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t it '1' A CRAZY QUILT By Douglas Malloch They do not make them any more, For quilts are cheaper at the store Than woman's labor, though a wife Men think the cheapest thing in life. But now and then a quilt is spread Upon a quaint old walnut bed, A crazy quilt of those old days That I not old enough to praise. Some woman sewed these points and squares into a pattern like life‘s cares. Here is a velvet that was strong, The poplin that she wore so long, A fragment from her daughter‘s dress, Like her, a vanished loveliness; Old patches of such things as these, Old garments and old memories. And what is life? A crazy quilt; Sorrow and joy, and grace and guilt, With here and there a square of blue For some old happiness we knew; And so the band of time will take The fragments of our lives and make, Out of life‘s remnants, as they fall, A thing of beauty, after all. ‘k *k i acres of land given to the Swedes by the Dela- ware Indians who occupied the territory at that time.” Wabash had Mr. Snake speak at their family night. Brooke had a meeting featuring a study of the Canadian Indians and their present prob- lems across Canada. The report says: "Members say they were made more aware of the problems of our Indians and are now more interested in the many current press articles about them.” This Institute for its in- ternational meeting had a program on Japan, using information from the Japanese Embassy. Aughrim has a friendship link with an In- stitute in Wales. Rutherford reports: “At one meeting we had an excellent speaker on ‘Adoption’ with the tapic ‘My Brother’s Child’s Keeper.’ Since that meeting the speaker has adopted a two-year- old Japanese war refugee." Hopetown had papers on Racial Prejudice and Negro Slavery. Rock Ridge had a member‘s account of a personal visit to Iceland and her observations on Irish home and community life. Junetown had an illustrated lecture by a former district president on her trip to the A.C.W.W. conference in Australia. Bayview made a study of Canada’s National Parks. Mill Creek Odessa enjoys correspondence with pen friends in Australia, members of the Country Women’s Association. Historical Research south Tarentorus is working for the preser- vation of an old stone house of local historic 28 interest. They hope to make its restormmn centennial project. a Alford and Park Road tries to visil toric site" each year. At Oakland the members were aske.‘ written history of their homes and thr- turnctl over to the Tweedsmuir hisim mittec for use in the history book. Many branches in Bruce county I‘E‘pl Hrk for their Log House museumâ€"Clea lus- if a Kid .vm. the house, planting flowers, serving as l it: for an afternoon and evening. In Brucedale Institute each men: 1mg planted a flowering crab as a U on! project. Underwood's Tweedsmuir histor; w. tor was able to supply information at {he schools of the township when the Ti .mp Central School Board Was compiling . on. of the sixteen one-room schools that l. on closed. The curator also supplied lhk mm of the Bruce Municipal Telephone on} when the Council wanted this informal- At Armow Institute the Convener h3- torical Research “gave a talk on how me up a farm history." Their Tweedsmuil in book was on display at a meeting. Kairshea is keeping a scrap book lE~ standing events in the community fOI Hle use in their Tweedsmuir history. At Kincardine a member was ml 10 look through the Minute Book of .: ch so that she could write the history he Church for the Institute’s Tweedsmuir Laurel supplied the local newspu. ‘th information about neighboring village ,n- formation that had been gathered for i. ‘i- tutc‘s Tweedsmuir history. Morrisburg has had a glaSS case W11.“ ck made for their Tweedsmuir history. Thi :pi in the library. The librarian and the ' .‘IC president each has a key. Blackstock reports: "The Grade X] m: of the high school organized a local Im for a day and our members donated a “or of articles as well as information for M'- tory book the students published." 0“ reports practically the same help to 41" dents of their township high school. Eden (Elgin county) says: “We ha‘ help to several seeking information f family tree. The banquet and fashion s 0 “Wedding Gowns for 1850 On" was booster of the Women‘s Institute stock It Sparta Sorosis sponsored the form“ Of an historical society with the object of 1b' lishing a pioneer village. Their “Old? ‘ige and Anvil" makes a good central be “Hg for this. Middlemarch says that because of 21 Play of heirlooms at an Institute meeting, m EMS nan ‘ ru 2 HOME AND CO . NTRY