CATHOLIC SCHOOL FETE

Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 72, 26 March 1934, Page 11

CATHOLIC SCHOOL FETE

ST. THONIAS'i NAI- NA*

The annual garden fete of St. Thomas' Home and School was held in the beautiful school grounds at- Nai • Nai,' Lower Hutt, on Saturday- afternoon. Among the visitors were his Grace Archbishop- Redwood, his Grace Archbishop O'Shea, the Rev. Dr: Mcßae, Mother Superior M. de Sales, -Sir; Walter Nash, M.P.; and Mrs. Nash, Mr. J. \y. Andrews, Mayor: of Lower: Hutt, and -Mrs.- Andrews. Council-, lor W. V. Dyer-and Mrs. Byer^Mr. E. P. Bunn.v and Mrs. Bunny, and Mrs. C H. Chapman. • ■■■"-■';'.' ' ■■■' Mi1. Nash, .apologised for the unavoidable absence of. Mr. D. MeKenzie, Mayor o£ Petone, and Mts. If ash. In wishing the organisers of the fete every-success* Mr. Nash paid a warm tribute to; the work carried out at- St. Thomas': The home had no fixed income, but was de? pendent on the generosity, of various sections of the community.' At present some sixty boys were iii the home, and' they, we're, cared for and taught by the Sisters o£ Mercy, who gave their lives to foster the young personalities committed to their care. } ''The least we :can do/, said Mr; Nash, "is to spend or to give all that we can spare, so that the financial difficult ties of the home may: be'reduced to a minimum."- ; - ■■: _-■ -:...■ .-.• . ■ ;- In conclusion,'Mi-. Nash referred to the splendid ;W>rk of the "Tjoys and others in making a swimming l>ool Joy clamming a stream in the grounds. The pool needed to be enlarged, however, and he asked whether those who could afford it would subscribe towards the cost ami whether others would, help with their labour, so that the work might be. done. • My. Nash then, declared the fete open; ' The stalls arid stallholders were as follows:—Fancy stall,. Mrs. E, W. '. Gib'bs, Mrs.- Bolton, Mrs. Hickmott, Mrs.'Coffin, arid Miss Black jprbdiice stall, Mrs.- O'Donnell and Miss Ong'ley; art ■6tall7' Sister Mary' Lawrence and Sister Mary Christopher. Afternoon tea,: the1 small.tables having for decorations beautiful bronze and deep-rose dahlias, was served in the schoolroom. The helpers were Mesdames Guthrie, Parker, Reader, Kendrick. Kirby, Handler', Nicholls, and Lang, and"waiting at the tables were girls' of St. Mary's College." '•-..■■■ ■•■■ '.•■ - '■ ■ ■ '