Home & Country Newsletters (Stoney Creek, ON), Summer 1959, page 6

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and By-laws. The recommendations for changes had been thoroughly explored before being acceptâ€" ed. The report went on to say it was hoped the final presentation would be made by the annual Provinâ€" cial Board meeting in November next. It will re- quire some time after this before the Handbook will be available. The Byâ€"laws will then come into effect. Further to the report: Resulting from the new Constitution which was passed at the annual meeting, last November, good progress is being made. Sections were removed from the Guelph and Central Areas and a new area in Bruce and Grey counties was :formed. Other changes are being made. We take pride in the fact that mem- bers have recognized these as forward moves, the report concluded, and in spite of having to re- organize their thinking and planning, even to making some sacrifices for the good of the whole, have accepted the recommendations of the Pro- vincial Board and taken steps to implement them in the best possible mannEr. Mrs. Gordon McPhatter conducted the discus- sion of the By-laws which took two days of the session to complete. Several recommendations were made and these will be reported back to the com- mittee. In connection with Life Membership. the Board decided that the By-law governing Life Member ship would go into effect as of May 51h, 1959. Citizenship And Education Reporting on Citizenship and Education the committee convener, Mrs. Douglas Hart. stated that these embrace human loyalties and they are always expanding. With each passing year it beâ€" comes important that we know the content of the 32 articles in the Declaration of Human Rights, and the circumstances under which they were drafted. Recent reports from the Citizenship and Edu- cation Committee said Mrs. Hart. show that some splendid work has been done among the new â€"O.AC. Photo. Mrs. James Huggerly, President F.W.|.0., right, and Mrs. Gordon Maynard. Secretary-Treasurer, at the door of the F.W.I.O. office, 20 Spodino Rood, Toronto. 6 Canadians. However~ this is a project the ending, and one in which, in some cummn ‘ no real beginning has yet been made; .\ “mu” has been made through the Canadian ('nwequg.“ Branch, that the Women's Institutes am 712‘}? Farmers organizations join to set up a Cl‘wrdizlol Eng councri in rural areas to encouragt “will. between settled Canadians and nt‘WCOrttci (“I In the field of education there is much in n. and much more to attempt. Interest in _. {9:1 of the handicapped learner has increased. intpttib. l remains a great scarcity of trained remcri W i |\ nun-r . l t ' t . ers. The proposed mobile school to rein areas cannot become a reality until ! L. W: need the service seek it. L Repart Of The Secretary-Treasur Mrs. G. Gordon Maynard, F,W,1.0 Maw Treasurer, gave an interim report to he m months of the year. She reported 38,54t mm; 2 Provincial Life Members; 3,838 transit I Members. an increase of I35; and 329 in mm. able Life Members. The project for 195 mount. ed to $6,588.96. 1,355 letters, 383 parcels and 319 : limo“ have been mailed, This does not includt mum Ic lite thousand mimeographcd pieces of mail ' h on. out to all branches. ‘ Mrs. Maynard reported 6 new brant .rnrli disbanded. The secretary again requested that [It nth“ making donations to the Federation of . 'ttllilre notify the District secretaries of the til it the district secretary to report same to th; Mn secretary. Miscellaneous Reports A report was received from Mrs. R I Vinitcr. Curator of the Provincial Women‘s :Elltltc Tweedsmuir History, saying that item Muri- cal interest are still being added to 111’ \\.l.tl. Tweedsmuir History Book. Many report bring received from members who are bencli : from the History Workshops which Mrs .:r 1x conducting throughout the Province. Mrs. J. P. Corson. reporting for the Julian of Agriculture, said that many proposul~ owned in the brief recently submitted to it tnmio government were being considered. An r. rum- petition for grade 7-8 pupils in rural sc v utili- 15 a project this year of the Women‘s tP- {ht subject being “Belonging to a Covoperr ‘vlihul it means to me; to my family; to my C t! ""4 to my Community“. Mrs. P. Y. McCandless reported 5W" Safety Conference held at the O.A.C. 1 “mm The report of the F.W.I.0. tent at i; turn tional Ploughing Match to be held North Wentwortb this year was given by i\:' “fills? Green. Mrs. E. V. Thompson read the mini ~ 0i El“ Conference and Holiday committee nic 111‘ “"3 later gave the report of the attendun ‘41 ii” Oflicers’ Conference as about 450, ill: ,tcnk' of the Conference to be “Adventures in S: .u’L’" 5'" reported a change in the date of the itIPI“”‘ Holiday which is now to be held Aug : 15- I” and 20. HOME AND couNTmr

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