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packed house. The entertainers came from ‘ the local and neighboring communities. There were songs and dances by high school students, novelty dances and singing by Kincardine ladies, two “Young magicians from Walker- ton,” a one-act comedy by Glen Elm Farm Forum. A dance followed the concert. Kemble put on a variety concert in the form of a radio broadcast. The program began with a group of children's numbers. Then four young men with guitar, violin, traps and piano put on a “Best From the West" feature. A group of young people “The Kemble Choraleers" contributed a song and dance fea- ture. A lady told a story for the children. And a “Talent Scout” feature brought a lot of local talent before the mike in vocal solos, duets, quartettes, a men’s chorus and varied instru- mental numbers. One of the women took the part of Kemble District Newscaster, giving road reports, weather reports and advertiseâ€" ments. Athlone had a “men’s night” when the men provided the program. The program for Cherry Valley's family night included a debate _two men debating against two women on the subject “Resolved that men have more patience than women.” Elma Institute women entertained their hus~ bands at a crokinole party in one of the homes. At this meeting books from the travelling library were on hand for distribution. At Edenvale’s family night the men were required to answer the roll call by telling a joke. At Rockton’s community night a woman who is a native of Holland gave an illustrated talk on a trip to Holland, Switzerland, Germany and France, and there was a program of music and tap dancing including a Dutch dance. A local girl winner in the township public speakâ€" ing competition gave her speech on "Books and Reading.” Fordwich Institute has an annual concert. This year the program featured an old»time skit with costumes, music and dances of the gay nineties, and a present-day program featur- ing a television show, a Very modern skit and a fashion show. Eden had a “Hard Times Party” to raise funds to buy equipment for their local hos- pital. Men, women and children came to the party dressed in “hard times” costumes. They played dominoes, crokinole, Chinese checkers and euchre, and for refreshments they had ginâ€" gerbread, johnny cake and coffee. Tyrone held a sale of “spring hats" to add a little to their funds. The hats were provided by the members and were trimmed with such household necessities as safety pins, measuring spoons and skeins of colored yarn. The purâ€" chasers wore their hats during the meeting. At Appleton’s family night, some of the members’ husbands, dressed in feminine attire, Put on a fashion show while one of the ladies did the commentary. The men also put on 3 Mock Institute Meeting providing the program and answering the roll call which was “What SUMMER 1955 A group of Milberlo Institute members with pictures they pointed as the result at a class sponsored by the InsliIule. I like about my husband.“ The rest of the eve- ning was spent playing cards, crokinole and cribbage. The women served a pot luck supper. W_I. Massey had a hobby night, the members answering the roll call by telling their favorite hobby and showing a sample of it. The hob- bies included crochet, knitting, sewing, booked and braided rugs, writing poetry, painting. music, making corsages from cut flowers, quiltâ€" ing and a variety of fancy work. Pickering had a hobbycraft show with sev- enty exhibitors. Some of the crafts were em- broidery, crochet, needlepoint, rugs, quilts, smooking, leatherwork, silk screen printing, pewter work, home baking (presumably for sale), tile designing, homespun angora, shellv work, wood carving, pottery, photography, en- graving, fish flies. Miss Joan Brook, who has developed the hobby of “illuminating” into something of a profession, showed a copy of “The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam” illuminated on parchment and bound in tooled leather. Kent Centre. to stimulate an interest in crafts and hobbies held an Achievement Day. Women not only exhibited their work, a num- ber of them put on demonstrations for the hundred and twenty-five spectators. Their hobbies included aluminum trays, baking, basâ€" ketry, ceramics, crocheting, cross-stitch pic- tures, Dresden dolls, embroidery, felt work, figurines, glovemaking, jewellery, knitting. leather tooling, millinery, needlepoint, nylon flowers, oil painting, quilting, rugmaking, sew- ing, smacking, tatting. There was an address on "Why I Have a Hobby,” a home baking sale, and fruit salad and tea biscuits for reâ€" freshments. Elma Centre put on a minstrel show. Fordwich had a talk and demonstration by a local florist on house plants and flower arâ€" rangement. Hanbury reports an interesting demonstra- tion on the uses of homemade bias binding, Stamford had an address by a doctor from their county health unit on Geriatrics, the 27