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:1 ONG THE RECORDS on the Branch Institute Historical Data forms we found ome interesting stories of institute ac- shments; as for example this report of g and Lyons in Thunder Bay District: 5 Institute, organized in October 1923, with twenty members. In 1925 the En’s Institute Hall was built; in 1929 a ,- was added, in 1944 a new foundation 1950 the building was painted and ricked. It has been used as a school : the other school was overcrowded, and be used, free of charge, by a religious of any denomination, or for any com- in y gathering. This year the members ensuring a local school fair. One memâ€" as taken to her home two small children _ their mother is in the hospital for the ‘ of a fifth childâ€"a1] children under age. During the war parcels were sent 9. al boys overseas, and when they came :2 the Institute gave a chicken supper to g and their friends. Each overseas bride resented with a blanket, each man ved a wallet and there were toys for children. Parcels were sent to Britain g the war, socks were knitted and ditty rovided for the men overseas, and lay- were distributed both at home and d. And the Institute has always been to help people in time of misfortune s sickness or the loss of a home through * 1x 4: "e Women’s Institutes of Lennox District an interesting exhibit at their county The complete display was planned as a 'etition for the branches and each branch p its own exhibit which was required lude a hooked rug, a box of assorted emade candy, a kitchen apron made from eached sack, a homemade Christmas table e. six plain Cloverleaf buns, a crocheted vatted centrepiece; a pair of fancy socks Iom three ply yarn, an apple pie. Each ch exhibit was scored as a group of les . . . The Institutes also had a historical ay. Some of the articles shown were ack gown bought to wear at Sir John A. cDonald‘s funeral; another black dress ihh the first teacher in a local school had .hased with her first cheque; some very s 7 ing down the pathway of life”; and . vpral figurines. Tweedsmuir histories also ' e on display. I 1953 3 ere and There With the Institutes An Exchange of Ideas At the township fair at Navan the Women's Institutes of Russell district put on a display of apple dishes. Each branch planned to exâ€" hibit twelve things. Some of them were apple pie, apple dumplings, apple crisp, apple butter, applesauce cake. apple muffins, apple jelly, baked apples, cuddled applies, a new way of using apples and a poster "highlighting" apples. Last year they had a Similar project featuring whole Wheat )3 o 1: At Wingham Institute a new member from Jugoslavia demonstrated lace making. Falkland had an address on the customs, resources and religions of Holland by Mrs. Von Eagen who came to Canada from Holland less than two years ago, Vandorf reports a moving address by a newcomer to Canada, Mrs. Debac from Czecho- slovakia. Mrs. De-bac said: “In Czechoslovakia I used to wake up every morning with dread, saying to myself ‘What will happen today',” In Canada nothing happens. We have our farm. We can work. We have our freedom again, It is the freedom to Work and live, after existence in communist Czechoslovakia which makes us So thankful.” (How much these women from Communist countries have to contribute to our citizenship programmes!) t b t Health study and health projects have an important place on many Institute program- mes. Elora Institute is responsible for a pre» school child clinic, held in Elora the second Thursday of every month. The Institute bought baby scales‘ pads, table covers and baskets. A doctor and three nurses come from the Wellington county clinic and four Institute members help with weighing, registering and generally assmting the doctor and nurses. The territory servcd covers four townships and at the first clinic there were 69 children The premdcnt says: “We think this is a wonderful undertaking and that it has a future." Perth County Institutes gave the Stratford Hospital an orthopedic cart for carrying casts, pulleys, weights and other equipment for orthopedic Cases. This completes the Institutes’ furnishing of a room, South Dufferin Institutes presented their local hospital with a cheque for $2,500 and a pledge for $500 more. Nestleton put on a party and raised $200 for the Port Perry hospital fund. South Gillies would like to have health featured at their next convention. They would 23