SUCCESSFUL FUNCTION

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 8, Issue 22, 7 November 1944, Page 5

SUCCESSFUL FUNCTION

ST. GEORGE'S ANNUAL BAZAAR

Favoured with excellent weather and a band of "willing workers the St. George's Annual Bazaar which was held yesterday morning and afternoon was an outstanding ••sucespecially from the financial point of view. The Parish Hall was very well decorated for the, occasion with greenery and gaily coloured streamers interlaced with knots of crepe paper. The stalls were all filled to capacity, the. produce stall in particular being of the. typically well laden variety common to bazaars in the Bay of Plenty. The fancy work stall had on show an excellent display of all types of work, and was fre.ely patronised throughout the day. The s-tall in * charge of the St. George's girls' group was selling all kinds of rag dolls, woodworked article's etc-, all of which were made by the girls themselves. Proof of the quality of the goods was evidenced by the fact that, several orders had been received from" Auckland and Wellington. The cake, stall displayed many attractive., as well as cakes of the larger variety and by 2 p.m. had very little of its original stock left. The ice cream and soft drink vendors we,re ? as ever, very popular? especially with the kiddies the briskness of the trade carried out being evidenced by the empty bottles filling the crates. The White Elephant stall was offering for sale all kinds of things including a gravy boat ; a golf scorer a salt shaker, a baby's rattle ; a pen knife several and some marbles, to mention but a few of the. many articles on display.

The Apron and Plain Goods stall was a centre of attraction so much so that the stall keepers were left with very little stock to carrj' on Avith in the afternoon.

The flower stall was perhaps the stall which attracted the most attention. Situated at the far end of the hall, it made a picturesque backdrop to the setting and supplied a large portion of the festive atmosphere. apparent.

The morning and afternoon 8 tea and lunch tables Avere a popular rendezvous for visitors; and the ladies in charge Avere fully employed the AA r hole. time.

There Avas no official opening ic the lousiness commencing at 10 a.m. Sales were exceedingly brisk in the morning and the profits were well into three figures by mitl-day, while the bareness of the. stalls towards the middle of the afternoon bore ample, testimony to the success of the function.

The stallholders were, as under :— Fancywork: Me&dames McLeod and Coates; St. George's Girls' Group: Members; Cakes: Mesdames Morpeth and Rangi; Ice Cream and Soft Drinks: Mrs Daw&on; White Elephant Stall: Mesdames Timbsand Wigmore; Aprons and Plain Goods: Mesdames Shaw and Ramson; Pro,duce Stall: Mesdames Hannah and Suckling; Flower Stall: Mesdames Sutcliffe Whittaker and Zinsli; Morning and Afternoon Teas: Mesdames Sims s Egger& Armstrong j Tennant, Sis.am i> Chapman } Hyland ? Fraser s in charge of Mrs Runciman.