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county 4H Homemaking _- girls, Betty Boyd, Emily {man and Sultu Davidson. have each taken every project that has ever been red in the province. Mrs. V Halliduy, not in the pi:- id , has the same record. Gravelridge enjoys demonstrations. This year y had demonstrations in a formal afternoon . floral arrangement. working with wool. fancy dwiches. a table for two. foam rubber flowers. j ristmas candles, ways of using discarded coat ngers, making scuff slippers, party cakes from .. loaf cake. Listowel East and Avontou enjoyed most the _ etings when the 4-H Homemaking Club girls tertained the Institute at a formal tea. Avontou o mentioned a panel on "School Teaching sterday and Today" and the study of Safety h Electricity. Listowel Westâ€"an address by a local doctor ';_ how to detect cancer. Motherwell, a panel discussion on the advanâ€" es of living today as compared with fifty years 0. Selwyn reports: “The provincial police ser- n't talk on ‘Do's and Don'ts in Driving Cars' 1th a film showing right and wrong methods as exceptionally useful as the husbands were re to hear him." Consecon: “The Quiz ‘What do I know about 'W.I.C.?‘ showed clearly that there was much to am. Probably it could apply to .‘\.C.W.W. or en FWIO More study of the Hand Book is ceded" Emo: “The storing of vegetables.“ “Cobden studied mental health and ways of ' lping older people in the community and in omes for the Aged. Lake Dore finds matting quilts to sell a good 2" of raising funds. Cumberland says: "The use of various methods audioâ€"visual aids proved most successful in Navan says: “This was our second consecutiVe ear to have a debate followed by a discussion riod which we all enjoyed. The subject was esolved that the schools of fifty years ago served {- needs of that day better than our schools we our needs.‘ We made good use of films and zould like to recommend to young mothers the i in 'One Day's Poisoning‘." :RuSsell Village: “Entertain your new (‘una- .ans. They may become members." Vars advises the study of public relations and .omoting good public relations through "con- : in courses, summary days and with 4-H tubs and Junior Farmers. Sailor’s Encampment, a demonstration of back or rugs made from binder twine that would erwise be wasted. Allenwoud had a panel discussion on Central- “ Schools at a meeting open to the community r-_ (1 held in the school. '7' INTER 1961 Candles had an address on the Simcoc County Cut-operative Medical Plan. (.‘lowes had a poem read at each meeting ttnd the members looked forward to this feature. Pinewood for one of their meetings asked the members to respond to the roll call by each bringing a grandmother to the meeting. Goldwater Senior at their December meeting had an address on Christmas carols and carols sung by a junior choir. (Perhaps the whole as- sembly sang some carols too.) Bradford had an address by the (‘hief of the local fire brigade speak on the prevention of fires in homes. Churchill enjoyed a TV production "Oltc 0f it Kind.” (‘reemorez “When the community heard about our lively panel discussion "l'his Com- munity Fifty Years Ago and Now.’ and of all the forgotten industries they could nol believe that Ct'centore was once such a thriving village. Our debate “Resolved that the modern woman is more help to her husband than grandmother was to hcrs' was the best meeting we have had. As a result we will have more discussions and dehule in this year‘s programmes. Many non- members have asked to be allowed to attend and enjoy these programmes and through this we hope to gain new members." Stoyner recommends a trip to Stephen Lea- cock's old home. South Gillies says: "through our panel on ‘PrcjudicesuWhat causes them and what can Wt: do to remedy them?‘ members were made aware of some of their own prejudices with the result that the community is becoming more under- standing and co-opcrativc." Several institutes say that their most interest- ing programmes are those given by the girls on their homemuking club projects. At Munilla when the girls demonstrated on the project “('ottons May Be Smart" the usual attendance was doubled. South Verulam had a debate “Resolved that weeds are a greater source of loss to agriculture than insect pests." Linwood had a music night featuring both classical and popular music. They had biographies of Handel. Haydn. licethovcn and girls taking music lessons played selections from these comâ€" posers. As a popular feature there were “Glimpses of Stephen Foster" and the singing of some of his songs. Linwood is making a study of a province of Canada each yearâ€"this year, Sas- katchewan. Helena Feashy is making a study of birdsâ€" they discuss two birds at each meeting. 19