Hosting Distinguished Visitors
Another duty Club members enjoyed and carried out with pride was greeting and entertaining distinguished visitors to ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥.
In May of 1945, the Club arranged a luncheon for wives and guests of delegates attending the meetings of the Royal Society at ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥ at the Cataraqui Golf and Country Club. The wives of delegates at the Canadian American Relations Conference held at ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥ were guests of the Club.
Other distinguished guests hosted by the FWC included
- Lady Tweedsmuir
- Lady Alexandra and her lady-in-waiting
- First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt (see framed photograph in the living room of 144 Albert St)
- Madame Bredo Stabel, wife of the Norwegian Ambassador
- Mrs. J. Lovink, wife of the Ambassador to the Netherlands
- Mrs. Walsh and Area Commandant Walsh
- Mrs. Simmons and Commandant Simmons, National Defence College
Organizing Spectacular Events
Another activity the Club undertook willingly was to sponsor and host a series of 'spectacular' events in Grant Hall to which the entire ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥ community was invited. These included:
- A Country Fair
- Square Dance Jamboree
- A floor Show and Evening Soirée
- A St. Patrick's Dinner Party
- ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥ Ceilidh
- Printemps à Paris