PLUNKET DAY

Press, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22507, 15 September 1938, Page 2

PLUNKET DAY

YESTERDAY’S STREET APPEAL PUBLIC SUBSCRIBES £473 Under perfect weather conditions the Plunket Society’s annual street appeal for funds to carry on its work amongst the mothers and babies of Christchurch drew supporters from branches and sub-branches in all parts of Canterbury, who manned the stalls and corners in the city to help to raise the £473 realised. Last year the sum realised was £485. Yesterday the violets were even more beautiful than usual, and the sellers were impressed by the evident willingness of persons to buy. The greater number of violets came from the generous violet farmers in Avoca Valley, Horotane Valley, Mount Pleasant, and Redcliffs, and flowers also arrived from Otahuna, Rakaia, Westport, North Canterbury, and the North Island. .

Schoolgirls from the Opawa, Elmwood, and Fendalton schools were transported to the violet farms by Mesdames E. J. Cordner, P. H. Wood, G. McCredie, Mr L. M. Wilson, and their band of drivers, and the Canterbury Jockey Club lent its rooms as a depot for flowers. Here the “bunchers” met, and worked amongst the beautiful blooms which arrived in thousands, and enabled the committee to give generous bunches for sale. Mesdames M. H. Godby, A. E. Kinsaid, C. M. Ollivier, L. M. Wilson, and Cecil Wood were in charge of 1 the depot, and the organisation of the appeal was in the hands of Mesdames H. Wyatt, P. G. Greenwood, S. P. Godfrey, and Miss Bain. Mesdames M. Gray and H. G. Cotterill were responsible for the publicity, and refreshments for the helpers, were served by Mesdames W. S. Newburgh. F. Armstrong, R. Barnett, and the Opawa-St. Martins sub-branch. Mr G. L. Donaldson acted as cashier, assisted by Mr B. M. Lake, and Mrs H. D. Acland was responsible for the badges. Amongst the sellers were representatives of the Young Women’s Christian Associtaion. the Palestine Plunket Society, Post and Telegraph Women's Association, Junior Navy League, Dunsandel. Lincoln-Tai Tapu, Sydenham-Cashmere-Spreydon New Brighton, Linwood-Avonside Marshland. OpawaSt. Martins, Sumner-Redcliffs. and Riccarton sub-branches of the Plunket Society, Karitane nurses, and Mrs S. Binns, who had a flower stall in the Square. . . .. Mrs F. F. Reid was in charge of the orders from the city firms for decorated baskets of flowers, arranged by Messrs Eras and Company In Victoria Square the flower and plant stall was in charge of the Syd-enhem-Cashmere-Spreydon sub-branch, and Mesdames A. C. McKillop and C. C. Davis. The cake stall was organised by the Riccarton, Belfast, Papanui, and Kaiapoi sub-branches, and Mesdames W G. Scannell, T. F. Gibson. D. Wanklyn, and F. Wilding. Cooked food and produce wer£ sold by Mesdames E. Boulton, A. E. Baxter, A. J. Bunz, A. Rose A. J. Benzie, and the ShirleyRichmond and Marshland subbranches. Mesdames H. R. Smith, J. W. Niven, and G. Basan were in charge of the bookstall. The president and committee greatly appreciated the help and support the society’s appeal had received, and especially wished to thank the sellers, upon whom so much of its success depended. PARTY AT SUMNER An afternoon social was held in the Presbyterian schoolroom, Sumner, the hostesses being Misses Killner and Gates. Musical items were given by Mesdames F. Nelson Kerr, and Heslop, and Miss Beryl Gough. A humorous one-act play was pertormea hy members of the Redcliffs Women s Division of the Farmers’ Union drama circle, and a short sketch was given by Misses Gates and Killner. The girls of the School for the Deaf gave In exhibition of club-swinging. Afternoon tea was served, and a collection taken up in aid of Bible class funds.

FOX NECKLETS FROM 7 GUINEAS PATTISON EDE’S SALE Quite definitely you must see these delightful Foxes at Pattison Ede’s. But hurry! Foxes, as you know, have always been very ready sellers—but at these sale prices, well, they’ll simply be snapped up.

So. visit the Pattison Ede Fur Sale just as soon as you can. All the-more popular and distinguished members of the Fox family are on parade, including Silver Fox, Cross Fox, Arctic Fox, and Dyed Canadian Fox. See them at the Pattison Ede Showrooms, Lichfield street, near Colombo street. —2 /