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Officers’ Conference You can‘t say Oi’rieers' Conference is a holiday but it surely is a lovely change ofpaee. Just hetng together on a universitv campus is another world. as well as the added hunth lo meet members from around the prov- ince. and to discuss the work oflhe Women‘s Institute. The whole Conference revolved around the secre- turviTreasurer Mrs. Robt. B. Weber. The Committee thihks up the ideas but the planning and lying to- aether is left to "Irene". She has strong support in acâ€" iually running this three day Conference. gHer‘own Branch. Bloomingdale. has the mechanies oi registra- titin down to the last detail and the friendly one who meets all at the door has gained the expertise Of sort- ing out delegates and directing all to their destinaâ€" tions. Mrs. Wilbur Lawrence from Embro is a former Board Director and has been directing the delegates on and till buses and around the campus for the past M); ytiéllW. Secretary Treasurer. Mrs Robt. B, Weber and the Hon. Wm. A. Stewart, Minister orAgri‘culture and Food look at the Oflicers‘ Conlerence programme. When the details of a Conference run smoothly. the delegates have a greater opportunity to get on with the main objective. "dismissing". Sixty percent were there for the first time. and there's nothing to compare with the enthusiasm of a “first time" representative. A change was implemented this year. while half were in discussion groups the remainder travelled to the lirland Lee Home at Stoney Creek. This seemed to work ell‘eetively. The Erland Lee Home has a new look. just having been newly decorated. the delegates were often heard to remark. “there surely is a difl‘er~ enee". One of the husloads had Mrs. Roland aboard and when in the Parlour. she sat at the organ and played “Bless This House" The Oflicers‘ Conference programme featured the Lee and it will remain as a souvenir for many. it remembrance of the twenty-sev- enth Conference. ’ ENTERTAINMENT Mr. Paul Fry shared his singing talents. and the KW Harmonieers provided an evening of barber shop singing in the Humanities Theatre. The delegates en- joyed the carnival atmosphere of the Barber Shop chorus and quartets in clown costumes as well as the traditional harmonizing for which the Barber Shop- pers are famous. 10 Mrs_ R_ J, Winrnit]. song, leader. and Mrs Rummy provided the “Let’s Sing" at all sessions. This \\ the” first visit to the Conference and this team added mm. to the sessions with their lively gestures and tti, 4.1.“ gates enjoyed these interludes immensely. Mrs. Winmitt â€" “Let’s-all sing out." Speaks on Conference Theme Mrs. Herbert Maluske was welcomed by thi gates at her first Officers‘ Conference as Prim President. Speaking on the theme “Undertake thing that is difficult. it will do you good, Unle- try to do something beyond what you have a) mastered. you will never grow.“ A quote by Ron Osborn. This growth process is a lifetime thing. There time in one's life when a person can say Ill stopped growing. If a person continued to learn grow and develop skills every year at the same rt during the first year oftife. the results would be - tronomieal proportions. Mrs. Maluske challenged the delegates to mastering two things right now. The first â€" the .: listening. The second â€" make your own notes. 5! can take back a good report. You will be growth doing this. Ofiieers‘ Conference is a training session. a lt’ ing experience. You will gain much more than give through reporting. The President continue say. she felt understanding was the first stage in teaming process. and the second stage was â€" ch» of attitude. What is your attitude toward teenager those leSS fortunate than yourself? The third stage in the growing process # wl1~ our responSE. our course of action? How do we etch the mammary results? Our forbearers struggled hart establish good moral standards. Our generation nj continue to undertake to voice strong united opini- against man‘s inhumanity to man. violence, ObSCL‘t‘t‘ and the list could go on and on. Mrs. Maluske closed with a quote "Force net Changed anybody‘s mind, but education and until standing have Won a lot of victories. even though 1" take longer." t l t