FLOWERS ON DISPLAY

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 10, Issue 100, 28 February 1947, Page 5

FLOWERS ON DISPLAY

W AIM ANA’S SPLENDID SHOW WOMEN’S INSTITUTE EFFORT A genuine credit to its promoters the Eighth Annual Flower Show organised by the Wai-mana-Nukuhou Women’s Institute yesterday was probably the finest ever. For general standard and excellence we can honestly add that the exhibits would be hard to beat anywhere, and as far as advertisement is concerned, the Show in itself paid a high tribute to the industry and artistic ability of the Waimana ladies as a whole.

The display which was held in the hall, occupied the whole of the floor space and overflowed on to the stage where part of the floral decorative section was arranged. The flowers in themselves made a magnificent showing and from our own observations, set new tops in horticulture for the district. A feature was the dahlia section which for variety of specimens and colour was remai'kable. Waimana has cultivated the decorative sections by additional classes of very attractive designs. We noted the dainty arrangements of the decorated egg cups and plates. The Home and Cooking Sections revealed Waimana’s industrial housewives at their best, while the needlework section showed a standard of craft and workmanship which compelled warmest admiration.

Children’s classes were also attractive and the blending of the school exercises with a show exhibit section has done much to popularise the event. A feature was the substantial number of entries received for practically every class. Frequently there were twenty competitors while the average must have been at least eight or ten. Following the evening session, Mr W. Sullivan, M.P., presented the points prizes and congratulated the ladies on their effort. The winners were as under:—

Points aggregate for ‘Tuhoe’ Challenge Cup: Mrs Hewitt 1, 100; Challenge Cup: Mrs Hewitt 1, 100; Mrs Wylde 2, 67; Mrs I. Savage 3, 50.

Section 1: Mrs N. Bell 1, 25; Mrs Hewitt 2, 16; Mrs Fleming 3, 12. Section 2: Mrs R. Looney 1,9; Mrs G. Mitchell 2,8; Mrs Wylde and Mrs N. Eagle 3, 7. Section 3: Miss F. Woolfield 1, 17; Mrs J. Boynton 2, 14; Mrs Hewitt and Mrs Marra 3, 12. Section 4: Mrs Wylde 1,4; Mrs Hewitt 2, 20; Mrs Hughes 3, 9. Section 5: Mrs Hewitt 1, 38; Mrs I. Savage and Mrs J. Boynton 2, 12; Mrs Stevenson 3, 9. Section 6: Mrs I. Savage 1, 18; Mrs Hewitt 2, 10; Mrs R. Spanhake and Mrs L. McDonald 3, 9. Section 7 (Children): Joycelyn Wylde 1, 10; Catherine Wardlaw 2, 8; Delmai Martin 3, 6. A full and detailed report of awards will appear in Monday’s issue.