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y 7zadti6ft saiada 0sam9e pekos ontario institute officers annual conference at guelph distjikctive funeral designs wedding bouquets corsages rlpwtos or wreaths for all occasions walter rigg we rartte m tasrlam ear t u qlaa wullaass er ew w mr j i kbatvir this conference waa held at the ontario agricultural c for presidents and secretariat and dealt especially with their probema the theme thin year waa pro grammes wish a broader vision and waa well carried througout tbe- eaalona tha attendance war recorded of ficially at i4w women from all parte of ontario tha la i ever and it really taxed memorial hall to tta capacity to accommodate the crowd women very one has a colorful personality aa an example the representative from irak whose mo ther la a native and a veiled wom an never having aaen any man but her own wt only one genera tion from the veil to d lanital ng world affaire and in closing mrs uarshsu told ua we must strengthen our civill- aatlonmnd achieve- victory in the aplrttuai manner if we are ever to have peace our great hope is our attitude a canadian christian women was florence reynolds of she g eassaiiabs m aaje sjiasjsj j ti as wav or margaret uecready prtaalpal- y j agricultural organization qac extended frlm very hearty wei com to the 4eleflm to miltuje of the facilities offered at the oac and tftake youreelvee at horn or herfaxet mcrceedy trlncipl of uaedomld institute uo wel- corned th udlea end extended to ttwvn an invtutlon to vutl uac ifali during their uy on the cam- pua th jnornlrvf eeulon waa taken by the itaff of the women inati- tule branch and home economics aervlcee explalnina in m aklt their new program extension services lor the jlomemakfr and also m meet mrs worker mr shiftier mrs know au and mr willing ably carried out with puppet the afternoon session opened with an organ recital by mr kldd with mr kidd at the diano and through out thursdays sessions the kids with hev w a young gave the lad irs relaxation and enjoyment in community slnjtuit one of our outstanding speakers wss mrs r g marshall canadian representative to the sixth general assembly of the united nations in purb who has just recently retur ned from the meeting which lasted three month from november 0 1051 to february 6 1032 and in speaking of this meeting mrs mar shall said it was three months of good hard work mrs marshall told us of the set up of the united nations th var ious session and especially the simultaneous translations into all language whan by moving a dial in front of you each member might shear the languages of the represen tative of every country present fine says the work of the united nations is a long term operation but it u making progress it has pas sed the honeymoon stage and the bickering stage and it is our best hope for working toward world peace and eecurity mrs marshall also said eleanor roosevelt has done more for wom ens right yea even for human right than any other person in the world in tailing of tha women re entatlvas mrs- marshall stated that only t countries have appointed wo men canada chtll czechoeteva- kta dominion republic of iraq united kingdom and the united states there are 60 members vot ing nations each having s delegates and 5 representatives also mrs marshall as id of these more production at less cost with modern equipment never before has a man been able to do so much work on a farm so quickly and easily new methods and modern mechanirarion have increased farm effi giving more production per worker at less cost i uptodate equipment solves the farm labor shortage mechanized farming is the modern lowcost high output more profitable way to farm r for more than onehundred years canadian farmers have found in bfasseyharris machines the kind of equip ment ffiat saves time saves labor and enables full advantage to he taken of favorable concbtkfns- hassevhairis compajv iimitid of the united nation apoke to us on the place of kao in the worn- en s institute programme mis reynold ha recently re turned from a frjp around the world and brough much information of kood condition ir countrlea visi ted mis iteynolds stated that since fund became available yeara ago fao ha approved and initia ted work on 170 technical assistance projects miss reynolds also said that two third of the world s peo ple arc farmers more people are engaged in farming than in all oth er industries of the world combi ned and yet two thirds of the worlds population haven t enough to eat one out of every two people have nothing to look forward to but hunger starvation and disease the kao was set up of experts from 43 nations dedicated to the removal of hunger from the face of the world president roosevelt said the prob lem is hunger and how to banish it and quoting lord royd orr she said remember alvwa food is