Treorchy
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REPORTS for 2006 by Treorchy WI Secretary Sheila Ellis. OCTOBER 2006 Treorchy WI President, Mrs Pauline Worman, welcomed members to the Annual General Meeting. We were especially pleased to welcome Carolyn Davies who was our WI Adviser for the evening. Our best wishes go to all the members who are not well at this time. Lists were up for the Performing Arts Concert in the RAFA on the October 18; for Winter Showtime on November 30 and also for the Christmas Dinner on Tuesday, December 5. Our Treasurer, Mrs Judith James, presented the financial statement for the year 2005-2006. The Annual Report of the Committee was read and adopted. In her address the President thanked the Committee for their support during the past year. A very big thank you to Eirlys Davies, who was standing down from the Committee this year, for her loyalty and support. Eirlys will continue to support us in any way she can and for this we are very grateful. Thanks to all the groups who are an integral part of our WI. The Choir who are very loyal and enjoy their rehearsals with their very dedicated conductor Mrs Mary Price. The Kitchen Band, who are always in great demand, under the leadership of Anita Bound. The Craft Class. The Yoga Class, which is in the very capable hands of Mrs Mair Bowen and the Performing Arts Group with Margaret Wilkins, Enid Roberts and Anne Thomas at the helm. A big thank you to Betty Jones who looks after our savings every month. To our Secretary; to Mrs Judith James, our Treasurer, for keeping our accounts in good order, and to our Vice-President Milwyn Pearce for her invaluable help and support. Lastly, thanks to our members of the WI for their continued support and loyalty. Committee for 2006-7: Anita Bound, Margaret Davies, Sheila Ellis (Secretary), Judith James (Treasurer), Diane John, Beryl Jones, Marian Jones, Milwyn Pearce (Vice-President), Ann Phillips, Anne Thomas and Pauline Worman (President). Future Events: Performing Arts Concerts in the RAFA on October 18, Halloween Fete, St Matthew’s Church Hall on Saturday, October 28 from 10am, Winter
Showtime in Port Talbot on Thursday November 30 and Service of Carols and The raffle was won by Judith James, Eirwen Rees and Edwina Sass. Our November meeting is a Social Evening. SEPTEMBER 2006 Treorchy WI President Mrs Pauline Worman welcomed members to the September meeting. Congratulations to Anita on having a photograph in next year’s GFWI Calendar. Congratulations to Ellen and Ton who celebrated their Diamond Anniversary and to Beth and Philip who celebrate their Ruby Anniversary. Kathleen Evans is making
good progress after her operation. Our President was pleased to see Ellen
at the meeting after her recent stay in hospital, also Ray who recently
fractured her elbow, and welcome back to Many thanks to Anita and
Marion for organising our annual trip in August to Members wishing to go
the Christmas Dinner; Winter Showtime in Members were reminded of the following events. GFWI Quiz Night will be held on October 3. The Performing Arts will be giving a concert in the Treorchy RAFA on October 18. Our Halloween Fete is being held on October 28. Winter Showtime will be on November 30. Christmas Carol Concert on December 19. Our Vice President went through the various points of interest in the Newsletter. Members were asked to submit photographs for the 2007 GFWI Calendar as soon as possible please. Our Guest Speaker for the evening was Anwen Coffey. Anwen once again entertained us with her wit and charm. Judith James gave the vote of thanks. The raffle was won by Sheila White, Enid Lewis and Mair Dance. Our November meeting is a Social Evening. JULY 2006 Treorchy WI President Mrs Pauline Worman welcomed members to the meeting. Members were made aware of the necessary Health and Safety Regulations and the need to sign the Health and Safety book. We were pleased to see Mair Humphreys and Betty Williams in our meeting and also Pat Scane who is recovering well after her operation. Our tea ladies Glenys Hathway and Avis Phillips were now taking a long hard-earned rest after making our tea for five years. Our President thanked Glenys and Avis, along with their able assistants Pat, Jean and Dorothy for making the job of tea making look so easy. Our President thanked members who supported the concerts given by the Performing Arts Group in the Oak Tree Hall recently. Lists were up for the Christmas Dinner, the Federation Walk on October 10 and, as our Annual General Meeting is in October, a list for nominations for the 2006-7 WI Committee. Ann Barrett has the relevant insurance forms which need to be completed by those members who wish to go on the 8-mile Federation Walk. Our Vice-President Milwyn Pearce went through the various