Home & Country Newsletters (Stoney Creek, ON), Fall 1958, page 14

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ing to Canada’s Food Rules.” “Methods of cooking vegetables and meat have been changed to better methods." The question “Do you think the people of your community can see in you any benefit from your experience in club work?" brought such replies as: “If you live in a small com- munity everyone knOWS What’s going on and they see how happy and busy we are.” “Some girls get together and help those who are Sick or in need and people see what we have learned and fall back on us.” "In a small community it is noticed how you act and dress and your manners, especially if people have seen you before you entei‘Ed club work and afterwards see how you have improved," A typical reply to the question as to how a club girl can help new Canadian girls in the community was: "Help them to learn the Eng» lish language and to understand their work in school. Encourage them to join the club. In» troduce them to other boys and girls. Treat them as you would like to be treated. Have them join in other clubs and recreations. Make them feel wanted. We can learn from them, too." The Banquet Dr. C. D. Graham, Deputy Minister of Ag- riculture for Ontario was guest speaker at the conference banquet, Dr. Graham said that out of his experi» encc as an agricultural representative he know that many of the girls‘ parents had been members of short course classes and junior farmer associations in their youth. so the girls came from homes where there was an ap- preciation of the training acquired in club work. It was good to see the tradition car- ried on in the present generation, “We live in a country with a great future,” said Dr. Graham. “We base this on our resources and our greatest resource is the quality of our people." Dr. Graham illustrated his talk with stories of some types of club members. As an agri- cultural representative. he had called to see a boy who was a member of a calf club and found that the boy was away helping another boy who had been unable to get to all the club meetings. It hadn’t mattered to the first boy that the other boy would be competing against him on Achievement Day. The tan-111,. of a third boy in the club who spent most If his spare time around the corner store wé; very critical of the agricultural reprei'enta‘. a tive for spending time with the others Speaking of the opportunities there an. 5),. people right at their doors, Dr. Graham .13,- “You don't need to hold a big job t[:. i ' human success. More and more peop'. judged not by what they own but by they do.” And referring to the theme. Club Girl In Today’s World,” the um. said: “This great citizenship of course ho.“ ,_._ sponsibilities as well as privileges, Tht ... two kinds of liberty: the false, where a i. V free to do what he likes and the true ,,_ he is free to do what he ought to do 2 me the man or woman who has a real. I, of his place and responsibilities in ill: and his community; there you have ,, citizen.” Heather Ann Hutton of Peel County it Dr. Graham for his address and Dean:â€" of Leeds thanked the College for the its facilities, for its hospitality and th- members’ contribution to the program: the closing session the next morning. Chappel from Simcoe count? thanks _ Eadie and her staff for all their help an 1 directing of the conference. Mrs. James Haggerty, President of it; erated Women‘s Institutes brought gl't assuring the girls of her personal intcn l the interest and pride of the Women'~ M» tutes in the Work that girls all over tile -. ince are doing in their 4-H Homei .- Clubs. Mrs. Haggerty did not say a: .4 about her own experience as a club r This is just one more of her contribur -. Institute interests over the years. Fol :4 the banquet Mrs. Haggerty was surr wt by a crowd of girls, some of them old 1» from her owu area. A highlight of the banquet program; . provided by the choir, made up of A: conference girls, trained by Mr. Ralpi m accompanied by Mrs. Kidd, in a halt‘i : so at each session. Incidentally these periods were voted by the girls to bl. the most enjoyable feature of the corn w Following the banquet the conferer Dr. Ralph Kidd leading a very informal session of Choral practice at a social evening in Murdonold Hull.

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