ers would take any medicine from them. Often she was called upon to bring sad news to people, for example, the eighteen year old who was going blind because he was in a tank blast. Margaret explained, ”One had to learn to accept people dying, losing their eyesight, and so on, but that didn’t mean forgetting it."

After the war was over, Margaret was advised to specialize in some aspect of the nursing field — the reason being that there would not be enough jobs for all the R.N.'s coming back from overseas. So Margaret enrolled in Veterans School where she successfully complet- ed junior and senior matriculation. She completed the two years course in nine months and obtained a high standing!

After Veterans School, Margaret worked for Indian Affairs in Edmonton, Alberta, where she did general hospital work. She then received a leave of absence to go to McGill University in Montreal to study public health nursing. She chose this field of study because of her genuine love for people and her desire to help them in whatever way she could. Needless to say, Margaret was extremely successful. Immediately following this course and with some reluctance, Margaret returned to P.E.I. where she began her career as a public health nurse.

As a public health nurse, Margaret served a large geographic area extending from Wellington to North Cape. She knew every road, every house, and every family in the area. Those who worked with her, especially teachers, observed that she was able to call most chil- dren by their first name and she certainly knew to which family each belonged. Sometimes she was stationed in Summerside where she travelled to Bedeque, Kensington ,and west to North Cape. It was a long day’s work and a full week! Work included such tasks as prenatal and infant care, immunization programs, checking heads for lice, looking for rashes, and counselling all ages.

”Well, the Doctor and I would start out at about 8:30 am. with our materials already assembled - needles boiled and sharpened beforehand. We’d arrive at about 9 am. and set up our ’portable clin- ic' and wash our hands. The poor little kids would be scared to death, all lined up, nervously waiting for their turn.” Margaret and the Doctor would give the kids their shots, then move on to the next school.

Also, as a health nurse, Margaret was a liaison person between the hospital and the community - a role she appeared to enjoy.

About her first office in O’Leary, Margaret explained, ”Well, my complete office was two rooms - the main office and another room. There was an old coal furnace which had to be stoked even on week-

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