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3,, mm-mpg of February ith ” Charlottetown was clear and cool, there was no snow on the .m,;,, or pavement. From Borden mm, was open water for. about Mr milesptlien the "AbegW,e1t" an through newly formed .00” W, The course was practically ,1, 53,313 is in summer. occasion- my the ship would follow leads ,1 open water and there were many which the way across the Strait. The strength of the newly formed 13. was but llustrated by the ac- lion of the spar buoy, marking the outer end of the Cape Tor- nmmne Reef; it would burst mrougli the weak sheet of ice, mat uiis moving from north at ,;,out three miles per hour. to a height, of about five feet. then gradually the ice would press it w 3 slanting position until it was nggriy parallel to the surface of ma ice. Occasionally it would puddenly spring uv 10 in male or ,5 degrees and then flatten down .3 the ice ran up on it. When I

n of ice that had rafted. Or Wu . little thicker, pressed against it, me spar buoy would disappear for . few minutes, then when the (low of ice was thinner it would brunt through and -stand almost uii':t.gl1i. for a few moments.

Fellow Travellers

lr. the scat across the aisle from .5 more were two ladies who had been lo their ngcd rnothei-'s lun- pral at Antigonisth, one was from Boston rind the other from New peclicrd, Mass. They were good company and ye heard of many nillfls who have made similar trips in lilC.T former homes from New Engifilld. We noted that they had in imve their American citizenship vgpclis for the Immigration of- ficers, uhcreas vacation travellers merely had their Department of Health and Welfare papers stamp- ed with the place and date of entry; ihcsc are to be -stamped iigaii. with the place and date I'ill'il leaving the United States. It is true we had identification papers and passport. but these did not seem to be required. The Amcricaii Immigration agent was in the Railway Station at Saint John, so that this work was com- pleted before we left on the "Gull" for Boston. we found our fellow

travellers very friendly and in- teresiliig iliroughout the entire trip.

Visiting by Telephone

The Iiopa at Monctcn, Saint John and Boston were sufficiently long for us to contact by telephone our friends at each place and ex- change family news. At Boston, Dr. and Mrs. W. S. Ferguson wished in come to see us It the South Station. We suggested the phone would have to do for the present as we had only an hour an it half in Boston, and had to transfer with our baggage from the North to the . South Station and have breakfast. Dr. Will Fer- guson, R son of the late Senator Donald Ferguson oi Marshfield, is well and wished to be remembered tolils friends on the Island. He in ii reiirt-d Profesor of History at lill'Hl."fl University and is now living in Cambridge, M058.

The Weuher

The morning was fine when we Iisrled, then snow began to fall ls we left Caper Tormentine. N. 1!. it was about four inches deep It Saint John llI'ld' three inches deep in Boston where ihe sky was rlcar. Snow had entirely disap- peared when we reached . Kings- Imi. Rhoda Island. From there on we did not see snow or ice until we wakened on .the morning of February 6th, between Savannah and Jcsiip in Georgia. where there uiisice iind old snow along the railway track for miles, however. ilicrc was no sign of ice when we Pnlcrrd Florida. At Jacksonville W lrit mir hats and coats and merit more than an hour walking Ibciit. visiting the Florida Ex- liibii in the station and enjoying the balmy and what seemed to us I-immer breezes while our train was made over into three trains: one for Miami, one for at. Peters- hurg and one for Tlmpii. Which hId our car attached as far as Lakciaiid, Fla. We went back t0 platform no 24 where we left the cu in he told that it was prob- "liy at platform no. 19. It was necessary to do some hustling down one long remp. along I wide Iiieyway and up another ramp.

on walk past many pullmans to the rear. to find that our car. Gonznlns. had not yet been It-

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hour lite. this was made up and we arrived at Lakeland on time. 2.16 p. m. on whit seemed to us I most beautiful summer afternoon. The next afternoon we had thun. dernlightning. rain and more rain, that washed the streets like "a.

scrubbed floor. Sight Seeing On our journey we saw one

American flag at Westerly on the border between Rhode Island and Connecticut; the two flying in Bridgeport, and ten only a glimpse of two more in New York City. From there on we were so interested in flowers, shrubs. trees, birds and country activities that we did not count flags which earl- ier had seemed conspicious by their absence. The snow had disappear- ed at Kingston, R. I.. but beautiful lawns of green grass were not seen until we camelto Greenwich on the border of New York State. we entered New York City over the famed Hell Gate Bridge and by tunnel to the Pennsylvania Station under the very heart of Manhattan. our stay there was short. There seemed to he a con- tinual movement of trains loaded with people that passed every few minutes. ,

