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UNNY SKIES and cool breezes greeted over 500 guests from as far away as New York and Michigan who downed hundreds maple-syrup-smothered pancakes at Swea- Only an improvement in weather conditions e previous day allowed the festival to take lace. Chilly temperatures would have inhib- ._t the sap run and cancelled the project. we members worked till midnight, March 24, ttling syrup and making 40 pounds of maple .t gar in attractive ‘barrel‘ and ‘Maple Leaf” ‘esigns. VGuests boarded hayâ€"filled, tractorâ€"drawn agons for a 2 mile ride over bumpy country Jr. to the sugar bush of George Jakeman, .here modern methods of syrup production ere demonstrated, and samples of the Canaâ€" an delicacy, hot from the evaporator, sipped f: om paper cups. This country‘s pioneer past was not rgotten as neighbourhood youngsters showed a lookers how Grandpa made syrup in huge a on kettles over a roaring fire. A new Conservation project featuring an at usual variety of the trillium. Ontario‘s ofl‘iâ€" it al flower, was noted on the return journey. Guests with appetites whetted by the stiff a? eeze, were served heaping plates of pancakes d syrup. by members wearing Centennial ostumes. Guests also received pamphlets conâ€" inine maple syrup recipes and centennial ns. Delicious baked goods sold by the mem- ers proved popular. Convener of the project was Mrs. Keith l? ammerton. * it * Abraham Lincoln was once taken to task by an sociate for his attitude toward his enemies: "\Vhy ‘5 you try to make friends of them? You should 'y to destroy them." Lincoln replied gently. "Am I not destroying .ia enemies when I make them my friends?" it t * William Penn declared: "I expect to pass rough this life but once. If therefore there be any ' ndness I can show, or any good thing I can do in any fellow being, let me do it now, and 90‘ efer, or neglect it, as I shall not pass this way Li. ‘ Ll I967 .‘l omen’s Institutes Program and Projects A member of the South Oxford Women's lnslilute serving ponrokes and maple syrup In two young guests. HISTORICAL RESEARCH Laura Roseâ€"A discussion 0n antique glass a feature of the Laura Rose Branch Historical Research meeting. Mrs. Fred Eagle and Mrs. Stanton Linton told the early history of glass making, the methods and components of glass making and early Canadian glass. Pictures, sketches and sample pieces of glass were shown. The South Bruce District Women's Institutes will assist in the updating of the History of Bruce County. Material taken from the Tweedsmuir Village Histories will he made available to the writer. Mattawaâ€"Combining a sixticth anniversary celebration and a Centennial project members of Mattawa Women‘s Institute attended the opening of the Lamont Century Homestead. This tiny log hewn dwelling was built in 1864 by Amabel Duford a trapper. on the banks of a river now known as the Amabel Duford River. * i i- Sleepless questions ln the small hours: Have I done right? Why did I act Just as I did? Over and over again The same steps, The same words: Never the answer. WDag Hammarskiuld. 25