Dear Members,
We had an excellent Members Meeting and AGM at The Institute last night. Beryl Mann WI Adviser was in attendance and ran the voting for committee members and president for the year 2017-18. We were all delighted that Diane was voted in as President for another year. Two long-standing committee members, Caroline and Bernice, much to everyone’s great dismay stood down. Their presence will be very much missed.
A new member, Cathy, agreed to join our committee and our first meeting of the new WI year will be held soon.
For the evening’s entertainment, Pat kindly provided all the ingredients for spring cake decorations and soon we were modelling white rabbits and yellow chicks, adding tiny flowers to their stands and painting on faces. Pat even offered tiny cellophane bags to carry home our new treasures in.
A Raffle, wine, soft drinks and nibbles, completed the evening’s entertainment, all of which was very much appreciated by all attending members. Floral bouquets were presented to Caroline and Bernice and to Beryl, whose birthday we saluted.
Our evening began with a rousing rendition of WI Hymn, Jerusalem, composed by Hubert Parry in 1916.
Margaret Halstead