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As representatives to the E.W.I.C. Board, Mrs. Trivers was appointed senior board mem- ber and Mrs. John McLean and Mrs. Lym- burner junior board members. Special Events During the sessions Mrs. Haggerty paid a warm and witty tribute to Mrs. Lymburners outstanding work and leadership as provmctal president and the Board presented her With a silver tea service. On another day Miss Dorothy Montgomery who has just retired as office secretary was invited in to tea and the Board made her a present of a sunburst brooch set with pearls. The social occasion of the week was a dinner when the Minister of Agriculture, the Hon. W. A. Stewart, entertained the Board members and guests from the Department. Francis De Carrol. Personnel Director of the Department and a popular soloist provided special music. At this gathering the Minister complimented the Women's Institutes and their counterparts in their international organization for what they are doing to raise the standard of living for people all over the world. And he expressed his appreciation of the work being done at home. in education, in scholarships, in the promotion of safety on the farm, in keeping records of rural community history. Mrs. Hag- gerty referred to the Women’s Institutes proâ€" gram carried out through the Associated Country Women of the World as one of the soundest programs leading to world peace. Mrs. Lymburner thanked the Department for all its help to the Women's Institutes, especially for Miss McKercher; and she introduced the new President Mrs. Trivers. Mrs. Trivers, an experienced and devoted Institute woman with special gifts of her own was warmly Welcomed to her new office. Miss Florence Eadie Retires FTER THIRTY-SIX years of home eco- nomics extension work with the Ontario Department of Agriculture. Miss Fio- rence P. Eadie retired in December. In 1936, after teaching a rural school for a few years. then taking her Household Science degree at Toronto University, Miss Eadie join- ed the field staff of the Women‘s Institute Branch, In a few years she was brought into head office to take charge of girls’ work and in 1935 was appointed Supervisor of Junior Extension in the Home Economics Service of the Department. It was in this field that she made her great contribution to the young 14 Photo courtesy Toronto Globe in. Miss Florence P. Eadie women and the homes of rural Ontario sound sense of values, her firstâ€"hand kl edge of farm life, her forthrightness. e‘ siasm and ready wit, made her an ell». rural extension worker. Girls’ 4-H Homemaking Clubs were l duced in Miss Eadie's first year as super" At the end of the year there were 100 i with a membership of 1,000; there are 1,686 clubs with a membership of 11,000. But Miss Eadie was never primarily cerned with numbers. Her standards were and she gave short shrift to any project a trivial purpose. Her test of any club act was “What does it do for the girls personal Her reason for Homemaking Clubs is qLI in their manual: “Rural girls have a pa! play â€" daily tasks to perform to meet sonal, family and national needs. Homema Club training and experience will help prc: them to play their part and will assist it with their personal growth.” As a special event for club girls, Miss E. introduced an annual threeâ€"day conferenct be held at the Ontario Agricultural Col! every summer. The program had a fresh EflCh Year but one purpose was the same: broaden the girl’s horizons especially with n tion to her education. This, too, was a SP9 concern of Miss Eadie’s. Many a mother thanked her for trying, always, to plan the C HOME AND COUN7