MEMORIAL UNVEILED

Chronicle (Levin), 18 February 1947, Page 4

MEMORIAL UNVEILED

_ — ♦ — _ Koputaroa lemembers Rs War Heroes A unique way of commemorating the jjauies of five men of' ihe Hophtaroa flistriet whq lost their lives in the recent war was ihe insfallation on B.aturdny jlast of a tahlet in the Koputaroa Hall in which their photographs were inlaid. If was designefl Jby Mr. W. Speirs, of Koputaroa, and Mrs. R. Speirs, of Foxton. The taMef was unveilecl by Mr. M- H- Oram, M-P.m . foy Manawatu, during a ceremony at which (the Rev. A. Salriiond officiated- iflso present was the vice-president of •the Levin hranch ,of the RS, A- jP r. L. J. Hunter, afid Mrs. M, Q, Pene, the mother of two of the inen whose names appeared on the rnll •pf honour. . ; Following a shorf service c.onducted by the Rev. Mr. Salmond, ;an address -/as'gr-m by Dr. Hunter in whi.ch he ref erred itp tfche tyvo wars this generafion liad expeyienced, and the sacrifices they had entailed: The great sacrjfices of the men who had fallen, and the gratitude 0f the whoje .eommunity to those who served in "the war was the theme of a short address by Mr. Oram- Mrs. Pene expressed ihe thanks of the mothe.rs to those who ' sought to perpetuate the memory of their sons. At the conclusion of the proceedings, afternoon tea was seryed and Mr. S. Kilsby expressed ihe thanks of the district to those visitors who had attended the ceremony.