Tatura Area Community Bulletin

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Cwa Harston

The weather has turned cooler earlier than usual for autumn, I noticed the Harston members all rugged up in their jumpers and coats at our recent meeting at the Tatura Bowls club. The meeting started out with a cuppa and a piece of lemon slice courtesy of Mrs. Josie Watson. As Mother’s Day is in May, Mrs. Margaret Chance presented us all with a lovely bouquet of Chrysanthemums, we are spoilt at Harston.

Mrs. Marilyn Pell bought along a large quantity of different, mixed balls of wool. The bags of new wool balls were donated to the Harston Branch for the ladies who knit to make scarves, Beanies and gloves to donate locally, by a friend of our Branch, Cheryl, who lives in Wantirna, Melbourne. Women Walk the World Day was held recently and our members raised $55.00 towards this event. The discussion was around the upcoming CWA State Conference being held in Melbourne during June, and the difficulty it entails on our members to attend, the CWA State rules say every branch should be represented by two delegates, easier said than done at our age and mobility issues.

Correspondence in, our members learnt the Goulburn Valley West Group President was resigning due to personal reasons, and a meeting is to be held to elect another Group President. We wish our retiring GP all the best, and understand family and health must come first, Mandy you did a great job in the time you were our Group President and actually I’m lost for words, thank you for your service. At every monthly meeting we are asked to bring an item for the trading table this may be some produce from your home garden, maybe a preloved book, a jar of preserves or homemade baking. Then there’s the competition of a Flower bloom: a bloom is a single flower not a stem of flowers like a gladioli or cluster of flowers. Then as previously planned in our Branch Syllabus the monthly competition which varies every year, at our recent meeting it was an “old recipe book”. Of all the cooking and recipe books around, two members both brought the same book, three members all brought another book, along with a couple of other old recipe books to consider. The two ladies who judge the competitions each month had a bit of a task choosing the First and Second. The winner of the Flower section was Mrs. Freda Clements, 2nd was Mrs. Glenys Eberle, and 3rd was Mrs. Marilyn Pell. The winner of the old recipe book is, and I will only say the Judge’s decision is final and no discussion will be entered into.

Yours in CWA friendship Mrs. Marilyn Pell