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Special Programs and Projects A Note to P.R.0.s The purpose of this special Programs and feet: section is to give Public Relations her: a spot in Home and Country where r can tell all the Institutes of the Province at anything done in their own Institute I'll might offer a suggestion to other riches. is we have explained in previous issues, we not give space to routine reports of meetâ€" ,â€"rmless the program is so original 0r standing as to give an idea to other In- :ttes. A particularly good subject for a topic, ,ussion, debate, motto or roll call would welcome. .‘ome years ago it was decided that we could ' report anniversary celebrations. These are interest mainly in the local community ere the participants are known and of we P.R.0.’s will see that they get into the .7! papers. 4nd please note that to produce an illustra- ‘t we require a photograph, not the negative; l that we cannot make a cut from a colored .vure or from a slide. ’erhaps the best way to see the sort of .terlal we need for this section is to look at ' topics in this and previous issues. Then, as 2.0. for your branch or district or area, if H MW 11 stary that should be told, (10, please, «I it alongâ€"Editor. Varied Centennial Projects OT CONTENT with their imaginative q national projects. almost every one of the 1,545 branches of the Federated omen’s Institutes of Ontario is engaged in me private project of its own. Beautification is high on the list. The Devlin .sritute, for instance, is creating a park at the nrance to the village, featuring a flower gar- '-n in the shape of a trillium. The Kipling "anch in Nipissing is also planning a garden ‘lhis one of flowers in the Women’s Institute Jilors, blue and yellow. Golden Lake is plant- =g flowers around hydro poles along the reels. Harwood Institute is making a wishing'we“ :ut of the everflowing well in Memorial Park- wobcaygeon is planting silver and red maples. WINTER. I966 Inglewood is beautifying the approach to the Village. Dayton is helping create a public park. Millhaven and Gordon Lake branches are beautifying community centre grounds. Branches in two very small communities (Stella. 90 inhabitants, Staffa 68) are making a park and beautifying it with bulbs and flower- Ing shrubs. At Sparta, the local branch of the Women's Institute is repairing and restoring a mud- walled blacksmith shop built in 1825. Known as "The Forge and Anvil". this building was used to stable cavalry horses during the Rebel- lion of 1837. A quilt of ten provincial floral emblems. to be featured at local fairs. is the project of Dunning, Institute. Fergusons Falls branch is making an autograph quilt. and Baltimore plans one of provincial floral emblems. At thc 1967 Fall Fair in Harrow. the In- stitute members are planning an 1867 kitchen and tcnroonr staffed by members in the cos- tumes of the cm. A Pioneer Variety Night in 1967 will be. hcld in Dunedin by the Pine Trcc Institute, featuring an 1867 village store. ontiqucs and puntomimcs. lo the Tivcrlon district, each institute will dress a doll in the garb of un oulstanding woman of 100 years ago. The Spanish Rivcr Institute is cngagcd in the restoration of the first white settlers' cemetery in the Massey area; Lannrk North District will offer a bursary for a Grade XIII studcnt: and the Bninsvillc branch is purchasing :1 mobile library, And these projects are in addition to con- tributions to the national ones, which include The Canadian Mesaic. a book tracing the dcâ€" vclopment of crafts in every province. and the presentation of 1] ornate chairs carrying the provincial and national cost of arms (one from each province and one from the national fed- eration) to the Fathers of Confederation Mem- orial Centre at Charlottetown. There will also be four competitions for institute members: one for an original short story based on Canadian historical fact; one for a poem about any phase of Canada‘s 100 years since Confederation: one for the best village history. and finally, one for the best sample of drawn-thread work, which is one of the oldest forms of embroideryâ€"From Cen- tennial. Ontario. Pioneer Cemetery Restored Froomefield on the banks of the St. Clair River is hardly a village, but its residents have conceived, executed and financed their Cen- tennial project all by themselves. The project actually got underway in 1953 when the 19