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Chronicle (Levin), 21 May 1946, Page 4

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! Miss Rosetta Rose is at present |spending her college vacation with I Mr. and Mrs. J. D. White, f ormerly ; of Levin and now of Christchurch. - j The death is reported. from i Indianopolis, U.S.A., of Booth Tarkj ington, author and play wright, at i the age of 76 years. He had suff er- | ed a long illness. I Mr. T. H. Langford, until recenti ly No. 3 Transport Licensinp; Authjority, and now No. 4 Authority, was last night appointed the Christjchurch City Council's Public Relaitions Officer. There were 157 ap- ! plications for the position. | It is announced by the Minister lof Defence that the present ViceChief of the Air Staff, Air Commodore A. de T. Nevill, C.B.E., has been appointed Chief of the Air Staff, ! R.N.Z.A.F., in the rank of Air Vice iMarshal, in succession to Sir Leonjard Isitt. Mr. L. J. Wild, of feilding, was a. 'visitor to Levin yesterday. He was ' the guest speaker at the Levin ^ Rotary Club's .weekly luncheon, 'taking as his subject the objects of ;Rota.ry. Another visiting Rotarian ;at the luncheon was Mr. L. Abrajham, of Hamilton. j The Dominion president of the W.D.F.U., Mrs. Elliott, will visit j Levin on Thursday to give an ad- ! dress to • district members and | friends on the work carried out by ; the division. Before her election as Dominion president in 1945, Mrs. , Elliott served both on the Dominion 1 Advisory Board and as a Dominion j vice-president. The death of Mr. R. J. Foss, _ a Iformer headmaster of the Levin 1 School, was referred to by the Mayor (Mr. H. B. Burdekin) at last 1 evening's meeting of the Levin i Borough Council. His Worship said the late Mr. Foss had exercised_an influence on the lives of the young ! people of the town and district j which was hard to measure, and the speaker had been struck by the respect and affection which his i former pupils bore for him. Levin | and district had been enriched by !the dece.ased gentleman's presence jin it, and his place would be hard to fill. The meeting stood in silence ; as a mark of respect to the memory | of the late Mr. Foss. •