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.’ page 16 PHTUPSVILLE Philipsville Women's Institute The Philipsville Women's Institute held their May meeting in their hall on May 5th. Meeting opened with the Ode and Mary Stewart Collect. Roll call was answered by paying a penny for the size of your shoe. Minutes were read and approved from previous meeting. New business was dealt with, gifts and cards are being given to some who helped with the fish fry, which was a success. Final plans were made in regards to the District Annual being held in Chaffey's Locks. Plans were made in regards to entering the exhibit in Delta Fair. Also everyone is asked to still collect the computer marks on all the products and also the Canada Packers labels and give them to any of the members. This closed the business part of the meeting. Mrs. Stone read a poem "Be A Friend". The June meeting is the pro- gram planning and everyone is to have something for it. The meeting will start at 1:00 p.m. Mrs. Davison recited a poem, which seems to be quite true today, it is entitled "Darwin's Mistake in Monkeydom“. Three monkeys sat on a cocoanut tree Discussing things as they're said to be Said one to the other - Now lis- ten you two There's a certain rumour that can't be true That man descended from our noble race â€" The very idea is sure a disgrace, No monkey ever deserted his wife Starved her babies and ruined her life, And you've never known another monk To leave her babies with others to bunk. Or pass them on from one to another Till they hardly know which one is their mother, And another thing you will never see - A monk build a fence around a cocoanut tree And let the cocoanuts go to waste, Forbidding all other monks a taste Why if I put a fence around this tree, Starvation would force you to steal from me. And here's something else a monk wouldn't do Go out at night and get on a stew ‘Or use a gun or a club or a {knife jTO take some other poor monkey's life Yes, man descended â€" the ornery cuss But brother, he didn't descend from us! Leorene Hayes Mrs. Davison is one of our older members and I sure hope I have a memory left when I hit her age, well into her 80's. Gananogue District Branch of the Ontario Assoc1ation of Superannuated Teachers Forty-four members and the district director of the Gananoque District Branch of the O.A.S.W.T. assembled at noon on April 30th, in the Conservation Hall at Lyndhurst for their spring dinner meeting. At 12:30 p.m., after grace was offered by Dorothy Dodds, all partook of a full-course turkey dinner catered to by the members of the Lyndhurst United Church Women. Seated at the head table were Mrs. Mildred Milligan, Kingston, the newly elected district direc- tor; Mrs. Stella Cheetham, past director; Mrs. Helen Prosser, president; Mrs. Hilda Cardiff, Mrs. Doris Potter and Mrs. Elsie Mainse. Three of the members, Mrs. Lettie Mitchell and Miss Lena McNeil, both of Lansdowne and Mrs. Miriam Young of Lyndhurst, who were teaching in 1918, were honoured by Katherine Scott, who presented each with a dainty satin corsage. Miss Mildred Haskins of Westport and Kay Simpson of Gananoque, were unable to attend. Two others, In memory of two departed members, Miss Mabel Carpenter and Mrs. Madeline Glover, a two minutes silence was observ- ed. Stella Cheetham, past direc- tor, introduced the guest speaker - Mrs. Mildred Milligan, who spoke on her theme for the year, "Sisterhood". She congratulated the group on their past activities, and offered her best wishes for their hopes for the future. in thanking Mrs. Milligan,disâ€" closed the View that "even in our age group, young people can be refreshing to our lives." Doris Potter, Reports given by secretary Hilda Cardiff; treasurer Doris Potter; Insurance Roberta McMunn; Social and program, Stella Cheetham; Publicity Dorothy Dodds RIDEAU CRAFTS SUMMER SCHOOL BROCHURES BOX ‘22 PORTLAND, Ontario KOG 1V0 and Archivist Elsie Mainse were read and adopted. It was decided to purchase a memorial book. Katherine Scott, with alterâ€" nate Stella Cheetham, will be the delegate to the convention in Sudbury. The president expressed the gratefulness of the group to the Lyndhurst U.C.W. members, to which Helen Moorehead replied. Stella Cheetham invited the members to her cottage for a noon potâ€"luck dinner on July 9. Hilda Cardiff spoke a few words to the past president, Helen Prosser in gratitude of her untiring work in her role of president. Doris Potter gave the report of the nominating committee. As Mrs. PrOSSer wished to step down, viceâ€"president Katherine Scott accepted the office of president and Stella Cheetham will act as viceâ€"president. The other officers remain the same. Representatives of each locality within the district were chosen. The executive was installed by Mrs. Milligan. The program arranged by the Lyndhurst members, included a humorous monologue on the issue of "The Prohibition of the Ridiculous Misuse of Nursery Rhyme Books" enacted by Rita Hollister in her usual talented manner. Elsie Mainse, who with her husband. had the opportunity last fall of accompanying a group of retired teachers and their spouses to Cuba, showed a slide show and gave a commentary of the vegetation, once flourish- , ing villa, beautiful beaches and'. 'the schools. ' i 7‘ Katherine Scott thanked Elsie and presented her with a sketch of the former Elgin Continuation School, where Elsie was once principal. Mary Dillon moved the adjourn- ment of the meeting. Each person felt this had been one of the most enjoyable meetings. Doris Graham will be teaching lkebana in the 1980 school available at an instructors demonstration 8: display Saturday, May 31 st from 11:00am. to 3:30p.m. Foley Mountain Interpretive Centre nr‘nrv