Home & Country Newsletters (Stoney Creek, ON), Spring 1993, page 16

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ww-wxmosc-mx-i- . Women and AIDS Two new pamphlets are available through the AIDS Information and Education Services Unit of Health and Welfare Can~ ada -"Women and AIDS: Choices for Women in the Age of AIDS" and "We Need to Know About AIDS; A Guide for Parents on Talking with Their Children About AIDS." For copies contact the Na- tional AIDS Clearinghouse, 1565 Carling Ave., Suite 400, Ottawa, Ontario. KIZ 8R1, (613)725-3769. Resolutions Manual A Guide to Resolutions. Motions and Briefs, compiled by the past FWIO Rest} lutions Convenor, Joan Law, is available from the FWIO office at a cost of $3. Woman's Guide to the Law Your Rights: An Assaulted Woman’s Guide to the Low - a pocket-sized, 123' page booklet - explains your legal rights in criminal and family legal matters. Produced by the Barbra Schlifer Com- memorative Clinic in coâ€"oper'alion with the Ontario Women’s Directorate, the guide is available from women’s shelters and other women' s organizations through- out Ontario. Hoodless Happenings Spring Event: -Sunday, June 27, 1993, 1 to 4 pm. Canada Day Student Project to include slides of the diffean events at the Home- stead » Thursday. July 1, 1993, 1 to 4 pm. Christmas Open House - Sunday. Decem- ber 5, 1993, 1 [04 pm. Return Address: FWlO Guelph Agriculture Centre P.O. Box 1030 Guelph, Ontario NIH 6N1 16 Homeacountry, Sprlngrssa Centennial Book The FWIO History Book Committee is pleased to announce that our re- searcher/writer - Linda Ambrose, Ph.D., Waterloo - began work on the book in January, 1993. One of her first tasks is to compile the results of the Branch surveys. The Book Commitlee is very excited about the number of books ordered to date. Fresh Oif the Press A collection of short stories, poems and sayings - Silver Thoughts, Golden Words and a Nickel Worth of Stories - is now available from the Eastern Ontario Women’s Institute (Ottawa Area). They took up the challenge of publishing the book from the lifetime collection of FWIC Past President Bernice Noblitt. The price is $10 a copy, plus $3 for mailing and handling. For each additional book or- dered add 50 cents for mailing. Out of province orders will cost $6 for mailing and handling, plus 60 cents for each addi- tional copy. Make your cheque payable to the WI Poetry Committee and send it to Eda Van der Linden, RR#1, Metcalfe, Ontario, KOA 2PO. The Life of an Artifact: At the Erland Lee (Museum) Home For Your Information . FWIC Convention ‘94 Set sail for the FWIC Convention from June 2-6, 1994, in Truro, Nova Scotia ~ the 117 year old, small town with abig heart. Come and see for yourselves what Bluenose hospitality is all about! Recently Published Women and the Environment, prepared and compiled by Annabel Rodda, exam- ines how women are affected by the increasing deterioration of the earth's en- vironment. The book focuses on women’s roles as users, producers and managers, and considers the effects of environmental degradation on their health and basic needs. The book also points out how women can be a major force for Chang through their roles as educators and corn, municators. For a copy write to 165 First Avenue, Atlantic Highways, New Jersey 07716, USA. his china cupboard is an original Lee family heirloom and the oldest piece of furniture in the Home. It was constructed around 1860 by James Lee Jr., son of James and Hannah Lee, United Empire Loyalists who arrived in Stoney Creek in 1792. Made with virgin pine, this cupboard stands roughly seven feet tall. The original eight- een sheets of pan-poured glass have survived intact in the top cupboard ducts, as have the original door locks, hinges and porcelain knobs. To this day, this pioneer cupboard stands in its original place.

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