Home & Country Newsletters (Stoney Creek, ON), Summer 1961, page 28

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Eleanor Jennett, left, and Margaret Carr of Thornton 4-H Homemaking Club who have iust received Provincial Honours and silver cream and sugar sets with trays suitably engraved as gifts from Thornton Women's Institute. This institute also gives 35 to every club girl achieving provincial Honours â€"- that is having corn- pleted twelve 4-H Homemaking Club units, Cloverdnle lnstitute's float at o Centennial Parade. featuring women's costumes and household articles of one hundred years ago and commemorating the work of Parkhill Institute at the turn of the century. East Simcoe's class at their school tor Secretory- Treasurers. It has been found that this annual school or conference is oi special help to secretaries in mak- ing their reports. ticing good eating habits to insure a healthy gm. oration to come. “You determme how you lcel throughout each day by the type of Brettllil‘jt you cat. You can produce inefficiency in lump self by eating too little food or too much or me wrong kind of food," Mrs. Brassingthwaite 5m A poster obtained from the Ontario Dwm ment of Health “Start your day with a you breakfast,“ helped the fourth member, Mrs. may Hofman, to explain what you should eat «gr breakfast so that your body can produCe w, H for the day. Special attention was given 1.: he importance of children and teenagers eating tic. quate breakfasts. The last committee member, Mrs. Allan It]. son, explained that there are two other 01- m tunities during the day, at lunch and dim. to consume the rest of the foods outlined in ~ in. ada's Food Rules, to give the nutrients in ad to finish the day full of pop and energy. The quiz prepared by Home Economic. T. vice was filled in by the ladies present. During the program a film “Mystery I. 1c Kitchen” was presented to remind the at 4L. housewife that it is of no use to be awn of modern food facts if she does not apply in in daily buying and food preparation. During the course of the evening two at and a game were enjoyed. For added in \l prizes of food high in nutritional value it: given at intervals during the evening. A i wt of fruit and vegetables was given for a or prize. The committee also distributed pan: is obtained from Home Economics Service. fro nc Dairy Farmers of Canada and the Ontarii -:- partment of Health. Following the prograr er freshments were served: buttered fruit bread [ll cheese wedges, radish roses, carrot sticks. t ry and a cup of tea. After receiving permission from the 5:: School Board and the teachers, a film stri n titled “What Breakfast did for Emily" was t :n by committee members to the five public Sl‘ )lh in the community, to remind the Children t'" he importance of eating an adequate breakfa to give them pep and energy for the day's work With the help of the poster “5", Canada‘s ml Rules were reviewed and the importance 0' Alâ€" lowing them stressed. Colorful pictures clipped from magazine 1d sheets of construction paper were availabl: or each child to make a poster of what he 0» W should eat for breakfast. IA score sheet was given to each child to It We his or her breakfast for a week with a po: ‘16 score of 700 points for the week. The ~ “3 sheets are now being collected by member of the committee. They will be commented on 3d returned to the child along with a book mar to keep reminding him to eat an adequate brea hit and follow Canada's Food Rules. The children took a great interest in this i at" ect, especially in keeping their score sheets. i319 teachers co-operated exceptionally well and m3 stressmg in their teaching the importance of 'L‘l‘ lowmg Canada's Food Rules. 25 HOME AND countnr

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