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Center Flos sponsored a bus trip to the Royal Winter Fair for Institute members and others in the community. Berwick catered for a Father and son banquet for a midget hockey team and gave the team a generous cheque. Moose Creek believes that their study of milk pasteurization was partly responsible for pasteuriza- tion being made compulsory in their town. They t'g-opel'ated with other groups in having a Santa Claus parade. Cedar Brae had repair work done at the ladies rest worn, carpentry repairs made at the library and orn library books mended. Markstay continues to have weekly parties for ' -agers. They sponsored a skating carnival and trying to get the Dental Coach to come to Markâ€" ) ;-_.y. Port Arthur members assist in teaching arts i d crafts at the home for the aged, South Neebing sponsored a Variety Concert in the t- mmuuity hall with all the organizations in the t mmunity participating; arranged to have a Vic- i. =ian Order Nurse speak at a public meeting. Slate l'jt'el’ held a “community singâ€"song" at Christmas 1- ve. (Carol singing, we imagine. Ed.) Norland [. torts sponsoring several lectures open to the p. :lic. Sterling and Lyons Institute gives the use of it hall for school concerts, showers for brides and It i church services and funerals. iurnt River supplied cod liver oil and vitamin p :s to the children of three schools during the Win- i: months. Winger Wajnfleet gave the Health Unit I1 .ds to provide cod liver oil for needy children. 'XS the result of a resolution by Grass Hill, a. guard y. . placed on a bad corner of the road. Also, by m ding a request to the Council this Institute helped [1. get a county park. jolsover got the film on Government health in- \i i ince and had it shown at a public meeting in the at no], Woodville worked with the village Council it Iraving a new kitchen installed in the town hall. t» i-zwood worked very hard helping with the renovar t: ‘1 of the skating rink. lanetville held a home nursing class {Red Cross rbably. Ed.) one night a week for several weeks -‘h three nurses in attendance as instructors. A tor attended one meeting which was given to a WQWM lowes, who was awarded the North and Soulh rant Ontario Women's Institute Bursary. 1959- Margare' s attending St. Joseph's Hospital School of Nursing. Mrs. Wesley Redford, Kenoro District, presents o Provin- ciol Honours certificate to Arleen Coin. discussion of various health and nursing questions. Twenty-two women completed the Course and re» ceived pins. When Bloomingdale asked members to answer the roll call with a resolution. one resolution was that the institute investigate the possibilities of clean- ing up a pond in the community to be used for skating in the winter and for fire protection. A committee was set up to ask the permission of the owner of the property on which the pond is. and to pursue the matter further. Bridgeport has organized an Institute choir which has sung at a number of events in the community and the district. Central Dumfries reports “This year we have started a new visitation system. Each month two members. who volunteer. visit the shut-ins and elder- ly people at their homes and at the County Home. Beverly Young Women’s Institute maintains a library, keeping the books in a local store. Alexandra members staff the Ancaster library. Snowball cleaned an old school so it could be used as a community hall. A great many institutes are assisting with baby clinics. Markham reports sponsoring a clinic that cared for 216 infants, 231 prc school children and gave immunization for polio to 58 adults as well. They plan to publicize the clinic still more widely. Mount Albert is helping a patient of the Ontario HOSpital who is out of hospital on probation. The Institute supplies clothing and small things that the hospital does not provide. (Perhaps their greatest help is just in “being friends" with the woman trying to adjust herself to living outside the hospital. Ed.) Stoney Creek presented Maedonald Institute with a $2,000 bursary for a home economics student. Most of the institutes on St. Joseph Island support the library. especially the children‘s library; also the dental coach serving the district. To Gain New Members Providence recommends inviting old neighbors as well as new. Smithville says: “Our programmes have been splendid this year with the members taking a more active part. Also the business part of the meeting has been shortened. A number of younger women have joined. We do not canvass for members but We invite our friends and neighbors. 43