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CANADIAN SOCIETY FOR CREATIVE LEATHERCRAFT TWENTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL MEETING APRIL 21, 22, and 23, 1978
HOST BRANCH - TORONTO Friday, April 21 7:00 p.m. Registration in Lobby - George McPhail/Itsuko Yasui
Set up displays in Ambassador Room 9:30 - 11 p.m. Judging for salon & craftsman ribbons Saturday,
April 22 -- to 9:00a.m. Breakfast on your own 9:00 to 10a.m. Registration in Lobby Membership in
Ambassador Room - Hope Drysdale Draw tickets on sale - Jack Meharg/Ralph Whately 9:30 to 10a.m.
Coffee in Ambassador Room 10:00 to 12:00 Business meeting in Convention Hall; election of officers;
presentation of Fellows & Associates; branch competition awards; appraisal Weston Trophy articles.
Draws 12:30 to 1 p.m. Lunch on your own Demonstrations 1:30 to 3 p.m. Dave Elliott - Top weave on
belts. Carol McLean - Macrame with Leather Dorothy Proctor ~ Glove making Noel Bee - Inverted
Carving Madelaine Mitchell - Miniature articles 3:00 to 3:30 Coffee Break and Draws 3:30 to 5 p.m.
Alvin Haig - Morocco Wallets Fred Brown = Desk Pad in Leather Beula Reynolds - Moccasins in Leather
Vera Farrara - Lamp shade for leather lamp 6:30 Dinner 7:30 to 8p.m. Entertainment - Ukranian
Ilorion Dancers 8:00 to 8:30 - Haruyagi Japanese Dancers (in Ambassador Room) 9:00 to 10p.m.
Dismantle Displays Sunday April 23 -- to 9 a.m. Breakfast on your own 9:15 a.m. Bus Tour of Pioneer
Village
(Room check out time is 1 O'clock)
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PRESIDENT'S REPORT:
I extend to everyone a warm welcome to our 28th annual meeting. In order to save time, your attention
is directed to the minutes of the 27th annual meeting held in Stratford and also to the reports of
the various officers and committee chairpersons.
Once again, it has been rather difficult to arrange
executive meetings due to the severe weather. However, we did manage to have 6 meetings in order to
keep the wheels of the Society rolling. At this time, I wish to thank those members of the Executive
Council for their assistance and dedication to the work taken on by them. Some of the jobs are very
time-consuming, I know, and I really appreciate their efforts. I am sure the general membership does,
too. We had a successful sale and demonstrations at the C.N.E. during 1977. And we will be
participating again in 1978 - which is a special year, being the Centennial of the C.N.E. It would be
appreciated if all members working in the booth this year would dress in period costumes. If you
don't know of one you can borrow, there is lots of time to make one up. Let us assist the booth
convener by offering our help on as many days as possible. If you have never worked in the booth, you
do not know what you are missing.
This is the year of our "Biennial Exhibition" to be held in
November at the Etobicoke Civic Centre. I hope everyone is busy planning his/her outstanding piece of
leatherwork as we cannot have a show without the special effort of all the members. These exhibitions
were one of Irva's pet projects, so let us all put forth an extra effort this year as a tribute to
Irva.
We are delighted to welcome into our Society a new branch from Southern Ontario - Windsor. We
hope they will find their association with us both helpful and enjoyable.
I thank those members who
represented me at the O.C.C. meetings of affiliated groups. I am sorry I have not been in a position
to attend but I always knew the Society was well represented.
To those branches who lost valued
members through death, and those members who lost loved ones through the year, I express our deepest
sympathy. It seems as we get older we are saddened more often.
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Our librarian, Jessie Little, and her assistant, Jean Hunter
have worked very hard this past year to give our members-at-
large the chance to participate in the "Larmour Memorial
Library" - so, be sure to see Jessie before heading home,
thank her and Jean personally, and take some good reading
material with you.
I have enjoyed my term of office as your president and wish to
express my thanks to everyone for their willingness and dedication to the work undertaken by them.
I wish the incoming president, Beula, every success.
