Warragul VIEW

At the March meeting of the Warragul Evening VIEW the club welcomed 53 members and two visitors.

Guest speaker was Beryl Weekly from the West Gippsland Genealogy Society.

Beryl spoke passionately about the book ‘ A Tribute to those who Served’. She told members how the book evolved and the research involved.

There was a call for people who had known of soldiers who served in World War 1 and were buried in the Warragul Cemetery.

Many hours of research went into the book. There are stories of 147 service people. It tells of their lives and our local Community.

One day a person was walking in the Warragul Cemetery and found where his grandfather was buried in an unmarked grave. This grave now has a military headstone.

One of the VIEW members was personally involved with the Keating family ancestors researched and are part of this book.

It is amazing of what people find out in research. They found out about war service and also what happened to them after the war.

President Del read out the first resolution members need to vote on. She also read out the rationale . Members are asked to read through the arguments for and against ready to vote at a later meeting.

Resolution 1 is ‘Increase and accelerate efforts aimed at reducing child poverty across Australia in line with Australia’s commitment to the United Nation’s sustainable development goal of reducing child poverty.

The social activity for this month was a visit to NGV to see The Krystyna Campbell Pretty Gift of haute culture and Parisian fashions. The women ventured in by train and had a wonderful day with a guided tour with explanation of the 150 gowns and styles on display. They enjoyed lunch at Southbank .

The group has a Bunnings barbecue on Saturday June 22.

All money raised will go to The Smith Family for our Learning For Life students.

Guest speaker at the next meeting on May 22 will be Gazette editor Carolyn Turner. The meeting will be held at The Back Tie 6-30 pm for 7pm.

Members and visitors are reminded to book for dinner by calling Lyn on 0409022076 by Monday, May 20.