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Public Relations This report was given by the Convener of Public Relations. Mrs. Austin Zoeller. I It is becoming more important that we stimu- late interest, create enthusiasm, increase knowl- edge both within and beyond our Won‘t-en’s Ingtitute. Our aim could be very 335W delea“ ed if we concentrate too heavily beyond our Women's Institute membership in an attempt to become better known. leaving behind the needs of our own women. It is of the Bream“ importance that we enlighten our own member- ship and create an image so it becomes impor- tant to stimulate our thinking. We must start at the bottom of the ladder to project knowledge. so that in our attempt to create better public relations we are on a sound basis with the vast membership who have the objectives of Wom- en‘s Institute always in mind. Many of the Branch P.R.0.s sent their reâ€" port directly to me so it did cause some delay because this report had to be sent back to the branch and in turn forwarded to the District P,R.O. The outcome of the results at F.W.I.O. leVel of the F.WAI.C, cultural projects were forward- ed to Miss Anna McDonald in the Wingham Area and the winners from that District were interviewed over CKNX. Mrs. Trivers was interviewed by Betty Ken- nedy of CFRB immediately after our Fall Board Meeting. The Farmer‘s Advocate ran a special article written by Miss Chapman on Women’s Insti- tute work and it is our hope that more such articles will follow. As P.R.O. it has been a privilege and pleas- ure to speak at various meetings and a con- ference and workshop. The C.N.E. Table Setting Competition is not available to us this year. County. District and Area Scholarships are all to be $100.00 in 1964. Two Scholarship cheques, each amounting to $2,000.00. were presented to F.W.I.O. during the Board Meet- ing. Mrs. A. Carr. representing Mrs. W. A. Goodfellow on behalf of East and West North- umberland. and Mrs. C. E. Yeates and Mrs. S. Panting on behalf of the Northern Area (Muskoka. Nipissing and Parry Sound). Resolutions Mrs. Lymburrter As Convener, Mrs. Lymburner reviewed re- sults of the resolutions passed at the Fall Board Meeting. She stated that the emergency resoluâ€" tion passed regarding more adequate facilities at Macdonald Institute was well received at a hearing by both the Minister of Agriculture, Wm. A. Stewart, and the Minister of Education, Mr. Davis. The brief received complete supâ€" 10 port of the Canadian Restaurant Aswci She stated the things asde for in this rem were fair, needed and long overdue. Of the resolutions passed at the Board Mm ing. several had to do with consumer prob- lems. Among these were a resolution mum. ing that companies issuing merchnndi/mg c togues indicate the articles made in tart-unlit; a resolution asking that F.W.l.0. consult ~. uh the anion. lution illitâ€" Consumers‘ Association of Canada .tllwtll mg considerable amount of breakage m pm”: brackets holding shelving. with a vieu l-' :cltln" manufacturers to use more durable :.'-.It:rl;.lL: Another resolution to be taken up will Ar; was a request that the Women‘s Instm -\ do everything they can. individually and tiller; tively, to have the stapling of food Ll We; abolished. (The women’s special com «in that small children might get the loost we; and swallow them). There was a resolution "requesting !‘ ‘ mt- ernment of Canada to pass an Act 0: t lu- ment declaring the Red Ensign to he mi. tional flag of Canada." A resolution to be forwarded to the «no Minister of Education asked that becau ‘ the many teen-age marriages resulting in Illh of low-incomes, and the need of betu ‘ume and income management. the tenc; of Home Economics be given a more pt kicm place in the educational system, with ll tltlt» tion of studies in home and money i ._:c- ment for students in secondary schools. Another request to the Department 01' imâ€" tion noted that the Department has a re‘ en whereby school boards receive a gr Ior library books purchased from an apprn- list only: and asked that the list be enlarged The Department was asked not to "1:16 high school text books as frequentl) has been done recently. The resolution pou' nut that some of these text books. especiall we used in Grades X11 and XIII are ex M‘E and the cost. when new books must l' f0- vided frequently, may be prohibitive for int- ily with three or more children in high rul For the protection of the many peopl- 'lr ing with poisons and fumigants. a re: tlon was directed to the Food and Drug Adm IIHL- tion of Canada asking to have container Ml»- ed more vividly to warn workers of the :hll' toxic contents; also to issue a warning um- cerning the proper use of the product. _ Because many articles for sale marked mu- venirs of Canada“ are made in countrie» lhflf than Canada, a resolution was passed l‘u ivél' ing the Government of Canada to pass It 'bla‘ tion requiring that all articles marl- 55 “Souvenirs of Canada" be Canadian-mt- flf' ticles. Since some Institutes had found the FA‘ l.0. Bummed crests in their present form unat- HOME AND COUNTRY