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With the District Annual Meetings For presenting “Pennies For Friendship“ at the West Huron District Annual, Mrs. Fordyce Clark, a member of the Auburn Branch, dis- played a map of the world, with the routes the delegates would follow in gomg to East Lan- sing, Michigan, marked with lines made up of pennies. Mrs, Clark said: “This bright new penny has a shining future â€" it is to be one of the Pen- nies For Friendship, a link in the lifeline of A.C.W.W. Without our pennies the Associated Country Women of the World never hope to achieve even the first step toward their goal of helping the homemakers of the world. "When A.C.W.W. was organized in Stockâ€" holm in 1933. this method of financing was proposed by Mrs. Drage, the delegate from Wales. She designated the smallest coin of each country in order that every woman might give and thus have a personal share in the work. “Our contributions are received at General Headquarters, London, England, where the ex- ecutive committee meets regularly. You might be interested to know that we have been repre- sented there by the daughter of one of Huron County's first and best known Agricultural Representatives, Mr. Steve Stothers. "Every three years, A.C.W.W. meets in a world conference. Conference 68 is to be held in East Lansing at Michigan State University. This is the second time that an A.C.W.W. conference has come to the United States. The I936 meeting was held in Washington. Toron- to had the honour in 1953. “The President. Mrs. Aroti Dutt of India, who charmed us when she visited Canada last year. will preside over this conference. “We are proud that some of our West Hu- ron pennies will help to bring delegates from the sixty member countries to East Lansing, women from Greenland. from Zanzibar, from the Yukon. from Sarawak, joining with women from our Huron County. “_A.C,W.W. uses our pennies in other ways besides sponsoring the Triennial Conference. They help to run the central office, to find let- ter friends and provide introductions for mem- bers. to link institutes and groups in different Countries. to publish A.C,W.W. magazine, “The Country Woman"; to send representa- tives of country women to meetings of UN: to extend the work of A.C.W.W. through trav: els of the president. deputy presidents and area vice-presidents. What can you buy w'th - rty? FRIENDSHIP." ' l a pen 26 SOUTH RENFREW DISTRICT WONIEN’S INSTITUTES Welcoming remarks made by the Pres of the Combermere Branch Institute, Mrs. ‘ garet Grodzka, at the Meeting of the \le Institutes of South Renfrew District. I consider it a great honor and privilrw welcome you all. We do welcome you open hearts. We have gathered here not n meet each other, or to hear the reports. . . . We are here to start a new centtn‘ Canadian Women‘s Institutes . , . to h. vision. Without union the people p We have to build a future on past, because withom a past we cannot in. future. In every aspect of life there is a for revival. In religion, education, pt: wherever we turn, there is a renewal. Sr only right and just that the Women's Inst would give some thought to these aspects. Our beautiful motto reads â€" For '1 and Country. Can we truly say that we achieved that goal? We have become homemakers through the Women's Ins We participated in all kinds of wont. courses and learned how to cook. sew. and so on. We have no doubts that the hi- and always will be the most important um But that is only half of our motto. l L- that it is time to do something more. to bigger goals. The good Lord gave us two great giti- one is the gift of brain â€" it was given for only one purpose, to use it. The oth-. is the ability to love. Let‘s use it too. i. strive to love with great passion our o'- and serve it better. May we put away all pretence and each other face to face. without self pil Without prejudice. Let us face our cor true problems and do something abonl Let us make a great effort to know and t stand better our French Canadian womc truly can he a great force in keeping a i ated Canada. So let us step into this net tury of Canada striving to touch and to the great human heart common to us all 1' 1k * Some families can trace their ancestry ball years but haven’t the slightest idea “her: children were last night.â€"Earl Werstlne. * 'k * HOME AND coUi' it