BAY OF PLENTY BEACON Published Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1950 SUMMER SHOW

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 14, Issue 97, 13 February 1950, Page 4

BAY OF PLENTY BEACON Published Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1950 SUMMER SHOW

With the Whakatane and Rangitaiki A. and P. ; Society’s summer show only a fortnight away, enthusiasm is mounting fast. There is every indication that this year’s show will break all records, given fair luck with the weather, of course. With the rapid rate of growth of population in this area, and the greater public awareness of the possibilities in a local event of this nature, it will not be long before the Society finds itself compelled to tackle a two-day fixture. That it could be done and done successfully seems to have been suggested by the outstanding success of the last winter show, which confounded the propfiecies of the pessimists and more than justified the high hopes of fhe enthusiasts who carried it through to its record conclusion.

It was proved that, with an imaginative and energetic executive doing its best to provide what the public wants and keeping the people who are to pay the gate money informed of every move by intelligently constructive publicity, great things can be achieved here. As this must always be essentially a rural community, drawing whatever measure of prosperity it might achieve primarily from the production of the rich farmlands of the district, then what is true of the winter show should be even more applicable to the summer show. Ring and stock entries close on Friday, and figures that will probably be available for publication on Friday morning are confidently expected to indicate that all previous records are going to be eclipsed. There is still plenty of room in the Society for more members, and, though there have been an encouraging number of applications for new membership, this form of public support could increase considerably yet. Trade exhibit space is selling fast, and it is fairly safe to say that this year’s trade exhibits will exceed in number and interest those of any previous show. Though the list does not close until February 21,* enterprising exhibitors are naturally putting in their space applications early with the idea of knowing well ahead just what their position on the ground is to be and thus being able to plan their displays to best advantage.

A total of 21,771,154 pounds of goods were shipped to people in 62 countries during the first nine months of 1949 by Church World Service, the aid organisation of Protestant and Orthodox churches in the United States. The supplies included clothing, shoes, bedding, household goods, farm products, packaged foods, vitamin's and medical supplies.