PIONEER WOMEN'S MEMORIAL

Evening Star, Issue 23380, 25 September 1939, Page 9

PIONEER WOMEN'S MEMORIAL

EXECUTIVE MEETING AND BRIDGE PARTY An executive meeting of the Pioneer Women’s Memorial Association was held on September 12, the president, Dr M'Kinnon, being in the chair. The chief business was to consider future action in view of war conditions. It was decided that, as donations were on an entirely voluntary basis, no change in policy was required, but that active canvassing might be held in abeyance in the meantime. It was decided further that the bridge party, arranged a month previously for September 19, should be proceeded with. This took place in the Tudor Lounge on the due date. In the course of the evening the president, in thanking those present for their support, explained that the committee felt that it would hardly be fair to the management of the Savoy to cancel an engagement which had been entered into so long previously, that it might have meant indefinite postponement, and, moreover, that players attended not so much in a spirit of gaiety, but rather to give support to a cause which they felt _ to be a worthy one—namely the erection of a memorial to be dedicated to our pioneer women settlers, in acknowledgment of the spirit of self-sacrifice and endurance displayed by them in meeting the difficult conditions in which their lives were set. The president then read a short lyric on ‘ The Pioneer Women,’ composed by Mr C. R. Allen, of Dunedin, which is to be set to music. The following organised bodies and individual helpers arranged tables and were responsible for the very satisfactory result achieved: —Registered Nurses’ Association, four tables (Misses Elliott, Muirhead, Holford, Ramsay) ; Women Teachers’ Association (Misses G. Allen. Hayward, and Tyndall); Medical Women’s Association (E. H. M'Kinnon, M. Whyte, S. C. C. Sinclair) : Otago University Women s Association (Miss P. Jones); Otago Women’s Club (Mrs A. Kirkland and Mrs R. Dawson); St. Clair Women’s Club, four tables (Mrs D. A. Young and Mrs W. J. M'Lauchlan); Society of Women Musicians (Miss Irene Barth); Society for the Protection of Women and Children (Mrs S. M. Park and Mrs Aslin); Dunedin Housewives’ Union (Mrs W. Herbert); Otago ExGirls’ High School Club (Miss Bay ley); Austral-Girton Club, four tables (Mesdames Hay and Matthewson, Misses Park and Scott) ; Girl Guides’ Association (Miss J. Wilson) ; Union of Catholic Women (Mrs J. Mooney); Ladies’ Croquet (Mrs J. and the following branch clubs: —Tainui, four tables (Mesdames Best, Lindsay, H. J. Johnston, D. O. Cameron); Leith, three tables (Mesdames M'Nish, D. Mitchell, Nelson); Caversham, four tables (Mesdames Anderson. Graham, Walker, Carrington); St. Clair, three tables (Mesdames Stewart, Saxton, and Miss Sparrow); Montecillo (Mrs Beck) ; Watea (Mrs T. S. Shaw); Basketball Association (Mesdames W. B. Taverner and Simon and Miss M'Kenzie), The following ladies, rot being representatives of societies. arranged tables: —Lady Sidey, Mesdames A. E. Ansell, L. I. Hinkley, Warrington-Tay-lor, Adess, Matthews, E. Buxton, Daglish, F, W. Parker, H, S. Reid, J. Allan, and G. Sutherland, Mieses Sherriff, Soorgie, Hart, Croft, Watt, arid Allan (2). Three , prizes were presented by a member of committee, the winners being Miss J. Nicolson, Miss Rose Neil, and Mr J. A. M'Kinnon. . The following further list of subscriptions to the fund has been received:— Previously acknowledged £1,781 5 2 Bridge party 22 17 6 E.R.S., in memory of Mrs Alex. Dixon (Kuri Bush), Mrs Fried. Jeffcoat road), Mrs Thomas Trumble

(Otaraia), The Unknown Woman 10 0 0 Otago Co-operative Milk 0 Supply Company 5 5 Mr and Mrs James Moir 5 0 0 M. G. Brown for “ The Wright Family ”... ... Miss Helen Scott 5 5 0 0 0 0 Mr and Mrs W. G. Jones 4 4 0 Miss B. M. Watt 3 3 0 Gain Forwarding Company 3 3 0 W. Harris and iSons Ltd. 3 3 0 Misses Barth (3) 3 G 0 Lawrence Women’s Insti6 tute 2 3 Mr and Mrs J. B. Stuart 2 2 6 Mrs Andrew Cameron ... 2 0 0 Mr and Mrs T. Whinam 2 0 0 Mrs and Miss Blyth 2 0 0 Misses Allan (3) Mr J. E. Doolan i 1 0 i 1 0 Miss B. M. Wyllie i 0 0 M.M.B. ... i. 0 0 Friend i 0 0 Mrs A. L. Munro i 0 0 Mr H. L. Duke i 0 0 Mr F. J. Campbell i 0 0 Mr J. Black i 0 0 Dr and Mrs S. Moore ... i 0 0 Mr J. Wilson i 0 0 Mrs L. Jelly (Waimate) 0 10 0 Mrs FoOrd ... 0 10 0 Mrs A.H 0 10 0 Misses Rodger o ip 0 Mrs A. Brosnan 0 10 0 Mrs S. 0. Elliott 0 10 0 Small donations 7 3 6 Total £1,882 14 11