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F.W.i,O. Board members seem to be in an especially happy mood at this meeting A resolution addressed to Institute members . ‘ regarding the poor quality of sewing thread on the market. urged the members having trouble with thread to complain individually as well as collectively to the federal government as the regulation of the quality of thread comes under the federal laws of quality content. From an area seriously concerned about the "coarseness" and "suggestiveness" of the teleâ€" vision program "Festival" came this resolu~ tion. which was supported by the Board and recommended to be presented by Board mem- bers at district annual meetings: “Be it resolved that the Federated Women's Institutes of On- tario do everything possible. individually and collectively, to try to mould this most powerful instrument of communication. television. into a form desired and approved by all (1 ) by advo- cating to parents to make a concerted effort to plan and supervise the viewing of the right kind of programs for their children. (2) by not neglecting to register a protest by cards and letters. both to stations and advertisers. (31 also by making known their approval of good pro- grams." There was a resolution requesting the Min- ister of Finance of Canada to inaugurate legis- lation revising the Income Tax Act so that a wife‘s income up to $950 a year will be exempt from taxation without affecting her husband's tax exemption Another resolution read: “Whereas some of our Canadian history is well preserved in fiction: . . . and the book 'Clearing in the West’ by Nellie McClung, now out of print, describes vividly an era in the history of West- ern Canada and is written in a style to interest a wide audience of readers including the chil- SUMMEII 1963 dren of our public and high schools; therefore be it resolved that the publisher of this book be asked to consider the possibility of reprinting it." An emergency resolution was passed relating to the taxation of estates. lt "urged the (nov- ernmcnl of Ontario to consider: ( I i that recogâ€" nition of equality in the marriage relationship be made by allowing thut half of the deceased marriage purinch estutc. if it passes in entirety to the surviving partner. shall be considered for taxation purposes as earned by the surviv- ing partner and therefore not subject to estate taxation: tli an exemption of pensions benefits from estates taxation." Two other emergency resolutions requested the [Editors of the Encyclopucdia Britannica to include in their current and future volumes. information about the origin and growth ol Women‘s institutes and about the Associated Country Women of the World. Presentation to Miss Eadie The women of the Ontario Women‘s Insti- tutes are proud to hnvc had the privilege of \torking wtih Miss l‘lorencc litulic who last year retired as Supervisor of Junior Extension in Home EConomics Service. At the l"'.W.i.O. Board meeting in January an F.W‘].O. scholar- ship set up at the time of the Institutcs‘ fiftieth anniversary was named in honour of Miss Eudic: and at this Spring Board meeting Miss Eadie was presented. on behalf of thc Insti- tutes of the province. with a cheque and uim. because one of hcr hobbies is photography. with a projector and hot for slides. Adelaide lloodless ill The Hall of Fame Mrs. Trivers announced that following an application by F.W.i.O.. a portrait of Mrs. Hoodlcss has been considered worthy of u 7