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Ontario Federation of Agriculture Workshop Mrs. Lowell Eller, Federated Women‘s Insti- tutes of Ontario representative to the Federa- tion of Agriculture, attended this workshop at her own expense because she was so interested. Delegates from all over Ontario were mainly concerned about the establishment of one farm organization. Mr. Malcolm Davidson was named chairman of committee to set up a votâ€" ing campaign and Mr. Charles Munro, Presi- dent of the Ontario Federation of Agriculture. urged Co-operation as farmers not as a farm group. Hospitality As chairman of the Hospitality Committee, Mrs. John Charlton has had correspondence with three different people in England since the Annual Board Meeting. One visited Toron- to and Niagara Falls and was entertained in the Adelaide Hoodless Home area where she attended and spoke at a Branch Women's In- stitute meeting. The other two ladies propose coming in the near future. Lee Home Committee Reports Mrs. Russell Wise, Chairman of the Comâ€" mittee appointed by the Federated Women‘s Institutes of Ontario to explore the possibility of the Erland Lee Home being preserved for its historic value. reported on the progress of this committee since the Annual Board Meetâ€" ing. After negotiations, the Federated Women’s Institutes of Ontario has been accepted as a charitable organization for the Erland Lee pro- ject only, and has been allotted a number to be used to assure that all donations are deductible for income tax purposes. Although some years have clasped since this committee commenced its work. and Mr. Frank Lee, son of the coâ€"founder of the Womâ€" en‘s Institute, has since died, the property is still available for the original price of $40.- 000.00. The property consists of 2.9 acres on which is situated the homestead â€" part of which was built in the 18111 century. The wal- nut dining room table on which the Women's Institute constitution was signed is in the homestead. There is also another smaller house on the property. The Board Directors approved a continu- ance of the negotiations by this Lee Home Committee and a further report will be pre- sented at the Annual Meeting in November. ‘1! * * HAPPINESS You have to believe in happiness, It isn't an outward thing. The spring never makes the song I guess As much as the song. the Spring. Douglas Malloch From Fed. News SUMMER 1969 I Mrs. Everett Small (right) presenting Miss Helen McKercher with the badge for the Honorary President of the Federated Women's Institutes of Ontario. Notes of Note Dr. Ethel Chapman's new book. “Humani- ties in Homespun" will be released September I. 1969. It will be available through the F.W.l.O. office in time for Christmas. There are still some copies of “From a Roadside Window" at $2.00 per copy. Mrs. John Bell. London. England. general secretary of the Associated Country Women of the World has resigned this position after twenty years of service to the International or- ganization. Branch reports of Cultural Activities and United Nations Programs are to be filled out and sent to the District Secretary who will turn them over to the Board Director. The Board Dircctor will make at summation of all the rcâ€" ports in her subdivision and forward it to the resraective secretaries: Mrs, Gowan Young. RR. 2. St. Thomas, for United Nations: and Mrs. A, G. Teasdale. RR. 2. Dohbinton. for cultural activities. The appointment of a Constitution Commitâ€" tee tind the names of the members will be an- nounced at the November Board Meeting. Twenty-three County and District Scholar- ships wcrc ratified and names of award win- ners will be forwarded to the Secretaries of the local scholarship committees before they are publicly announced, The Annual Board Meeting of the Federal- cd Women‘s Institutes of Ontario will be held in the King Edward Hotel. Toronto. Notemâ€" ber 25-28, 1969. Because of change in the organization of the Ontario Trustees and Municipal Council Asso- ciation. Mrs. C. Beamer, Convener of Citizenâ€" ship and Education, forwarded the informa- tion that no report was received from them. On Tuesday evening, Board Directors had a walking tour of the University of Guelph cam- pus. On Wednesday evening. three carloads of the ladies visited the Adelaide Hoodless Home at St. George. H