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Centennial Projects HE ONTARIO Centennial Planning I Branch of the Department of Tourism and Information has issued a very com« prehensive list of ideas for centennial projects. Following are a few of their suggestions that might be of special interest to Women’s In- stitutes: Confederation Costumes: Hold an 1867 Costume Ball. Hold a Centennial Fashion Show displaying the styles of the 1860's up to the present day. A fashion show of costumes is not a new idea, but a suggestion not so well known is to have a show, "100 Years of Hair Styles.” Confederation Rooms: These rooms might be set up at fall fairs. If they are to be preserved permanently, as in a museum, it might be a project large enough for the co- operative effort of several organizations. Some counties are furnishing a log cabin in con- federation era style. Restoration of Historical Buildings: Builda ings suggested were a log cabin, or other pioneer home of historic interest, a one-room school. an old church, a country store, a black- smith shop. Organize Quilting Bees and make Centen~ nial Quilts designed on the following motifs: the floral emblems of the ten Canadian prov- inces, the centennial symbol (a stylized maple leaf), the trillium, the Canadian flag. (Or- ganizations would have to decide what to do with the quilts after using them for displayâ€" possibly try to sell them.) Landscaping and “Making Ontario Love- lier": Everyone is familiar with the planting of flowering crab trees as a centennial project. Other suggestions are to create a centennial 1k * ‘Jr RED BRICK COLONIAL By Adele Jordan Tarr This house is new, yet shows the gracious line That builders loved a hundred years ago. Simplicity its keynote and design, Utility its constant purpose. so Its every brick and timber tells of home â€" Of shelter warm and safe. No pretense here Of palace grandeur, nor inutile dome; This is a home for love and faith and cheer. My mother grew to womanhood in one In old Virginia, built the self-same way; Her mother, too, before her. Now my son And his, may live here after me, some day. The love of kin is built into each wall Their choice is mine â€" red brick Colonial. * * * 12 garden of oldâ€"fashioned flowers, or a garden of oldâ€"fashioned herbs; make a memorial park in front of the community hallâ€"a good place for a cairn, a historical hell or some other article of local historical interest; donate a bench and/ or a shelter for waiting bus pasâ€" sengers; tear down ramshackle, unused build- ings that mar the landscape; clean up the town dump and screen it with a fringe of quick- growing trees such as Chinese elm or p0plar; restore old cemeteries; develop a picnic area or donate picnic tables and benches to the local park. The publication gives suggestions for com- piling Community Histories, but most of these have already been adopted by Institutes work- ing on their Tweedsmuir History books. Two recommendations which may be new to many Institute members are: “Interest your local ra- dio or television station in producing a series of programs depicting local history and events of bygone eras"; and “Ask Senior citizens to write ‘A Childhood Memory of My Com- munity.” These essays would provide excellenr material for a community history, a column in the local newspaper or a program on a local radio station. Or they could be bound and displayed in the library.” Centennial Displays: Suggestions for are ticles for centennial displays include: antiqui silver, china, furniture, clothing, old photo graphs, newspapers, farm implements, cutters buggies, children‘s antique toys, antique cars handicrafts of all types, century-old clocks ant old-time musical instruments, phonographs ani radios. Centennial Events and Festivals: Perhap most cemmunities will have an Old Horn Week or Week-end. As an Old Home Week attraction the Centennial Planning Branch sug» gests: Have a gathering in the old school with teacher and pupils dressed in oldâ€"time costume and holding mock classes. Organize concerts, choirs and plays which could be produced in neighboring communities during centennial year. Hold a Pioneer Variety Night or n Senior Citizens‘ Day which could includt square dancing, step dancing, playing lb” fiddle, singing and other oldtime forms 0k entertainment; also a Youth Day featuring athr‘ letic events, public speaking, music, plays anti dancing. If there is anyone in the communltl who remembers what a travelling Medicmji' Show was like, this might be reproduced. “with a barker suitably attired to pitch thC cure-ails." It is strongly recommended that HOME AND COUNT“