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From a New Branch in the North Editor's Note Mrs. Geo. Wilson. F.li’.I.C. Public Relations Glitter. rereivrzi this report in a letter from Mrs. John C. Gibson P.R.0. for DLYCOI'CI'y institute in Mackenzie District. one of the new lil'rllit'fil‘S in the for North. Mrs. li"ii:on It'm so delighted with the report that she would like to Slurry i! with Institute members in every province. “'1' quote iii purl: the third meeting of our Women‘s Institute. so we are still in the throes of becoming organized. We have. at present. '1 memberslul1 0f nineteen. which is some eighty PCT Gem 0f the ladies living here: but even with our small mem- bership we hope to become a very active branch. We have already decided on a number of pro- jcctsâ€"the first and probably most important is the compiling of a Tchdsmuir history of Dis- cover-y. Secondly. We have decided to send all our old magazines to the Hospital in Yellowknife: these will be collected at every meeting. Many of us who have spent time in hospital have found a dearth of reading material, and hope that these will fill some lonely hours for the patients. We have thought about presenting a "theatrical" and our secretary has written to the University of Alberta extension department with an eye to available one-act plays. I‘m sure if we go ahead with this, we will have more fun than the audi- ence! Besides. the admission charged will be we]â€" come in our treasury. Along the lines of other money-making pro- jects. our field is necessarily limited, due to such a small market. To start things off, however. we have planned a "grab bag" sale. with each memâ€" ber contributing a useful article she has made herself such as an apron or pot holders and each will be sold. sight unseen, for $1.00. We have also instituted a “birthday box." into which each member, as her birthday rolls around. will depOSit a penny for each yearâ€"no fair other members counting! As we have no beauty shop facilities at Dis, covcry. other than the goodness of our neigh- bors‘ hearts. all the women who are handy with scissors and home permanents have agreed to charge for their services and turn over the pro» cecds to the treasury. Our scale of prices is $2.00 for a permanent (customer providing her own materials). 50c for a haircut, 50c for a shampoo and set. and 25c for a child's haircut. We are thinking. too. about home baking salesâ€"certainly there are no more interested cus- tomers for this type of thing than single fellows living in a hunkhouse! The availability of films we find interesting. too. particularly those concerning meal-planning. nutrition, safety in the home. When we decide which crafts we will take up, we will want films on them. too. Perhaps some of the more southerly Institute members would be interested to hear a bit about H ERE AT DISCOVERY. we have just but] life in an isolated settlement such as L)“. Actually. when you live here. you don't lated at all.r We are about 53 air-miles not of Yellowknife. accessible by air only. 'lli takes about half an hour in bush aircraft. case of emergency you can get into hospi- .15 quickly as you could in a large city. One thing "southerners" find interesting lumr the north is our daylight. From the first n it.“ until around the end of July. we don't r... in. darknessâ€"we are not far enough north _.,. all-night sun. but many times I have lain mi] and read without a light at midnight! l in. winter. of course. it is just the opposite. We have no stores here. other than tin. pany Commissary. which caters mostly to wear and miners‘ supplies. but three ladle started up in business. One has an ugcr' ready-made dresses. one has a small store home. selling wool. yardâ€"goods and all it sewing findings; and the writer has the for a wellâ€"known cosmetics firm. With no stores. it is necessary to order everything from Yellowknife. or from "it via catalogue; or by bothering friends an- tives who live in the City‘ Once a year. v». a “grubstake"â€"all canned goods. sugar. supplies. soap. etc, to last the year. Meat vegetables. fruits. butter and eggs are all able through our camp Cookery. We drini dared milkâ€"often children who are brou. on powdered milk don‘t like the “funny they are served when “out” on holidays‘ of us bake all our bread and buns. a course it is impossible to buy cakes or COlel' Our houses are up»toedate. roomy. comfr. and snug in winter. Many of us have in automatic washers and dryers. and all hat of cupboard space. Of course the view frot- living room windows is one we wouldn‘t €.\\. for any city streetâ€"rugged hills with tall pines. spruce and birches, gorgeous lakes tc‘ with fish. beautiful sunrises and sunsets may think you’ve seen the Northern Lights south. but when you get them in the Non sky is aflame with them as far as you can set We certainly enjoyed Mrs. Hough's visit last fall. We are grateful to her for gettii interested in the Women's Institute and she is able to visit us again this year. "veil i‘il- ,..l tin “ii In In Sprucedale Institute a few members to a “Craft Group" and learned the techniqut iii plastic foam craft, artificial flowers. toys :IJ Christmas decorations This Institute L bedding and provisions to a “burned out" it and the secretary reports: “We learned the .it the request of an organization assistance can in Procurcd for disaster victims and that “mi chairs and hospital beds will be loaned to ti" W in need." (We presume this assistance cum“ from the Red Cross but the source was not EM” in the report‘Ed.)