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Yarn For Fort McPherson From F.W.I.C. Office HE MEMBERS of the Fort McPherson Women’s Institute are making afghans of knitted squares, Not only is this training the native women in the skill of knitting, which they enjoy, but the completed articles are sold to raise money for their projects. They find it hard to get enough scraps of wool to keep them going. If you have “bits and pieces" of yarn you would like to send them, it would be much appreciated by that group. The adâ€" drag is â€" Mrs. M. G. Wiggins, Secretary, Fort Providence Women‘s Institute. Fort Proviâ€" dence, N.W.T. Postage is high but you can send quite a lot of scrapsrfor a pound. ' Simcoe’s Quilt, Rug and Craft Fair IMCOE, COUNTY Arts and Crafts Asso- S ciation is holding its fourteenth Quilt, Rug and Craft Fair on July 21, 22 and 23, this year at Orillia in the Community Centre. Plans are underway to have a display of well over 100 quilts, over 50 rugs and an interesting “Craft Shop" section as well as daily demonstrations. One of the interesting things about this fair is that many of the quilt and rug designs are original. Some are heirlooms shOWn only as display features; others are offered for sale. There is no entry fee and the fair is noncom» petitive. It is not surprising that it attracts visitors from all over the province. A feels that strangers wanting to visit the site of the beginning of the Women’s Institute movement at Stoney Creek. often have difficuity in finding the way; and she sends these directions: “Stoney Creek is on King Street east of Hamilton. Take No. 20 Highway from the Queen Elizabeth, NO. 8 Highway or No. 53 Highway. There are big signs at the intersec- tion of King Street and No. 20 Highway direct- ing you east to the village. The tall monu- ment of 1812 can be seen from that intersec- tion.” The Road to Stoney Creek MEMBER OF Stoney Creek Institute The Hunter Hoodless Homestead HE FURNISHING of “The Homestead” I is now pretty well completed, but small items could still be used. such as knick- knacks of the period or hooked or braided rugs. (Rugs wear out in time and must be re- placed.) 26 A plan is being made for landscaping M. grounds and donations of funds will he cepted towards this project. The two under the centennial plan, and future 1_ scaping will be done in a way to harmo with this. New Centennial Spoons N A LETTER TO Women’s Institutes. IPearl Clark, sales representative for ( memorative Spoons, says that hundrc. Women‘s Institutes have discovered that it commemorative spoons is a dignified and way of helping out their treasuries. Two of the new Centennial Spoons ilTL‘ on sale: The Centennial Symbol with the I.IL ' west Of the Homestead, owned by South Di n- fries Township has already been landsm .1 1867-1967; and the Canada Coat of Arm» the same dates. More new designs will so. ready. In the meantime there is a stead mand for the well-established lines: thr- laide Hunter Hoodless and the Sir .lol Macdonald spoons; the set, Men of Fe. three spoons with portraits of Pope John, F. Kennedy and Winston Churchill; the tennial Collection (twelve spoons in a prc tion case â€"â€" Canada, ten provinces and tin tennial Symbol. All provincial spoons nox- the provincial coat of arms and the “iii the province). New prices became effective on April . making 83 cents each the wholesale pry it the spoons. Retail sales tax is paid ii we dealer to save Institutes the trouble of c 5 ing and paying it. The Institute makes a fit of 42 cents on every spoon sold. Any Institute wanting to buy spoons . .id send for an order form with price l in Miss Pearl Clark, 66 Rosedene Ave. i ii ton, Ont. ’3: * =3 On the day of going to press we r-. oi the following announcement from Miss ik NEW PRICES (Effective May 15, I966) mi] INDIVIDUAL SPOONS (including new Centennial Symbol Spoon and Canada coat-Ofâ€"arms Spoon with 1867-1967) '5“ CENTENNIAL COLLECTION ‘ t0“ SPOON RACK “0” MEN OF PEACE SET ‘ 4-50 HOME AND CDuNTRY