Home & Country Newsletters (Stoney Creek, ON), Fall 1962, page 35

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a Aria Gin and Susan Cuple of Algomo District at the 4-H Homemaking Club girls' C.N.E. Day, in a demon» slmlion, "Featuring Fruit". They show a coke iced and topped with canned fruit cocktail, 0 coffee cake with fruit mixture rolled in, a lime ielly dessert with pine- apple ring and marshmallow, a dessert for a children's party â€" o doughnut, conned peach half and cherries. ing up the cemetery and held a rcdedication ceremony. A new fence was put around the cemetery and Institute members painted it. Campbeflville donated a book to the library of each of the three schools in the community, letting the principals select the books. They also donated a book to the high school student in Grade IX with the highest standing in English. They showed the Y.M.C‘.A. film on mouth to mouth resuscitation at a meeting to which they invited scouts, guides and brownies. (The report adds: “We have a village pond") Following this meeting a member donated a breathing tube “which has been properly in- stalled in a glass box on a post at the pond. Now they “are sponsoring the St. John Amâ€" bulance Course.” (We take it this course is on water safety. Ed.) Georgetown purchased an oxygen tent and a croup tent for the new district hospital. Norval reports “We held euchres to raise funds for the new district hospital and the School for retarded children instead of can- vassing the area." Plainfield sent a request to the Roads Sup- erintendent to have repairs made to a bridge that children had to pass over going to and from school. Sidney South, organized in November 196]. at the time of reporting in May 1962. Was already sponsoring two 4H Homemaking Clubs FA ll. 1 962 and had a membership of sixty three. Bluevale “wrote to the township councils concerned and they tidied up the cemetery." Dance in Rainy River applied for a public health unit in the community and now they have one. South Huron Junior Institute started a safety campaign trying to help people to be more safety conscious. They distributed Safety signs to schools and had a contest for the children in writing jingles to go with the signs. In co-Opcration with the Junior Farmers they took part in a field day, choir work, drama festival, various social events -â€" and in "adopb 111;; an orphan child. The girls enjoyed the meeting very much at which they entertained their mothers at their mother and daughter banquet. Muirkirk sponsors an annual picnic on lhc school grounds. Arkuna appointed a committee to see about having maps of the cemetery set up for public view at the cemetery. Forest had its third annual Christmas Carol Festival with all the chuch choirs participating. (Editor‘s note: Probably all the schools took part too as they have done in previous years.) Ravenswood sponsored a Memorial Day at the cemetery. So far as they could they got addresses of those who had family members buried in the cemetery and invited them to the service; also advertised it in the press. The Institute worked closely with the ('cmctery Board and the local clergy. Several Institutes in Lincoln are petitioning their council to provide a township dump to eliminate the clutter of rubbish dumped on the sideroads. Union along with its annual party at the Home for Senior (‘itizcns has adopted one of the residents. This branch had "An Evening of Music" for the community this year. given by a choir from Kitchener. Vineland: “Our Institute bought a church that was going to be demolished and we moved it to a lot we had purchased sixteen years ago. We hope to have it in full swim,r in it few weeks for use its our Institute Hull and to oblige other organizations." Poplar: borrowed a film from the Safety supply Manufacturing Company. Toronto, showing artificial respiration with mouth to mouth breathing. This was shown at a com- munity social evening. Then they borrowed the Santa Claus Parade film front the T. Eaton Company and found that it was enjoyed by adults as well as children. Ice Lake has purchased land and will do» vclop a picnic ground. Gordon has a popular annual supper in the community centre [or all the men. women and children of the community. 35

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