Apiti

Manawatu Times, Volume 64, Issue 306, 28 December 1939, Page 3

Apiti

| CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOUR PARTY = From Our Own 'Correspondent.' | The children of the Christian En- = deavour class gathered at the Parsonage = where Rev. Ashworth and Mrs. Ash- = worth entertained them at a happy | party with games and tea. | Some time ago a number of Strath- § kinnis W.K.I. in Fife Scotland, sent = poppy seeds to members of the Apiti | and Table Flat W.l’s., and one or two | members have had the pleasure of grow- = ing a blue poppy this season. A recent § number of the Free Lance featured an = article on a blue Himalayan poppy | grown in Christchurch, and this is prob- = ably the same variety of poppy grown 2 by local W.I. members. | Heavy rain fell on Christmas Day | and also on Boxing Day when a thunder- = storm caused an interruption in the | power service to some of the firms on 2 Table Flat Road. Personal. | Miss Mary Godfrey, of Palmerston = North, has been the guest of Miss | Leslie. 2 Mrs. Tom Osborue and her children | arc on holiday in Levin. | Mr. H. Mclntyre, of Feilding, is stay- = ing with his son and daughter-in-law, 2 Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Mclntyre. | Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Osborne are visit- | ing Auckland and Dargavillc. § Mrs. ypence, of Feilding, and Miss 5 Lorna ftpence, of Stokes Valley, are § staying with Mr. and Mrs. C. Spence. 2 Captain G. A. D. Spence and Mrs. 2 Spence visited Apiti while the former = was on final leave from Ngaruawahia = camp. | Miss D. Hodsou has been staying = with her parents at the Manse and will 2 accompany her sister, Miss Audrey 1 Hodsou, to the Presbyterian Bible | Class Conference at Palmerston North. 1 Mr. and Mrs. A. Ashworth, of Hast- = ings, motored to Apiti to spend Christ--2 mas with Mr. and Mrs. G. Cowan at 2 ‘ ‘ Crossipol. ’ ’ = Mr. and Mrs. P. Massicks, Mr. Ken = Massicks, Miss Joan Massicks and Mr. 1 W. Noonan, all of Auckland, are holi--2 daying in Apiti with Mr. and Mrs. W. 1 Hogan. = Mr. Hugh Stanley, of Wellington, is = spending his annual leave with his par--2 ents, Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Stanley. 2 Mrs. Bottcher, of Wellington, is = staying with her daughter, Mrs. D. Me--1 Nieol.