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FEB. 19 - 1:00 PM. Hillier Hall TOPIC: Tweedsmuir History Presenter, Peggy McLeod, Provincial Tweedsmuir Historian ROLL CALL: A community/WI story TEA: Dunlay Ruth Crawford, Johanna DeVries Brenda HOSTESS: Joyce Brown Pat VanKregten Volunteer hours Hillier WI hears about Tweedsmuir history In Roberta Markellar Please note there it it change regarding nur next meeting. Although the dale is still March l8. we are meeting in our own Hillier Hall [which is different from the prmteti programi. This will be a regular meeting ruining at the usual time of l pm. During this meeting arrangements for the Potluck Supper will be attained. This evening event takes place on Math 25 and is by tflVlmtlmt nnlyt Our mccung. which was held on Feb. [9 In the Hillier Hall way a busy malt. Several members 1mm other Wl's accepted 1m ln\‘lr tatttm to listen to our guest speak ei, Peggy MeLeud talting about the Tweetttmiiir History. Peggy is the Prmtncinl Twccdsmulr Htsml‘lan. with lots of knowledgeable informaunn at her ringenips Peggy mnuntrab ed (in her iamily history and the methods used to research this information Our roll call. which was "l\ Community/WI story". was a bit or a mixed bag. with mm: a iew members having a lot of lllformar lion. while others were a bit spurst- on the sntneet. Wt.- dld find out that the W] was formed m7 years ago The main highway in Hillier used to be the Danfnrth Road. [ gathered the quickest and easiest mute along the shoretmnt from Cnnsemn was to travel along the shoretront road. coming out at Huycks Point. At one point the highway crussed the railway lines two times, Following a couple or accldcllls at these crossings, the powers that be had to rethink this plan and change the route. slurb ing Consecon altogether. Several years as . Hllllcr WI took on the responsi Iity at [end ing to the upkeep at Station Road up to the station itself, Ruth hid some wonderful niiormtitiun regarding Mcrle's mother. Mrs. Della Wannztmaker. In 1936 when delegates from around the world attended an ACWW luncheon. held In T110 Royal tort Hotel in Tomato. she sat beside Frau Reich Hitler's representative Another little gem came from Pamela. At the Feb. 19 meeting in 1948, them was a guest speaker who gave I talk on Communism. The rule call that day was “Why do you prefer Democmcy’!“ John Studeman from Cam» bridge. ON wits an unexpected guest tit tiur meeting today. John hits been studying the Tweedsniuir History for several months. He was at the Pictml Archive office this momlng where he teamed Peggy McLeod was [0 be our speaker, and decid- ed to come aldiig and listen. Please remember that if you have items to sell at the auction. which takes place at out poiluelt supper, that these are handed to Peggy- Decoratiuns tor the potluck are to be given Io either Joanne Van Der Wyst or Mary Darling- ton The film “Calendar Girls" is coming to the Regent in Pinion soon CAxl'fl Dinar-0t]