points of interest in the Newsletter. Our President gave advanced information of the forthcoming Eisteddfod next year and was pleased that there will be an original Kitchen Band competition. As our speaker for the evening could not come along, Pauline was very pleased to welcome Russell Willis who agreed to do a musical quiz for us at very short notice. Members enjoyed the quiz that Russell had compiled, which was music from various Musicals. Christine Jones thanked Russell for stepping in at very short notice and for providing us with a very entertaining evening. Future events include a trip to Cardiff Bay on August 4, when the coach will be leaving Tynewydd at 8.45am. The Performing Arts Group will be giving a concert in the RAFA Club on September 26 and the Halloween Fete is scheduled for October 28.Our Carol Service in St Matthew’s Church will be on Tuesday, December 19 at 7pm with the usual refreshments in the Church Hall afterwards. The raffle was won by Olwen Milward, Milwyn Pearce and Anita Bound, and the meeting closed at 9.15pm. JUNE 2006 Our President Mrs Pauline Worman welcomed members and Janet Jones (President) and Gina Davies (Assistant Secretary) of Pontypridd WI to the meeting. Our President read a letter from Beryl Jones thanking members for their kind thoughts on the recent sad bereavement of her mother. Our best wishes go to those members who are at the moment unwell. Jackie Morris is still in Llandough Hospital and is poorly, we hope she will soon be feeling much better. Thanks to all those who supported the Drama Evening at the Berwyn Theatre. Everyone enjoyed the performances by Tonyrefail WI who entertained us with Barcelona, Treherbert WI with their hilarious play ‘The Tea Dance’, our WI’s play ‘Looking for a Hero’ was written by our President and was also extremely comical, and the Frank Vickery Comedy ‘After I’m Gone’ with a talented cast led by Christine Tucket and Brian Meadows. Dianne Parsons, Gwaelod-y-Garth WI was as ever brilliant with her poem ‘ No Idea’. Anita informed the meeting that the bus would be leaving at 8:45 for the trip to the Bay, the coach fare for which is £4.20 as is payable as soon as possible. Members were still keen to take part in the ‘Strictly Fun Dancing’ evening, and this will take place later in the year. Unfortunately, the Trip to Denman Open Day has had to be cancelled as there were only 21 members interested in this trip, and a small coach could not be hired. Our Halloween Fete this year will be on October 28 and members were asked to think of ideas for this event. Our President welcomed Margaret Powell and her daughter Jane, who had come along and arranged our evening’s entertainment of ‘ Call My Bluff’. Members split into teams of six and a panel consisting of Anna, Milwyn and Ann Thomas bluffed their way through the various words - which were introduced by Margaret, while Jane kept the score. Everyone enjoyed the evening very much and puzzled over such words as ‘Glabella’, ‘Lunula’, ‘Palimpsest’ and other unpronounceable words. The Wizards’ were the winning team. Christine Jones gave the vote of thanks to our very able team of ‘Bluffers’ and to Margaret and Jane for giving us such a fun-filled, thought provoking evening. Raffle winners were Avis Phillips, Judith James and Eira Richards. Ann Ferguson won the ‘surprise’ raffle prize. Next month we have a flower demonstration by Kathy of the Pollen Counter in Gelli. MAY 2006 Our President Mrs Pauline Worman welcomed members to our Resolutions Meeting. Our best wishes for a speedy recovery go to those members who are poorly – Gwyneth Butler and Myra Phillips. Mair Humphreys is now home from hospital but unfortunately Jackie Morris has been re-admitted into hospital. We are pleased to hear that Pat Scane is making good progress after her recent foot operation. Our President read a letter, which had been sent to NFWI, and their reply regarding the issue of WI Life to members and the increase in subscription fees next year. Lists are up this evening for the Denman Open Day on the 9th July and for the Christmas Dinner at the Golf Club on Tuesday, 4th December. Ticket money for My Fair Lady needs to be in by the June meeting at the latest. Members’ attention was brought to various items of interest in the Newsletter – Winter Showtime in November, the various taster days and walks, Channel 4’s Countdown are looking for contestants. There are also flower arranging and water colour days, which members can enjoy. The two resolutions were put to the meeting – “Renewable Energy” and “Sport for a Healthy Population”. It was unanimously decided that the Resolution for “Renewable Energy” should go forward. Raffle winners were Eira Richards, Betty Jones and Beth Roberts. Pat Williams won the “booby” raffle prize. Three hands of Bingo, which everyone enjoyed, rounded off the evening. Many thanks to the “caller” our President Pauline and to her able Assistant Anna Brown, who worked under tremendously trying conditions with “Maltesers” as bingo numbers. This was certainly a hit with all our members. The meeting ended at 9.10pm.