THE president welcomed five visitors to the first meeting of the New Year. Members voted for the Worcestershire Federation Executive Committee ready for the annual council meeting at Malvern on March 21.

Members were also encouraged to attend county events, particularly the resolutions meeting, the non-competitive drama festival, to be held on June 30 and July 1, and the home economics and craft rally on May 15.

The speaker was Wendy Lee, an acupuncturist. She practises the classical Eastern type aiming at balancing the body and treating the source of a problem.

The next meeting will be at the village hall on February 14 at 7.30pm when the speaker will be Tony Bishop on the "life and times of a hack".