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PAULS INSTITUTE planned the bus trip to the official opening of the. provincial office near Guelph and beside Vivian is Donna Willows, president of South Perth Institute in front of the new headquarters. n m o n are e hin s e 1. ~ _ & m By Ruth Skillings November 10 is Ladies Day Luncheon at the Royal Winter Fair, total cost Browns school was the setting for the Fall Board meeting of the Oxford _ including Horse Show is $45. The Irwin Family from Kintore is providing the North District Women‘s Institute. entertainment this year. Fortyâ€"nine persons came together first for a lunch of fruit bread and Anna P. Lewis has been nominated to the Agricultural Hall of Fame. | cheese with time for fellowship. A number of displays were up, showing _ Laurine thanked Oxford North for their enthusiasm and support and goodbye. * activities of the summer. Ruth Matheson, curator, thanked the branches for supporting Linda I Annie Uren played the piano for the singing of the Institute Ode to open _ Ambrose, when she was in Oxford North, by bringing their Tweedsmuir the meeting and O Canada at the close. President Marlene Matheson â€" Histories and members to talk to her. A great Tweedsmuir Workshop this | $ opened with a reading ‘When I‘m a Grandma‘. August. Your Tweedsmuir Histories are as good as you make them. We are ; | _ Fran Rutherford, secretary of the Oxford4H Council, was introducedby _ urged to keep a section on quilts. Marlene. 4H work is looked after by the councils now, very little Chris Wiffen reported for PRO, advertise your meetings before they | connection with OMAFRA. & happen and report on them in an interesting way after they happen. A number | She gave the list of 4H Clubs that are available for young people 10 to _ of ladies reported that their papers weren‘t interested. We are fortune here to } 22 years, they cover many different areas, where young people learn to do _ have a paper that is. | by doing. The large age span has been posing some problems, so they are With much discussion, it was decided to continue CanSave support for one running some junior and other senior clubs, which members seem to find â€" overseas project and one Canadian project. As our number of branches s t more suitable. â€" decrease and the cost of projects goes up, the amount needed from each branch | Qoncern was raised that homemaking clubs are not stressed or as readily _ does get pretty high. | available as before. Everyone needs to live in a home so those skills are Education Workshop o | important to every person. â€" â€"The Education Workshop nearest here is at St. Pauls Community Hall on | Fran mentioned the supporters and friends of 4H that provide monies for _ Nov. 28, either afternoon or evening. Offered this time is stained glass | members to attend leadership schools, 4H camps and exchanges. In other _ sweatshirts, (you bring your own sweat shirt, preferably a dark colour) or z | times, it was only the children from families who could afford to pay their _ making gift bags. t k. 2 | "way that could go, now there is help for others. Twentyâ€"one Oxford 4Hers Those attending Geneva Park gave their highlights, in short form and also ‘ attended a leadership course this year. the Official Opening of the Head Quarters, Marlene had them documented by Gives final report pictures on her displays. t s Laurine Mcintosh, Provincial Board Member for subâ€"District 23, gave Oxford North‘s 90th Anniversary is 1995, a committee of Vivian | her final report as her term ends shortly. W.1. members are urged to write _ McDonald, Linda McCorquodale and Evelyn Arthur had some very imaginaâ€" to local Boards of Education including Family Studies courses in the _ tive ways to celebrate sometime in June. Branch presidents to bring preferâ€" | curriculum: The education committees are being requested to have more _ ences to Marlene at London Area Convention which is at Mt. Brydges in | emphasis on family skills and a little less on crafts. ~ Oetober‘| ) Â¥"~ CC m > | All young people should be made aware of scholarships available for 4H | members. Also there are scholarship for W.I. members who are going F back to school and upgrading their skills. Irene Richardson won one of | those scholarships last year. ’ â€" | It is possible, with two weeks notice, for branches to visit the head office | of FWIO and hold their meeting there. After July 1/95 there will be a $15 f | charge, but free until then. * j J