Home & Country Newsletters (Stoney Creek, ON), Fall 1961, page 10

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The President’s Corner m. t G ty-bumcv 'rnr‘nnl 'W l 0 filled “Ill! Inlcrfll tor memben of our UtflanIIJlmfl. Before you Will have read thu, t-ur Friendship Tour wall huvc tmvellcd Inn-ugh the northern section of the province prim-ling opportume for many of our morn- ht-n tn meet and learn it! know tuch other bet- ter We hope that tinticf'il-tndlng wall grow out n! thn [our and greater apprccmnon tor the hull \ihlt‘h n cumlanti)‘ hctng done by the nicmhcrt tn the brunchet when: distance and Hunt other factors creole Prohlcmit It) be sur- mounted It line work n to result â€"â€"- and that it dun t- trthttte tu thme women who comtilulc lhc mcmhcnhtp Ihcrc Till MU'NTHS AHEAD promise to be Mindy. the are truism; plans for the sixty- titth all'll'lii'tl'uhr oi the organization on that Ilut‘l’hlt night tn February at Stoney Creek. We have been lurtumte In that the luncheon plan- ned to mark the birthday at F W l 0. H to be held on the l‘tth oi the month, the exact date oi the Tint mtfllng_ and we are proud to an- nounce lhu Mn Hat-tn Smith. deputy vice- preutlent oi the Associated ('uuntrt Women ut the World lull consented to come [mm her home In (happen, Nebraska to be the guest speaker [or this "CC-“lull Pteparalion for 500 guests Jl the luncheon which will he held In Toronto. hm alreadt been made and for those tho attend the know \ln Smulh will have an elcrllent rot-«age Mutt [mm till the celebrations which proh- nblt will [u on tn ll \mallet watt in your cummumtt too. there are other matters lor us in con-utter Hum; reached the venerable age it! titty lin- teary one u temmded that this is the time when mam individmls find them- wlun more or Ian “placed on the shell 0! trim-merit" “hat are we gum; to do with our nip-mutton at ll‘m time‘ Thu is a matter tor each 0‘ III to fiflfl‘ldtf \cl’tolni) Are we going in h: ulnfinl to become involved with petty detail- to the "clam-n o! the main issues? “ill at- dual use are making a contribution it vu- Ctlnltnul.‘ to do the urn: things year after war ‘ilh rm thought at keeping In step With the times just because we think that lit, _ way of doing thing: is 300d enough? “ i: sink into being satisfied with doing small - -; when we should be setting our sights l~ ‘ the large issues which must be met bi. us. as individuals in our personal lthE'N .. V as in groups. it our organization is to ph ‘ Today. we are being reminded that the large majority of men and women . begin to use their entire potential; they ta their talents to a point and then feel [he done their utmost. We wonder whether ever occurred to us that the talent it;- developed in small ways. may not he ti which we should have been working that we may have an even greater potcn which we have not been aware. The pr. of F.W.l.0. is developed in such .1 in. there are many opportunities for memi‘ “try their hand" at many things in order cover just where their best ability mat is not unusual because of pressure that one who never felt she had any ahtltt certain direction. discovered after mttk ellort that there was great satisfactitv pleasure in developing a new interest. \not be satisfied with that which httx behind us in the past. New ideas. new in are opening for women everywhere .t» must meet the challenge with open mint‘ a do not think that every new whim oi tit it to be accepted. but those things “hi. good and line. which make tor a hen- arc at hand for each one of us to EtCL‘L‘; enjoy. These are days in which it takes L" to be an individual â€" it is easier to Cr and move along with the crowd. But tht times too. when the courage of men and en of discernment is a great need. And are times when your organization throt: .tthliations around the world. some 0! ti troubled areas. can make a great conlrr but it takes courage and determination a concerted effort of large dimension in .- plish great things, An anniversary. 3 birthday if you ‘A akin to being a New Year, a time for or ginning; It is time [or making resolution plans for the coming months and )C-Ir because 0! its very objectives, your art’- tion cannot be satisfied with mediocre it. lions. This must be a decision to dtscoh lull potential of the orgttniuttion and l" dedication on the pan of members to put every cflort toward the end that we dt- leadership in our members and better-intu- happier citizens for a better world. Ltuut S. LYMBl‘ non! m coufi'"

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