The next meeting of the Stichill Village Hall Committee will be the
AGM on Wednesday 3rd June at 7:00pm.
Anyone interested is welcome to attend
The Lighter Side!
My husband and I were sitting at a table at my 20th anniversary secondary school
reunion, and I kept staring at a drunken man swigging his drink, as he sat alone at a
nearby table.
My husband asked: "Do you know him?"
"Yes," I sighed. "He's my old boyfriend. I understand he started drinking right after we
split up those many years ago, and I hear he hasn't been sober since."
"My God!" says my husband. "Who would think a person could go on celebrating that
long?"
Hugh O'Brien, Morningside
How confusing is this?
Why is it that writers write but fingers don't fing, grocers don't groce and hammers
don't ham? If the plural of tooth is teeth, why isn't the plural of booth, beeth? One
goose, 2 geese. So one moose, 2 meese? One index, 2 indices? Doesn't it seem crazy
that you can make amends but not one amend? If you have a bunch of odds and ends
and get rid of all but one of them, what do you call it?
ODD!
Hall Committee
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Chairman – Mr.
George Anderson
Secretary – Mr. Ian
The cut-off date for item contributions in the next issue of The Stichill Hall News is
Friday 26th June.
Material should be sent to the Secretary at [email protected]
Stichill Village Hall – Registered Charity Number SCO12362
Stichill News
May 2015
The weather, so far this year, has been fooling us
into thinking that we can look forward to sunshine
all summer. I hope that it does not revert to type
and give
us a typical British
summer.
Summer
Programme
The events calendar will be reduced until the
autumn, with Bowling and Ceilidh Dancing
finished until September/October however a good
programme of summer entertainment will be
available.
About Hume Community Association
We are an informal group of residents who get
together to hopefully promote Hume and environs
for the benefit of all who live here. Everyone in the
area is welcome to come to meetings, put forward
ideas and help with projects and activities. We have
two main events in the year;a) putting on a BBQ to welcome the Kelso
Laddie and riders to Hume Castle in one of
the Rideouts that mark Kelso Civic Week.
We have been doing this for several years
now and it is always popular and well
attended.
b) A Bonfire and Fireworks on November 5th.
This is an historic event for Hume Castle
but something that has only recently been
resurrected in the village. We have all
enjoyed putting this on for the last 3/4
years and hope it can continue.
c) Recent projects have been,
planting round the War
memorial and last year planting
daffodils in the cemetery. Other
mooted projects are looking
after the footpaths round the
Castle and putting an
information board in the Castle
car park. Any other reasonable
ideas for projects will be
enthusiastically welcomed.
Please watch the Hume Notice Board
for details of the next meeting. It will
probably be sometime in mid- late May
to organise the Rideout BBQ, amongst
other things. Everyone is welcome to
attend, please ring the number below if
there are queries.
Nancy Knowles,
West End Cottage,
Hume
Tel:
01573 470231
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Inside this issue:
Weekly Calendar
Supplimentaries
Performances by local artists are now confirmed,
the first being “Shona Mooney & Friends”,
followed by the “Keats Quartet” and Tale ‘o The
Tweed.
Special Events
WRI Latest
Programme
The cut-off date for item contributions in the next issue of The Stichill Hall News is
Friday 26th June.
Material should be sent to the Secretary at [email protected]
Women’s Rural Institute
Below are the details of the last two WI meetings of the session.
Tuesday 5th May - Visitors' Evening : Music with Border Folk.
Competitions 1 - 3 Fruit Marmalade
2 - Small pill box (Stichill and Visitors)
Hostess Members
Tuesday 2nd June Meeting at 7.00pm
AGM followed at 7.30pm by a talk from Sarah Emerson on her Gap Year Trip
Competitions 1 Vase of small flowers
2 Miniature Animal Ornament
Hostess Jean McDermid
K2K Club
Please contact Joanna Stewart tel: - 470673
Stichill Bowling Club – Trophy winners 2014 – 2015
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Club Champion Raymond Tully, - runner up John Malone.
Points Cup
Raymond Tully, - runner up Ian Dutton.
Pairs Cup
Raymond Tully, - runners up Crawford Brown
Jimmy Campbell
Diane Carr
Darts Handicap
Crawford Brown
r/u
Dominoes
Jimmy Campbell
r/u Wattie Blake
Jim Guckin
Thanks to all members for their support during the season. Next season will start in October
2015, when we hope to welcome new members.
Crawford Brown
WEEKLY EVENTS CALENDAR
Hall Programme
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Bowling Club – from October 7:30 to 10:00 pm. Every third week of the
month meet on Wednesday.
Whist – Every 3rd Monday of the month at 7:30 pm. Contact Crawford
Brown on 01573 470377
Ceilidh Dance Tuition – from September, every 2nd and 4th Tuesday of the
month at 7:30 pm. Contact Fran Redpath on 01573 223898.
Crafts – for members of the U3A. 1st Wednesday of the month 10:00 am to
12:00 noon. Contact Erica Smith on 01573 470264
Art Classes – Every 2nd and 4th Wednesday of the month 1:30 to 3:30 pm.
Contact Gaynor Taylor – [email protected] or 01573 470739.
Thursday
Wing Chun Kung Fu – Open to men and women age 16+ every week
7:00 to 8:30 pm. Contact Mark Entwistle, fully graded Black Belt level
instructor, on 07788 192080.
Friday
Pilates – Classes every Friday at 9:15 & 10:30 am and 6:15 pm. Contact
Fiona Fleming on 01573 229170 or 07415 617615
SPECIAL EVENTS CALENDAR
Date
Saturday
Event
rd
Shona Mooney & Friends
th
The Keats Quartet
23 May
Wednesday 29 July
Saturday
th
6 September
Tale ‘o The Tweed