Shortly after leaving Penn Sta- tion we had a glimpse of day- light, and tall buildings, then through another tunnel under the Hudson River to come out in Jer- sey City. New Jersey. when we had passed through Newark, N. .I.. we noted ihe,soil along the right- of-way was almost the same col- our as P. E. Island soil and re- membered that New Jersey has red Triassic soil throughout most of the state. This gave quite a familiar look to the countryside, as far as Trenton which is near where Pennsylvania joins New Jersey at the headwaters oi the Potomac River.

we saw in New Jeffrey R Emit many manufacturing plants and recall the name Johnson and Johnson, a distribution centre of pharmaceutical supplies that cov- ered many acres. The great Du Pont chemical and explosive plants that seemed to cover square miles of land. The area along the railway in that state was but I continuation of what we had seen from the time we left Maine. Manufacturing plants, warehouses. town and country homes: the-99 were almost continuous except where arms of me see and rivers intercepted them in Conn. and N. Y. States. These rivers and bays have great flocks of duck and 568 gulls that added much to the in- terest oi the Shore route of the N. ., N. H. and Hartford Railway which passes along the most scenic section of the whole trip South.

It is true that we also saw it great many areas of l1n1mPl”0Ved land; much of this lies on the out- skirts of towns and cities and seems, to be unoccupied for spew- lation. some oi it may Mt be Wit" able for agricultural purposes. but ns we went further south into Virginia and the Carollnas. We felt that if not used for farm cr0P5 it should be reforested with trees suitable to the areas.

The south Eastern States

We had travelled at night through half of New Brunswick and most of Maine and from Balti- more, Md., to Savannah. Ga. From there on the Ioil was sandy End light, there were many fine stand! or gffgfhern pine; some had been sacr ed for turpentine and other pine products. There were. how- ever. great areas with only I few trees per acre and large I-Te!-9 where the useless palmetto shrub occupied the land. There were for- ests almost covered with th6 streamers from Spanish Moss and many bright coloured flowering shrubs along the way. The mm ran by some fine farm homes where there were large herds of cattle. Among th0Se in Georgia and Florida there were 0""-9 0 number of Brahma bulls Ind grade cattle that are resistant to ticks and some of the cattle ills of the South. A few herds of Brahma cattle. with their drooping 08” and high hump. W979 Quite 9”” splcucue. . , Leaving Jacksonville We i0110W the John River. and to be W second largest river that HOW! north Ind on whose broad ex- panse, there is room for I modern ngvy to manoeuvre. WC t-1'3V9ned on the east side to Palatka and

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go,-d whore we entered the greet citrus fruit area of Florida. There were long stretches where orange, lemon and grapefruit groves load- ed with ripe fruit were almost continuous along the "Wk ” we paged Winter Park, Orlando. Klseimmee. Rainer City Ind Lek! Alfred to Ldkeland. near the W"; us of Florida. We Ilsa saw gren bow s of beautiful flowers and no ing shrubs. including the bx-llllInt flame flower-

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SPRING VALLEY W. I. M.rs. Chas. McI.ellan was homes to the members of the Spring Val- ley W. I. for their February meet- ing. The meeting d with the ode and creed in unison. Roll call was answered with an exchange of Valentines.

New committees appointed were: School, Mrs. Andrew Oaseley; Mrs, Chas. Mcfsellan Incl Mrs. Bvyanton.

'Iihe correspondence was read and discussed, including an invitation to take part in the amateur con- test in Malpeque.

Plans were made to make I quilt and also to have it card party and dance, proceeds for the Gallant family. Red Cross sewing and knit- ting was distributed.

A contest sponsored by Mrs. Fred Profitt was won by Miss Verjlne Orozler, The meeting closed by singing "She'll be coming round the Mountain". Refreshments were served by the hostess and a social hour followed.

RED POINT W. I.

.'On February 3rd the Red Point

Women's Institute met at the home of Mrs. Russell Garrett with the president. Mis. Charles Ching, pre- siding. i The meeting opened by singing the Institute Ode, followed by roll call to which 12 members respond- ed. Reading and approval of last month's minutes followed. and cor- respondence was read and discuss- ed. A letter from Mrs. Harold Laird regarding the short course extension was read, and it. was moved and seconded 53.00 be sent to this course; also that -a "get- well" card and s2.(l0 be sent to Mrs. Reggie Rose who is ill in the hospital.

it was planned to collect vege- tables, potatow. caiiiied goods, etc, for the Suuris Hospital, to be left at the home of Mrs. Charles Ching at noon February 6th and taken down the same day. The school committee reported dustbane and lemon oil is needed for the school. and the secretary asked to get

sick, Dan

same. Mrs. A. Robertson, Red Cross secretary. distributed the sewing and knitting among Ithe

members.

