reception at the Parliament Buildings, Civic Reception at City Hall, Tea Party at Parliament Bldgs, Farewell Dinner at the Bomas of Kenya and the 1977 Kenyatta Day Parade. We visited an orchard and dairy farm and the home of Felix Pinto, President of Kenyan Airways, and his wife, Jane and on our last night in Nairobi we had a Canadian dinner party which included two birthdays, one of which was Martha Bielish’s, our National President.

It was an opportunity of a life time to go to Africa and to meet and mingle with other W.I. members from around the World. Nairobi was beautiful, the weather was perfect and the people were so pleasant and friendly.

I would like to take this opportunity to express my appreciation for having been given the opportunity and experience of attending ACWW, also for the Travel Diary, which I wrote in every night, and for all your good wishes. I hope I was able to bring something of interest back to you and hope you will all have the opportunity to see our slides.

WITH THE ASSOCIATED COUNTRY WOMEN OF THE WORLD 1968-1974

FLORENCE I. MATHESON, O.C.

At the 1968 International Conference of the Associated Country Women of the World held in East Lancing, Michigan, U.S.A., I was one of two nominees for the office of A.C.W.W. Area Vice-President for Canada. The Canadian delegation gave me the distinct honour to represent all the Constituent Societies of A.C.W.W. in Canada in this office for the Triennium 1968-1971.

Again in 1971 at the Olso, Norway conference, I was re-elected by acclamation to the same office for a second Triennium - 1971-1974. This is a responsible office to hold and involves many duties and responsibilities to the Canadian Societies including the attendance at Council Meetings in London, England, between conferences and at the International Con- ferences when reports of Societies are given; much correspondence is involved; visits to Societies are made, programs are initiated, promoted and carried out; memberships are solicited.

At the East Lancing Conference, the terms of the Lady Aberdeen Scholarship were expanded to include the training of women at seminars held in their own country. This inspired me to suggest and promote a seminar for our own Women’s Institute sisters in the North West Territories and the Yukon. Working in close cooperation with the Federated Women’s Institutes of Canada, a program was drawn up and I made application to A.C.W.W. for financial help to co-sponsor such a seminar with F.W.I.C. The Associated Country Women of the World gave a grant from the Lady Aberdeen Scholarship Fund and the seminar was held in Yellowknife in 1969, co-chaired by myself and Mrs. Clakre,

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