WAIMANA NOTES

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 1, Issue 48, 11 August 1939, Page 5

WAIMANA NOTES

Institute birthday CELEBRATIONS ! (Beacon Correspondent) . t-VvV'v. '* 'i he Waimnna-Nukuhou Women's Institute celebrated their l()th birt! 1 day in the Waimana Hall last Wed. nesday. Theie was a lull attendance of meml)ers preseut ) and all the surrounding Si.ster Institutes were rep. vosented, and also members of the Te Kaha and Omaramutu institute-; \Vcifc -present. Mrs Marra presided, and welcomed all. The afternoon opened with the Glee CI;«b singing a Pakeha anil Maori welcome, which was followed by the Institute song. The minute-: were read and correspondence dealt with and it was de ruled to hold a husbands and friends evening op the 7th of September. Two new members were enrolled. A musical..competition was von, by a Maori member. A sketch entitled "A'do About Nothing?'. was well acted by M«"s John Addison and Mrs Mitchell and a play "Engaging a Maid'' was well pre. serjted by members of the Drama all players receiving great ovation. . ~v ■ The Glee. Club' sang and acted "Ten'Prettjr Girls,;'" "in costume, which was much enjoyed by all present. LitjtJe Miss Boynton apd Mrs Boynton sang a duet most | sweetly and an encore was demanded During the afternoon Mrs A. P. Wylde was presented, with a posy of violets, from, the members, in appreciation, of what she had done to help the Drama Circle, as Mrs Wylde *vas the aijt%>r, of the sketch and • p.lf.v .presented, . The Maori members of OmaramujEu Institute also gave a very clcver : play acted in a .Maori wliare, and the members'; of Te Kaha Insti. tiite g?.ve .native songs , and danccs v wiiich werfe much appreciated. A dclu'ious afteriibon tea was; served by the ami a, pink and ,>vhite birthday,cake with 10 candles took of place. The ingredients were donated by' Mrs Jerrarivand it was made -by -Mrs Eagle and iced by. Mrs JVI. King. Mrs Woolfleld, the Piesidcnt of the Eastern Bay of Plenty Federation, cut the cake and the candles wtrc lit And extinguished by th<j president and, past- president. . ..'Jihe . presidents of the various in. stitutes then thank&l 'the' members for the most pleasant afternoon -pent, and wished the institute many more . hajSpy birthdays. The singing •jf the National Anthem closed the meeting. " y "