Respectfully submitted,
May Corbett,
President.
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MINUTES OF THE 27th ANNUAL MEETING C.S.C.L. 22 April, 1977 Host Branch - Woodstock, held at the
Victorian Inn, Stratford, Ont.
The very comfortable Victorian Inn at Stratford formed the setting
for the 27th Annual Meeting of C.S.C.L. The general meeting was called to order by the president,
May Corbett. She then introduced Carol McLean who welcomed all those present on behalf of the
Woodstock branch members who hosted the 1977 meeting. Carol thanked the others who had worked with
her in making preparations and announced that there would be a guest demonstrator this year in the
person of Mr. Lonshlager who represents Norton Products Ltd. Mr. Lonshlager will demonstrate the
proper way to care for our tools, using Norton sharpening stones.
The minutes of the previous Annual
meeting were accepted as circulated on a motion by Fred Brown, seconded by Anne Hook.
A motion to
adopt the various reports as recorded in the 1977 Annual Report was made by Ruth Haig, seconded by
Hope Drysdale.
The president, May Corbett, thanked those who had acted on the Executive Council or
assisted the Society in many ways during the past year. The various branches were exhorted to seek
out new members. May told of her visit to the home of a charter member and the first president of
C.S.C.L., Deane Russell. Mr. Russell was presented with a past president's pin in recognition of his
great contribution to the Society.
Sherle Bottrill, corresponding secretary, read a letter from a
member, Howard Brock of McKees Rocks, Pa., U.S.A. who regretted his inability to be with us this
year. As usual, the highlight of the meeting came with the presentation of the Weston Trophy to the
branch obtaining the highest percentage for a display of five articles made by different members.
Beula Reynolds, 1st vice president explained the origin of the trophy, and made the presentation to
Gladys Riddell, president of the Toronto branch. Gladys introduced the five persons who had
completed the articles which won for their branch, with an average mark of 88%. The competition was
keen and the winners were closely followed by the Hamilton and Woodstock entries. Nora Huyck,
assisted by Olivia Smith, gave the descriptive
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commentary on the Weston Trophy articles. There were no members trying for their Associate or
Fellow standing. this year.
Helen Wheaton, past president, presented the following slate of officers
for the coming year - Past President - Helen Wheaton President - May Corbett 1st Vice President -
Beula Reynolds 2nd Vice President - Evelyn Burgess Treasurer - Dorothy Muma Recording Secretary -
Joy Findlay Corresponding Sec'y. - Pam Frith
There being no further nominations from the floor, the
above positions were declared as filled on a motion by Fred Brown, seconded by Anne Hook.
Members of
the Executive Council (a maximum of 15 members) Bea Austin Jack Layton Gel Brigden Jessie Little
Fred Brown Carol McLean Clara Cavanagh Marg Monteith Hope Drysdale George McPhail Jean Hunter Olivia
Smith
There being three vacancies on the Executive Council this year, nominations were called for
from the floor - Jack Meharg, a Toronto branch member, was nominated by Anne Hook, seconded by
Gladys Riddell. Muriel McKnight, a Hamilton branch member was nominated by Hope Drysdale, seconded
by Beula Reynolds.
Madeline Mitchell, a Woodstock branch member was nominated by Kathleen O'Reilly,
seconded by Ruth Haig. Closure of nominations was moved by Anne Hook, seconded by Evelyn Burgess.
The ex-officio members of the Council are as follows:
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Chairman Council of Fellows - Anne Hook Teaching Standards and Archivist- Robert Muma Membership
Chairman - Hope Drysdale 130 Yonge St. Hamilton, Ont. L8N 1V6
The following branch presidents are
also members of Council: Barrie - Emma Knowles Toronto - Gladys Riddell Belleville-Laura Bush
Woodstock- Beula Reynolds Hamilton -Irva Ford
The president welcomed the new members to the
Executive Council and thanked those who had given loyal service over past years.
