OHURA CATHOLIC SOCIAL

King Country Chronicle, Volume V, Issue 331, 25 January 1911, Page 2

OHURA CATHOLIC SOCIAL

It is generally said that when the Roman Catholics undertake the carrying out of any charitable or other function, th;y bring it to a successful I issue, both financially and otherwise, ! and the social in aid of the building of | a new Roman Catholic church, held I last Thursday evening, proved that ! the assertion was well justified. ' There were present about eighty I couples, bosid33 a large number of j non-dancers, and the music was in the | capable hands of Mr W. Meredith. I Great arrangements had been made i for the affair for the past month, and ! a strong committee of ladies and geni tlemen had undertaken the manage- | meat of the social. The hall was ! decorated with evergreens, etc., and ! one pretty feature was the card room |—a large marquee —which presented I quite a pretty effect, with the display ! of flags, evergreens, and ferns, which ■ seemed to add additional lustre to the I handsome dresses worn by the ladies. | Indeed it was well worthy of the high | praise besowed by the visitors on the : efforts of Mesr.i-3 McCrae, Kelly, Mc- | Gonley, and Mcariamea McCrae, Syrup, ! Misses O'Loary (2), Sullivan, Burnett i (2), Ecirnc and Goldfinch. The cateri ing was also in the hands of the ; above-named ladies, and left nothing i to be desired, and the committee de- ' sire to express their utmost thanks to the people of other denominations, I who, with their assistance, and gener- : osity brought the social to such a successful issue. We might specially : mention that if there was a gentleman : more pleased and gratified than the ■ rest it was the pioneer of the district, Mr W, K, Williams, our popular storekeeper, as he harked back to the days when he first entered the Ohura Va'lley, and the present day. with its numerous population and with every indication'of being yet a magnificent town. There were visitors from Matiere, Otangiwai, and as far back as Waitangi. Messrs McClenaghan and W. Simpson acted as M.C.'s, and the i secretarv, Mr T. Mooney, was untiring in "his efforts to cater for the . pleasure of visitors and others. A , i&j'ge programme of pongs, dances, ' reel's, ede., was gone through during the evening, and lasted till the small hours of the morning. The following wfts the prcsrnmme:- Song, Mr F. McCiure; recitation, Miss A. .Burnett; shanteraus, Mr R. McCrae; song, Mr Hutton; song, Miss Love--1 day; Irish jig, Mr R. McCrae; song, Miss O'Brien; recitation, Miss Bryant; reel of Tulloch, Messrs D. and R. McCrae. Misses Meßrae and O'Leary; ■ s'6i)g. Tvlr Mc(jiiu:e; swcircJ dance Ivl'v. : D. McCrae; song, Miss O'Brien, Several extras were contributed I during the evening by Messrs Coe, ! Jackson and Miss O'Brien,