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Evening Post, Volume CXXII, Issue 32, 6 August 1936, Page 18

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Junior Red Cross.

The Junior Red Cross can!now claim 1 to be without' question the greatest children's movement in 'the world, states the "International Record." Ac- s cording to. the latest' statistics compiled i by the Secretariat of the League of Red Cross Societies, there are "today 1 over 16,500 juniors..in. fifty-two coun- 1 tries. This represents an increase of t over two millions since 1934. , Pleasant Party. f A very enjoyable afternoon was i spent when Sister O. Rich entertained t some of her friends at afternoon tea in the Grand Hotel lounge yesterday. ' Among those present were Sister 1 Crawford, Sister Langer, Sister Rich; i Mrs. Phelan, Mrs. Grange, Mrs. Tyrrell, ; Mrs. James, Mrs. Russell, Mrs. Jury, ) and Mrs. Chambers. Hutt Valley W.D.F.U. i A meeting of the Hutt Valley Wo-' ' men's Division of the Farmers' Union was held in St. Hilda's Hall recently, when the vice-president (Mrs. Collie) presided over .a fairly large attendance. Arrangements were made for the combined Farmers' Union and Women's Division ball to be held during this month. The monthly compeition, a thrift article, was won by Mrs. Lindsay, Mrs. L. Benge being second. Afternoon tea was served by Mrs. Collett and Mrs. Peck. ■ -.v »;'"?:,;"■'■. Upper Hutt Women's Institute. . The August meeting of the Upper Hutt Women's Institute was held on Tuesday when Mrs. Griffin, president, was m the. chair. The afternoon was spent in a social.manner. A dialogue .by Mrs, S. Braid and Mrs. C. Dalton caused much laughter. Mrs. Hirschorn sang and Mrs. Hyslop won a musical competition. Community singing. and •dancing were also enjoyed. In the background' a "bring and buy1' sale was in progress, adding substantially to federation funds. The competitions for the afternoon resulted as follows-— Darning, Mrs. Miller 1, Mrs. Heifford 2; jam tarts, Mrs. Heifford 1, Mrs. Braid 2; thrift article, Mrs. Marshall 1, Mrs. Max 2. A dainty afternoon tea was served by the hostesses, Mesdames Edwards, Gibbs, D. Greig, Hardy, Heifford, Hercock, H. Hazel wood, E. Harris, C. Harris, Fahey, Arthur, Harper, and Miss Higson. ''Younger Set" Club. Last night's meeting of the Younger Set Club took the1 form of a. guest evening,, members:.-■:,being invited to bring friends to the clubrooms, Lambton Quay. A large number of young people were present, and were entertained with a bright programme. of music, dancing, and other items. Roland Pertwee's one-act play,, "Postal Note," was read by Misses Margaret Munro, Lorria Kare, June Hargreaves, Aileen Seed, and Mr.-Arthur Laing. Piano solos were played by Mr. Maurice Solomon and violin solos by Mr. A. E. Rolfe. A v fencing display by Messrs. H. and E.Davy was followed by the serving of supper and the rest of the evening was spent in dancing. Missionary Meeting. The Rev. J. C. Loan presided at the annual business meeting of St. David's Presbyterian Women's Missionary Union which was held on July 28. The report on the year's work ; was. read by Mrs. Fenton (secretary), and the balance-sheet was submitted by Mrs. Hayton (treasurer). These were favourably received and the Rev. Mr.; Loan congratulated the members vein a successful year and gave a short, encouraging address; ' . Business and Pleasure. A musical v progVamrne followed the business part of the English-speaking Union's annual meeting, which was held last night in the Mezzanine Room of the Dominion Farmers'• Institute.' Miss Kathleen Fuller, accompanied at the pfanb by Miss Eileen Clarke, sang two solos.' Songs were also given by Miss Beatrice Douglas, Mr. Stanley Oliver, playing her' accompaniments, and Miss G. Nannestad gave two elocutionary items. Supper was served after an interesting talk, touching on her experiences during the war and her contacts with the branches of the E.S;U. in other countries, had been given by Mrs. de .Castro, the founder of the E.S.U.- in' New Zealand. Others present were Mrs. D. V. Claridge, Mr. and Mrs. E. D. Good, Mrs. A. Duncan, Mr.; and Mrs.'M. G. Phelan, Mrs. Nannestad, Miss Thornhill, Miss M. Wilson, Miss Amy Bennett, Mrs. A. Burnard, [ Miss Dorothy Tanner, Mrs. Oakley, ; Mr. and Mrs. H. L.jCummings, Mrs. W. ! Duncan, Mrs. W. H. Fisher, Mrs. Gard--1 ~ner,: Mrs.IHay-McKehzie, Mr. E. Anscombe, Miss E. M. Black, Mrs. D. E. • Perrett, Mrs. A. E. Webb, Mr. A. Leigh L Hunt, Miss L. Hayes, Miss R. Mills, 1 Mrs. W. Gilbert,, Mr. Will Mason, Mr. E. Duncan, and Mr. and Mrs. C. R. :C. Ffitch. ■ V '