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THE COUNTRYWOMAN News from Australia New South Wales May 7th, i955 was a "inciiioi'iiblc_day in the history of the Country Women's Association of New south Wales." Th ir journal continues, "Our new Rom-a House was oiiiciaily opened, at Victoria Parade, Manley. Here in greater convenience and comfort, many thou. sands of country women and childreniand men too, if they are husbands and fatllcrsiwill now enjoy sea. side holidays to keep them in health and gh'c mom greatcr zest for that great ble .iug, life on the lant The State President comments "In nine months we have opened two new Seaside Homes and one club, as well as started work on one new Headquarters ant] Handicrafts building. All of these are the result of the sterling service given by our members--that s_ vim; which gives without thought of reward, but which is amply rewarded by the knowledge of a worthwhile jnli well done." Queensland The Editor of the Queensland Countrywoman writes: "It is at the great Conference of the Q.C.W.A, held eve ~ year, that one really 'rcaliscs'thc advance and .prclid of the influence of this Association. Year after year we hear of how in one in A way community alter another. as well as in the big cities and towns, women wearing the Q.C.W.A. budget are becoming more numerous and their good works in the shape of hostels, halls, restsmoms, librarics and other amenities are plain for all to see and enjoy," ' V In l9;5 about sixty members of the Younger sets attended the Conference. and by their hearing and intelligence reassured the older members that the filtilic of the c.w.i\. will he sate in their hands. It is interest ing to note that these girls noted a Migrant Camp as part of their programme: "Many of the girls drummed up with New Australians of their own rig t and visited homes and had a wonderful time. with many pronuscs of letters to be exchanged and addresses gwcn there and then." South Australia ' Items of news reported in the South Australian Countrywornan include: A Commonwealth subsidy of [2,000 for the Home for Aged People 'spoiisoretl and c 'ed out entirely by Clare incinhcrs". A. ambit building has been purchasch and "\\ill be lined out and maintained by the Branch". t vcntV-fivc C.W.A. members helped the "Children's iIohdar'hcheme by inviting migrant children. mostly living in hostel , to stay in their liotnestome of the older children hate remained in the country and coin. incur-rd work. ilcrc is the desired result of the scheme similatiou." The Secretary of Postal Branch tells the story at I, niemhe s r -,en'r illness, When she collapsed with an internal liaelnorrllagc a gun ll'ad to be fired to attract the IICIII'L'SI neighbour's fittt'llimn. A'C W.A. member who had been a nurse hcforc her marriage, managed to 'Ct to her on a fciller's trike and give inicctions to matC the blood coagulate slimcicnily for the patient to be taken on a lung. \vcarisomc jmlrnz'y on another fettlcr's trike to a place where the Flying Doctor could iittci'fl to her Here a own, member sat up with her bf night id subsequenth other members risired 1"". brought her delicacies'to cat and iooitcti after hei laundry Tasmania An Editor ii in the Tasmanian 'Counlrywamafl reported that "from early Spring to Autumn ('95:?- interest centred around our own Exhibition and Ag" cultural Show. Changing years haye neier lesscnct '1'" (Might Counti'ylvonien show in women's liantlilvm'l'l especially the needle crafts. No longer are these no products of gentle interest and the iiiiin v of idle hou's' Too often, work shown has been (lime at the end 0f long and ("mg days, but, that quiet lioiir has broung l'c'qcc [\()I [in]: heart'as 'Well as a sense of accomplishment - r em )crs, bringing their work to a Show, have 1"" mm best efforts into it. Strengm and b They know its weakness and"): its 6 k Y CDmparisuu may more easin cor [ "3 inc", aml further its strength. During the 135 Exhibition it was mosr encouraging [0 see bits 10" 5 rri " ' . 3 Eglclign'cd, but hungcring to see the craft 5 n wrote If a man sings a better song, or hulk" rap lhzm his neighbour, tho' he build; mesh lhe world will find its my to 11" Victoria 1955 marked the fourteenth birthday of [l'lC Owl" IIcalelp scheme. anti their maga' he tells ns "[1" in the [$3.9m evidence of the need for the sciicnfl6 mcmlmg" mg number of applications received from media]. [(53 applications, 188 were fulfilled, 3" 33.) not no help was available for the tel-mifling "0f the 677 C.VV.A inn 1 donations to the Home Hel 1cschem I t I e , at H" "Source ofyincomepis to be [he _ sgnlng Fund. So if country branches Continua their support it is h . 0 Cd to this i . _ id 50 secure more 5mmP of d e the helpers wagLS 1" ie 8 . .rc . were many that paid trihu 77 mm" mm"! d" . . tc to the sch : l "ML: full of ltraist for the helper who had beefs-m tilin-m' Western Australia Here too handicr- afts are in the llci' with a filth" "r a Divisional pic what. in "'5 , . i Handicraft Schonlyvsétem Australia, of a recently belt a .. - "n Volt itel' t r - ' '3 Tl Ci'C 1" room uctiipied b I "W H» ' « V 50111 - 7 mil" hers to boot, silence re" m mm" and C'" 'A' ' . 