PROGRESS MAINTAINED

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 11, Issue 27, 12 May 1947, Page 7

PROGRESS MAINTAINED

YOUNG FARMERS’ CLUBS DISTRICT ANNUAL MEETING The annual general meeting of the Eastern Bay of Plenty District Committee of Y.F. Clubs was held on April 30 in the County Council Chambers, Whakatane. In his annual report, the retiring chairman, Mr H. C. White, said that he has noticed a considerable advance in the movement during his term of office. There are now eight clubs in this district with a total membership of 200. A district Efficiency Competition was won by Thornton j Y.F.C. and this club was presented at this meeting with the Efficiency Shield. The balance sheet showed a sound financial position and £2OO has so far been raised by clubs' in this district towards the Y.F.C. National War Memorial which is to take the form of a Y.F.C. Memorial Wing on each of Massey and Lincoln Colleges. This leaves about I £4OO still to be raised by this district as its share of the cost.

Activities

The annual radio talk in the Y.F.C. session from IYA was again given by Bruce Mundy and the chairman congratulated him on his interesting addresses. The number of field days held has exceeded all previous records and the same applied to lectures and addresses given to clubs during the year. Debating again reached a very high standard and the Waimana team were un- { lucky not to have reached the Na- | tional finals. The Y.F.C. Porker Com- I petition for the Bay of Plenty was inaugurated during the year and proved very popular.

Life Membership

In moving the adoption of the annual report Mr J. M. Barr congratulated Mr White not only upon a very fine report but also on his outstanding performance in having been chairman for 10 years. In doing so he coupled Mr J. T. Cain’s name with Mr White’s and commented in terms of high praise on the great service these two members had been to Y.F. Clubs of this district over that period. He referred to the fact that they were both retiring on account of age, but asserted that the district could not afford to lose their services, and as it also owed the same recognition of past service, he moved that they be made life members of the District Committee. Mr G. Murray seconded this and said that as a returned man he acknowledged his gratitude to these two members who had done so much to keep the movement alive in this district during the difficult war years. He suggested that the proposal was a very small token of the gratitude of members but hoped that it would be accepted as a compliment. The gentleman concerned suitably thanked the meeting and accepted the unprecedented honour.

Presentation Another item not on the agenda was taken after lunch when Mr White spoke eulogising the work done for the movement in this district by the District Secretary. On behalf of the clubs he asked Mr Marryatt to accept a handsome despatch case as a token of appreciation of his services over and above those required by virtue of his office and position as an officer of the Fields Division of the Department of Agriculture. He pointed out that much of this work and all lectures were done in Mr Marryatt’s own time. The District Secretary thanked the clubs for the present and for the complimentary remarks of the past chairman.