Dunham Women’s Institute

Eight members of the Dunham Women’s Institute met on March 7, 2018 at the home of Joyce Proctor. President Shirley Vaughan called the meeting to order and thanked the hostess for her hospitality and the members for coming. The Mary Stewart Collect and the Salute to the Flag were repeated in unison.

Motto: We are so fond of one another because our ailments are the same (Jonathan Swift). (Isn’t that the truth!)

Roll Call: BUGS and more BUGS: Name one viral and one bacterial disease. Pneumonia, meningitis, rabies, the common cold, leprosy – the list was endless.

A thank you was received from Helping Hands for our donation to their food bank.

Plans were reviewed for the upcoming annual County meeting (who was bringing what food, door prizes, etc.). The County meeting was scheduled for March 14 but due to heavy snowfall, it was rescheduled to April 11.

Judy Page Jones gave updates from the Q.W.I. and F.W.I.C. The Q.W.I. Convention is May 26 and we discussed our voting options. At the meeting a memorial will be read to remember Jean Page, a longtime member of our branch, who passed away since the last QWI convention.

The program presenter was absent, so we settled for the reading of a joke. Golden Years – The neighbours thought it was odd, but 93 year-old Morton was dating again. One Monday morning Morton woke up with a funny feeling that something important had happened the night before. It was during breakfast that Morton finally remembered what it was. He had proposed to his date, Greta. But he just couldn’t seem to remember what she had answered. Morton picked up the phone and dialed. “Hi Greta,” said Morton. “I have a funny question for you. Do you remember last night when I proposed?” “Oh my gosh,” gushed Greta, “I’m so glad you called. I knew I said yes to somebody but I just couldn’t recall who it was!”

Grace was repeated in preparation for our afternoon tea provided by Shirley Vaughan and Candy Coates.

For our April 4th meeting, we continued our experiment of having a casual “fun meeting” in alternate months. This month’s fun was led by member Paula Schmidt, teaching us how to crochet tote bags and other items from T-shirt material or plastic. Prior to the fun, we shared a pot luck lunch.

Our next meeting will be May 2, again at the home of Joyce Proctor. Submitted by Candy Coates Publicity Chairperson