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the georgetown herald wednesday june 14th 1944 report of provincial council of women of ontario local council of women ol ontario will throw the weight of their organlzav tions into support to federally pro posed physical fitness plan and will urge the government ot ontario to take advantage of the scheme through which one quarter of a million dollars in dominion funds has been set aside to improve the national health this was tii decision arrived at- fol lowing the dinner meeting of the pro vincial council of women addressed by major a a burridge director of physical education mcmster unlver stty speaking at the walper riouse kitchener on friday evening the idea of the physical fitness act is jo put into effect- the machinery whereby physical fitness of the nation may be unproved major burridge told the audience six of the provinces are definitely participating with their members on the dominion physical fitness council the others have sig nified their intention of cooperating but ontario has not yet made an an nouncement ol its plana the national physical fitness act major burridge said was aimed at all citizens of all ages discussing the im plications of the act he dealt with what might be expected of the pro vincial government and what of the organizations taking part it was sig niflcant of the need for a dominion- wide physical fitness program that there has been a rejectlen of 25 60 per cent of all men and women en deavouring to enlist in the armed ser vices and of those who were accepted 33d were classified at 1a the average could nut chin himself once jump a fence waist high futrun a mile at his awn speed majorxburridge declareo england had started out by realizing the need ot recreation and had early developed a socletyfor the advance jnent ol music and art canada was only now realizing that the slogan nothing matters but victory was in capable of achievement without the physical fitness of the people to give it loroe dr edna quest o be chairman of the health committee of the national council of women and acting honor ary vice president of the ontario pro vinclal council in introducing major burridge to the provincial conference session stressed his contribution to physical fitness in this province and mentioned he fact that he had been honoured by his alma mater in being chosen 0 head mcmaster s recreational plans as ontario i representative on the national council to implement the physical fitness act major burridge commanded the support of all public spirited groups dr guest believed major burridge s response u the questions arising in the lively discus sion period which followed rev ealed canadian steatite company limited by law no 24 is how successful had been other parte of he dominion in carrying out a phy sical fitness program the local coun cil of women could be especially help ful in initiating activities within their own communtics in their neighbour hoods and in their own homes making democracy work through nelghlbourhood study and discussion groups had been one of tne objectives of the citizens forum according to miss h e carx of toronto who ad dressed the friday luncheon meeting ot the provincial council of women dele gates tracing the growth of the move ment miss caxr stressed the participa tion angle of the program arid declared that it was the forum s aim not to set tle fcestlons but to place all sides of the problems before listening groups and allow them to reach their own cornel usions the citizens forum programs would be continued next year through the cooperation of the cjbg miss carr told delegates nonpolltlcal except in sense of developing an interest in the science of public affairs the citl zens forum had offered education ra ther than propaganda to its listen ing and discussion groups leaflets and bulletins had been provided ind and ings would be summarized in reports to be presented june 15th to nth she said with an enlightened public opl nlon an intelligent vote and the more careful selection of government can didates the forum would become a force in national affairs miss carr be lieved as an important development in adult education its study groups were helping to destroy provincialism and tobulw for world citizens special feature of the noon luncheon the provincial council on sauirday was the presentation by dr edna m guest o bx of autographed copies of the bommary report of the swift pel lowshlp in applied nutrition of which she has been a trustee to mrs b j marshall provincial president to miss e lillian brethaupt president of the hostess council and to dr j w fra ser moh for kitchener aia hono rary president of the kitchener nu trition committee copies of the re port of this experiment in applied nutrition jirough which a travelling nutritionist was provided to assist vo luntary organizations in their nutrition projects would shoruy be made ivall able to all local councils dr cues announced this published review of local nutrition activities througheut cinada was recently presented to its sponsor the hnnounbli ian ti ktnzie minister of national health and io tho canadian council on nutrition or which dr guest ls an executive mem ber guest speaker at the luncheon meet ing was miss jean alexander toronto writer ind nome iconomlsl ho di- oussed borne ispcts of jie con tinulng nutrition progrun the 1m illicit im of he world fed trtun the pltc crt uvrjia nnl the work f the interim commission established coordlnite international plans until i i permanent lood rganlwul n spicule be set i wor uihtuj hr sib tion the duties of health convenor pro tern mrs j e large of niagara falls was appointed to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of mrs alfred bell windsor convenor of housing and town planning reports of provincial convenors and of local and provincial commit tees contributing to the success of the semi annual meeting were relived at the saturday morning session in the walper house aiming those attending this semi annual meeting were mrs robert marshall toronto mrs a a affleck london mrs angus graham smiths falls mrs w r- soadding toronto mrs kenneth dewor toronto mrs edmund wand peterborough mrs george oockshubt brantford dr aileen cllne london mrs o o an derson wingbam mrs angus gordon toronto mrs ralph ross mrs r paul mrs j b mackenzie miss h lawson georgetown mrs f j evins hamilton miss maude beaman king ston mrs s l w harton niagara falls mrs j cocldburn mrs h v fln- nie st catharines mrs eugene mont gomery mrs i p mcconnell mrs vv j dyas toronto mis r b ledlng- ham mrs c wright mrs c f evans mrs w m chlsholm mrs r w h johnson weston some statistics on anadian scouting latest census returns completed in january show canada s total of boy scoute and wolf cubs to be 87 095 an increase of 1366 over the previous year these figures do not hmude several thousand members of local associa tions and group committees there are 6 699 