MRS EAMES FAREWELLED

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 3, Issue 252, 1 December 1914, Page 4

MRS EAMES FAREWELLED

An "At Home" was given by the ladies of Pukekohe and surrounding districts in the Masonic Hall on Tuesday atternoon for the purpose of bidding farewell to Mrs K. J. Eames, who is leaving the district. About 60 ladies were present, while a good number of apologies were received trom others unable to attend. The hall was tastefully and artistically arranged in the form cf a drawing room decorated with sweet peas of dainty shades and white roses. Afternoon tea, cakes, sandwiches and salad were handed round, Mesdames "Grigor, Motion, Brown, and Baxter, assisted b> Miss Barter and Nurse Milne, working strenuously to make the gathering the success it proved to be. Songs were given by the following ladies :—Mrs Easterbrook-Smith, " Somewhere A Voice is Calling " ; Mrsfl. A. Motion, Tosti's " Goodbye ": Nurse Milne, "For the Green" and "So Fair a Flower'"; Mrs Andrew, "Tatters"; Mrs Jas. Wylie, " Until the End of Time" ; Miss Harper, " Song of Sleep " and selected. Mrs Andrew and Miss Townson rendered a musical item violin and piano), and Miss Penman and Miss Townson played a number of accompaniments. During the afternoon Mrs I. A. Motion called on Mrs S. Nixon to make a presentation to Mrs Eames of a handsome hand-bag with fittings complete. In doing so Mrs Nixon stated that they felt they could not allow Mis Eames to leave without giving expression to their appreciati/n of her untiring energy and unfailing interest in the various .schemes in which she had taken such a proinineut part. Any work she had undertaken had Jjeen carried through in a business-like fashion and with the greatest success. Those who had worked with her had many times been put to shame by the enthusiasm she had displayed and by hor unceasing and untiring efforts for the cause in which she was interested. Everyone knew the work she had duue ia connection with the Horticultural Society, and the success which hud attended the Fukekohe branch of the Lady Liverpool Fund bore witness to her powei as an organiser, live Ladies' Guild of St. James' Church was fortunate enough to secure her services as its first hon. secretary and treasuror, and only the members of it had any idea of the work she put into it. She asked Mrs Eames to accept that small present as a souvenir of the time she had spent amongst them. Mrs Eames, in reply, said she had been completely takea by surprise by the day*s arraugemeut. She thanked the ladies for the useful and visible sign of their good wishe?. In connection with the Guild she thought it « as well to improve church property, as it was not only a help to the spiritual advancement of the coming generation, but it made one's town more attractive in whieh to live. Mrs had mentioned the Horticultural Society; that, too, was necc-sary to develop beauty and taste. As far as the patriotic move niont was concerned the Lady Liverpool work was a citizen's duty ; one of the first ideas the speaker remembered being taught at school was that the primary object of education was to turn out good citizens. She had only done her duty in trying to bo a good citizen, and had refused to join any committee unless she felt that her spirit was in the work undertaken : for to associate one's self in a half-hearted fashion meant disappointment to one's colleague's. What she had done had been a labour of love, and the labour of lovo shown by the citizens in giving the reception that afternoon had more than compensated her. She again thanked the ladies for their cordial good-will. After a pleasaut two hours had been spent, good wishes were expressed to the guest of the afternoon and good-bye's were said.