OPTIMISTS' CLUB.
f meeting , W. J. Spratt; was In -the chair. 1 ■ '"** t The annual report stated that t th< • Jclub had completed five years of' his [ >fo*yw%b pfrw w4ermfyir had m ; oil)} ia& i ponitiott ol j the t club had fieefo' consolidated, and th< | rclub was- being re'eognised by the people t of Chriatehurch as one of the City 1 ! • f most Talked organisations. The membe* ship wan 82,-and had been. 4,7 at the i begjnitiag jDfthq ye#?.. The 'club had mefc.for luneneohon'4o occasions,the . #Wf»ge working- outsat 1 83, P»e previous, year, with a smaller jraemt be'rsbip, the, average was 37.6, so fhers was- room improvement. The addresses given, ,at the, -luncheons.'were without value and interest Theanntja) "convention had beenhejdia Chnstehurch and had boenattended by .-a large' Atupber of delegates. V" : V The elub had twice'provided the pro* gramme for the' children's hour at 3YA, afidf the ,concert party had also'visited I camp at £urnhami The Christmas • patty, had been successful. < number of had been Of service on, the the str&et collection for the Hawke's Bay , earthquake .relief l fund. pue v to heavy, expenditure, most of, which woul.d not recur tox some years, the financial statement shewed A deficit on the year's working.' * The J election of officers President, * Optimist M. A. JKiohdrds; vice-president, ■« Optimist X Buckrell; secretary and treasurer, Optimist E. H. Smith; sheriff, Optimist H. ,3?, Baird: hom. auditor, Optimist H. W. Armitage; committee," Optimists H. Farr, :p, 8. ©odds, E. T. Simcock, Vf, JV Spratt,' A>. J, M«Eldowneyj song-leade*, Optimist K. G, Archer. \ The incoming committee was recommended to go into the attestion of at* tendances and membership, and to eon* sldefc the suggestion that' when the notices of meetings were.sent out. the in the-envelope,, so that the Optimist receipting the notice reould interview the absentee.
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Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20172, 26 February 1931, Page 7
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