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Mindemoya to be developed as a park and bathing beach centre. A great many Institutes are assisting with the schools for retarded children in their district. Delhi made its December meeting a social event for the retarded children of its area. The institute ar~ ranged part of the entertainment and the visitors contributed some musical numbers. A Santa Claus Came with gifts for the children and the evening ended with a rather Special hearty lunch, The money donated by the Institute members for Christmas welfare was given to help pay for the transportation of the children to and from their ‘uhool at Simcoe. Holland Centre seems to have a special interest :n the children and young people. At the October meeting this branch “decided to cater for the 4-H Club Banquet, to arrange a Haltowe‘en party for the children of the community and to organize a Teen Town.” (We take it this means supervised dances for teen-agers.) Schreiber held a special meeting in February to .ommcmorate the anniversary of the founding of the first Women's Institute; the fiftieth anniversary tt' Thunder Bay district will be celebrated at the District Annual to be held at Schreiber in June. the branch conducted a drive for linens for a tumin whose home had been burned and they sponsor." or collect gifts for uthe first baby of he year." Upsala. planning its bazaar this year introduced . new arrangement by which a donor sets her own mice on annrticle and may retain one half of the elling price. the balance going to the Institute. When the new system was being considered it was uported that where it had been tried the proceeds mm the bazaar had been very much above those it previous years. The plan particularly appeals to :obbyists who, instead of donating one article of heir craft. find a ready market for a quantity of nods. Sour Springs continues in its good neighbour t'adition. A newspaper item says: “Members of he Sour Springs Women’s Institute had a busy true at their January mceting. gathering first at “U home of a disabled mother and occupying ucmselves with mending. sewing and the making t a quilt for the family. They took a pot luck =tnncr with them. In the evening they had their ttxiness session at the home of the president." the report of their Institute work at Christmas trnc included sending baskets of food. fruit and “'1le to over one hundred children and aged or tcl persons on the Six Nations Reserve. and hav- ‘ig a Christmas tree in the Anglican Church parish null for all the children 0F the Community. Irwin went to the Chatham City Council with in appeal to have trafiic lights installed at a dan- crotts approach to Parry Bridge where the rise 1' the bridge conceals the view of oncoming traffic. the women‘s resolution was presented by Mrs. \lttllt‘lCE Irwin, chairman of the South Western zerwick's HThird Meal" project gr0up at a meeling there they made French Picnic Rolls. Chocolate Bread adding and a special fruit cup and had lhese tar Pa" 3‘ their "third meal" of the day. IB women, not all r'v‘.|, members, took the proiecl. iUMMER 1959 Members of South Scugeen Institute modelling hots made from kitchen articles such as roll bushels, colandâ€" ers, lamp shades, pie plates and tea towels. The "millinery proiecl” was a fun lecture at a meeting. Schreiber Instilule‘s Chrislmus Cheer Committee packing hamper: for needy families and small personal gills lor shut-in and elderly townsfolk.