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Agnes Ovenstone
Sheila Haig
 Christine Jackson
 Margaret Black
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| St. Mungo's Guild 90th Anniversary - 27 October 2018 |
St. Mungo's Guild celebrated is 90th anniversary on Saturday 27th October with an afternoon tea in the church hall.
Over
70 people joined the gathering to enjoy a well stocked afternoon
tea,with sandwiches, cakes, tea and coffee refreshments. Our
minister Rev John Urquhart said the Grace, and senior Guild member Avis
Anderson cut the specially baked 90th anniversary fruit cake, which was
baked by Guild member Joyce Hunter. Everyone must have enjoyed the cake
with their afternoon tea, as none was left at the end of the
day!
Agnes Ovenstone, Sheila Haig, Margaret Black,
and Christine Jackson told us some of the highlights in the history of
the Guild from its beginnings in 1928.
 St.
Mungo's Guild was inaugurated by Rev William Landale on 19th
September 1928, when a committee of 15 women was formed, from the
103 women and 63 girls who attended the church, there was no church
hall at that time. Some of the committee ladies resigned the following
week, and Sheila wondered if their husbands had anything to do with
that!
The first event was a social in the Cowan Institute for
which they sold 450 of the 500 tickets printed. With catering provided
by the Co-op it was great success. This set the shape of things
to come and what we see today.
Buying vases for flowers in the
church quickly followed, another activity that continues today. The
first Sale of Work was held in May 1929, which raised over £173,
a lot of money in those days. The first year income was almost
£362, of which the Guild donated £200 toward the cost of a
church hall, opened on 22nd January 1930.
By November 1965 the
Guild offered to help fund upgrading the hall heating, which could be
erratic, leaving the hall cold for meetings. A warm hall may increase
numbers attending too. However some things never change, and in both
December 1970, and again in December 1971 comments were made that the
hall was very cold! Fortunately our current property convenor has
upgraded the heating system with modern boilers keeping all the hall
users warm in the winter months.
singalong
Following our reminiscing Isabel Donachie, and Dorothy Paterson sang a range of  songs,
accompanied by Eileen Marchant on piano, for across the years. A sing
song saw the audience join in making a wonderful finale to a great
afternoon.
Meetings
were held on a Monday evening, and have done so ever since. The full
syllabus for this year is available on line at our website
www.stmungos.freeuk.com/events or contact Agnes Ovenstone 01968 672387
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