1t llsneti, absolute and complete! H Miss A. int t down icy trig; 01y cool picture of a skier had no tiinef ""he husky t-oiced lady fromX ad Previous] . or [hose innocent remarks of liCl's ' 'at t I broke fly tonrnlseti ns . . . Tire sad thing W'" ' me with hertiltl enchanted silence. Mrs. C Presenmfvine on the l R a" With our ioint initials lovinle cn[hated with rm "mm"- - lc said i desert-ed m "c "m I' masterpiece all my life!" 0n a lay fl 7 iAiam'] '95- 394 made voluntary , THE COUNTRYWOMAN Peeps into History When 'Comitrywumtilz' readers were askcll lo lake 1310:! in a competition [or to; article telling the story of then land, and how they mid their forebears have worked '11, all [he urilrl'c were my hue-resting. some howevzr, grmlllv it 'erlctl the length laid {lawn m the roles! Smut-'loltl the history of llteir country, mislead of the story of their own [zll'lit Idlitl. Bill the thin]: you will Enjoy the following L'xll'llcls {ruin articles hth for 01w Mason or another (lid not qualify for the prize. The Netherlands "on a line morning in spring, I was planting our potatoes, find very busy I was--the plant potatoes in my apron. I aimed them at the holes. neatly in a row. Pop one potato in a hole, close the hole._ another potato, another kick--and then I see something glistening m the soil. What can it be? A button? But no. it'wa's a Coin, an old silver Dutch coin, and after some polishing we saw the date of 1698. Now the castle we see from our garden was just finished then. It was built as a hunting castle for King William III who, perhaps, lost this coin when huntingl . . . Our second coin was found near the asparagus beds. The date was i793, when crinoiined ladies and pcrukctl gentlemen from the castle prorncnadcd through the lane of young red beeches--a fine novelty then and much appreciated. Three of these enormous old at s. still in a row, stand in our garden and show the direct tinn of that old avenue. ' The children were responsible for_tllc_third find--a gold pair of spectacles--like yc see in pictures of tlic lliedcrmcvcr period. An opt ian, very much interested in our spoils, told us that the possessor must ll£\\C bccn the Burgolnaster of a century ago who bought a piece of land from the casrlc and who was the original builder of our home . i " ' The writer, It Stam Dresselhuys, says it "as always a wonder to her that the Germans did not find her own pewter and antique copper \t'thh she had buried in the garden when they occupied her home in the [939-745 war. She says it s some while after the Liberation before she found time to polish all those spotted and rusty ti urcs again. U.S.A. "Retreat Farm li in the centre of Baltimore County, a union of Maryland well-known for its rolling hills _ dos and beautiful valleys, and as the horse country. Until August i953, the property had but one owner-7 the Corsuch family . . , Religion has always been a controlling influence in men's livcs. An nl standing example was the family ancestor, Archbishop Santlys, i5l9-t588, of York Cathedral. Following the struggles between churches and State. anti depending upon the faith of England' ruler milch of the Archbishop's life was spent t'lll'K'l' in [hit dungeons in the Tower of London or at the Cathedral. As a result of early explorations. it is llll(lcl'$lllll(lzli)i(' that the Archbishop's soil, Edwin, born t65l, felt. with other Englishmen. earliest desires to form the London and Pivtnoulh Compani , for sending colonists over to the new world and lb making permanent settlements. After being insrrumcutal in securing the Charter for the pilgrims who came over in the Mayflower, dwin became treasurer of the Virginia Company, and is listed as one of the founders of Virginia . . . The Archbishop's great grand-(laugl'ttcr, Lady Aline liol'elzicc and the Reverend John Gorsuch D.D. were married in 1628 and with their children fled from the fury of the Puritans and found refuge in Virginia. Four of their children came up into Maryland Colony . . . The name 'Retrciit' came from the B sh invasion in ism when John Gorsuell, born 767. loaded the family, and as many possessions as possible on carts and sent them up the trail [0 his forest lilrin. He remained and enlarged the house adding a three storey stone part, with a long upper gallery across tilt: front. Iron bars were in all the cellar windows, for keeping our the panthcrs and nob-es roaming the for In the ho e cellars beneath them. were stored quantities of food for the many attached to the old homestead . . . Dick isou Gorsucll, i826-t882. devoted his whole life Before the Dcpartment of Agriculture ipcrimental Stations L ted, he was experimenting with farm crops, mixing his own fertilisers and develop. ing his oichartls and pure--bred cattle. The first Guns powder Farmer's Club was organised at 'Rctrcat' in [370. also the old Glencoc Grange in i876 In i878 he was one of the directors of the Niaryland Agricultural Soe' ry which grew into the present Maryland State Fan- and Agricultural Society, Timonium. The house burned in r9i7 with its quaint architecture and old ghosts and forgotten menim" " Retreat Farm was purchased for tr nursery garden from the \i'riit-i' Mary Mitchell, who is -ll]C last descendant of Dickinson Gorsiich. New Zealzmd "Our Story. ' Contributed by Mrs. E R. E. Blair, "goes i); k far, It) the we t coast of Scotland, when the Duke of Hamilton Cn\l('(l the l'iiismyth's their beautiful (lcucc anti secured it in the troublous Scottish times. he family moved to . inburgh and became known as l'hC Fathers of Scottish Painting. The drawing of the first steamboat in 5 made by the father. As well as the loss of their hmnc occurrence was the burning of It whom the populace considered a witch. as she read her bible with two p.ui.- of gin es and owned a black cat . . . Had i lived then, rd hat fared no hctte I hare a black cat, use reading glas dark on - on topl The poor woman w burnt in Scotland as a witch. The N. smyth motto w s 'Noil nrte st-tl martc' but Jaint-s Nalstnyili, the inventor altered ii to 'Non matte SCLi Ile'lt'illUf "ill but art. This noictl inclnbcr of the family lurcnit-tl hundreds of tlliu ' lilt' finest being the Safety Foundry Ladle and a Sr n iiammcr. lil the years to come lily father's father croctetl one in his own foulidry in Napier. New Zealiiild." another dreadful )t-lh Naismytli, because , and if in sun, as [be last to be o me no irii lit. ise all "m. tn.