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The November meeting of Brown‘s W.1I. was held on Wed. evening Nov. 15. After opening with the Collect and Ode, the President Mrs. Reg Harris welcomed all and read a poem. Minutes of the last meeting and Treas. report was given by Mrs. Fred Arthur." Correspondâ€" ence and thank you cards The social group of the W.L. under the convenorship of Mrs. Raymond Wakem served «dinner. They had attractive Christmas decorâ€" ations on the tables and around the room. The December meeting of Brown‘s W.I. was held jointly with the U.C.W. on last Thurs. Following the dinner an Exchange Gifts Brown‘s W.1. J°~~= Brown‘s Women‘s Institâ€" ute held their last ‘Euchre Party‘ for the> year, last Thursday night. Ladies high prize went to Clarence Tate who played as a lady. Men‘s high went to Ray Wakem and lone hand prizes were presented to Mrs. Grant Anderson and Robert Burâ€" gess. Lucky card draws went to Mrs. Margariette Jensen and Robert Arthur. There will be . no more euchres until the first Thursday in January. _â€". The next euchre party is to be held on Thur. Nov. 23rd. at 8:30 p.m. Mrs. Howe‘s group offered. to arrange for it. The meeting was then turned over to the Education group with Mrs. George Martin in charge. She opened with two poems taken from old readers "My Shadow*"‘, and "Indian Sumâ€" ~ mer‘‘. Mrs. Connie Switzer then gave two piecies from an old school book dated 1868, "‘Two Little Kittens", and "A Little Mouse". â€"_â€" The 4â€"H Achievementâ€" chance to attend. â€" - Day, Nov. 25th at 1:00 p.m.â€" _ He also had a collection of Recipes handed in for the â€" text books that was used in cook book to be printed for _ former years. Pictures of all sale by the W.I. district at~ the schools in former East the 1980 ploughing match. â€" Nissouri Twp. have been The Christmas meeting will taken or. sketches made bejoint with the U.C.W.; _ from pioneer days up, and a plans made for the dinner â€" map of the township to show which the W.1. is responsible . for. The Roll Call: . School pictures or ~events of Brown‘s and Medina schools for the Tweedsmuir History Book. Mrs. Martin gave the consumer‘s report on smoke detectors.â€" _ ~ Mrs. John Conway introâ€" duced the speaker, Mr. Brian Rice of Oxford County School Museum of Burgessâ€" ville. â€" He wasâ€" a most intersting speaker as he told how in 1973 when, one room schools were being closed, and the larger area schools being built, the school at Burgessville was turned into a museum school. He invited people to visit the school. It is a two room school; one room is for artifacts and the other a teaching room. He described the _method of teaching in pioneer days in homes, and that brought about the need for schools to be built so all children had a The January meeting will be in charge of the Consumers . Affair group. Roll call will be ‘A Way I cut food costs , and will be held on Jan. 17 at 2 p.m. . / The U.C.W. had charge of the programme with Christâ€" mas numbers and carol singing. exchange of gifts and Secret Pal gifts were handed out. Dea 13 78 Guest speaker Pirie Mitchell joins some of the busiest members of the East Nissouri Calf Club at the Junior Farmers Banquet at Westminster Hall last Friday evening. They are Francis Koot, recipient of six Project _ After all, it isn‘t easy giving a speech, answering judges‘ questions and milking a cow without your coat on in winter weather. Her reign got off to an auspicious beginning when one of the two cows used in the milking portion of the conâ€" test decided to take a bite out of her bouquet of roses outside city hall. ;fiéie Martin Dec i3,19 78 of The Free Press The six contestants in the Southwestern Ontario Farâ€" mer‘s Daughter contest could be excused if they got cold feet or a case of the shivers during Tuesday‘s comâ€" petition. _ ¢ _ The 'confest, sponsored by Silverwood Dairies Ltd. in recognition of its 75th anniversary, is open to daughters of dairy farmers throughout Ontario. t e But the girls managed it with a smile, and at the comâ€" petition‘s end 21â€"yearâ€"old Carolyn Adams of RR 4, Denâ€" field, was crowned winner. Te C v'Carovlyn received $300. First runnerâ€"up was Cheryl Anne West, 18, of RR 1, Lakeside, who received $125 and Farmers‘ daughters brave chill for contest the location of the school. He showed these, also the new area schools that have been built. There are two more areas in Oxford County to be done and hopefully they will be completed in the near future; so the past is well ~recorded. The Dec. meeting will be held Thurs. Dec. 7th at 12.30. speaker. on behalf of the members and presented him with a gift. Queen and Grace was sung and the group in charge served lunch. o . . inss O 5) A eB hi Certificates, Cheryl West, who has 12, Carling West, Wendy West, who has Project Certificates for Dairy (3), Beef (2), Conservation (2) and Crops, and Sonja McLeod, who won the top award of the evening. £* ( second runnerâ€"up, Helen Muller, 17, of RR 1, Crediton, received $75. All prizes, which are educational scholarâ€" ships, were donated by Silverwood. * 5; To take part in the competition, the girls had to be beâ€" tween 15 and 21 years old, come from a dairy farm, had to be nonâ€"smokers and write three short essays on being a dairy farmer‘s daughter and living in the country. _ _ During Tuesday‘s competition, the six were required to speak for two minutes on how a farm uphringing has helped her get high on life without the use of drugs. The three finalists also were asked to speak for one minute on the advantages of living in the country. « During the milking portion they were required to fill a small glass milk bottle with as much milk as possible in one minute. Â¥i~ 54 The three winners now will enter the provincial conâ€" test, to be held later this month in Mississagua. â€"__ _ ~The girls also were juiged on their vpersonality and poise while making the speeches, and during short conâ€" versations with the three judges. € AC k â€"The other girls taking part were Beth Bodkin, 16, of RR, Parkhill; Debbie Dechert, 15, of RR 2, Gadshill; and Luanne Phair, 19, of RR 2, Tupperville.