Mount Hope WI Tweedsmuir Community History Volume 2, p. 14

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fi--W - __ e"" - ---'---rp, - ,s _--- - F I vol »II l, CONT 'D HISTORY OF MOUNT HOPE WOMEN'S INSTITUTE ',' A i, "What's Ahead for School- We had a bus trip to Hamilton in July. On _ Dr'op-0uts". the way we toured Wittich's Bakery. At 1 Hamilton we had a box lunch at Dundurn Park I On Family Night, Mr. after which we toured the International ' Harry Ackert was guest Baler Twine plant, the Coco-Cola plant and 3 Speaker and told in a Rock Gardens. 's very Interesting manner ' " of his trip to the Boy In September we had a demonstration on Tri- ', Scout Jamboree in Chem liquid embroidery by Mrs. Elsie Marathon, Greece. On Cottrill. _ display, he had many _ souvenirs of his trip. At the October meeting we had a Family 1 night. Members of the schoolboard and _ Early in the year several of our members their wives were guests. Each member spoke 1 travelled to the Bruce-Lea Haven, Walker- on the duties of the schoolboard. ton, where we took part In a program for . , the Senior Citizens. At the November meeting we had an auction l sale, gave a donation to the Canada Mysore 3 Four of' our members travelled to Guelph project and brought Christmas gifts for the , by chartered bus to hear an outstanding Saugeen Indian children. ll speaker, Mrs. VanBeekhoff, President of _ 'l the Associated Country Women of the In January we had a talk on 'Folk School' f World. _ held in Bruce Motor Motel last Easter by Mrs. Harold Simpson of Arkwright. Again we took part in "keeping house" at the Log House at the Bruce County Museum. =,T,,,t,y, February we had an 'l-trye-tl-fr-ole,,),?" 1 -------------, --* ( This year the members' bus trip took them . st 1 to tour the Georgian China Shop, the Blue -, Mountain Pottery, Smarts' Canning Factory _ _ at Collingwood and the Martyrs Shrine at d Midland. P R E S I D E N I '. In July our members entertained the West . .y and Arran Institute, when Mrs. McCosh was _ guest speaker. Our members travelled to South Saugeen as visitors in June and to tre Tara W.I. In March. * * * it; For Home f , and Country * * an :en- * * * * * " . 'e . .ict . :der- "Written by Mrs. Arnold Misch, March 1964. M E B N A K s H I If? i ' nor ; Highlights of Mount Hope Branch 1965-66 E . CC' The May Meeting programme was an inter- l, May 15, 1965 'j ' national swap programme with India. Six 1 International Program members put on an Indian play, 'President '/ _ th 31, Meenakshi ' . l L966. In June for Agriculture and Canadian In- I dustries programme we toured the Havaniit's F springmount Nursery and the Owen Sound Sun- ( E2 Times in Owen Sound. C.---.------------------ _ _ At the July meeting we had guests and met in _ S. S. No. k School. The District President, ' Mrs. Harold McArthur, spoke on the words h 'Women's Institute'. - "I 3e- 1tiiirl iligli

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