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-- Guests were introduceg by Linda Freiburger. At thig time Lois Freiburger Pre. sented Cliff Buckinghaln w nc tieffed n s oi +) fGst of hig laque in honor Bang B with a Sccrelary--lrcasurcr Doreen MacAdam did {p, ratification of the disu-;ct directors, gave the MinUteg of last year's annual, the financial statement, dong. tions and correspondeney reports. President Lois Freiburger presided for the meeting and Toos Kingma gave the wel-- come. Roll call was answered by the district directors present. ing their money for Pennies for Friendship and articles for the Erland Lee Home to sell during the Summer months at the Lee. The host branches were Solway -- Southline Brant, South Saugeen, Tara and Teeswater. The theme of the meeting was caring and sharing. On Thursday, May 25, the third annual meeting was held in the Elmwood Community Centre with 124 members attending. by Pat Calhoun _2 OPD _ 27 years as treasurer of the deceased member is lc:-;end District WI holds annual meeting Board _ director _ Fran Farrell conducted the elec-- tion of officers. Past presi-- dent Lois Freiburger; presi-- dent Linda Freiburger, first vice president Betty Anne Thompson, _ second vice president Gunne Weber, and secretary--treasurer Doreen MacAdam. Some new businesses are that a In Memorium Book be purchased for the district and be in the hands of the secre-- tary. Any branch that has a Guest _ speaker _ was Yolanda Cameron, funcral director from Walkerton. She gave a very informative talk of her work as a funcral director and answered many questions. She also gave pamphlets telling of how to deal with death and funcrals. The Regional Scholarship was presented to Christene Farrell from Ripley by Edna McCarrell. Tartan _ Committee, _ also Marie Hammell and Mary Ziegler presented a gift on behalf of the Bruce County Tartan to the retiring treasur-- Some comi;lg events is the Grey--Bruce area convention on Oct. 3 at the Chesley Community Centre. The Bruce County rally is on Oct. 26 in Tiverton. Retiring president Lois was presented with a gift by Linda and Betty. Anne. Courtesies for the day were given by Betty Anne. The royal anthem closed the meeting. wiseh The second new business is that Gillies Hill Branch presented Marion Schlorff the museum representative with a cheque to help restore the log cabin at the museum and they challenged other branches to do the same this year. There was a display of quilts _ for -- Participation Lodge auction, which had been made by the branches. The third new business. is that it was suggested that a short report be given by committee members at the annual meeting and a printed teport be given to each branch. the" name and the branch name to the secretary.