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the Auxiliary of Twilight Haven, mgr County Home for the Aged. We go there twuce a year to do mending, entertain the residents and take treats. Our representative on the Auxtliary helps with the crafts and remembers a number of the residents with personal visits, small glfts and cards in the name of the Institute.” Corunna started the village library and one of their members acted as librarian for many years. This year several members assisted in the job of moving to the new library and the Institute presented an oil painting. Froomfield gave $25 for furniture for their new library. Instead of exchanging Christmas gifts this year each member donated a toy for the Salvation Army’s Christmas baskets. Aylesworth exhibited displays of Kitchen accessories and Millinery at the local fall fair winning first prizes for both. Elsinore completed polio immunization for sixty persons. Southampton reports: “Believing that local Council meetings were not properly reported we sent two Institute representatives to the Council meetings and they gave a report at the following meeting. We are continuing to do this. Our Institute has been highly praised for its interest in municipal affairs and we were given credit for the larger turnout of voters this year.” Grace Community has a full list of donations given within the community. These include: Baby clothes to the hospital for mothers in need, quilts to the local home for the blind, Christmas gifts to the county home for the aged, a baby blanket to each new baby in the community plus a dollar to each baby born to a member (we suppose this is to start a bank account), a cup and saucer to each bride in a member's family. Grimsby Beach gave over $100 to “burned out“ families. Most branches in Lincoln County report providing layettes for their Victorian Order Nurse to give where they are needed. and helping with baby clinics. Grantham has “adopted” two residents of the County Home. St. Ann’s says “we have a small membership and our community is small so we concentrate on helping people in need of help.” Following are some of the things they did: Helped fire victims, remembered the sick and shut-ins; bought food for a mother of two children whose husband was killed in a car accident; we are sending food and money to a family whose mother is a cancer patient; sent food and clothing to a poor family at Christmas. At a “Spaghetti and Meat Ball Supper” they “made almost enough money” to pay for their slide projector. Big Lake held its December meeting in the school, invited all the women in the commu- nity and had a Christmas program with the 34 Christmas story, carol singing and an CXChitltue 0f gifts of less than a dollar in value. It “min very happy event, almost all the women ol the community attended and two have since joined the Institute. Mindemoya has bought a piece of grinind on the lake shore where they plan to um» picnic tables, boys‘ and girls’ bathing hm.M x a cooking griil and all facilities for a Inuit ground. They have already done some wm Lin beautifying the ground. Edgewood Juniors entertained the chi ten from an orphanage in the county at a sp Jul party. Rosseau sponsored swimming sui wi. sion for children for two months. North H tits. ville sponsored a junior hockey team and w m. ing lessons for the children of the COmmt. it; held an afternoon Christmas party for :e. school children and their mothers and an i n. ing party for school children. Phelps opened the hall every Saturday . g. noon with leaders to conduct dancing c' c; * ‘k 'A' THE EMIGRANT By John Masefield Going by Daly‘s shanty, I heard the boys within Dancing the Spanish hornpipe to DriSCOll‘s violin I heard the sea-boots shaking the rough planks of the floor But I was going \Vestward, I hadn't heart for more. . ssaâ€"afi-i-qu’oâ€" “an defâ€"fluff All down the windy village the noise rang in my ears, Old sea-boots stamping, shuffling, it brought the bitter tears, The old tune piped and quavered, the lilts came clear and strong, But I was going Westward, I couldn't join the song. There were the gray stone houses, the night wind blowing keen, The hill-sides pale with moonlight, the young corn springing green, The hearth nooks lit and kindly, with dear friends good to see But I was going Westward, and the ship awaited me. i * * for children of from five to fifteen. The 16;: :r who took the Eat to Live project follower ‘l with a project in the school, a meeting \i h teenagers and one with mothers. Rutherglen, after the Eat to Live pr0l~ 1- secured the services of a visiting doctor :‘id nurse for the school. Balsam Creek joined with other organi:.i- tions in setting up a committee to arrange 7" have a nurse make monthly visits to the cent: 11 School. This Institute cooperated with the Rid Cross in sponsoring a dance to raisa funds H3 help a young mother purchase the expensiwe drugs she needed to enable her to stay at how with her family. HOME AND CCIUNI'RY