something to eat in the econo mic system it is something to bo raised and sold miss reynolds then told us it is a long slow process but praise god we feel we can in lime feed the people of the world but fao cannot succeed unless the united nations can keep theace miss reynolds stressed the need for more complete understan of the problems in the different countries trained technicians are being sent to all parts of the world to teach new and better methods of agriculture in some countries two- third of the people axe in bad with malaria and not able to work and produce adequate food this is where the world health cooper ative goes to work miss reynolds said the united nations are countries if its a fail ure it represent 00 countries i the world a failure a long a tber is life there 1 hope- how can the women of canada help by informing themselves to give understanding more than mo ney la needed people ere nee ded to give years of service to be trained that they may go to other places and help in this great work and in conclusion miss reynolds said no person who is a supporter of fao can help but stick together with united nations to do tills job they all belong together thursday evening we were enter tained by the college choristers and by mr thor hansen art direc tor of the british american oil co who spoke on creative imagina tion at work and illustrating hu talk with slides showed wfiat ima gination can do with designs and to conclude a very busy day wo had an illustrated talk on tha acww conference at copenhagen in 1050 y our friday morning session op ened promptly at 0 am with mrs it hopper westboro regional vice president presiding and after sing ing our own well known women institute ode and repeating the lords prayer we were privileged to hear from our fwic president mrs hugh summers fonthlll mrs summers brought us a great deal of valuable information regarding the functions of our fed erated womens institutes of can ada she said canadian women have progressed from the time when few left the confines of their own district and are now half a century and two wars away from the circumscribed existence of our forefathers the horizon of our womens in- in speaking of tha fwlc pufeu- the gkostorroww wmufff cation federated news one copy el whiek cones to each branch awe- wedoeaday iwilng may lath 1m retary mrsv sununers sii fage 11 that a member be appointed to read extract at tnrrilisjw and also asked the branches to watch for new of the ac ww m noting- during the com ing m tin flay has been set for august hat 1063 wish maple leaf gardens as che sugges- ted plant of this tnertlng we pay par member to fwic and at th p time tbay are unable- to budget on leas ihan 7c per ar wither which nere a curtailment of their activities and service what are we going to do about one of tha chief objectives of uv fwic u soil and food corner- vatlon because 1 the world is hungry i rural women can help 3 fwic la geared to work with other national organizations the fwic acts a the voice of rural women through represent tion on the board of many nst- e ionat organizations and this rec ognition that ha come to the wo men institutes from those in high places 1 the tesult of right think ing snd careful consideration of all pronouncement tnad by the w l hoards on which the womens in stitutes are represented include 1 unitarian service coihmittee 2 canadian association of adult cdu cation 3 international peace gsr- dens incorporated fwic was the first womens orgbplcttton to be granted a plot in the peace gar dens 4 canadians association of consumers 5 canadian council of roys and girls club work 0 health league of canada 7 canadian ra dio council 8 royal winter fair hoard mrs summers in conclusion sta ted that the work of the w i u unifying coordinating and stlmula ting the activities and voices of ru ral woimn snd urged that each georgetown 215 member be diligent in currying out plastic blinds d s vjiii n ran- nrtwimmai u plauic and becam r arirw h palm tofmdtvsastallt f jt- trii ailrrhfiafmalrtf- 3 laow wwmsitsyietaj 31 a clortu be fecejoavyeurc home through wnfiqht wild live color awninos venettlan bunds made to ordek free estimates ne obllfsueo rilonk our responsibilities we must hold to the middle ol the road and build up kood international understand ing and good will by building up bridges of understanding n our own communities escn effort will be a contribution to world peace based on brotherly love mrs adams vice president of fwic from saskatchewan brought greetings to the conference and by her pleasing manner endeared her self to the ontario members in conference in part mrs adams told us we are s group who are not divided and we must keep open minds to the problems of rural homea also to work for the im provement of conditions for wom en snd children bfr stotisara of the canadia