Jessie Little,
Chairman of the Library Board, called for donations of books from members or any of their friends
who are no longer actively working in leather. If you have some books or know of someone who might
be interested in donating some for the use of others, please contact Jessie Little, Snelgrove, Ont.,
LOP1MO. Clarice Packham, a member well known for her beautifully constructed gloves, had brought
some books to the Annual for this purpose. Jessie also reminded the branch librarians that we now
have a very complete library of books on leathercraft and other crafts for circulation to the
various branches on a rotation basis. From time to time new books are added to the boxes and these
must be added to the lists attached to the lid of each box. Any books that are returned too late to
be put in the proper box must not be inserted in any other box. They must be returned to the
librarian so that they can be returned to the correct box.
We also have some reference books which
are too large or heavy to be included in the circulating boxes. A list of these books will be
circulated at a later date. Jessie has done extensive work with the members-at-large and hopes to
work out a system so that they also will have access to the library. Jessie was thanked for her
devoted and excellent service as librarian by Kay Cloughley on behalf of all the C.S.C.L. members.
Announcements included the dates and locations of various summer programs and workshops of interest
to the leathercrafters Bulletins from past years are available again this year at 3 for $1.00. Draw
tickets will be on sale during lunch and
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Gladys Riddell announced that the Toronto branch was making up an order for Mission
Grain leather to be ordered from Norbert Steffan, Buffalo. This leather will cost $2.25 sq. ft. plus
Ontario sales tax, plus duty, plus U.S. exchange. Any branch or member interested should contact Gladys
as soon as possible.
An invitation to hold the next Annual Meeting in Toronto was extended by Gladys
Riddell, the president of Toronto branch.
The next executive meeting will take place at the home of
Fred and Phyllis Brown, 9 Nashland Avenue, Islington, Ontario on May 27th, 1977.
The business portion
of the meeting was adjourned. Carol McLean introduced Fred Brown, Anne Hook and Helen Wheaton who acted
as a mock panel of judges from the Council of Fellows who met to judge articles submitted for the
Weston Trophy, Associate or Fellow standing. By means of a flip chart we were given a demonstration of
the marking system applied to each of the articles to be judged. May Corbett thanked those who
participated in this part of the meeting.
The Annual Meeting was adjourned on a motion by Irva Ford,
seconded by Jack Meharg.
After lunch a full afternoon of demonstrations provided an opportunity for
members to learn new techniques or review old ones by attending the wide variety of demonstrations
given. The delicious dinner was followed by a period of entertainment provided by a pianist and his
friend who lead us in a singsong and musical game interlude. The guest speaker, David Darbyshire, was
introduced by Sherle Bottrill. He gave a talk on the experience of his wife Hilda and their family
while living in West Irian (New Guinea). To illustrate his talk he showed slides taken during their
residence there, and Hilda assisted by showing some of the artifacts and crafts from the area. This was
truly an interesting and informative end to a great day.
Those who were available on the Sunday morning
were treated to a bus tour around some of the historical and interesting sites of Stratford, including
a closer look at the Stratford Shakespearian Theatre and a local Pioneer Museum. Kay Cloughley
Recording Secretary
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REPORT OF THE MEMBERSHIP CHAIRMAN FOR YEAR 1977 - 1978
For the year 1977 - 1978 we had a total of 214 members distributed as follows:
Members at large .................... 60
Branches - Barrie .................... 14
Belleville .................... 18
Hamilton .................... 38
Toronto .................... 37
Woodstock.................... 22
Sustaining Members .................... 8
Honorary Life Members .................... 12
Windsor Members .................... 5
Total .................... 214
We have 34 Associate members and 18 Fellows.
We look forward to officially welcoming Windsor members as our newest Branch to-day.
Respectfully submitted,
Hope C. Drysdale
Membership Chairman
SUMMARY OF C.N.E. SALE, 1977
Twenty-eight members submitted 2,124 articles for sale
1,738 of these were sold.
Total sales (not including provincial tax) $6,236.20
Commission of $1,247.69 to C.S.C.L.
Value of two small articles missing - $5.50
Filling out of the entry forms and tags has improved. However, special care must be taken to see you have the price on tag to correspond with price on entry form. Also, if you enter 15 articles on entry form, see that you have 15 articles, not 14 or 17.
