Womens Institute

Womens Institute

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Houghton W.I. meets at 7.30pm on the 3rd Monday in the month at Houghton Village Hall. The W.I. actively supports village activities as well as running an interesting programme for members. At each meeting there is a "Bloom of the Month" competition and second hand book stall to raise funds for ACWW, country women abroad. There is also a sales table. A good finger supper is served after the meeting. For more information call Jill Ashton on 01264 334593 or email Jillykins@andover56.freeserve.co.uk

President: Mrs S Harper. 01794 388509
Secretary: Mrs Jane Anderton. 01264 810298

HOUGHTON W.I.

W.I. REPORT.

Trisha Lewis, the Speaker for June gave a hilarious talk on the 'art of Being Perfect'. From magazines and books from the past decades we received many 'useful' hints and tips on how to become such
a person. It all seemed rather time consuming and no mention of time for the everyday chores. But we'll keep trying and maybe become known as the Institute with the perfect ladies!.
Congratulations to the Quiz team who came 1st in the Group Quiz and will now go on to the County Final on 18th September.
Having won their first two matches in the Group Darts competition we wish them luck in the final one against Sparsholt on June 28th.
The Book Club continues to flourish. And the next date for Lunch Club is July 9th.

　
NEXT MEETING. July 19th

SPEAKER - John Wood on ‘Hinton Ampner- One man’s vision.

As a follow up to this John has offered to give us a guided tour of the gardens on August 9th.

　
Jeanne Featherstone

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Why the WI?

I am a member of the WI
And I ask myself the reason why?
I'll tell you why in this rhyme,
We meet once a month, come rain or shine.
We have interesting slides and talks,
And often go for Country walks.
Competitions and Raffles we share,
And vote Flower of the Month With coppers we spare.
There's a section from which we can borrow a Book,
And buy from the Sales Tables after a look.
Tea, Coffee, Biscuit or Cake,
Displays of things we sometimes make.
To Shows, Trips, and interesting places,
We see wonderful sights and meet new faces.
We stall out at the village Autumn Fair,
For which help and support is always there.
So you can see when all's said and done,
For one and all, it's jolly good Fun.

The bus shelter opposite The Boot has this superb display of hanging baskets. All due to the hard work of W.I. members Doreen Stokes and Julie Moldon. They have been in place all summer and still retained their freshness when this photograph was taken during the last week of September.