Local R.S.A. Provides Novel Entertainment

Chronicle (Levin), 2 October 1948, Page 3

Local R.S.A. Provides Novel Entertainment

The entertainment committee'of the Shannon branch of the Returned Services Association provided the public with a novel form of entertainment on Wednesday when a posers, penalties and proflts quiz was conducted in the Renown Theatre. Mr. A. Pope, of Wellington, the •popular wrestling annoimcer, was the quizmaster and Mesdames Andrew and Bell, Misses D. Ritchie and M. Easton and Messrs F. Callesen, R. Small, N. Sayer and G. Kennard were the "quiz-kids." Prior to in-troducing Mr. Pope and the contestants, Mr. R. S. Downes took the opportunity of extending his sincere thanks of the R.S.A. to Mrs. E. L. Hyde for providing the hall and the picture programme free of charge, and to those business people who donated prizes for the competition. Before outlining the competition Mr. Pope said that it gave 'him very much pleasure to be present as he was an old boy of the Shannon Schpol and was very pleased to return to the town to see so many of his old school mates. The questions put to the competitors for the ma jor prize proved too difficult for them to answer correctly, and it was eventually decided by the committee to share it with Miss D. Ritchie and Mr. Kennard, the two competitors who answered their minor questions correctly. The penalties paid by those competitors who did not answer their minor questions proved most amusing and their spor-tsmanship brought very favourable applause from the packed house. The highlight of the penalties was when Miss Easton and Mr. Gallesen fed each other with ice cream while blindfolded. Other penalties were also most amusing and consisted of blowing up a balloon and an Egyptian dance, while one lady entrant fed her . husband with spaghetti and another entrant went through his daily routine from the time of rising until he went to work. In an interview after the competition, the president of the R.S.A, Mr. B, Clayton, said that the public had supported the function very well and a considerable sum of money would again be available for the R.S-A. food for Britain fund. This fund, said Mr. Clayton, was beginning to get very low and with a -batch of parcels to go forward for Christmas, the committee was becoming very worried. The public's support was very much appreciated, he concluded.