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Highlights of Last Year
To Hell With the Bell - We met at the Riverside Golf Course for our breakfast gathering and distribution of the yearly chapter newsletters and STS diaries. Special welcome to new members Darlene Leroux, Jack Fulton, and Wilma McKie.
September Outing -
Members and friends
enjoyed a homemade
German meal at
Oma’s Kitchen, south
of Star City. The
country setting and
the tour of their log
home greatly added to
our enjoyment.
October - Provincial STS President, Robert Wuschenny of Regina, was guest speaker at a pizza lunch meeting held in the Anglican Church Hall.
November – Darlene reported on the presidents’ meeting held in Saskatoon. Entries for the Legion Remembrance Day contests have been judged. Plans were made for the Christmas Social.
December –
Melfort and
District
Chapter
joined us for
the Christmas
Social to
enjoy a
catered
turkey dinner
and an afternoon of fun, band music, carol singing and fellowship.
January – Bob Donnan took us on a tour of London, Bath, Edinburgh and Dublin as he shared the outstanding photos he took on this tour,
February – A resolution regarding chapter visits by the provincial president was submitted to the provincial STS. We viewed the 40th Anniversary of the STS CD as well as the one of the Past Presidents and Honorary Life Members. We supplied the lunch for the new Market Birthday Tea.
March - AGM delegates selected were Deanna Gruending, Maureen Donald and Darlene McCullough. Provincial Liaison, Kate McCorriston, submitted a written report. Darlene McCullough shared her photos of her travel in three ports along the west coast of Mexico and of San Diego.
April – Discussion centered on the proposed provincial budget and the resolutions to be voted on at the AGM. Donations were made to Aid to Central America and to the TMSS Scholarship Fund.
May - AGM delegates reported on the AGM. Election of chapter officers was held and volunteers were welcomed as committee heads.
In May we also hosted the Birthday Tea at Sasko Park.
June Outing – Our first stop was at Cooney’s on First for lunch in Nipawin. From there we drove to the Living Forestry Museum which includes a church, two homes, a trapper’s cabin, blacksmith shop, shingle mill, planning mill, a train station, with CPR rail cars, clay ovens, two multi- grade schools, as well as the main museum containing many displays and artifacts.
In Memoriam
We also attended the funerals of four of our members this year: Karen Scammell, Larry McCorriston, Cyril Lacey and Marion Fargey. We will miss them. We made a donation to the Tisdale
Hospital in memory of each of them.
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STS members visit Living Forestry Musem