VALEDICTORY.

Hokitika Guardian, 27 September 1924, Page 1

VALEDICTORY.

Despite the many counter iillraetinns and the tlalii). night, tile Methodist S'- huolroom vva.s well tilled on Tliur.sday night, the purpose Tor which so many had gathered was to hid farewell to the ( after family and to congratulate and wish farewell to .Miss Celia Knight who is going to he niariie.l in the very near future.

The .). F. .1 sick presided iind a hlicrt inusiea 1 ]mi;'i:nnnie was rendercd : A pianoforte suit) by .Miss M. Walker. a duet by .Mr (Iptr and Miss Walker, ali i a so-lo by .Miss 1... Kuiphl all tlie items brine encored. Then -Ml .lack aniiiiimer;l that He time bad eome to J.VI to work on the more serious jiait id the |:ioerainme. that of sa.vitip e*ui'.lhyc. lie then dwelt at length on the merits the Carter family e.hieli were very flattering juul <|iiilo a time was t: •■in.ieii in ) raise of the < hihlren of Mr ami Mrs W. Carter who he said we:e a r* :*.! ('edit, to ih'dr parents and to them dve.s for the way they (ondurt t hem ■•elves. || ( . (lieu present'-d Albert, Mildred end Ifepinuld with a I-... 1, a. a token of I'esi'eel m whili tiler were lad! by the members of the Chut'eli and Sunday Seho.d. lieeimild Cartelill a few well < liosen wolds thanked all i or.i erne.l for the valuable hooks just pas sauted to his ssler am! brothel' and 1 1 iills If. Then Mr dark said they eoiild not let Mr and Mrs Carter jfi away to Hamilton without solilethill" to remind Un-in of the Methodist Church at Hokitika, and in asking Mr Carter to meept. a beautiful silver jam dish he ails i wished them In. real lile and happiness to enjoy the sweet jam which the dish in future would contain. Mr ("alter on behalf of airs Carter and familv heartily returned thanks for the handsome present and pave anyone an invitation when in Hamilton to come •old try some of the jam out <d thill dish, lie said that, l'ipbt from the start of their lives in Hokitika they had the wannest friendship ior litemlet's of the .Methodist C hill ih. Then t Itaiikinp the audiem e once mole was erected with the sinpmp of “For they are j.lty Coo.l I'Vlh ws.” Air.lack thou aliiioiineod that lie had another duty to perform, he wished to sav a lew words in reference to M.ss Knight, who had always b. en a -taun h uieiiilier of the Chur h ai d Sunday Sohoe-t and hoped that she too would live I me and happy in the new sphere of life on which she was about to (liter. lii presentino Mist Kuiplit with a bulky 'iivelope rsked here to purchase a small nu'ineiil > with the ('intents which would remind her oj the ha..;y days spent in Hokitika Methodist circles. Miss Kuipht thanked the (loners for the pi ft. The sineinp of “She's n jelly (tend Fellw“ hroopht this part el' the propiwmme to a cle-'e. "I lie rest of tin' eveniii" was spent in panics which were thoroughly enjoyed. Supper was serve I l.y the ladies and atiout ll.:fn p.in., the sineinp of Mild l.au;r Syne lir.me.ht a vety happy and cnioy•i.lile eveitiup to a close.