* * * APRIL 2006 Treorchy WI President Mrs Pauline Worman welcomed members to the meeting, especially Jackie Morris, Linda Lewis and Vera Broome. Gwyneth Butler and Myra Phillips are both home from hospital and hopefully Mair Humphreys will be home soon. We wish them all a speedy recovery. Mariel Evans is making good progress after her operation and wishes to thank everyone for their cards and good wishes. Mrs Eirlys Davies has kindly volunteered to run our Christmas Dinner this year. This will be held at Penrhys Golf Club on Tuesday, 5th December. Our Annual Outing on 3rd August will be to Cardiff Bay, taking in a matinee performance of My Fair Lady. Names for both these events need to be in as soon as possible, please. Our President invited Ann Barrett to report on the day’s training course she went on to be a leader in Federation Walks. Ann gave an interesting insight into all that is needed to become a leader. Ann will choose carefully those walks that will suit WI members’ needs and we are all looking forward to going on these walks with Ann at the helm. Lists were up for the Drama Night in the Berwyn Theatre on the 24th May and also the Open Day at Denman on Sunday, 5th July 2006. Our guest speaker was Lynne Danby who gave an interesting talk on Victorian Wedding Dresses. Lynne brought with her dresses which were very fragile and beautifully decorated. Christine Jones gave the vote of thanks. Many thanks to those members who decorated Easter bonnets - they were all very pretty and a winner was hard to choose. The Kitchen Band has a full itinerary of concerts. The Choir is practising new songs for their forthcoming engagements. The Performing Arts are rehearsing for their Summer concert in the Oak Tree Hall. The Yoga and Craft classes are both flourishing. The raffle was won by Glenys Hathway, Kerris Richards and Shirley Grimstead. The special Committee prize was won by Ann Ferguson.* * * MARCH 2006 Despite
the very wintry weather conditions, Treorchy WI President Mrs. Pauline Worman
was very pleased to welcome members to our St. David's Day Meeting. Members
were pleased to hear that Marie! Evans was recovering from her hip replacement operation, our love and best wishes for a speedy recovery are
sent to her. Our
special thoughts for a full recovery go to Jackie Morris who is now home
from hospital.
Congratulations
to our President Pauline and her husband Don who celebrate their
Golden Wedding Anniversary this month. Congratulations
also to Kerris on the birth of her lovely grand-daughter lsabella. Members
enjoyed a social evening of a ham and salad supper. We
welcomed back as our "after dinner speaker" Mr. Tom Phelps. Tom
entertained us with more of his wonderful
poems about by-gone days of which we were all very familiar with and a very
humorous poem about "Dai" who wished to join the WI. Christine
Jones thanked
Tom for coming along and making our evening so special, and also thanked the
Committee for organising the supper. Special
thanks
must go
to Anita and Marian who once
more did all the shopping for us. The
raffle was won by Mavis Davey, and the special raffle prize donated by a
member of the Committee was won by Jane Jones. Lynne Danby will be our guest speaker in April, and we hope at this meeting to have an Easter bonnet competition. * * * JANUARY 2006 After the
singing of Our love and best wishes for a speedy recovery go to Mair Flockhart, Mair Humphreys and Gwyneth Butler, all of whom are at the moment ill in hospital. Our President welcomed back Jackie Morris after her hip replacement operation. Jackie thanked everyone for their cards and kind wishes while she was in hospital. Congratulations to Pat Wright and her husband Alan who celebrate their Ruby Wedding Anniversary later this month. Our President welcomed new member Glenys Nash to the meeting and also to our WI. Lists were up for our St David’s Day Supper, and the GWFI Council Meeting on the 24th April when the guest speaker will be Ann Widdecombe. Our Vice President Mrs Milwyn Pearce went through items of interest in the Newsletter. Our guest speaker was Mr Tom Phelps who entertained us with poems he had written about his great, great grandmother, the doctor’s surgery, and the remote control, along with other very amusing poems. Everyone enjoyed the evening immensely and Mrs Christine Jones gave the vote of thanks. Glenys Hathway, Anne Thomas and Mair Bowen won the raffle. Our speaker
next month is Vera Button who will talk about her life in the Circus. |