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President Alison Riddell welcomed members to the AGM.  The Secretary and Treasurer reports were read out and approved, then the votes were counted.  The office bearers and committee members are as follows:

 

President:                    Alison Riddell

Vice-President:            Margaret Anderson

Secretary:                    Jean Riddell

Treasurer:                    Audrey Bone

Press Secretary:           Kathleen Jackson

Committee:                  Pearl Anderson, Cathy Campbell, Frances Munro, Cathy Nicol.

Competition for a paperweight was won by Alison Riddell; second Margaret Anderson and Alison Riddell also won the raffle.  The sales table raised £13.49. 

President Cathy Campbell welcomed back members after the summer break.

The speaker for the evening was Christopher Ward author of the book “And the Band Played On”.  The story is a personal view of the aftermath of the sinking of the Titanic.  Mr Ward’s grandfather Jack Hume from Dumfries was a violinist in the band that kept playing as the people were trying to leave the sinking ship.  His body was taken to Halifax in Nova Scotia and buried there.  The vote of thanks for a most interesting talk was given by Margaret Anderson.

Competition for a Pot Plant was won by Frances Munro, Audrey Bone won the raffle and £13.65 was made at the sales table.

Alison Riddell