Home & Country Newsletters (Stoney Creek, ON), Winter 1971, p. 29

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Members of the Winghum Women's Insliiuie, from lettiMrs. lockridge, Miss Marian Simpson, Mrs. Muclennun, Mrs. Les Jacklin and Mrs. Alvin Orvis, wearing Japanese “happy coats“. The display on the table and the fun are urlicles shown at a Branch Inlernulionul meeting. The child's garment is also a "happy toot". With The EW. I. 0. Branches INTERNATIONAL Bethany â€"â€" The branch members enjoyed display of a stamp collection. Of special interâ€" est were stamps from New Zeal-and. Australia. England. United States and a special set of Welsh stamps that had been issued for Prince Charles‘ investiture. Nesfleton â€" A Dutch Canadian member demonstrated the preparation of three dishes of food popular in Holland. Streetsville â€" An explanation of the use of “Pennies For Friendship" was given tit ti branch international meeting. Ashgrove â€" This branch had an interesting meeting when a guest speaker told of letter friends She had acquired through lhe Asso- ciated Countrywomen of the World. The speaker said that she has corresponded with a lady from Scotland and with a non-English- WINTER ‘l 971 speaking lady from Copenhagen. Denmark. Another friend the speaker has acquired is from Queenslnnd. Australia. This friend has sent hooks. magazines. calendars and a beauti~ lul sernp hook put together It}; the members of the branch. 1n the scrap hook there is a mes- sage from each menther and u picture of herâ€" sell‘ and her family. Arkona â€" A talk on the (‘ultttre and His- tory of lreland and Irish music provided an in- teresting progrnm for it hruneh meeting. anrcntiun View * l-‘tich year the branch chooses a dit'lerent country for their theme [or the international Meeting. Lockesley Rankin â€" A lenture of the Inter- national Meeting WllS :1 display of flags of the countries belonging to A.(‘,W.W.W. The work and purpose ol' A.('.W,W. was explained 29

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