Levin Homeservicemen Hold Annual Reunion

Chronicle (Levin), 22 March 1948, Page 4

Levin Homeservicemen Hold Annual Reunion

j, A convivial evening was spent by members .of .the,. Levin branch" of the, Hopfief Services' Association and; .their- guests.. pn Saturday ,night, when the annual reunion Junfttiqn, was held*,, The president", Mr,.H. A, Fenn, . was chaifman an'd toaSt-_ master, and at the. 'O.uts.et welc.omed all present.. . , ... >, , ; : rr Proposing, the . ,tpas^ , of .the, Zealand Home Services' Associa-. tion, Mr. G. Barclay said he liad the ... highest . admiration. for _ those men who were .dft'e.ctipg its( "affaito today. They , \ye re ve.ry . zealous . ,in, their efforts ,to see ' that ..the ,iftter-( igsts • of.. home. .. servicemen apd, women .were juot^ tor.gqtterii.ahf.'ftb did' not*.. think* it wpuld , be.,. l.Pftg before tfie r.ehabilitation bepefits ,at. present *.. available to. them were extended. The response was made by Mr. Feftn. Mr. R. FoWler propoSed the toast of the N.Z.R.S.A., South African Veterans' Association . and Merchant Marine. Acknowledging his remarks, the. president of the Levin branch.of the N.Z.R.S.A., Mr. N. M. Thomson, said that servicemeii's reunions served a very useful ptirpose ih that they fortified and made even more solid the spirit of co-operation exiisting between the R.S.A. and H.S.A. Those relations stood on a very high plan'e and today it v/as well that they .'should contiftue thus. That co'-operation was all the more desirable in a time such as the present. No one would seek to remove the way of Iife which we knew in New Zea- ; land, but shouM any- such* ;at.tefript b,e made. the core of resistance ^outd'^'ihe^'from' tli'e.' R.'S.A. and •H.S.A. ' ... Interspersed with the toasts were musical itenis and community siriging- . • t Q