Respectfully submitted,
Clara Cavanagh
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT FOR THE PERIOD MARCH 23, 1977 to MARCH 1, 1978
Bank balance forward $2,863.41
Receipts:
Memberships $1,100.50
"Canadian Leathercraft" sales 8.90
Annual Meeting 1,296.45
Exhibitions 6,628.95
Reserve Fund Interest 100.00
Michigan Leather Artisans Award Interest 54.24
Bank Interest & Exchange 76.05 9,265.09
12,128.50
Payments:
Exhibitions - C.N.E. 5,643.29
"Canadian Leathercraft" 658.32
Annual Meeting 1,406.47
Deposit re Annual Meeting 1978 200.00
Postage & Stationery, general 66.97
Printing 261.80
Storage 100.00
Branch Grants 125.00
Insurance 40.00
Transfers of Local guild memberships 18.00
Flowers 21.25
Telephone 9.44
Ontario Grants Council Membership &
Directory 53.00
Bank charges 3.60 8,607.14
Bank Balance March 1, 1978 3,521.36
12,128.50
Allocated funds in Bank Balance:
Interest on Michigan Leather Artisans
Fund (for awards) 199.40
Draw Fund 313.66 513.06
Working balance to start new year 3,008.30NOTES:
1) In addition to above bank balance, we have $1,000 invested in a Guaranteed Investment Certificate with Canada Permanent Trust, representing surplus funds, interest being used for current expenses.
continued on pg. 10
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NOTES (continued) (Financial Statement)
2) The money turned over to C.S.C.L. by the Michigan Leather Artisans ($538.00) is invested in a Guaranteed Investment Certificate with Canada Permanent Trust, and the yearly interest is accumulated in allocated funds in the general account.
Respectfully submitted,
Dorothy Muma George McPhail
Treasurer Auditor
COUNCIL OF FELLOWS
The 1977 Annual Meeting of the Council of Fellows was held on Friday, March 25th at the Studio of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Muma, 118 Hazelton Ave., Toronto.
PRESENT: Clara Cavanagh, Irva Ford, Anne Hook, Dorothy Muma,
Bob Muma, Olivia Smith and Helen Wheaton.
Chairman, Anne Hook presided at the meeting.
WESTON TROPHY: Three Branches competed. Hamilton, Toronto and
Woodstock. The Trophy was won by Toronto, with
an average of 88%.
ASSOCIATE MEMBERSHIP: No Associate Member was elected.
FELLOW MEMBERSHIP: There were no applications.
ANNUAL RIBBONS: Craftsman - Red - 31 awarded.
Trophy - Blue - Toronto
Salon - GOLD - none awarded
ELECTION OF OFFICERS: At the business meeting Anne Hook was
re-elected Chairman of the Council of
Fellows. Carol McLean was re-elected
Secretary.
On Tuesday August 16th, all available Fellows, (7) met at the Arts, Crafts and Hobbies Building, at the C.N.E. to receive and adjudicate the work for the Sales Booth.
LEATHER '78 This Exhibition will be held in the Etobicoke
Civic Centre, in November 1978.
Respectfully submitted,
Anne Hook,
Chairman, Council of Fellows.
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LIBRARY REPORT 1977-1978
During the past year the Larmour Memorial Library has increased its circulation
from 253 books to 353.
The library for Members-at-Large is now ready and books may be signed out at the
Annual Meeting.
Miss Clarice Packham has donated three excellent books on glovemaking.
We have also
received three books from Mr. Deane Russell. We thank these donors.
The Committee for 1977-1978 consisted
of:
Jessie Little Chairman
Fred Brown- Treasurer
Anne Hook
Jean Hunter
Sadie Roebuck
Olivia Smith
Respectfully submitted,
Jessie M. Little
Librarian
LARMOUR LIBRARY BANK BALANCE
March 15, 1978 Premium Savings a/c $779.14
Cost of books 1977-1978 350.00
Balance $429.14
Respectfully submitted,
Fred Brown
Treasurer
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EDITORIAL REPORT
I would like to thank the people who helped make it possible to publish four issues
of "Canadian Leathercraft" this past year.
