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ELSTEAD
AFTERNOON
WI MEETING
REPORT
Thursday
5th
April 2007
Anne Moon welcomed members to a packed village hall for
the Easter meeting. However she began on a sad note, asking
for a minute's silence in memory of Dorothy Miles, a
member for many years and a former Treasurer and committee
member, whose funeral had been held that morning. Following
discussions with senior members the hall had been arranged
differently to enable members to sit more comfortably at
tea-time, and to see the seasonal demonstration more easily.
There were lots of things happening over the next few months
- a coffee morning at Jill Stewart's, a fashion evening
and a cream tea in June and a jacket potato lunch in July
as well as a visit to Denman College. In the meantime we
were working on our portfolio for best WI! Anne also reported
on the Annual Council Meeting in Dorking where there had
been talks from the RSPB, Ruth Bond from the public affairs
department at headquarters and Chris Martin, a young man
who after rowing across the Atlantic was now planning a
trip across the Pacific.
Mrs Lock gave a splendid demonstration of how to make and
decorate Easter eggs. She showed us how to make the hollow
chocolate eggs and then effortlessly transformed some she
had done earlier into a frog, complete with big eyes and
a pink tongue, another half egg into a smart tortoise and
finally a beautiful egg decorated with flowers and leaves.
Eve Hall gave a warmly supported vote of thanks, and members
were able to take home these eggs as raffle prizes. The
competition for the best decorated egg was won by Jill Stewart.
The next meeting on May 3rd. This will be our
annual resolutions meeting and would also be when we would
take lots of photos for the WI portfolio.
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