VALEDICTORY

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 494, 30 March 1933, Page 7

VALEDICTORY

FAREWELL TO MRS. W. H. SPEER ! To say farewell to Mrs. W. H. 1 Speer, who is leaving shortly for Waiuku, the members of the Rotorua Croquet Cluh held a most enjoyable ; progressive lafternoon on the club's greens at the Government Gardenft last Tuesday afternoon. i Competitive croquet was played un- | til 4 p.m., when a very dainty afternoon tea was served at the club pavilian. The tea tables were artistically arranged with the club's eolours of i red and white, with large bowls of i autumn shaded zinnias. ! After tea, Miis. J. Halkett presented . Mrs. Speer with a heautiful houquet, j and in doing so wished her every hapi piness in her new home. Mrs. B. M. Green, vice-president of the club, on ' behalf of the members, then presented : Mrs. Speer with' two handsome brass candlefsticks, expressing the general regret that she was compelled to relinquish her duties before completing j her term of office as president of the i club. | "I am sure," continued the sp'eaker, j "that I am expressing the sentiments of the cluh wrh'en I say how isorry we are that Mrs. Speer is leaving us and ' how much we .appreciated her services in the capacity of vice-president and ' president during her stay in Rotorua. ] Mrs. Speer, in reply, thanked the ; members for their handsome presents | and their very kindly thoughts so ' wholeheartedly expressed. I She regretted that her term of office had to be curtailed owing to her leav- : ing the district, hut she was departing ! with' the happielst thoughts of her 1 association with the Rotorua Ladies' j Croquet Club. ' Musical honours brought to -a close a very pleasant afternoon. i A tie between Mrs. C. R. Lloyd and j Mrs. E. La Trobe Hill in the A secj tion of the progressive croquet found i Mrs. La Trobe Hill the winner, while i Mrs. J. Banks was the winning compej titor in the B sesction. I The first prize for the winner of ! tho A grade section was donated by. i Miss Peterson, president of the NewI town Club, Wellington. I Among those present were: Mrs. : W. H. Speer, Mrs. B. M. Green, Mrs. J. R. Blencowe, Mrs. J. Halkett, Mrs. ! C. R Lloyd, Mrs W. W. P. Hall, Mrs. | W. T. Pakes, Mrs. J. McDowell, Mrs. | E. La Trobe Hill, Mrs. Skene Dixon, Mrs. W. L. Richards, Mrs. C. H. C. Worthington, Mrs. J. Banks, Mrs. C. Griffiths, Mrs. F. Moorhouse, Mrs. F. C. Bunyard, Mrs. Cohnle, Mrs. Thomsen, Mrs. M. Manson, Mrs. D. M. Ford, Mrs. E. Robinson, Mrs. Todd, Mrs. R. B. Neisbitt, Mrs. T. Parata, Mrs. D. Herd, Mrs. H. J. Heley, Mrs. Malcolm, Mrs. Keane, Miss S. Snodgrass, Miss G. Pakes.