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uni). n-rm ' Ham with the flags of countries represented in the Asso- ciated Country Women at the World. and the crest ol the Federated Women's Institutes of Canada in the back- ground, Mrs. van Beekhotf speaks to an audience ol 4,000 in the O.A.C. Physical Education Building. 0n the stage. left to right, are Miss Pearl lsoocksz, ATURAL. charming, efficient and ded- N icated to her responsibilities as Presi- dent of the Associated Country Wom- en of the World, Mrs. Geerda van Beekhoff of the Netherlands made friends of Institute omen Wherever she went on her Visit to Ontario this summer. Coming to Canada direct from the World | and Congress at Washington. Mrs. van eekhoff spoke briefly at the Women's ln- titute Officers' Conference at Guelph. ad- ressad a Brant county Institute Luncheon at aris, had a brief stop at the Adelaide Hood- ess Homestead and went on to speak at a inner of the Waterloo Institutes at Quit the ame evening. Both Paris and Galt events arked their Districts’ sixtieth anniversary. The ext afternoon, in the Physical Education Build- 3 at the Federated Colleges, Guelph. nearly '4 000 women from all over the province made he largest audience of her tour. The follow- ng day Mrs. van Beekhoff spoke at a luncheon n Peterborough and from there drove to Ot- wa where she was the guest of the Fed- rated Women’s Institutes of Canada. Here he was received by Her Excellency. Mme. anier at Rideau Hall, and met Prime Min- ter Lester Pearson and Mayor Charlotte itton. Social events included a tea given All. 1963 an F.W.|.0. scholarship student at Mucdunnld lmlitutu, Dr. J. D. Mucluchlan, President Federated Collages, Mrt. Trivers, Pres. F.W.I.O. [hidden behind lhe speaker) the Hon. W. A. Stewart, Ontario Minister of Agriculture, Mrs, Jot. Hoggerl'y, Pres. F.W.|.C.. Min Helen McK-crchcr, Director Home Economics Service, On. torio Department of Agriculture. World President Visits Ontario by Mme. annik. wife of the Ambassador for the Netherlands, and a garden party at the Experimental Farm attended by Institute memâ€" bers from the Eastern Area of the province. Two imaginative features planned hy the na- tional committee were tea at the farm home of an Institute member and a visit at a regular monthly meeting of a Women's Institute t'Antrim). The provincial meeting at (.iuclph opened with a procession of 4-H Homemaking Club girls of Wellington county placing on the stage the flags of the countries where there are con- stituent societies of the Associated Country Wooten of the World; and after an invocation hy Padre Young the assembly sang the Hymn of All Nations. Miss Anna McDonald. provid- ing special music for the occasion included in her program folk songs of many countries and in special honour of Mrs. van Beckhol‘l the Dutch National Anthem. The Hon. Wm. A. Stewart. Ontario Minis- ter of Agriculture. brought greetings from the province and a special greeting to Mrs. van Bcckhotf from Premier Robarts. Mr. Stewart congratulated the Women's Institutes on the work they are doing to raise the standard of living not only at home but. as this meeting indicated, all over the world. “We were in- 5