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Ontario to attend. many from various women‘s organi- zations and many from applications submitted pri- valely to the Council. The aim. to bring together women of all ages. economic levels. and Widely varied backgrounds and experiences. lf dress is still an indi- cation for determining these difi'erences. they suc- ceeded. Friday evening was registration. a “Welcome” by the Honourable Margaret Birch. Provincial Secretary ofthe Social Development Secretariat The sessrons all took place in the Macdouald Block of Queen‘s Park on Bay Street. Toronto. Some 325 women were bll‘ leted in local hotels. The Conference opened with Laura Sabra. dediâ€"_ cated and capable Chairman of the Ontario Status oi Women Council. in the chair. Professor Richard Gosse, Faculty of Law, University of British Colum- bia. brought knowledge of some existing plans for di- vision of property. advantages and disadvantages. Each workshop group had ten to fifteen women. chosen at random. A leader and a woman lawyer (who gave her weekend) served as a resource person to her group. Many questions came up: How to divide property in case of separation or divorce â€" 50-50? 60-40? Did having children make a difference? Who decides whose fault it was i a male judge? Back and forth went the questions and the mind boggled as one made a decision only to have the lawyer or someone else in the group point out a grave disadvantage if that point became law. How to be fair to women working all their lives. only in the home. on the farm. in family business. and at the same time be fair to the woman working all her life in a career? I found myself think- ing and saying “Let‘s not forget to be fair to our husâ€" bands. sons. and brothers. as well.” As 1 \oted I tried to remember the thirty thousand women whom I was there to represent â€" mostly rural, mostly over thirty- five years of age and many who would fare no better than did Mrs, Murdock under our present laws 7 should our marriages run into trouble. I feared per~ haps the vocal. more radical minority might infiucncc the quieter. more conservative majority. but when VOICS “"6113 taken. common SENSE and fairness seemed always to come through. However we did learn to sav spouse instead of wife or husband. Watch for news of these proposed changes and tell your Member of Far liament how you hope he will vote and why. L 7 Mrs Wm G Miller. retier Secretary Treasurer, Mrs Harvey Houston. PRO. Mrs. Herb Maluske, newly elected Presrdent, Mrs Harvey Nobtrtt, retiring Prestdent, Mrs Eart Morden, newly appomted Secretary Treasurer 6 Mrs Maluske receives Presidents Badge from t blett‘. ONTARIO FOOD COUNCIL CONSUMER COMMITTEE Mrs, Norman Tuck. one of the six FWlO a”. sentatives to this Committee. reported on meeii it. tended during the year. She has spoken many it s in branches on the work of the Consumer section . l npurpose. The media tour of the Province last Man an. ducted by the Consumer Section was a success in it built up contacts with radio. TV. and press. nh are being maintained. There is an upsurge of l c»: in nutrition by the media. An increasing num uI requests for pictures of Ontario food PTOdUL‘l‘ tic been received and plans are underway to built ml file of such pictures. The Consumer Section feels that the CIU‘ in Good Eating is more flexible than Canada’s t-il Guide. The School of Dentistry and three tea. i:- hospitals in Toronto are now using the Guide to “Ll Eating. In regard to Metric Conversion 7 we don‘t lll consumers to think in terms of conversion but l .r to accept the new system when the time comes ent plans are that our recipe booklets after 19? ,1 specify metric measures. ll is felt by the Committee that syrups uti heavy on canned fruits and amounts of sugar too it in other processed foods such as Baked Beans. lll less sugar. costs could be cut with nutrition ytt ‘n good, Consumers must ask processors to eonsidc. i« and use less fancy packaging. There is deep concern and a study underway cerning the methods used in home canning frutts ti vegetables during the past season. It is feared lhtn sufficient processing may cause cases of botulism »winter and spring. Work is underway to produ : pamphlet before next summer. explaining all ~ '~ which must be taken to can safely. HOSPITALITY Mrs. Wm. G. Miller arranged for many Wl n‘i bers from out of the Province and overseas to visit cal Branch meetings and District Annuals. A group from Holland visited the Erland Home. toured Don Head Farms. Pioneer Village. ‘ J: Fenton Technical School. places of interest in ‘ . city of Toronto. and the Adelaide Hoodless Homn