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l . . s" l/gl, /3 1 CDNT'D HISTORY OF MOUNT HOPE NBMEN'S INSTITUTE 1969-1970 ~Mount Hope had guests from Fruit" was held. " Arkwright and Elsinore ' . k on Pyititutrs with Mrs. Harry l4tisnmatiy, Mrs. Earl Busch attended a meeting and BPO g d d District President, as guest speaker. a F.N.I.C. National Convention which she at an e . . MPS. Gordon Cunningham showed slides- Miss. Reasbeck spoke in using our leisure time tar local scenes at a meeting. to best advantage and showed slides of various crafts. . Dr,, Jean Lawson of Southampton spoke on 'Maintaining good Health'. Mount Hope w.I. celebrated the 75th Anniversary of the founding of the Federated women's ';* family Night was held in the church Institute of Ontariouwith a dinner served by AC In November. west Arran w.I. in their Community Centre. Harvey Monkman spoke on the Hall- . Dennis Report. . u o o o . . 1e,"t2""tyi",'ci,tmi"hi Slides " a trip 1972-1973 Mrs. Richard Fenton, District Presi- 18 S 88' _ dent, was a guest at a meeting. She . - apoke on 'Homes' stressing what constitutes a Mrs. cl. D. Disher displayed Chris good home and the importance of being a good tmas table decorations at the hom mak r and m ther December meeting. a e o q Several members attended the Dominion Life Choir Concert in Southampton Presbyterian " . . . . Church. - Mr. and Mrs. Elgin Vanwyck of Owen Sound, volunteer 1970 1971 'f,',',"')",",?:'"]),,',',:,,':',.?,',"',','):,",:', 352:: workers with the St. John's Ambulance demon- Learnin strated various bandages and told of the work iilo of the organization. we had a bus tour to Dresden. Miss Barbara DeVisscher was announced as the new Mrs. Gordon Monkman showed slides of Home Economist for Bruce County. tit trip to the British Isles. we took the course 'Hnacks of Sewing with Hnits'. I Mrs. Russel wagner was presented with Mrs. Vida Milford, Deputy Reeve of Port Elgin, a departure gift. was guest speaker and gave an address on munic- ipal affairs. i, T Family. Night was held in November with j Robert Byers of Allenford giving a Mrs. Ross Richards and Mrs. wm. Watson gave a I talk on Insurance. demonstration of home-made Christmas decorations. I They also decorated a cake. , Mrs. Lindsay Thornburn spoke on the ; Retarded School near Port Elgin. T O O I I . I 1973-197h Mrs. Ferguson of I3hesley gave a talk f prrttmatahi.ng the English language to , 19'71-19'72 Four H girls and their mothers new Canadians. were present for the April ' g .c.", treating. The girls demonstrated salmon Mrs. D. Bryce of Bart Elgin gave an interes- 'r f '2) and onion dips and had their books on ting account of her trip to Australia to visit t " display. a pen pal. there. . . The h-H girls served a smorgasbord Mrs,, G. Pollock, District President, attended ? luncheon to celebrate our 15th Anniversary. a meeting a spoke on Public Relations. I Mount Hope v.1. members visited Bruce- A bus trip was taken to weston's Bakery, Doone (, Lea Haven and presented a short program. Pioneer Village and the Kitchener and Hespler i Fabric Outlets. ( Mrs. Neil Sinclair was a guest speaker and _ . : spoke of a recent trip to New Zealand and Mrs,, Stier o: stthigan was present at a i Australia. meeting and o o a tobacco Industry from . the planting of the seed to the final harvest. i i Members and guests enjoyed a bus trip to and marketing " the product. i Barrie. The course 'Creative Stitchery' was taken and " i t . f The Senior Training School for "Ontario . also the course Baked in a Pie'. _ y l The members took a tour of the Tam Thompson l. i i