It is yours to contribute to according to your experience and
interests. The more active you become in supporting "Canadian Leathercraft" the more value it will offer
you and your fellow craftsmen.
Lets make it a success again next year. Articles, items of interest, etc.
are always required publications. Why not prepare an article now? Articles are also being collected for
a "member-at-large" issue -- more material is required.
Respectfully submitted,
Margaret Monteith
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BARRIE BRANCH ANNUAL REPORT
The regular meetings of Barrie Branch C.S.C.L. were held in St. Monica's
School with an average attendance of eleven members. During the year 1977-1978 two executive meetings
were held. In May, 1977 a demonstration was given by six members to a combined class of French
Canadian and. Ontario children at the Rama Public School near Orillia. Kay Cloughley directed the
instruction of tooling, carving, pendant making,dye techniques and the owl mobile. Twelve members
enjoyed the annual bountiful pot-luck dinner at Helen Anderson's home in July.
The Christmas party
held December 11th took the form of a workshop at Clara Cavanagh's, followed by a pot-luck dinner at
May Corbett's
During the year we were privileged to have demonstration-workshops by the following
gifted craftspeople: May - Jack Meharg of Toronto C.S.C.L. on belts and holsters with special emphasis
on the use of the wooden belt stripper. June - Anne Hook of Toronto C.S.C.L. the skill of making
linocuts. September - Paul Williams of Bethany, Ontario the unique art of sculptural leather pieces.
November - Fred Brown of Toronto C.S.C.L. his secrets on making a removable book cover. February -
Gary Walsh of Barrie C.S.C.L. the technique of constructing a case - i.e. - camera or binocular.
At
our regular meeting in September, Kay Cloughley gave us a concise coverage of belt making and several
belt blanks were cut on our newly acquired wooden belt stripper. In October, Clara Cavanagh
demonstrated the making and designing of leather trays. Clara also covered the construction of wallet
interiors and patterns were exchanged. In January, May Corbett demonstrated her technique on bottle
covering.
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In early November, we had a very successful sale at Georgian Mall. The percentage rebate realized
from the sale provides funds for the Barrie Branch to entertain visiting craftspeople. Respectfully
submitted, Kathleen Naftel Secretary 1977-1978 Executive: President - Emma Knowles Secretary - Kay
Naftel Treasurer - Sharon Walsh HAMILTON ANNUAL BRANCH REPORT
The Hamilton Leathercraft Guild meets the
second Friday of the month, at Terryberry Library, West Fifth St., & Mohawk Rd. W., Hamilton, Ontario.
Since the last Annual report, we have had seven regular meetings and Four Executive meetings. April 77
- Mr. Rowatt of the textile industry provided a talk and demonstration of mixing powder dyes, and their
application on leather. May 77 - The library staff showed slides of the progress in libraries in
Hamilton over the years. Craftsman ribbons won at the Annual meeting were presented to Irva Ford, Ruth
Haig, Bea Austin, Hope Drysdale and Dan Hannington. June 77 - The Guild traveled by bus to Caledon for
a dinner at the church, and a tour of Daphnes studio. November 77 - We had a demonstration of double
key case by Mildred Kemp. continued...15
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Hamilton continued January 78 - Gladys Riddell demonstrated picture framing in leather. February 78 -
Dan Hannington demonstrated plug embossing, using the layered splits technique. March 78 - Our Annual
meeting and election of officers was followed by slides of the Irva Ford Collection.
Our Guild has been
bereft of four valuable members during this semester, namely, Irva Ford, Art Brandereth, Marie Jonassen and
Jim Cournyea.
We have had two Library displays, and many of our members participated in the Art Gallery
Sale, The Artisans Sale, and the C.N.E.
sale. Prize winners in the leather competition at the C.N.E. were
Ruth Haig, Hope Drysdale, and Dan Hannington. Irva Ford received honorable mention at the OCC competitions
at Glynhurst in Brantford, and two members were prize winners at the Rockton and Cambridge Fall Fairs.
