Home & Country Newsletters (Stoney Creek, ON), Summer 1964, page 35

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act as an incentive to make a further donation ‘to help others.’ “ Carlulte says: “We are mailing Home and Country to all members and everyone is pleased. Sometimes a member could not be at a meeting to pick up her copy. We also send Federated News and our new programs direct to members.” ‘ Southcote suggests not only more panels and discussions but more music by membersâ€"- solos. duets, trios, quartettes and choruses; that health be stressad more, perhaps by having the convener give a two or three minute item at each meeting; that the branch might sub- scribe to the CBC paper and have someone report at each meeting about good programs to listen to. Suggestions for Programs Editor’s Note: The ,i‘oliowirz‘t.7 items it'd/HG from Secretaries' Reports for the year 1963- 64. Preceding notes are from last year's re- ports. Margaret Marshall Memorial names as two outstanding addreSSes, a talk on "Wills and Estates” by a local lawyer and the “History of the Township Schools". Princess Ann had an interesting speaker on “Rehabilitation of the Disabled“. South Tarentorus enjoyed papers on "In- dians of Ontario”, “Nutrition in the Space Age“ and “The History of Sault Ste, Marie". Bar River reports: “The special feature in our program this year was that we seemed to Berwick Women's institute Hoot in the Berwick Sports Centre Santa Claus parade. The subject is on Eskimo hunting scane. An Institute member's husband acted as hunter and a friend loaned the "animals" â€" evidently not live models. ‘L. _'_ ‘2 SUMMER 1964 all join in like a family. We had a ‘husbands' night‘ when we took our supper to our presi- dent’s house and had a card party afterwards. We have a “ladies’ night out‘ when we all go out for supper together and then to a show. We think this togetherness helps us to work well together." Desharats: “Our meeting held at the school was most interesting. Two teachers spoke on ‘Modern Mathematics‘. They demonstrated the system and suggested that teachers and In- stitute members should meet more often to discuss present school courses. Blackstock: "Our Septcmher meeting with a panel consisting of the high school principal. public school Grade VIII teacher and school board chairman did much to further our knowl- edge of new trends and courses in education." Bowmanville: “A talk by the supervising principal of public schools on new trends in education. especially in mathematics." Nestlcton: “An address by :1 registered nurse on Mental and Emotional Habits in Relation to Good Health." Rockford had a panel discussion on the purpose of the Institute. Seaforth Junior Institute had it safely pro- gram with the roll call “A home hazard l inâ€" tend to eliminate" and the topic “Selling safety to your family and community." Pt. Alma anti Glcnwood reports: “Our roll call ‘Should women be on the school hoard?" had a lively response." Holtyrc reports as one of their licst program features a Panel Discussion on “Teenage Prohâ€" lems" by a group of teenagers. “'ild Rose had an Oriental Night. Everyone came in oriental coxlume. They had a paper on Chinese Culture and Chinese dishes were served. They enjoyed their Nutrition Program. loo. with a lunch of cheese dishes. Five Lakes: "We ohtuincd pamphlets on Ca- nadian Citizenship and had good discussions on them. It made each members realize what good citizenship means in everyday lilo." {Pt’l'lltlpa‘ there were the priniplilcrr on Thu ('i/iu-n ti) .-l.\' an Individual. (Bl As a Frmrili‘ M'i’m/u'r. Lil As it lilt’lilht‘l' of rlic ('ummimiiy, {-1) The Nation um! {5) Tim World B obtainable from the Citizenship Ht'tllli‘ll‘. Ottawa. Tim-u are other priiiiphlmi in the lyrics Inn. â€" Ed.) MacLennan: "Our centennial project tomâ€" munin improvement and Bcuulil'ication‘ is kept in mind and we tr) to direct our programs to some form of hettcrmcnt. At our encourage- ment the Council has had the township hall painted and the Institute is concentrating on improving the park. This year we huilt two toilet and change rooms." Blount: Roll Call â€" “A project I would like to see our Institute undertake this your.“ Alford and Park Road plans to hold more 35

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