Home & Country Newsletters (Stoney Creek, ON), Winter 1959, page 24

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nut: to PRESENTH) £7 Ill! BUY Bl' GRAB! ‘ RED - CHOICE SLUE - GOBD m: mr “Lean or mu,“ mnnd “in HE mtvmmmr- 4 t. an en "’7" Not much mention has been made in this article about the part played by the Senior Women‘s Inâ€" stitutes who turned out in very encouraging num- bers and served delightful afternoon tea at the close of the programme. The role played by the Juniors is featured only because it was less usual and noteworthy for that reason. Peel and Halton Juniors will be happy to hear of others who have answered the plea for help in these now not-sordistant lands. It is still not too late to send layettes to the U.S.C., 7S Sparks Sti, Ottawa. They need not be new! A WEDDING STORY Mrs. Borgstrom who, as many of our readers know. is Home Economist for Peel and Halton counties. also sent this report: “A Burlington newspaper report of May mm, 1958 reads, in part, ‘Nelson United Church will be the Scene of this afternoon‘s wedding ceremony in which Mabel Helen, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Vivian, is to become the bride of John David Biggs.’ “Behind the brief account of a pretty wedding is a story of one 4-H Homemaking Club girl and her determination to have a wedding to be proud of but one which would be a real ‘home’ occasion and not a professional display. “Helen is a Provincial Honour girl from the Nelson Club in Halton County. a past-president of the Palermo Junior Institute. Chicago Trip winner in 1955. Her Matron of Honour was an older sis‘er, Mary (Mrs. Glen Campbell) who had also been a member of the Nelson Club and a president of the Palermo Junior Institute. Bridesmaids, Glenna Rose and Audrey Featherslone were school-males of Helen’s from the age of six and fellow club members for seven years. All re- ceived their Provincial Honours in 1956, “Helen says it had always been her ambition to make her own wedding dress ‘even though every- one who was supers'itious informed me that it was bad luck to do so.’ Her attendants, too, were in favour of making it a completely home«produced wedding. So they bought brocaded taffeta for all dressesâ€"white for the bride and pale green for the attendants â€" and each made her own dress. “The bride‘s father gave her, as a wedding gift, a new sewing machine and on this Helen made 24 with? ._ . @QQ’SE 3934?? HBRHBY hiEAT MA 33 j EHUER CUTS .t u ner LESS lENDL'R An exhibit at Millori Fan Fair prepared by thy.- l'lorn. by 4»H Homemaking Club working on the “Meal in the Menu) l-‘liset! {WHOM her bridal gownâ€"and all her trousseau r em: except her going-away outfit! “Helen reports. ‘The material for my tt $20.00 and since I wore last year's Willit . rut t'ics‘ borrowed a veil and a hoop, my outfit cost W. ents about $22.00â€"a far cry from buyin Ed. ding dress alone for about $100.00? “Attendants‘ costumes were a little [I‘ ;\7 pensive, being about $35.00 complete. ’li in cost was incurred by shoes and custom-mp rt; Each girl made her own gloves, however “In a tribute to her mother, Helen says um never have attempted the task I underru ~ tr had not been for my mother who \\u of. ‘Helen, you go sew and I'll do the other - i'” “Mrs. Vivian‘s part in this wedding at (ll) tremendous for she not only made the fig cake but prepared all the food for the recs in- cluding dressing, cooking and carving eight i :lz-i Food was then transported from the Vivi. -IllC to the Nelson Hall where Church ladies _ i ll at the reception for one hundred guests. “Both the bride and her mother are ll My, proud of their wedding story and now m u burban home in Port Credit Helen is bum ling into practice her other Homemaking (' .ml Junior Institute experience. We are son: luv.- her from club work but wish her all ham in her new life.” A HALLOWEEN EVENT Edna Strong of Bolton Junior Institult NV “The members of Bolton Junior Instilut were asked by the committee in charge of th. ‘ mar Farmers’ October meeting to come to lhl ‘lnil in Hallowe‘en disguise. The girls cooper. well by coming in the costumes of a It: .I- -' Wes erner, a bent»over old lady, a ghost ‘ H lhi chemise look, an elderly gentleman with l-‘ ‘ hair tails and all the trimmings, a glamour g" ml -’ paper doll. The costumes were judged h_\' l 5‘0.” and prizes were awarded to the winnfrfi- “The penalty for those who did not it -‘~ UP was to baghomemade candy, brought by Hi mm" bers to be sold in the Junior Farmers' how i! Th: fall fair. . “Following the regular business of the ii‘tirilfl‘é all the girls attempted to make the hula-harm “Uri but only one could make the amazing “7'51: 9“ ’round and ’round.“ HOME AND coumnt

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