Water Safety programs for our youngsters, and has arranged for First Aid classes in the district; and we have campaigned for an amber traffic light and for better road signs. In 1976 we received a first prize of $75 for our entry in the P.E.I. Safety Council's com?? petition. This was a book describing the various safety projects carried out or sponsored by this branch. The main item was the creation of a new playground for the children of Stanhope School, away from road traffic, on land leased from Parks Canada . This was cleared of thick brush, with the help of a Local Initiative Program grant, and trans?? formed with fencing, grass and playground equipment; our President, Margaret Power , acted as foreman to the workmen on this project. In 1979 we won first prize provincially and an honourable mention nationally with our entry in the Child Safety Program Kit competition, the topic being The Battered Child. This district has changed, in 50 years, from a purely farming and fishing community, to one containing numerous commuters, who work in Charlottetown and other centres, and retired people; and this trend will probably continue, so the W.I . will strive to adapt to changing conditions. One of our continuing commitments is to the Stanhope- Covehead Community Hall, which we support in many ways. We have raised funds for such essentials as furnace and pump, fire proofing, red exit signs and fire-extinguishers; we have supplied glasses, salts and peppers, creamers and sugars, flower vases and ash-trays, curtains and tablecloths; and have collected labels to provide coffee urns and serving trays. We also take our turn at cleaning the place! Our branch has catered to many gatherings held at the Hall: District Conventions and workshops, 50th and 60th anniversaries, weddings, and the showers which we give for local newly-weds. The Institute also helps with the food for the Lobster Suppers held to raise funds for the Hall. In early days W.I . members sometimes had adventures on then- way to and from meetings. In the winter of 1934 a sleigh-load of members was crossing on the ice, on the way home from a meeting; they lost the "bushed road" in the dark and in blinding snow, and were forced to spend the night on the opposite bank; Elsie MacMillan and Rose Gauthier will remember this night. They got the sleigh up off the ice onto the bank, into the shelter of some trees, covered the horse with the buffalo robe, and tried to keep warm by stamping around and swinging their arms. When daylight came the snow stopped and they could see their way across the bay, avoiding the channel where ice was thin, to the MacMillan home. When Elsie MacMillan took off her coat in the kitchen,... it stood up by itself ??? frozen solid. And in the early 1950s there was the hilarious mishap with the borrowed sleigh which tipped while being turned in a narrow 134