1978
Hamilton Leathercraft Guild Executive as follows:
PRESIDENT, Mrs. Muriel McKnight (1-416-529-9194)
SECRETARY, Mrs. Lillian Beech, Smithville, Ontario. VICE PRESIDENT, Miss Evelyn Burgess, (1-416-689-8137)
CC. Crafts Administration Mohawk Rd., Hamilton, Mrs. Thilde Nevitt, Artisans Guild, Hamilton, Main Library,
Main St., Hamilton, C.S.C.L. Mr. Frank Vigor, OCC representative, Guelph. Respectfully submitted, Ruth M.
Haig
Secretary, Hamilton Guild
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TORONTO BRANCH ANNUAL REPORT
Our 1977-78 Season has been a varied one of interesting people and events
and a most enjoyable one.
October 77 - A demonstration of leather and macrame by Carol McLean.
November 77
- A movie: Methods in Leathercrafting.
December 77 - A slide and sound presentation of "La Salle
Expedition II" from Montreal to Gulf of Mexico in 1681-82 by Fred Leslie.
January 78 - Due to bad weather,
our demonstration scheduled for the evening had to be cancelled.
February 78 - Jack Meharg spoke on
"Nature Tan Leather".
March 78 - A sale and exchange of leather and craft tools.
April 78- Embossing with
colouring by Jessie Little.
May 78- Flower making by Clara Cavanaugh.
June 78 - An evening of Larmour
Slides.
Our attendance has been very good and quite satisfactory.
At the conclusion of each of our
business meetings members meet socially over coffee and cakes.
PRESIDENT: Gladys Riddell
VICE-PRESIDENT: Jack Meharg
TREASURER: George McPhail
SECRETARY: Katherine Heal
Respectfully submitted,
Katherine Heal
Secretary
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BELLEVILLE BRANCH ANNUAL REPORT
First of all we had an enjoyable time at the convention in Stratford
as guests of the Woodstock Branch.
We were grieved to hear of the passing of Irva Ford and we know that
other branches will miss her as much as ours. We feel privileged to have known such a gifted person.
During the 77 & 78 season we made a couple of owl projects. One was an owl mobile as demonstrated at
convention last year. We also made brooches and pendants from various patterns brought in by our members.
We have done some recycling of empty juice cans into covered footstools using leather, suede, and other
materials as desired.
We are now making lampshades from fibre glass, dried flowers and leather.
During the
year, the members have been working on individual projects beside our group projects, covering such topics
as gloves, purses, picture frames, attache cases, wallets, teaching senior citizens, etc.
We have tried to
arrange a workshop with the Tandy manager in Kingston, but as yet we have not found a convenient time.when
he can come and we can have a good representation of members present. We will keep trying!
Throughout this
year, we have called on the abilities of our own members as instructors for our projects. We also attended
the Exhibition: serving two days in the leather booth.
The Belleville Branch is looking forward to the '78
convention where we meet old and new friends and exchange old and new ideas. Respectfully submitted,
Marilyn Harry Secretary, Belleville
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WOODSTOCK BRANCH ANNUAL REPORT
Thanks to our Programme Committee, we have again had an interesting and
varied year. Demonstrations included Lace Cutting, Butterfly Mobiles, different techniques for finishing
belts and a class on mask making.
Helen Wheaton held a Glove workshop and Jessie Little came to Woodstock
to show us some novel dyeing techniques. Demonstrations on Inverted Carving and Saddle Stitched bottles are
still to come and we hope to have a Sandal workshop.
We also had a picnic and despite bad weather we held
our Annual Christmas party.
Carol McLean had a mask accepted by the Ontario Craft Council for the SouthWest
regional competition which took place in the spring.
The highlight of the year for this branch was being
the host for the 27th Annual meeting which was held in Stratford.
Our present membership is twenty-three.
Respectfully submitted, Christine Kingston, Secretary The Executive is: President - Madelaine Mitchell
Secretary - Christine Kingston Treasurer - Terry Burt-Gerrans
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