, And all the time a thoroughâ€"going programme 3' carried on in this Institute. The theme of the I overnber meeting was education with the roll "11 answered by "Where I first went to school d the name of my teacher". the motto, “The wich Warnen's Institute float in the town's 150th nniversary parade carried a house topped by 0 globe pitting the institule's place in homes the world over. owers, shrubs and the W.|, crest were all in the Insti- te colours, gold and blue, Five women on the float presented the five standing committees. ‘i’ INTER 1961 nation which has the schools has the future” and a debate. “Resolved that the school has more influence on the child than the home has." The ways and means committee reported on the pro- ceeds from a recent dance and announced a coming euchre party: and plans were completed for an extension course on "Hospitality Foods" in March with a neighboring branch, Preston, participating. A pretty four square Institute! Fall Fair In The Yukon AINES JUNCTION Women‘s Institute. che most northerly institute on the con- tinent. sponsored a second annual fall fair this year with a good showing of vegetablesâ€" potatoes. turnips. cabbage. cauliflower. carrots. cucumbers. tomatoes. peas, radishes and lettuce all grown north of the sixtieth parallel of latitude where. as one reporter puts it. "the perma frost is never far below the surface," Ann Wilson. writing in the Stratford Beacon-Herald says: “It was through the efforts of the Women‘s Institute that the agronomist at the Experimental Farm gave a series of lectures on gardening, which in- cluded the choice of seeds. planting in flats. preparation of the soil and transplanting." So. the practice of gardening was started in the disâ€" trict. The fair also had exhibits of home baking and cunning. needleworkâ€"with one special class for men. sewing. made-over garments. hobbies, crafts, and a special section for the usual classes of children's Work. Miscellaneous Briefs C HELTENHAM had a very special historical rcscarch programme. The Women's Institute Hall was filled up as “a museum for a day" and among the articles on display there was a wooden pt'csx used to press straw for making hats; a pair of bra» Candlesticks from Ireland. dated I775. with a plunger in the base to push the candles up so that no part would be. wasted: an old turnip watch: a tinrtypc photo- graph in a silk frame: a pink and gold mous- tache cup. There was an array of Pressed glass. old China. silver and jewellery: :1 linen table- cloth wovcn on the owner's grandfather's farm by an itinerant weaver. OHL' famin loaned pic- tures of the family for five gcncrutions. beginning with the man who purchased their farmland from the Crown down to the present generation who are still on the farm. Another rare exhibit was a cleverly carved walking stick with curved snakes. lizards. frogs and mice weaving their way up the stick and a knob at the top with put'lholcs through which could be seen other wooden knobs, and all of this done With no tool other than a jack knife. A special feature of the programme was an address on Antique Homes and Buildings of Canada. As a way of getting information about other parts of the world. Mrs. Elmer Hunter of Tiger Dunlap Institute points Girl the importance of hearing from authorities who may bc visiting in the locality. such as returned missionaries and others. Tiger Dunlop at its public relations mCCi- ing had as guest speaker a visitor in the com- munity, Mr. Kenneth Young Miliian. American 25