WAIMATA VALLEY W.I.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19267, 8 March 1937, Page 2

WAIMATA VALLEY W.I.

.ANNUAL, meeting

Niw MEMBERS ELECTED

The fourth annual meeting of the V\mmnta Valley Women’s Institute was he d in the Waimata Hall last 11 1 ms«l.i>. There was a good attendance of., members and live visitors, among whomwere bisl,r May Hard liter, president oE theiovertv 1 iiiv Federation of Womens Institmk and .Mrs. W. A. McCliskie , scoretai vireasurer of the federation, in the ah.seme of Mrs. C. Clraham.'flfa presithe meeting was presided-over by .Mrs.'..l. Q. ..Mazengarb. Tlw meeting'opened with the ans.litnle song.and f. fie if Sister May retuHhe aspirations’" A motion of eondolenoe • witJi -'it. '-,„d \trs -C.7 Graham in tlieir recent, be-reavimenr-’Was", passed, the;. .. members

standing in silence. , - , Till* dl’fiiilyl'pi-estdeiit thep". fecetved apoldties frtf 'ahfenre and welcomed the visitovs, presenting Sister May and -Miss McCliskie with a posy of llofEWjlhl'ee ncv.- '‘members were nominated and elected, bringing the roll to'"2s members. T’h'e motto for the day was “if you know something -good -pass it, on ami the ioll rail.. .‘‘Uses, of lemons.’ was vervTwell answered. As-t-here were only six members available for. the committee (Wring to the absence overseas of soinok members and the unavoidable absence of others, permission was granted to have e.ommittey; ftf’srx for six njnntlrsA jai'ifl- therefore aii election was not necessary. Mrs. V. Greaves was elected "president,.. .Miss' vice presiefent, and "Mrs. J. (’- Mazengarb. seereUlry and treasurer, Mesdames .1. (Jillgfeii* and P. Quinn and Miss K. Bryson forming’the- rest of the committee. A fair amount of correspondence was dealt with. Members regretted that they were limlMe'. loVaccepi. '.the Waerenga-a-hika institute’s invitation to their birthday and also that they'were unable to enter a team.for the.. Qravna festival. The annual repoitf) and balance sheet showed a very satisfactory position. When moving the adoption ol the report and balance - sheet, Airs. Alazengarjj congratulated the secretary oil the vej-J" clear and correct way she had prepared them, and called on the members to show, their appreciation in a suitable manner, The report and balance sheet were passed unanimously. After a delicious home-made afternoon tea l)gd been partaken of, Sister May Gardiner-addressed the meeting and gave many helpful suggestions for the improvement of the institute as a whole. Her talk was greatly enjoyed by the members! who were sorry that the time did not allow of a longer peViod for this portion : of " the programme; Mrs. W. A. McCliskie also gave a few very helpful hints on institute affairs. Votes of thanks were passed to the following -.-—To Sister May Gardiner and Mrs." McCliskie, for being present at Hie meeting; to Mr. W. Jones and Air. 1.. Newman for. services rendered: to Mrs. \V. Jones and Airs. Mazengarb for substituting when the president ami secretary were absent; and the retiring committee. Special mention was made of the retirin'' president. Alls, j.j./jrajiain. and secretary, Mrs. -I. L. Graham. Mrs. J. Gillgreu. after a few happy words, presented Mrs. J. 1,. Graham with a Victorian posy as a, small token of the institute’s appreciation. In reply, Mrs. Graham said how much she had appreciated working with the members and that she regretted that owing to force of circumstances she had had to resign from the committee. She wished the new committee every success and thanked the members for their kindly thoughts of her.

Opportunity was taken to bill farewell mul “bon voyage” to -Mrs. \\ . Jones, who leaves lor England at an early date. Mrs. Jones suitably replied. Mrs. 1,. Newman gave a very interesting demonstration on bow to preserve apples. wi,t,h.sulphur and a. vote of thanks to her was called for by Mrs. Jones.

The 'competitions for the day were: I’ot of apple jelly.—Miss P. Jones. 1: Mrs. .V. Greaves, Mrs. J. C. Mazengarb and Mrs. Dunn, equal, 2. Homemade gjoves.—Mrs. Greaves, 1; Mrs. J. G. Ma/.engarb, 2. The. meeting closed with the singing of the National Anthem.