scoutmasters cub- masters rover leaders and assistants in the organization in canada spread across the dominion 1 723 boy scout troops 1 591 wolf cub picks lifebuoy follies coming here soon krouo of talented itusv from as they ippeared durln- a cdl to gregory theatre georgetown ott lever brothers llfeauoy follies i idci t the follies a fastmoving thursday june 29th under the an the show tne imed f ius li khed entertainment full of wit music vau- pices of he local brarh of the cansv- for two solid vears are pictured here devllle burlesque and song ls coming dlan rd cross society 68 rover crevvi 41 sea scout troops during 1943 10 919 joy stents i the armed forces rover crews ire greatly reduced in tended s mmcr cimps under scout in rural se tions ahere it is dc numbers as scouts or rover and are auspices despite difficulties of trins nosolble to operate ut troops lorn all eligible for eivice in the armed portatlon and rationing this does not scouts are operated individuals carry- forces lndudc i n nber of sh rt ing out trie scout nrorimme either breakdown of scout population by wolf cub camps alone or in companv with i few other provinces shows prince edward islind -j- g me idta of the effects of boy lr h area in 1943 there wes nova scotia 36 nu br ns- lne wir on lne ro section of the 99 lne scouts in canada wick 4 55a quebec 8 176 ontario goout movement age 17 and upf com 40 320 manitoba 636 saskatchewan paratlve figure show in 1939 3221 tr population of sierra leone la 3553 alberta 4 563 british c lumbli rver scouts and in 1943 852 rover enthusiastic about their great drtro 8 085 salvation arm iacouto l j71 scouts ever phyelcally fit rover to increase production of palm leer- scouts catholique 4 208 scout in canida is believed to be in els rice and rubber t be it enacted and hereby enacted a by law of the covered company that the head office of the j 1 n s ured vi 1 intir oninl company be changed from the city oftlons tn take idv u uf f rcvicv lrof york i the ftftiirfig jrjijimjttopfri xould tx town of georgetown in the county of given during coming mon halton in the province of ontario enacted this 29th day of may 1944 witness the corporate seal of the company w e phillips president o s l w ottrrell secretary i iitjoyd william currell of the city of oflhawa in the county of ontario in the province of ontario becreterytreisurer of cana fftelatrre companv ijmited hereby certify that the foregoing ls a true and correct copy of a bylaw passed by the directors of canadian fftsatite company limited at a meeting of the said directors duly calf ed and held in the city of toronto on the awfa day of may 1944 and which aid bjrlw was approved sanctioned and confirmed by more than towothlnls ot the votes cast at a special general meeting of the shareholders of the said oompany duly called for considering ifce mtit and held at toronto on the 3ftth day of may 1944 nflitd at oahawa ontario this 1st day of june 1944 l w ottrrell secretary o 8 dancing stanley park erin cvebt nudat kodtof aibxs xntcbestka every wednetday vb pro inch 1 ind organlait tritionisu and corrmendrd the achie vemenls of the applied nutriton fd lowshlp under the direction of the na tional council s health convenor through which so maii tnimd lenders had been sought out md pri pared to direct commui ity health ind nutrition projects interest in the improved nutrition of all canadians would be mabttalncd through these refrojher courses miss alexander said it would also be suh tained through an ippreclatlon of tht world food picture which was further illustrated by the showing of an ex ccrpt from the new british nutrition film world of plenty mrs o o anderson president of the united farm women of ontario and executive member of ie ontario federation of agriculture brought greetings to the conference from the farm women a groups she offered a challenge to her listeners urging them to concentrate on vital affairs in this action lies power women 5 po of which we have seen uttie yet have heard much it is still true that a woman has to be twice as good as a man to get half as for we are forced to admit that we women have failed to measure up in the past and now have a tremen dous fight facing us may we be given vision wisdom and endurance for the battle mrs anderson said in part highlighting another conference sea- cm reports from local councils throughout ontario were given as fol lows brantford mrs george cock- ahutt georgetown mrs ralph ross hamilton mrs f j evans kingston miss maude beaman kitchener miss lillian bredthaupt london mrs a a affleck niagara falls mrs 8 l w harton who also acted as record ing secretary for the twoday conven tion peterborough mrs edmund wand st catharines mrs j cock- bum smiths falls mrs angus gra ham toronto mrs eugene montgo mery and weston mrs r b ledlng- ham the provincial council regretfully accepted the resjgnaoon of dr janet lang ross as its health convenor dr aileen oune of london convenor of mental hygiene will mtutne in add- 1 sake lend a hand on the farms hay will be ready co cut within the n week or rwo it 1 an abundant crop one of the hem est in year help ix needed immediately to save the hay crop offer your services today to the farm commando brigade in your town or city the need n urgenf right now jrt every citizen of onnno must face the unpleasint fict that canada s stockpile of gritns dairy products and vegetibles of which we had a great surplus four years ago is almost exhausted for four years canada has been 1 store house of food for her allies she must continue to fulfil heavy obligations to them but the surpluses in the store house arc gone they must be replen shed otherwise canadians on the fighting fronts and at home arc likely to be ficed with the prospect of short food rations this year the crops on ontario farms give promise of the heaviest yields of griin hay vegetables and fruit in years but they must be harvested and saved and this in spite of th most acute shortage op farm workers in our history tun in help wanted a c b c prtntatloi produced with th t operation ot th ontario form scrvto fore every friday 7 30 pm csc network storting from aprh 7th everyone must help i the farm commando brigades the holiday brigades business jvjilm mens groups service club groups neighbourhood groups or one of many other organizations that are preparing to help for three years such organisations have supplied thousands of volunteers to save food for victory tbu year m tbouiands more volunteers are needed pledge your services now register your name by mail ot in person with your nearest selective service office or with any of the groups listed above which operate in your town or city or with the ontario farm service force parliament buildings toronto or wt6 your nearest agricultural representative for peace sakepitch ini leod a hand on the farm dominion provincial committee on farm agriculture- labour- 0uca local headquarters telephone clare yilson