It was decided to hold a crokin- cle party in the Red Point school.

As there was no further business or discussion. the programme com- mittee. Mrs. A. Robertson and Mrs. T. J. Robertson, took over and put on very interesting jokes, contests and readings which were greatly enjoyed. followed by a. dainty lunch prepared by the host- ess, assisted in serving by Mrs. Ray Bruce and Mrs. Charles Ching, The meeting was closed by singing "God Save the Queen".

The Institute is to meet at the home of Mrs. E. 8. Rose in March.

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on February 2nd the members of Meadow Bank W. I. were entertain- ed at the home of Mrs. Ivan and Elmer Ciow.

The meeting opened in the usual way with the president presiding. Roll call was answered by each member telling of "A place I would like to visit and why".

Minutes of the previous meeting iwci-e read by the secretary, Mrs. Stanley Ilydc and approved. Coti- siderable correspondence was read discussed and dealt with according- ly. Red Cross conveners, Miss Laura Crosby and Mrs. Elmer Hyde re- ported that miiierial was received, cut out and ready for completion by the members. The sick commit- tee reported thcy were attending to their duty of remembering sick members with cards and extending sympathy to bereaved of the sur- rounding districts. The school committee being absent, there was no report. Mrs. Sterling Clow re- ported that. the sewing Club was progressing favorably,

meeting closed with the National Anthem.

ALBANY VILLAGE W. I.

-.... --The regular monthly meeting of the Albany Village Jubilee Wo- men's Institute was held on Fri- day, February 6th at the home of Mrs. E. V. McLeod with the pred- (eight. Mrs. Ray Cameron in the I .

The ", 4 by ' ' the "W. I. Carol" Ind repeating the "collect for Club Women" in unison. Mrs. E. V. accom- panied on the piano. Roll call was answered by 10 members and one visitor was piesent.

Minutes of the previous meeting were read. approved and signed. Correspondence was read and dis- cussed. The sick commit re- ported three tests given and bill of 73 cents was pald.. The school committee reported nothing need- ed.. New committ es were ap- pointed: Sick. Mn. Murdock Daw- son and Mrs. Ray Cameron; school, Mrs. Layton Green and Mrs. Ellsworth Bassett. It was moved by Mrs. Earle Boulter and seconded by Mrs. E. V. McLeod that 310.00 be sent to the "March of Dimes". Collection Imounted to 65 cents.

After a delicious lunch and social hour. the meeting adjourned by singing "God Save The Queen".

IIIGHFIELD W. I.

Mrs. Ralph Gay was hostess to the I-llghfield Women's Institute for the February meeting. The president presided and opened the meeting with the Institute Ode followed by the Creed. After the reading and adoption of the min- utes. the treasurers report was given. Nineteen members and two visitors were present.

Reports were given by the sick and school ccrrunittees. Mrs. Jack Rcdd,.reporting for the hall coin- mittee, stated that a card party had been held each week. also the amateur contest.

The correspondence, including I "thank you" card and several let- ters, was read and dealt with. Upon the motion of Mrs. W. Rodd. duly seconded by Mrs. Weeks, :5 was pledged to the central onice of the Womenls Institute Branch to help with their extension pro- gramme. Mrs. Lloyd Diamond moved that 310 be given to the March of Dima campaign. sec- onded by Mrs. I-Iurty. Upon mo- ticn of Mrs. W. Rodd. seconded by Miss Callaghan the treasurer was authorized to send :4 to the Drama Festival Association. A committee consisting of Miss Callaghan, Miss Munn, Mrs. Sanderson and Mrs. stockman was appointed as dele- gates. Mrs. S. I-lclroyd and Mrs. Ranahan were appointed to attend the annual Red Cross meeting and dinner to be held in the banquet room of the Y.M. C. A.

It was decided that I cake sale and a rummage sale would be held in the near future. Mrs. W. Rodd and Mrs. L. Macxlnncn were ap- pointed to make.the necessary ar- range-inen.ts.

The committee in charge of the Scouts and Cubs reported that a group meeting was to be held. All members wishing to send woollens to Fail-fields were advised to have them ready by the next meeting.

After considerable discusion. a committee consisting of Mrs. Hol- royd. Mrs. W. Rodd, Mrs. Cole and Mrs. MacPherson was appointed to make plans for re-decorating the interior of t e hall.

The next meeting is to be held at the home of Mrs. Bruce Mac- Pherscn. The lunch committee will be Mrs. Bryentcn and Mrs. Diamond (sandwiches). Mrs. John Holroyd and Mrs. Hurry (sweets). The hall committee will be Mrs. Balderson, Mrs. MacFar1ane. Miss Munn and Miss Callaghan.

