Westcott W.I. Branch History

              We soon found we needed some money,
To fill our coffers quite full,
At Bohannon ' s we served dogs awl donuts
In the box stall across from a bull.
At quilling we were really novice,
We cut, pressed and stitched with great care
The production was sent to Provincial
And we won fifty dollars there.
We hosted a card party one night
Our coffee the best you could brew
The compliments came In for seconds
No- one knew a cigarette case had dropped in too.
One lime we went out for a treat
Chinese food was so good we agreed
Two days later the place was closed down
For substituting the meat - when in need.
We go from home to home for our meetings
With business, exercises and roll call
We are STILL planning ways to raise money
And sometimes we really have a ball.
Now we must give some credit to out husbands
Who have batched and baby sat so we could go
To attend important workshops and conventions
Thai improved our knowledge of things we should know
We hope to enjoy many more years
As- much as we have eiyoyed the past
So come on gals, and work for Home and County
And thank goodness this verse is our last.
That 25th Anniversary in 1978 was 50 years since my mother had decided Westcott
needed a group of local women, and 25 years since I, too, felt we young homemakers
needed our own group. But times had changed. Our daughters in 1978 were leaving the
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