Home & Country Newsletters (Stoney Creek, ON), Fall 1975, p. 24

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Chapman W.l. celebrate 25m Anniversar Past Presidents present for the spectal event L-r Mrs. Lupiile Keilty, Mrs. Mabel Foster, Mrs. Stella Woods. Mrs Ethel Dafoe, Mrs. Mary Wilson, Mrs. isabel Martin, Mrs. Irene Lynn, Mrs. Lois Elliott. CHAPMAN W] celebrated their 25m Anniversary at the home ofihc first President Mrs. Isabel Marlin. Charter incmhers present for the occasion were Mrs. Amelia La Berge. Mrs. Ethel Dafoe. Mrs. lsabcl Martin. Mrs. Ircnc Lynn. and Mrs. Agnes Webb. Miss Lorna Gunning showed slides of her trip to (irccce. The Isle of Crete and the Holy Land. Miss Vicki Healey presented the 4H Homemakng Club project A World of Food in Canada. entitled Ca- nadian Cliccsc With a Foreign Flavour. Thirty kinds of cheese originally made only in Europe are now pro- duced in Canada. Various kinds “etc on display and were served at lunch along with at special anniversary cake. h u Chapman Chums 4H Homemaking Achievement Day exhibit, A World ofFood in Canada, at Chapman Wl 25th Anniversary Club present UNION HALL W] e held meetingl on IWY with disâ€" cussions led by Beth Weick. Ottawa. She spoke about change and after the introduction divided the group into groups of [ch to talk about “A day in our lives in 1945 or |955 or [975" to sec how our living has channg and to make comparisons. It was discovered that there seemed to be more loneliness today. per- haps bccausc of mechanization. TV and because of ti greater mobility. Another set of questions â€" “How do we cope with change?" Docs change affect us'.’ Do we feel a sense of continuity and dcpth in our friendship“.7 How does the W1 adapt to change in people and the Communitv? The question “as discussed 7 Can Wl survive change.1 Can it be enriched by change? Can the WI it» seli‘dhange to keep step with Women's needs? 24 . :mii Jubilee members admire artifact. L-r Mrs. A. J r-e. ger. Mrs. Archie 5599. Mrs. F. Tschanz, Mrs ii ..,, Bagg. Mrs. Howard Stryeker. A dough box‘ a family heirloom used in lht neer days by the late Mrs. John Strycker. a ct. .cr member ofJubilee branch. was given in her {Ti-3‘ .t by Mrs. Howard Stryelcer t0 the Erland Lee H’,‘ ' WHETHER THE WEATHER Whether the weather be hot or Wlielhc. w; weather be cold. Celsius is the word. Don't drag your feet and talk about Fahrenht it don't try to convert. At least this is the story to‘ the authorities. April I was the date for change and on the whole Ca- nadians are doing well. How- ever. the media especially television. continue to conâ€" vert or use the old termiâ€" nology which really doesn't help the public to familiarize themselves with Celsius. Thermometers are readily available in dual scale mod- els. but Celsius only models are not as easy to purchase. Many of the Celsius scales are only marked at two-de- gree intervals leaving the thermometer difficult to read accurately. September I was another change-over date. Precipiâ€" tation is now calculated in metric units. All rainfall and snowfall will be reported in millimetres and centimetres. Because the depth of snow- fall averages 10 times the depth of the equivalent rain- fall, expressing snowfall in centimetrES will allow the , snowfall accumulation to relate directly to the rains. v in millimetres.

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