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"Written on back of photograph"
Ringwood C.W.A. Ball - 1953. Left to Right: Mrs. Hart Allen (Group President), Mrs. Spittle (C.W.A. Past State President), Mrs. Greenshields (Past Group President), Mrs. Corr (Mayoress), Mrs. Giles (President Ringwood CWA), Mrs. Mai (Secretary). Written on back of photograph, "Mail 6/8/1953".
Parent Record for Archive collection of photographs and documents relating to CWAs in RIngwood and District
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Written on back of photograph, 'Ringwood C.W.A. Ball "Mail 6/8/53". Mrs. Spittle, Guest of Honour, CWA Past State President'.
Newspaper cutting - "The Mail" May 29-1952, Ringwood C.W.A.
Small buff coloured card for the CWA Heathmont Branch with meeting times, syllabus, prayer and Rules. Provision to write names of President etc - but these have not been filled in.
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Small buff coloured card for the CWA Heathmont Branch with meeting times, syllabus, prayer and Rules. Provision to write names of President etc.
Handwritten entries: President: Mrs Perrott Vice-President: Pam Gallienne Secretary: Mrs Cattermole Treasurer: Joyce Austin (Committee names not written)
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From Ringwood Mail 23rd March 1961. Branch President Mrs Hunter, attended by Mayoress Mrs G Horman and wife of Ringwood Council's Town Clerk, Mrs Dwerryhouse
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Standing Mrs Byrne, Miss Morgan, Mrs Freeman, Mesdames Lavis, Allen, Corr, Wedge, Patterson. Seated Mesdames Burgess, Smith, Gile, Jenkyn
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Shows programme for the year, committee and the CWA Collect (prayer) (but half unreadable due to damage)
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Shows programme for the year, committee and the CWA Collect (prayer)
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Shows programme for the year, committee and the CWA Collect (prayer)
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Shows programme for the year, committee and the CWA Collect (prayer)
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Shows programme for the year, committee and the CWA Collect (prayer)
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Shows programme for the year, committee and the CWA Collect (prayer)
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Shows programme for the year, committee and the CWA Collect (prayer)
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Shows programme for the year, committee and the CWA Collect (prayer)
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Shows programme for the year, committee and the CWA Collect (prayer)
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Transcript (kindly completed by Ken Briscoe using ChatGPT) RINGWOOD BRANCH COUNTRY WOMEN'S ASSOCIATION INC. February 13, 1946 in the Ringwood Town Hall, the Mayoress, Mrs. H.E. Parker, called the meeting and Ringwood Branch Country Women's Association was formed, and would be in the Yarra Valley Group. Speaker for the day was Mrs. Wray, Group President, Yarra Valley Group. Office bearers elected were: • Mrs. Greenshields (President) • Mrs. Shields (Secretary) • Mrs. Roberts (Treasurer) At the inaugural meeting, 93 ladies joined, and the first general meeting of the Ringwood Branch was held March 7, 1946, and by the end of August the membership grew to 160. In 1946 the joining fee was 4/- and you never attended a meeting unless you wore hat and gloves. The first year, meetings were held in the main Town Hall, then they were transferred to the small hall, which had a creche next door, at the baby health centre, where mothers could leave their little ones, while mum enjoyed the meetings, demonstrations or entertainment. The Branch had a very good Choir, conducted by Mrs. Dorrie Davidson, also a very talented theatrical group. Each birthday they put on excellent stage shows, some beautiful costumes being hired from well-known Melbourne theatrical company. The 1956 Olympic stage show had some well-trained, but out of form, athletes. Highlight of the year was the Annual Ball and two Debutante Balls. New branches were formed in the district, Everard, East Ringwood, Heathmont, South Warrandyte. There was also, Ringwood Younger set, a night branch (later years was renamed Marana). It was then that our membership dropped. As more and more branches were started in the district, Ringwood was then allocated to the newly formed Maroondah Highway Group. Craft classes and demonstrations were of a high standard, with some interesting things being made such as millinery, dressmaking, pottery, etc. In 1960 when Ringwood was made a City, a C.W.A. float was entered in the procession, this was a mammoth task, as hundreds of flowers were made and wired to the float, which was in green and gold C.W.A. colours. The time came when the Town Hall was to be demolished, and we moved to the Church of England Hall, Civic Place, but after a short time, this hall was also demolished. Meetings were then held at Ringwood Library until the library was no longer available. Our last move was to our present meeting room at Lionswood. Today you dress as you wish and membership is $12.00. The Ringwood Branch in 1995 has 2 life members and 21 members. Alice Milner March 15, 1995 As a matter of interest, of those 160 members who joined in the first year, only one active member is left with the Branch
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Transcript (kindly completed by Ken Briscoe using ChatGPT) During the second World War, a group of Ringwood ladies sent tins of fat to England. When the War ended in 1946, the Mayoress, Mrs. H.E. Parker, called a meeting and a branch of the Country Women's Association was formed. The subscription was four shillings and two shillings for associate members. Meetings were held in the lower Town Hall, the President and Secretary sat on the stage, the Treasurer at a table on the floor and the hostess at the door to welcome members. Birthdays were held in the Town Hall. There was an active drama group who performed at competitions. After the Olympic Games in Melbourne in 1956, members re-enacted some of the events. A yearly ball was held for several years. Members catered for the Scout Jamboree. They looked after victims of the bush fires - the Town Hall was covered in beds. Mrs. Pratt, Senior, whose husband took up a selection in Ringwood, gave a block of land to the C.W.A., but the late Councillor Mr. Frank Corr, told his wife (a member) that the Council would not permit a hall to be built on this land so the block was sold to the Masonic Lodge for 250 pounds. Cards were enjoyed monthly in the Presbyterian Church Hall in Adelaide Street. Craft group met in the Church of England Hall in Ringwood Street.
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At the Lutheran Church Hall, City Road, Ringwood on 20th March 1996
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Also Service Certificates presented to others
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Audrey Lavis, Irene Hodges, May Stuart, Rita, Prins, Margaret Mann and Bessie Stephen
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A0-size (approx) linen-backed municipal engineer’s survey map of named streets and lot-numbered properties within Borough of Ringwood.
Scale: 8 chains to 1 inch.
Ringwood Mail 26 June 1985
Ringwood Mail 19 October 1994
Maroondah Leader 7 December 2004
Maroondah Leader 12 Aug 2003
City of Maroondah
City of Maroondah
City of Maroondah
Mayor Cr Bill Wilkins of City of Ringwood, Chief Executive Officer, Alan Robertson, architect Ivan A Anderson & Associates
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