WOMENS WORLD

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 13, Issue 85, 11 May 1949, Page 3

WOMENS WORLD

Whakatane Women Attend Waimana Social Evening‘s There was a very good attendance at the social and dance of the Wai-mana-Nukuhou 'Women’s Institute recently. Mr M. King was M.C. The Lucky Gay Gordon was won by Miss Carol Eagle and Mr A. Bell. The Lucky Spot waltz by Mr S. Eagle and Mrs G. Hughes. Numerous Eisteddfod items were staged by W.I. members and the Choir. The Whakatane W.I. was present and staged several humorous sketches. Near the end of the evening the president, Mrs Hewitt, thanked the Whakatane visitors who had travelled so far to help with the function, and each was presented with a shoulder spray from Mrs M. King. The Institute funds benefited by £lO 6s. An iced cake, donated by Mrs Wylde for competition, was won by Miss J. Stevens. Dinners donated by W.I. members, Miss A. White 1, Mrs Tankard 2. W aimana-N ukuhou W.I. Monthly Meeting The very well attended monthly meeting of the Waimana-Nukuhou Women’s Institute was presided over by Mrs Hewitt. . Mrs M. King and Mrs Wylde were appointed delegates to attend a meeting of the Whakatane A. and P. Show of women representatives. Mrs M. Savage, who recently returned from a five week’s tour of Australia, gave an interesting talk on Sydney. She described Sydney suburban houses which were nearly all of red brick or concrete. To paint the whole of Sydney it required 110 tons of paint. A•’ tableau entitled “War and Peace” was presented by Mesdames L. Addison, R. Looney as War, and Misses A. Rust and D. Hughes, Peace. Mrs C. Hampton sang two songs. Miss Armstrong, Plunket Nurse, gave an interesting talk on the aims ,of the Plunket Society. Competition results: Best single flower: Mrs Lex McDonald 1, Mrs Hewitt 2, Mrs Woolfield 3. Best double flower: Mrs M. Savage 1, Mrs Stevenson 2, Mrs M. King 3. Best vegetable: Mrs R. Looney 1, Mrs Whiteman 2, Mrs I. Savage 3. Three best carrots: Mrs Les Robertson 1, Mrs Stevenson 2, Mrs Whiteman 3. Bran biscuits: Mrs Hewitt 1, Mrs Stevenson 2, Mrs R. Looney 3. Babies booties, Mrs P. Clarke 1, Mrs Whiteman 2, Mrs L. McDonald 3. Here’s A Useful Hint For The Housewife If you have made breakfast porridge too thin and there is not time to ad more meal and have it cooked, rhix in a dessertspoon of cornflour with a little cold water and thicken with that. It will not be detected; it improves the flavour. If substituting cocoa for chocolate in a cake recipe, remember that three tablespoons of cocoa and half a tablespoon of. butter equals one ounce of chocolate. The butter takes the place of the fat in the chocolate, thus preventing your cake from being too dry. Before marking linen with ink, dip the part which is to be marked into a little cold starch and press with a warm iron. This will prevent the ink from running and help to give a neat result. Manawahe W.I. Meets The May meeting of the Manawahe Women’s Institute was presided over by the president, Mrs Goldsmith. Clothing was collected for the “Poor Relief Fund.” Mrs F. Drabble provided the amusement—a competition, which was won by Mrs T. Baldwin. Competition results:— Something new from something old: Mrs Morice 1, Mrs Hopkins 2. Best vegetable: Mrs Bowden 1, Mrs Logan 2. Best bloom: Mrs Baldwin 1, Mrs Mikklesen 2. Best shrub: Mrs Bowden 1, Mrs Wilding 2. Afternoon tea was served by the hostesses Mesdames W. King and F. Drabble.

This Week's Recipe APPLE PORCUPINE Just a variation of the simple baked apple yet this dish is more tast3 r and unusual. 1£ cups sugar I2 cups water 6 medium sized apples 1 tablespoon butter % teaspoon cinnamon blanched almonds cream or top milk. Boil the sugar and the water for five minutes. Next pare and core the apples and cook them in the syrup until they are soft but not broken. Remove and put them in a baking dish. Add the butter and the cinnamon to the syrup and boil until thick. Fill the cores with thick syrup and stick almonds cut lengthwise in strips, into the apples. Place in a moderate oven to brown the nut tips. Cool and serve with plain or whipped cream. GRANDCHILD A GRANDMOTHER When you become a grandmother you feel that time is marching on. But when your own grandchild herself becomes a grandmother you. really know it is. Yet Mrs Sarah Cole, of Dorsetplace, Faversham, Kent, aged 101, whose great-great-grandchild was born a few months after her 100th birthday, does not find he makes any difference to her. She is keenly interested in her latest descendant, a boy—over 100 years removed from her.