Corso's Annual Street Day Raised £160

Chronicle (Levin), 31 March 1949, Page 4

Corso's Annual Street Day Raised £160

The public of the town and district again responded-generously on the occasion of the recent street appeal conducted by the Levin Frovinc'al Committee of Corso, and the gratifying! sum of £160 4s 8d was raised. All those who were privileged to hear the address given recently in Levin by the Dominion Organiser of United Nations Orgariisation in New Zealand, Mr. L. H. D. Gordon, must have realised that although Corso is only one small section of tnat vast organisation, giving through. it is a practical way in which the people of New Zealand can assist in bringing hope ' and giving help to the stricken« peoples of Europe and Asia. On Friday, the pebpie of Levin and district gave most generously and further offers of help to the committee were most heartening. -Thei manner in* which the young 'women of the town offered their help was' most gratifying. Special thanks arej due to the following who gave sub-l stantial contributions : Messrs. A. W. Allen Ltd., The Levin Meat Co. j Ltd., Carter Bros., Avenue Cash' Butchery, Excelsior Butchery, Kim-j ■berley Women's Institute, Mes-1 dames W. Davie, D. J. Sweetzer, D.i R. Buxton (Tirau) and Miss M.| Jenkins and Messrs. H. Harveyi . Senr. and A. J. Gimblett. j ! The committee specially wish to' thank the street collectors whose efforts resfulted in a very satisf actory amount being collected. They 1 were: Mesdames J. W. Clarke, W. C. Stannard, E. E. Ryder, W. W. Leach, J E. Moxham, E. C. Hamilton, F. L. Burnham, N. M. Thomson, E. D. Wilcox, Kerr, ,T. P. Bertram, T. N. Macdonald, C. H. Rachbone, Stewart Donnelly, W. I., Beale, W. B. Potter, J, O. Gilmour,1 G. A. Pascoe, and Misses Sheila jackson, M. Selby, Caroline Chapman and Mr. H. Har'vey, Senr. j The women on the street stall, i who hiadi a tousy day, were: Mesdames G. R. Lester, E. W. Bott, A. V. Morgan, A. C. Kennerley, J. Harvey, F. C. Lemmon, C. S. Keedwell, Kissell, R. A. Frederikson, Ful- ' ton and Evans. Mr. W. Hatch also assisted. All assofciated' with the | effort appreciated the morni'ng and afternoon tea servedi by Mes- ; dames Stack, E. M. Twisleton and jMcLeod and Miss Selby. The com!mittee also wish to thank Mes- ! dames C. Davies and Hamilton and 'Mr. H. L. Jenkins for their assist- . ance to the secretary, Mrs. T. C. de Mey. A special "thank you" is given to the Regent Theatre and "The Chronicle," to those shops | which displayed the Corso publicity ! cards and to Mr. C. S. Keedwell wno has ailowed donations to be left at his business premises for many years.