and Isabel Woolner, Mrs. Isabel Beaton. At present Miss Doris Le- 
     
     Clair and Miss Alphonsine Thereault are in charge. 
     
    

    
     At least nine members are necessary for a class, but as many 
     
     as 24 can be accommodated. Classes are usually held in a community 
     
     hall or school, sometimes in a large farm home. At the end of the 
     
     Course, an “Achievement Day” is held, when each person displays 
     
     and comments on what she has accomplished. These “Days” are 
     
     attended by the Director of Women’s Institutes, accompanied occas- 
     
     ionally by a member of the Board. Guests are sometimes invited 
     
     when afternoon tea is served and each Instructor is presented with 
     
    
   
   
    
     a small gift. 
     
     So far as we know, this is the only Handcraft Van in Canada 
     
    
   
   
    
     serving the creative needs of rural women. 
     
    
   
   
    
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     THE W.I. AND THE PROVINCIAL EXHIBITION 
     
     (Old Home Week) 
     
    
   
   
    
     The Women’s Institute Booth at the Provincial Exhibition, 
     
     Charlottetown, was an attraction for many years. There was usually 
     
     an instructive and appealing display: A Child’s Lunch Box, properly 
     
     packed; Home—canned foods; Articles and foods commercially made 
     
     or packed in P.E.I., etc. 
     
    

    
     Following a disastrous fire at the Exhibition grounds which 
     
     destroyed the Main building where handicrafts had been displayed, 
     
     the Women’s Institutes were largely instrumental in having a new 
     
     building made available for this important women’s work. Each year 
     
     the W.I. Office staff takes charge of all entries, and volunteer mem- 
     
     bers of the W.I. Executive serve each day of the Fair, in caring for 
     
     the building and its contents. The Department of Agriculture awards 
     
     the prizes. An attractive Rest Room is a feature of the building. 
     
    

    
     In 1945, May 16 - 17, Miss Elizabeth Christmas, organizer for 
     
     the Women’s Institutes of England and Wales, was guest of the W.I. 
     
     in this province. A dinner in her honour was arranged by the Depart- 
     
     ment of Agriculture at the Charlottetown Hotel, at which some 40 
     
     guests were present, and at which Miss Christmas spoke on W.I. 
     
     work in England. The following day, the District Convention group 
     
     comprising South Milton, Harrington, Spring Park, the Central, 
     
     West and East Royalties, and Parkdale, held their convention so that 
     
     Miss Christmas might see our women in action. After her return to 
     
     England, following her Canadian tour, in conjunction with Lady 
     
     Tweedsmuir she made a collection of books through the N.F.W.I. for 
     
     Canada, a quota of which came to this province to say “Thank you 
     
     to the P.E.I.W.I. for their kindness and help during the War years. 
     
     Unfortunately, this collection was lost in our Office fire. 
     
    

    
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     In 1946, the W.I. were given the opportunity of receiving from 
     
    

    
     the National Art Gallery, a travelling Exhibit of Canadian paintings, 
     
    
   
   
    
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