The meeting closed with "The Queen", after which a delicious lunch was served by"iJhe hostess assisted by the committee in

Mrs. Charles Hyde read a letter from Lawson Drake in answer to n. Christmas cacrd sent from the institute. The collection from lhf' March meeting will be sent to the March of Dimes Fund.

This being Nationiil Health Week, Mrs. L. H. Drake read an article on health in the home; also an article was read from the Health Bulletin by Mrs. Charles Hyde.

An auction sale will be held at the next meeting which will be held at the home of Mrs. Elmer and Fred Hyde, Mrs. Charles Hyde and Mrs. Sterling Clow will assist the hostess with lunch. Mrs. L. H. Drake will be in charge of the pro- gram for the March meeting.

Collection amounted to 51.00.

"God save The Queen" brought the meeting to a close. after which a nut contest was put. on by Miss Laura Crosby and enjoyed by all. Everyone partook of the delicious lunch, served by the hostess as- slsted by'Mrs. Stanley Hyde, during the social hour following the meet- lng.

MAYFIELD W. I.

The February meeting of the Mayfleld Women's Institute was held It the home of Mrs. Eddy Cole. The meeting opened with the Ode followed by the Creed. The minutes were read and ap- proved. Roll call was responded to by eight members and one vis- itor. Coliection amounted to 1.1 cents. ' Letter-I received from Mrs. wal- ter Shaw. Mrs. Harold Laird and Dr. O'MearI were read. A parcel. and I letter of thanlu from the Jacob Wells Institute were report- ed received. The various commit- tees gave their reports. The only new committee. lunch consisted of'MrI. Nicholson and Mrs. Cole It was moved Ind seconded that 05.00 would be sent for Ihort courses, provided other Institutes were willing to co-operate.

charge. and I. social hour was en- joycd by all. I .........-...m-

STAN!-IOPE W. I. , ..M. ' Mrs. Bruce Ellis was hostess when the members of ,the stan- hope women's Institute met at her home on February 3rd.

The president opened the meet- ing by having the "Ode" sun.g.fol- lowed by the "Collect" repeated in unison. Fifteen members answered the roll call and there were four visitors present. ,

The minutes of the last meeting were read, approved and signed. The sick ccimmittee reported on calls made. and the school com- mittee reported nothing needed. New committees were appointed as follows: sick, Mrs. Louis Marshall and Mira. Ray Carr; school. Mrs. Alvin MIcLauchlan; program. Mrs. I-Ierb Kielly and Mrs. Lewis Klelly; lunch. Mrs. Malcolm MacLIuchlan and Mrs. wal Marshall.

Correspondence was re d and discussed. Ind it was de ideal to send a donation of 510 to the "March of Dimes" and C5 to the Extension Services planned by the executive of me W. 1. A balance of 08157. proceeds of the dance. was sent-to the coveheId Oom- murilty Hall Articles for sewing were distributed for the Red Cross, and two charity bundles were re- ceivod. Two new members joine the Institute and paid their fee.

Mrs. James lmclmuchlan kindly lnvit the members for theMarvch meeting. Roll call is to be In- swered by handint in I "Get Well" card. Also In Auction of miscellaneous articles is to be held. with the i donetirig the Iri- lcies. collection Imounted to 01.10.

The singing of the National An- them brought this put of the meeting to I close. -

"Blowing U9 BIlloone" was the name of one contest put on by the program committee. the other be- ing I. "run Pence" contest. Both cIused much mm t and every-

Plane were made for I Valen- tine social to be held in the hall, in which each member in to bring three things for lunch. It was singesiied that the teacher get I

the Irutitiite get I zinc bucket.

The next meeting will be held at the home of Mrs. wiliud Nichol- son. Lunch was served by the

one had: good true. A I " i lunch in served by the mains, assisted by the lunch committee. and A social hour enjoyed.-

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' CHARLOTTETOWN Women's Institute Meetings

the Creed in uninnn. and 16 mem- ber: and,cne visitor Inlwered roll call. Minutes of the last meeting were read and Idopted. Reports from GlrlI' Sewing Club, Iick committee and school commit- tee were given. It was decided to my; the school Ilgn re-painted and placed on the school.

It was moved and seconded that Mrs. Atwood Macltae and Mrs. Harold Benton attend the annual meeting of the Red Cross Society. Votes were recorded for the five delegates the Institute wishes to represent P. E. I. It the A. C. W. W. conference. It was moved and d d that the pledge for S5 be Ilgned to help in promoting the extension services of the W0- men'I Institutes.

Two sweaters and three pairs rocks were passed in for Red Cross.