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She read and commented on excerpts about styles and customs of that time. Onondaga “had an eitcellent display of old school books and pictures on view at the near- est museum during the summer.” Tara held “Open house” when they had their Tweedsmuir history on display along with rugs, paintings, quilts, knitting. needlework, and hats of historic interest. The Institute served lunch and sold jams and baking at the meeting. Bradley helped to plan a school reunion be- fore their local school was closed and the pupils entered the central school. Wiarton is assisting with plans to move the memorial cairn for the poet William Wilfred Campbell, from its present location on the Sharon Kennedy of Frontenac County, who has completed 10 4H Homemaking Club proi- ects and will enter the Home Economics Course at Kemptville Agricul- tural School this fall. Sharon has represented her Club at the Ontario Girls' Conference and the Central Canada Ex» hibition and has been active in the young people's interests of her church and her com- munity. highway. which is being widened, to Blue Water Park. Armow searched out the “century farms" in their area and sent the names to the provincial Junior Farmers’ Association for their centen- nial project. Winchester reports: “We visited Mrs. Lindsay of Kars where they have done good work on their Tweedsmuir history, and we got informa- tion from her on how to go about starting our book. Later Mrs. Lindsay came to us with a display of her Institute‘s Tweedsmuir history volumes. We now have our first volume start- ed. The book was donated to us by our three 4-H Homemaking Clubs.” Sparta Sorosis entertained several groups of students and teachers interested in visiting the “Olde Forge and Anvil" as a historic building and local museum. At Maxwell as in so many other places, the oneâ€"room school is being closed and the pupils transported to the township school. The Insti- tute has photographs of the old and the new school for its Tweedsmuir history. Of course they will have the old school's history, too. Arman says: “A roll call, ‘Suggest an article you would like to see in the Tweedsmmr Book FALL 1966 Borhoru Woods, winner of the lamb- ton County Ontario Women's institute Scholarship in r i966. Borboro has completed fifteen 4H Homemaking Club proiects, graduated from high school this summer and is now taking the Home Economics course at Mocdonold Institute. gave the Tweedsmuir History Committee some very good suggestions." Bothwell's Corner reports that nine Insti- tutes in the township, in cooperation with the Council. are publishing a centennial booklet to be sold in 1967. North Derby assisted in preparing a history of the school to be read at the reunion at the school‘s chasing. Bluewater prepared his- tories of the two one-room schools in the community and presented these to the museum. Inman Road says: "We have a list of the ‘century farms‘ in our township and are draw- ing a map of our local cemetery plots. We are also making a list of pioneer families on our various roads.” Ethel has a show case of antiques in the library, As the onc~room schools in the dis trict are closed. the Institute has photographs made to preserve in their Tweedsmuir history. Elimville had good results from a roll call. “Bring your written farm history.” The his- tories were given to the curator to he re- corded in the Tweedsmuir history. To Gain New Members Five Lakes hopes to gain members by in~ viting non-members to take the training school projects and short courses. Portlock Royal suggests asking non-mem- bers to give demonstrations of other parts of the program at Institute meetings. Laud adâ€" vises sending a circular invitation to every woman in the totvnship who might be inter- ested in the Institute. Princeton-Woodbury recommends calling on newcomers to the community, inviting them to meetings or courses and providing trans- portation if this is needed. Whitechurch says: “Visit newcomers to the community and make them feel we need them. Give them copies of Home and Coun- try. Ask every member to try to influence her neighbor to join." 33