The Lucknow Sentinel, 1983-02-09, Page 13kinlough news
Leekwew Seadit el, Wedivettdsky, lAthrirat 1910—P,e 13
Holyrood institute learn to spin and dye wool
8.1P May 80*
Mrs. Lorne Eadie was
hostess and presided for the
February Holyrood W.I.
meeting at her home on
Thursday \-afternoon, She
conducted a song title musi-
oat contest.
welcome
neighbour
to Olivet
Illy gine McGuire
Mr, and Kirs. Ron Mc-
Guire, Chris and Scott were
supper guests on Sunday
evening with M. and Mrs.
Jack McGuire and Rob.
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Van -
Sickle and family spent the
weekend in Cambridge visit-
ing theft families and
friends,
We welcome Allan Young
to our community. He has
purchased the mobile home
of Mr, and Mrs. Ron Mc-
Guire.
Dorothy Engel, Janice
Murray and Jean Guy of
Seaforth spent Thursday ev-
ening ' with Mr. and Mrs,
Jack McGuire and Rob and
also visited Mr, and Mrs.
Walter Black,
Mrs, Waiter Black visited
recently with Mrs, Catherine
Reihi of Goderich,
Lochalsh
lady hosts
party
By Kae Webster
Ruth MacKenzie held a
Tupperware party on Friday
when she entertained a num-
ber of her friends and
neighbours.
Julie and Michael Mac-
Donald, son and daughter of
George and Andrea MacDon-
ald, spent most of last
weekend at the home of Jim
MacKenzie with their
friends, Mary Ellen, Greg -
gory and Keith MacKenzie,
while their parents were in
Detroit.
On Thursday, February 3,
Charles and Mayme Wilkins
were with Mayme's mother,
Stella Irwin of Kinloss to help
her celebrate her 82nd birth-
day.
George and Andrea Mac-
Donald were in Detroit on the
weekend visiting relatives,
Recent visitors with Mr.
and Mrs. Oliver McCharles
in Kincardine were Mr, and
Mrs, H. D. McTavish of
London.
Wellington, Kae and Cecil
Webster were recent visitors
with Mrs. Wynn Gammie of
Luck now.
Charles and Mayme Wilk-
ens visited the other evening
with Wellington, Kae and
Cecil Webster,
Donna Zimmerman of Lon-
don visited on the weekend
with her parents.
Mrs. Ellwood Elliott con-
vened the meeting and intro-
duced Mrs. Cecil Sutton,
who shaved her hobby, work-
ing with wool and natural
fibres. She had a table fill of
hand knitted sweaters, to-
ques, tams and mitts. Mrs.
Sutton had washed, dyed and
spun the wool for all of the
above, She had many skeins
of woo to show and explain-
ed coarser fibres are best for
wall samplers or craft work
and Alpaco is a hair fibre
which makes a tine yarn
suitable for sweaters. Camel
down is the inner coat of the
camel and very soft. Mohair
is Worn the goat family. Flax
is made into a linen material,
Cashmere blends well with
silk, Devon is long wool and
wool and linen hair fibre.
Virgin wool is the first shear-
ing from a youni sheep.
Wilma makes up her own
dye colours h- wi natural
field, garden and roadside
weeds and flowers, onion
skins, rhubarb leaves and
ragweed. All require cream
of .tartar with them. Milk-
weed pod needs copper
sulphate. It was a joy to see
with what ease Mrs, Sutton
operated the spinning wheel
as she explained all about it.
She invited all the ladies to
her home on March 14 to see
natural wool being dyed.
Books were available to see
what could be used in dyeing
and also how to work with
wool, It was all most inter-
esting,
Mrs. Charlie Murray pres-
ented Wilma with a gift
followed by a round of ap-
plause.
The roll call, a dairy prod-
uct 1 use most, was answered
by all present. The secretary -
treasurer, Mrs. William
MacPherson, read the cor-
respondence, the financial
statement and the minutes of
the last meeting.
Miss May Boyle gave the
motto, Industry keeps the
heart whole, the body heal-
thy, and the purse MI.
Mrs, Frank Maulden gave
a Valentine reading and Mrs,
Charlie Murray road a joke
from the Reader's Digest.
A donation of S2S was
made to the Huron County
Centre for the Homebound at
Wingham.
It was reported that the
institute's card parties have
been quite suoeesstul even-
ings.
Mrs. Ellwood Elliott
thanked the hostess and all
who made such an interest-
ing afternoon.
The pianist and public re-
lations officer, Miss Edna
Boyle, who has been ill with
a virus for the past month,
was unable to attend and get
well wishes were expressed.
We send get well wishes to
Mrs. Kenneth Hodgins, who
entered university Hospital
on Sunday for major surgery.
Marotta Hodgins of here is
at Niagara Falls For the
winter and will stay with Ken
and the girls, lam. Shelley
and .Julie, while their moth-
er, Doreen is in London
convalescing.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Barr
and Mr. and Mrs. William
MacPherson were dinner
guests on Thursday evening
with Mr. and Mrs. Bert
Thompson of Culross.
Gertrude Walsh of Kincar-
dine visited Tuesday with
Mrs. John Ran-.
Mr. and Mrs. Cliff John-
ston enjoyed their Florida
holiday and are glad to be
home again,
Rev. Philip Ruch's mother,
Eloise Ruch, is a patient in
McMaster Hospital, Hamil-
ton. Ann Ruch has been with
her the past two weeks. We
send get well wishes.
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