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Boyntons show slides at Louise W.|. meeting by Marilyne Pnulnitz Louise W.l. held their lune meet- ing at Lamlash Hall wtth Helen Bailey hosting. President Carol Wcibc opened with a poem on the month of June. Helen Bailey read a passage from Luke 11:1713 and chose the song For The Beauty of The Earth. The Roll call - How to get a new member interested and an old member more active was answered with many interesting suggestions such as listening to younger members and their ideas. sharing knowledge .lnd keep meetings interesting. Your Happy and You Know it was \ung [or those celebrating birthdays ittltl anniversaries in June. Helen (’llllins had the hints and jokes and lL'nLl :l I’unny poem on lack. Phyllis Howie also read a poem titled A Clean Sweep a hilarious story of Montana's broom, Phyllis Dodsworth introduced guest speakers Jim and Lita Boynton who brought slides of their trip to England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. There were pictures of a model of an Irish village, a number of churches and castles. beautiful flow- eis, a naval base. a windmill farm for producing electricity and so many more interesting places They also visited Paynton to visit a son and his family. Coffee. Tea and dessert was served by the president and amistants. _ The next meeting will be a mp to the Owen Sound Museum on July 12th. 1995. me i; The Chesley Emu-prise, whammy, November 1. i995 Gillies Hill Women's Institute members hear about South Africa 7 The Gillies Hill Women's Institute met on October l8. President, Margaret McDonald opened the meeting Roll call was answered by naming a former resi- dent of your home, Dorothy Friar gaVe the scripture lesson from the Book of Psalms and Irene McAllister introduced our guest speaker, Mnrte Krautcr. Marie had visited South Africa as a representative of the Ontario Shorthom Association The group Spent three days in Johannesburg. but otherwise the trip was nitmly of an agricultural nilluro Milne showed us mtiny bt‘tulllul slides and gave it very Ink. sting come mcnlaty on them, She Sltld the average lurm ln South Al'rlcn is between 15,000 and 30,000 acres. and employs up to 450 workers and their families. who live in small huts nght on the farm. These large farms have their own schools and some even have their own vet clin- ic. Marie displayed many beautiful articles she had brougit back with her, including decorated and head» ed dolls and corveer wooden tini- rtials Dorothy Friar then reported. from the Associated Country Woman of the World (AC\V\V) nillgitllne, on projects institute members ("6 sponsoring through out the world 'llit: business portion tll the muelllip includtd it thank you [ruin the l’ttlslcy ugnuilttlml \tktr l k M L}; 77.1”“”[ menu/.1 J: 1 "’ ,i 4 (cilia/Jam .;/,,Jr.o Computerized sewing explained at Chesley W.l. meeting by Reta Hagedorn The Chesley Women’s Institute met at the Senior Citizens Centre for their regular meeting September 14. 1995. President Marilyn Durie was unable to attend because of illness, VicerPresidcnt Doneta Phillips con- ducted the meetingin her absence. The meeting entitled “Resolutions” with Vada Calhoun as the Convener. Vada had as her Guest for the meeting. Cathy Erwin who did a demonstration on her computer sewing machine. she also displayed clothing that she had made. The members decided that she is a very talented lady. The Motto “You don‘t drown by lt||lil|g in tlit: water but you will drtlwll it’ you stay there.“ Elsie Ml\|\lL‘ gave a very interesting talk on this subject. Vadll Calhoun read four resolutions done by other Women’s Institutes. Business proved to be quite length- ly, with our last meeting being in June there were quite a few reports from spedal committees. They were: bus trip to Milton Centennial Prelude Quilt show; Homecoming Float; Meeting at Brittany Villa; Catering Lunch at Bruce County Museum; Bus trip to Lion Safari, to help cele- brate Chesley Women‘s Institute 85th birthday; Auction Tea September 12th. it was a busy couple of months. A very nice lunch was served by hostesses Reta Hagedom and Kay MeCurdy. The Auction Tea was held on September lZLh. the door prize went to Edna Hellieritigton and the Goody Basket went to Bsie Miskie. ety and a letter from CDllS informing us that the recipient of our Gillies Hill scholarship is Kyla Ecker. Regarding the 100th anniversary of women's institute: in 1997. there is to he li tea towel design competition, and also a book on the history of the institute in Onlano to be sold at thirty dole tars a copy prerpublicalion. Margaret McDonald and Ella Moe Black g:ch interesting and informative reports on tho Grey-Bruce zircu convention which was held in Owen Sound. Our Christmas dinner will be held on December 13 at Geneva Presbyterian Church.