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Chronicle (Levin), 3 December 1948, Page 4

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I The death occurred at Tawa Flat jyesterday, at the age of 82 years, i'of Mrs. Eliza Mexted. Mr. S. B. . Jylexted, of Levin, i.s a son. i Mrs. Alfred Wa^t, M.B.E., found:er of 'the Women's Institute mpvemcnt, is dead, s^ys a London cable. 3fie opened the first Women's Institute in Britain 33 years agoSfie died in Montreal aged 80 years. Mr. M. Fox, formerly of Levin and now pf Palmerston Nprth, .gained second place in the 1948 dancing championships held under the auspices of Miss'Irene Oliver's : Dancing Studio, at Palmerston North on Tuesday evening. j A motion of- sympathy with the relatives of the' lat.e Mr. C. C. Holmes, of Otaki, was paSsed yepterday by the provincial executive of Manawatu Fgderated Farmers. * Mr. Holmes was a leading member of - the federatipn's ipeat and wooB section. Mrs. L. Melville, of Levin, tpavelled to Wellington pn Tuesday to be with her twin sister, Mts. jg,mes Middleton, on thg pceasion pf their 70th birthday. Allogether Six members of their families celebrated their birthdays on the same day. A very enipyable eyen.ing was held at ' tlie residence ©f ]\frs. Middleton's daughter, Mrs. H. Parker, Petone, wfiPl'P mafiy rela|ives and friends gathered to make the functiop & fiappy ppe, Among Ihe numerpps telegramg apd parr eels which arriyed from Nprtfi and South Islands wa§ a me§sagg pf congratulatiop fropi W?- Mj j J/foohan, M.P. fpr Petone, and Mrs. Moohan. '