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Puâ€"rple . _ jé Valley nil/he" 37* (by Audrey Hepburn) w.l. MEET A new decade. a new year and a new home was the beginning ‘tor our W.l. meeting on January 10. Mrs. Margaret Urbshott invited a good number at W.l. members Into her living room to discuss the topic "Family and Consumer Affairs." The roll call - how to shop for today's smaller families. brought out some Interesting views. ‘Correspondence was dealt with = and a motion passed to py l. outstanding bills. Quilt blocks were on hand to begin our Maple Syrup Festival quilt. Keep your ears open for word of a quilting soon. February 2. 1980 the W.l. will he catering to Ithe skiers who participate In the ‘Groundho Weekend festivities. | Our W.I. will be donating prizes 35. $3. 52 for the best decorated birthday cake for a child in the 1 Jr. division at the 1980 fall fair. We are hoping for lots of ‘ entries. ; Scripture was read by Edna . Cook and Margaret served lunch - and we all enloyed a social hour gl over our tee cups. l‘ -Vlsltors with the Cook's on 1‘ Sunday afternoon were Wm. M John and Jean Grawlord oi ‘ Wlarton. -Mr. and Mrs. Archie Howe of Dundee who were visiting with Jim and Doreen Howe at Hepworth on the weekend also called on Allan and Helen Howe. Colpoys Bey. Will and Ellen Ashcroft. Mar and Bill and Audrey Hepburn. 4-H training school for the next project "Your Corner of the World" will be on Tuesday and Wednesday. January 15th and 16th. The leaders will be Audrey King and Audrey Hepburn. Any girls or boys 12-26 who are l Interested let us know. We will be learning how to do macrame'. â€"Mrs. Fluth Arnsbergsr. Golpoys Bay was in the Purple Valley area on Sunday looking over the ski trail for February 2 and hoping there will be a bit more snow by then. A V lndy and Carol Cook and en Urbshot‘i. band members .the public school bend tied the official opening “no .6 ZWlarton's Gen. ' may. :.J ' ear (in ‘" -O|lphsnt Tl Cats took part in a broombsll tournament at Mee- lord on the weekend. Connie land Rhonda Cook, Purple Valley clay tor the TI Cats. Saturday. they played and lost 1-0. Rhonda scored the only goal in the next game so they won 1-0. Sunday's games saw them win the llrst game oi the consolation series 2-1. Meatord ousted them 3-0 in ‘the llnal game. A good tourn» sment. l WI subdivision officers i hold regu Officers from subdivision 15 of the Federated Women's Institute of Ontario held a meeting and l noon dinner. at the home of ‘ board director Mrs. Kenneth Spence of Leith. Because Mrs. Spence is also president of the Grey Bruce convention. and will be visiting each district annual in 1980. the date and place for each was confirmed. Home and 7 Country magazines will be mailed to institute secretaries. rather than directly to members. Regulations for the Helen McKercher scholarship have been reviewed. It now 1 covers furthering education in home economics but no longer does it have to he on e master's degree. . An upcoming 4-H club an Outdoor Living is geared to boys as well as girls. Mrs. William Long reported that 12 from Grey lCounty had attended the annual leader's trip to the Royal Winter Fair and mini-leadership contor- . dang’rips were exchanged l on how to he s more successful lender. fled/755.7 lar meeting l Mrs. ]. Mustard and Mrs. N. Wyville reported on the national Convention in Saskatoon. Delegates were there from all provinces and the territories. The five days were spent attending open sessions. workshops. banquets and a bus tour. A WI coffee spoon of plated silver is available at a cost of $3. The book. The Ontario Women's Institute Story is also available for $3. The Erlond Loo Home fund will remain open until November 1980. The home will be open daily to visitors throughout July and August. Mrs. Clarence Dis mond. provincial president. noted an increase of more than 1.000 at 1979 conventions over the previous year. Free. and open to any resident of Ontario. are two workshops. one on Crown] embroidery and the other on indoor gardening. Each branch is redirected to enter a poster at district level on the theme, Year of the Child. following the regulations in 1979 winter Home and Country magazine. The officers' conference at the University 'of Waterloo on April 29. ‘30 and May 1 is geared ‘to upcoming presidents. A question and answer period helped clear ideas for the . branches 'gié’praaeflifldl' r; _ W