YOUNG FARMERS

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 10, Issue 35, 9 October 1946, Page 5

YOUNG FARMERS

THORNTON BRANCH CELEBRATES FIRST ANNIVERSARY DANCE On Wednesday night last, the Thornton Young Farmers’ Club held a dance to celebrate the first anniversary of its formation. The evening was one of the most successful social functions held in the Thornton Hall for some time past. The hall was well decorated with streamers, greenery and large Y.F.C. lettering at the top end of the hall. During the evening, Mr A. H. Adams (advisory president) spoke on behalf of the club, thanking everyone who had helped in any way since its formation and also welcomed everybody present. Mr Robins also spoke congratulating the club on its progress and success in the first jtoar. The speaker took the opportunity of welcoming .home N. Reynolds and H. Fisher who have recently returned from active service overseas.

Mr A. Baldock made a very capable M.C, keeping the dances going in fine style. The music was supplied by Mr T. Hayden at the piano, his popularity being shown by the number of encores received for each dance. A first-class home-made supper was served by ladies of the district and club members. Two Monte Carlo waltzes, were held, the winners being Miss- H. Reynolds and Mr S. Wilson and Miss B. McArthur and- Mr T. Mexted.

AWAKERI CLUB OCTOBER MEETING HELD The monthly meeting of the Awakeri Young Farmers’ Club was held in the Awakeri Hall last Tuesday night. Mr Brian Butler was present and gave an interesting talk on the work of the N.Z. Co-op. Pig Marketing Association. The speaker outlined the growth of the P.M.A. and what it meant to the farmers and also spoke on its benefit to the Bobby Calf and Cull Cattle trade.

At the previous meeting of the club, Mr L. Hoyland resigned from the position of. secretary on account of his entering the Air Force. A vote of thanks was accorded the retiring member for his good work during his membership and Mr A. Mundy was elected to take his place. At this meeting impromptu speeches were given by all members present and the advisory members gave some valuable criticism. It was however unanimously agreed that there was plenty of room for improvement in the majority of cases and it was accordingly decided to appoint different members to give prepared talks lasting five minutes. Mr J. Barr was appointed to give the first talk which he duly delivered, choosing “Soil Erosion” as- his subject. During his talk he compared the vast barren deserts of America caused by erosion with the case ofChina, where for thousands of years the soil has yielded crops without any aparent deterioration of its fertility. It was intimated that several members would be going to a field day to be held at Ruakura experimental farm on Friday, October 4. These members will be asked to report on what they saw at the next meeting, to be held on November 5. 1 - „