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International Plowing Match PAULINE McGlBBON VISITS Back in l973 at the District Annual the announce .k-ni was made that in 1975 the International and NHL] Plowing Match would be in Durham Region. It at agreed Mrs. Fred Phoenix and Mrs. H. Lewis iiiidkact as co-ehairman. Many brainstorming sesâ€" .q. «are held and ideas finally put on paper. The .A. Dmricis would be asked to promote Women's .niuics in the Regional tent. the duties would be shared by Ontario North and :th and Durham Districts. There would he three non». a public relations. craft and demonstrations. .r information on courses and W1 publicity Each ingt would loan articles. provide capable demonâ€" gmrx. man the display area and serve eofi'ee. lhe next stage in this "simple dcctsion" the WI rd heen graciously offered (10 feel of space i that's -I it i only space, How do you display articles. le'l'L' do you hang them. what do you sit on. ho“ do In make it attractive? It did not take long to realize they needed a truck ~ transport all their materials. and a representative --in every branch to put this display in order. Armed iih the necessary tools. nails. hammers. rope». Chairs. kihlex. plywood (which was to he the sub floor in the kitchen of the new Lewis house). they started in to huild. Necessity is the mother of invention. the women wnvmeed two-gentlemen that just happened to pan.» it} to help them. It proved to be an all day job. pa- tience and hard work does have its reward and the Lith- pla) area really looked good. As a Puhlic Relations eti‘ort. eooktex and eoll‘ee would he \cn‘ed and a l‘enniex For l'l'tL‘l'ldkhlp jar placed in .i \lNIhlc‘ loeation .~\ simple decision, bill it “kt! not in the plans that Mrs. Leuis would grind 7'1 lhx ol‘ eotl'ee liersell' at the store. Alter 1': hours she lel't with lthlt’tlt‘ltut‘la she'd pick up the remaining1 ZS lhx. soon eupx ot' eoll'ee later and 250 cups often to hoot. There were the eontenta ol‘ the “Penny Jar." Sh'htfl‘) “tilt SSEIthll ol‘ it in ehiit‘tge, to be wrapped. thN. .lanet L'raut‘ord and Mrs. lc\\Ideveloped sore thumbs, aching muscles from “rap- ping. then the} needed help to earn the cash to the bank. At Il‘llN at.th the oiil} thing that kept eieryhod} going was the [act that people had hccu generous and the money “as for a good value. There uere about llttllt signatures In the guest hook from all owr Ontario. cter} protiiicc. main states in the L‘S.~\. and lurope the Hon. Pauline Mc‘Liihhon called in. the Ontario (‘otiiitt |).iit'i l‘iiit- cc». heads ol' the \\orld l’lou teaiih ot Holland and tilt: USA. The eralix added a personal totILh “htle iiieniheix l‘rom the three l)l\lrlL'l\ demonstrated thllllllig, \[tlltv nine. painting. hrooiii \tit‘k work. heading, tlllli tut: hooking. With the assistance ol Mrs. Muriel Wooten. MIN. llelen MeKean and all those niam lttt'ttll‘L‘ts Iroiii all three [)letlt'h “ho mirked hard and long lttttth. the protect “as .i success. As Mrs. l.c\\l'~. \illtl. "lltere were \o man) luiim happenings. hits of work. hot it um great to meet to man} people. It was a thrill and .: moxi uorilmliile public relatiom etl'orl on hehall oi Women's ll'tKllA tulex."