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Scene al‘ the Child Health Clinic sponsored by the Eden Mills and Eden Crest Women's lnslllules, A great many Institutes over the province are sponsoring these clinics in co-operution with their County Health Unit â€" a particularly fine sort of community service. â€"Pl'mln by A‘Irr. Hazel Mark. ome; Cowal, a talk on Old Glass and a dis- ay of the speaker’s favorite collection of old ving properly fitted shoes for both children d adults. At a Grandmothers' Meeting, Rival-view 1 n Baham had an address on Mental Health by e Superintendent of the Ontario Hospital in . Thomas, at their February meeting, Neigh- ring Institutes were invited to this meeting I d plans were made for a visit and tour of e hospital in April. Mar in a district of many lakes and popular aches has arranged for a competent inâ€" ‘uctor to teach the members how to give tificial respiration. A highlight of Mossley’s program for the ar was an address on the “Care of Young hildren” by a woman doctor of the district. At Gravelridge a woman who is expert at itting gave a knitting demonstration and 'w hibitecl a variety of knitted articles she had ade. At Port Lambton’s Grandmothers” Meeting ‘ member showed a collection of old colored ass and told the history of each piece. embers also contributed a display of an- ques. The roll call at this meeting was 0cial customs and courtesies of my grand- other’s day." Community Activities Hats off to the Women’s Institute of North- herland for feeling a responsibility con- rning conditions in their County Home for i e Aged, and for sending a delegation to the ,ounty Council to press for immediate action I provide a new Home! A press report of the I stitute Women’s presentation said: “The atement was all the more shocking because MMER I 956 it was made without any hysterical demands or condemnation. It wasn’t presented for its dramatic effect; it merely followed a recital u of facts. Another press report, two days later stated that the resolutions presented to the Northumberland and Durham Counties Coun- cil by the Women's Institutes were endorsed by the county property committee, and that “a new Home for the Aged is thought to be definitely on schedule.” From North Cochrane district we have an outstanding example of an Institute taking up a cause for the good of its people and sticking with it until results were achieved. As far back as 1951 the Institutes of the area had apâ€" pealed to the Ontario Department of Health and the Junior Red Cross for help to provide dental care for children in the isolated parts of the district. At the area convention in Ocâ€" tober, 1954:' a resolution was passed asking for this help. Also the Canadian National Railâ€" ways was asked to provide a dental car and to move this car over the line to the outlying places as required Following a lot of cor- respondence with Mrs, Murray Young, Public Relations Officer for the Women’s Institutes of Cochrane North, representatives of the Dental Public Health Committee for Ontario. in January, 1955, came to Cochrane to attend a public meeting. This was organized largely through the initiative of the Women’s In- stitutes and the Public School Inspector, en- listing the co-operation of local Health offi~ cials and Inspectors of both public and separate schools. From that time onI plans moved ahead steadily, and early this year the dental car was started on its mission to the people of North Cochrane who are out of reach of any other dental service, Silver Nuggett has taken over the reopen- ing of the library in Cobalt. At their first meeting of the year the roll call was an swered by “A book for the library,” and plans were made to decorate the room to be used ill