Methuselah‘s Menu Methuselah ate what he saw on his plate. And never as many do now. Did he note the amount of the calorie count â€" He ate it because it was chow. He wasn‘t disturbed as at dinner he sat Destroying a roast Or a pie To think it was lacking in granular fat Or a couple of vitamins shy, He cheerfully chewed every species of food. Untroubled by worries or feurs Lest his health be hurt by some lune} desserts And he lived over nine hundred years. Jasper â€" roll call â€"~ Methuseluh's Menu â€" Members searched the scriptures for a clue to the answer: Manna. olives. figs. dates were mentioned. One member unsweer with the above poem. author unknown. Pleasant View â€" marked the birth date of Robby Burns by hearing the story of his life and some of his poems. Huronia Coldwater Sr. a roll call g One thing I would like the public to know about the Women's Institute. Thomdale â€" heard three member punel dis» cuss "What has the greatest effect on :1 child â€" the church â€" the home. or the school?“ Newtonville â€"â€" members donated a Centenâ€" nial Dollar to each of the gruduuting UHILIC 8 Class. * 'k 'k SO LONG AS THERE ARE HOMES So long as there are homes to which men turn At close of day: So long as there are homes where children are. Where women stay â€" If love and loyalty and faith he found Across those sills â€" A stricken nation can recover from its gravest ills. So long as there are homes where fires burn And there is bread: So long as there are homes where lamps are lit And prayers are said: Although a people falter through the dark And nations grope â€" \Vith God Himself back of these little homes We have sure hope. Etliphone ‘k * * Mrs. J. Wygerde, u D u tc h Canadian m e m b e r of the Nestleton Women's Institute. SUMMER 1968 Mrs. Don Leeson, Convener ot Citizenship and Educa- tion in the Mossley Branch at the Women's Institute. Philipsville 7 Motto â€" The best gov- ernment is the one that lunches us to govern ourselves. EDITOR'S Nth [£8 The pnhln-ili' t'ooit'nt-r or l/It' Mon-or ('onnri‘ Quill. Rio: and ('I‘ttfl Foir t‘ttltlttlttlt’t' hm \I'I‘irrt‘n to My Home min' Country (Jiltt't' m lt'H In tho! (I'm minmtl even! it to he lit-M m the .Sntt'm-r Hie/i .‘I‘t'llllfï¬. Sorrow. Ontario on July IN, ll) timl 3H. l‘mh'. There will be My moot" (ll-\[Jltlrl' of lowly qm'ht um! rum, [for liuiidt'mlrt-tl minim in leather. metal. wood. t't'mmi‘t‘i. m: .'â€\U tin-rt- will he tlt'oionxrloifoot dot/y of [modern/[ml tirlit'lt't in the moltiotu .‘l {at room will [inn-idi- t‘t‘.\'l unu' refutation. How it on root lt't' mnl it it Homr'onipt'ol lll't‘. At‘lit‘i‘t'v will by [or l't'A'H/t‘ [ml lumpy “11' [mi for u't'tp/ttt'. J‘Wi‘ upolot'it't to the rl‘llUf'HIUl' Hrmrt‘h and Ho' Kt‘iiihl’t' [hour/i for tuning im‘orn't'llv lithe/it‘d the [llt'HH't’t' o/ Ilrmt- HHHH'IH’Y in the H'inm ivory u/ [Izmir mnl ('omtliji'. 2' hmu pi't‘tm't'x t’httttitl flow llt't'fl pour l7 Ht.“ 'I'horulm' Hrmit‘li. intt't’ .in' H'n‘ [\‘WHIIVII' “mm It i * * lll:\\"l' I’HI‘NI) SIN II JUY (inue Noll (rowell I have found suth Jot Ill simple thingx A plain. tit-am roomI a not hrown hull of hruittl. .-\ (lll’t of milk, .’I kettle .I\ it sings. The shelter of :1 root "how: my head And in 11 leztl hut-ti \tltmre upon .I lloor \V'here yellow sunlight glitntners through the door. I have found such joy in things that fill M} quCl days: .‘I t'urt:|iti‘~i hlou int: grins. A growing plant upon :1 window sill. A row, fresh (tit. and plated “illtill A vow; A table desired, it lump ltt:\itit: ;t (hair And hunks, l long have loved hesith mt: there, Oh. I have found sud: joy! I wish I might Tell every woman who goes NUCkll‘lfl Ear For some elusive. feverish delight. That very (low to home. the grcttt itin are, Thme fundamental things. old as the race. Yet never, through the ages, commonplace. * i i 33