dank of commerce apoke on good institute vueuns- dealing with th duties of president and secretary- treasurer lie likened the president and secretary to the caotaln and pilot respectively of a ship they carry and control he ahlp but the members cnust be erew and not passengers likewise tfaey should say what they have to aay while on the ahlp at the meetings and not when they get ashore mr stothera urged every active member to auidy bylaws as con tained in handbook the pre supplies inspiration the secretary supplies persnlratlon secretary be ing responsible for so per cent of the organization she la also keep er of the records and watchdog of the treasury she should not have too many books but keep dear concise records make minutes and reports accurate and to the point and write minutes while fresh in your mind treasurer must keep re ceipts or vouchers for everything and be prepared to give treasurers report at any meeting mr stothera advised to qut problems in half duplicate everything else the remainder of the morning was spent in discussion groups the 1 hidings of those were brought in on the panel discussion in the af ternoon some of these were 1 should district president visit each branch or ahould vice presidents do part of this general feeling was itut branch members liked to be come acquainted with president and also district ivtecutlve 3 send copy of programmes to district of ficers 3 district annual is a business meeting and not a time for guests speakers 4 what about a district social event during the year yes s give your board member time robert it i m hamilton optometrist kyku ex classes fitted new location u sl georges 8aaare guelph formerly occupied by e v head optometrist eavbstroughing heating numbing m don houston phone s47vv stltute has really broadened alnce at district annual repetition is good for anybodys soul 6 aro- branch presidents in a rut they must be the human oil to keep all machinery oiled and running smoo thly- 7 should we have a guest speaker at branch meetings not at all meetings make use of talents among members s plan programmes a year in advance 0 discussion groupa and panel dls- ciuslons axe good fct meetings 10 standing conveners report each month 11 appoint special secre- tarfes for- special projects 12 re port to district number of life members and their names when sending in statements front branch is districts night have confer nces for branch secretaries 14 should office of secretary treasurer be combined or separate is should branch secretaries be paid the time her mother attended ho wl convention in 1008 when the guest speaker spoke on new me thods in buttermaklng which is certainty home economics and after listening to the addressee on wom- eni activities in international af fairs we can visualize the breadth and depth of womens visions to day both the federated womens in stitutes of ontario end the feder ated womens institutes of canada were organized ijn february 1010 the fwio bafig organized ten days before the fwci mrs george ridley caledonia has been appoi t new tfwio member on tberwic board which consists of twenty voting board fnoujoeatss the new standing committee in annual is the business meeting and tha area convention is a meeting of inspiration rather than business miss ethel chapmen who is now with the womens institute branch spoke to us on leadership some points from her address were dev elop our own members develop discussion groups be able to think on your feet a good leader has to have visions expose yourself to any good influence to help us cul tivate the habit of never shushing a good idea leader has to have a special sort of courage to go ahead with projects develop by doing the job closest to you find out the needs of the community a good leader la an artist at working with other people learn when working with others to let them in on the planning as well aa the work also know how to be a good follower ask a neighbour and bring her to the meeting and above all a leader must have understanding of other people and some common ground on which to work throughout our conference the sessions were brightened by com munity- singing led by rev w a young and organ and piano selec tion by mr and mrs kldd who also accompanied for the community singing the conference cloeed friday af ternoon after a very profitable and enjoyable two days spent among the quiet and beautiful ground and buildings at our own ontario sw agrlcultural college r standing committee in twic are agriculture and- cana if branch ha finance yes dtan industrie home kconomlcs qusuuas of good secretary are culture aeuvtues culmnahlp and 1 wllllngne j inter sl publicity nea cooperation it i their the me la a eoordinsung body duly to be present a the jueetlnjt to ivjorlnaus the worvattha prev thflran the fratalng school svmslariraw uyai erllty v