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The Women's Institutes of Nipissing District and the Cercle de Fermiéres worked side by side in their booths at the Agricultural Show and Seed Fair organized by the Nipissing Soil and Crop Improvement Association, and held in North Bay the first week in May. In addi- tion to the handicrafts show" in the picture, the Institute or Cercle in charge of the booth each clay put on a display of home bak- ing (with recipes featuring the use of milk, butter and cream). it is reported that the quilts and some of the needlework “could have been sold many times over." apped children can be helped, and a demon- ‘ tration on bandaging; the other on Citizenâ€" hip and Education including films and a talk a the value of library books. Woolwich Ever- aithful’s first choice was the program in harge of the 4eH Homemaking club when be girls presented a skit and contest in namâ€" .; g cuts of meat; Allenford’s, the club girl's kit and an exhibit of “Clothes Closets Up To ate.” Health programs were very popular. Many ranches mentioned talks by a nurse from the ounty health unitâ€"some of these branches ‘ ere Hillsdale, Back Line Melancthon. Others ave already been reported with special pro- rams. Union in Lincoln county had an address on ental Health by a psychiatrist from a St. atharines hospital; Glengowrie, a mental ealth talk by a nurse. Lectures on Mental : ealth by Dr. Parks of the Canadian Mental ealth Association were reported as outstand- ‘ g features by Rossmount, Dornoch, Holstein. illgrove had a showing and discussion of the i: ental health film, “Shyness”. ._w 'â€" Cavan’s outstanding meeting was the one -- here the work of the Society for the Preven- ‘on of Cancer was explained and a local sub- ommittee established; Clarksburg’s, the ‘ealth meeting with a local doctor speaking on reventive Medicine and the Health League f Canada; Eramosa's a public health nurse’s alk on Welfare work in the community; Wil- msburg, a doctor’s talk with a film on can- er; Cain’s Corners, a talk and film on work eing done in a cerebral palsy clinic, by the i other of a child afflicted with this trouble; ttoxeter, a doctor’s talk on preventive den- tStFY‘. Maple Leaf, a film on safety shown by it e Bell Telephone Company. Rockwood espe- ially liked the talk by their county health nit nurse on the children’s clinic sponsored y the Institute; Malvern, a nurse’s talk on ealth from infancy to fifty and over; Tee-We- will, an Institute of young mothers liked est a doctor's address on Childbirth and Chil- IM'IER 1956 am; smug-u It? dren’s Diseases; Sim's Locks, the meeting dealâ€" ing with the project of establishing a Victorian Order Nurse in Haldimand county; Echo Place, a St. John Ambulance demonstration of first aid in case of accidents; Rocky Ridge, the health meeting with speakers from the St. John Ambulance Brigade and Victorian Order of Nurses; Park Dale, a demonstration of arti» ficia] respiratiOn and a talk on First Aid in the Home; Walkerton Young Women’s Evening Institute, a talk by the public health nurse of special interest to young mothers. Garson's home economics and health meetâ€" ing was addressed by the school nurse. The report says: “As most members have children of school age we found the addreSs very beneficial; especially the explanation of the new polio vaccine. (Incidentally most of the Institutes in Sudbury seem to be working to support the school nurse and to have her work extended to more schools.) Appin had a dra- matic program when the “St John Ambulance ladies" gave a vivid demonstration of a trac- tor accident and the first aid to give the inâ€" jured person. Wolfe Island, an island com- munity had on its health program a talk on “Boating Tips." “Common Sense and Summer Sun," and demonstrations on the new method of respiration and how to apply a tourniquet. _w|_ Agriculture and Canadian Industries pro grams scored high in a number of branches. Westmeath had a continuation of last year’s topic on the Kitimat aluminum plant and an agricultural topic “How Wheat Comes to the Table“; Zion Line, an address on “Newfoundâ€" land and Its Industries"; Queen's Line. a meeting where the members entertained their husbands with a chicken dinner followed by National Film Board films on modern silos and the life of the Eskimos and a talk on civil defence; Muirkirk, a paper on “Science and the Farmer"; Johnston May, a talk by a land- scape gardener on shrubs for a rural garden plus a talk on lumbering in British Columbia. Buttonville makes special mention of the agricultural representative’s talk showing 39