April 2010

Minutes of the meeting of Winteringham W.I. held on Thursday 15 April 2010 at 7.30pm in the Village Hall.

The President, Christine Hammond welcomed thirty one members. A minute's silence was kept to remember Miss Kath Burkill, a member of Winteringham W.I. for sixty five years, who died last week.

Apologies were recorded from 8 members not present.

Minutes of the meeting held on Thursday 18 February 2010 were read and agreed as a true record. They were signed by the President.

Matters arising
Following the Annual Dinner in March, a list was circulated for members to express their preference for the date and venue for the 2010 dinner.

President's reminders
The NFWI resolution for 2010 - ' urging HM Government to introduce clear and mandatory country of origin labelling on all meat, poultry and fish products sold in this country.' Members voted unanimously in favour of the adoption of this resolution.
The NFWI information folder for this year was available for members to see.
A reminder about Federation Annual meeting was given and transport arranged. Tickets were handed out for forthcoming events.
It was agreed to hold a plant and seedling exchange at the May meeting.
The extra activities groups have now been formed, with Christine Wood leading the Theatre and Outings group, Valerie Lancaster the Garden Club and Marjorie Smith the Walking group. There had been a very encouraging response from members.

Correspondence
a) General none
b)Federation Newsletter - a number of events were listed and information and registration sheets appended to a board went round for all members to see. The Newsletter was made available for all members to see if they wished.
Finances- Mrs Lancaster reported the pre-payments for the Annual Dinner had now been paid back and the current account stood at £682.91, with £143.69 in the bursary account and £10.41 in cash.

News Slot
There will be a family Service at Chapel on Sunday at 10.30am.
There will be a Car Boot sale at the Village Hall on Sunday 23 May at 10am. Indoor and outdoor pitches are available.
A voucher swap scheme has been set up by Mrs Lancaster, who has also added to the knitting patterns and needles available for members to borrow. Recent additional include Coronation knitting from 1937.
Woolly hats knitted by members were available to buy for a small sum- regularly sent to the Missions to Seamen.

Monthly Speaker -The President welcomed Alan and Rita from Haslam Woodturning. Having previously set up an impressive amount of equipment, Alan told us that he first tried woodturning on his father's lathe when he was fifteen and has been practising ever since. Beginning his working life as a pattern maker for the now defunct Ruston and Hornsby in Lincoln, he moved on to furniture making and returned to pattern making in 1988. Taking early retirement, Alan began to sell his tired items at craft fairs and travel widely giving talks and demonstrations. Using English oak and laburnum, Alan made two delightful small vases, explaining the method of working and producing a wonderful 'finish'. Everyone was most impressed by the speed and skill he showed and enjoyed the amusing stories he told whilst working. After a short quiz two correct answers were drawn and Nancy and Heather were delighted to receive a vase each. At the end of the talk, members purchased items from the display, manned by Rita, so that many of us took home a souvenir of a very enjoyable evening.
Sandra Wilkinson gave a vote of thanks on behalf of the members, expressing our appreciation of the fine work and very pleasant company.

Jackie and Heather Bateman and Mary Christoffersen served welcome refreshments and the draw for the Mystery Parcels provided by the hostesses and a vase given by Alan took place.

The competition for a Wooden Article was won by                                   
1st   Mary Nuttell            2nd   Val Hayton              3rd      Heather Bateman

Date of next meeting  Thursday 20 May 2010 Family History: a talk by John Walling

The competition is for a cherished family possession

The hostesses will be Marjorie Smith, Annie Armstrong and Anne Carnaby who will also provide the mystery parcels.