Woodlands WI’s Lavis promoted to group executive

WOODLANDS Women’s Institute president Maureen Lavis opened the meeting on 6 September with the saying of the Mary Stewart Collect and welcomed all present.

She was then congratulated on becoming executive for group.

Maureen gave an insight of congress, and the three resolutions that were passed, which include that affiliation fees will be increased on Saturday, 1 March 2014; plastic water bottles used must have the BPA mark; and maximum sentence for rapists.

Competition results:

Ad ed: First, May Scott; Second, Dawn Cowan.

Craft: First, Martie Caldwell and Rose Boyce; second, Koulla Tsouris and May Scott.

Handicraft: May Scott and Valerie Wagner; scond, Jessica Milledge and Sandra Naidoo; third, Hazel Deme, Koulla Tsouris, Jean Smith and Dawn Cowan.

Floral: May Scott; second, Heather Deme; third, Valerie Wagner.

Best specimen: First, Fay Brown; second, Phyllis Parsonage; third, Hazel Deme.

Agri-horti: First, Dawn Cowan; second, May Scott; third, Linda Gibbs.

Best rose: First, Phyllis Parsonage; second, Fay Brown; third, Sandra Naidoo.

Best orchid: First, Phyllis Parsonage; second, Hazel Deme, Koulla Tsouris and Linda Gibbs.

Merit: First, May Scott, Denise Morgan and Koulla Tsouris; second, Hazel Deme.

Home products: Martie Caldwell; second, Linda Gibbs; third, Dawn Cowan.

Maureen closed the meeting at 12.15pm with the saying of the women’s institute prayer.

Woodlands WI meets at Montclair Recreation Hall on the first Friday of every month.

Go along and join in. The next meeting will be on Friday, 4 October.