2. aptly chosen, pertaining to the health and welfare of the family, self betterment and community improvement. At the home of Mrs. Jos. Edgar, Dec. 9, 1910, Mrs. A. E. Peters led a discussion on "The Xmas Dinner - Decorating of Tables, and Recipes for Xmas." Miss S. Campbell of Brampton addressed forty women in June 1910 having chosen as topic, "The Judicious Housekeeper and Homemaker." At an afternoon meeting June 3, 1912, in the Orange Hall Miss Smillie chose as her theme Disease Germs,! there were fifty women present. One can imagine the interest created as in this era. scourges such as diptheria, scarlet-fever and tynhoid were rampant. No modern wonder drugs had yet been discovered to combat these grim enemies. That same evening an audience of one hundred listened to an address "Canadian Literature and Writers." At a mid-July meeting in 191^, Miss M. Edgar chose to speak on "Women's Help to Women." Three members, Mrs. A. Anderson, Mrs. Edgar and Mrs. Wm. Dunbar combined ideas to prepare and discuss "The mother, what she owes to herself, the home and the community." Meetings, at times, were of a more informal nature. One July day in 1911, the group met at a summer cottage in The Park, Sundridge. A social afternoon was planned for Nov. 8, 1912, at the home of Mrs. MacMurchie where the ladies brought along their fancy work. There is much evidence that these women believed that actions speak plainer than words. Their good deeds were many. In 1912 Institute funds were used to buy a bedstead, springs and mattress for a member who had lost most of her household furnishings in a fire. Quilt blocks were often brought to meetings to be patched later and then quilted for needy families. It would appear that a supply of quilts was ever available. In 1915$ a letter was written to the Sick Children's Hospital to find out the cost of an operation for a child. An entertainment was organized for a September evening that year, the proceeds donated for a flowing well to be installed on the school grounds. The work and achievements of The Women's Institute of Sundridge during the First World War (191^-18) were outstanding. Their zeal in those years will be related in a later chapter. A special meeting was held May 29, 1919 to discuss the buying of the Baptist Church which at that time had no active congregation. It was decided that the building would be purchased and the price was determined. Until this date, The Institute had had no specific