DOUGLAS NOTES.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXX, Issue 96, 25 July 1916, Page 8

DOUGLAS NOTES.

(From the “Post” Correspondent.) A large number of residents of Douglas and surrounding district assembled in the Douglas Hall on Friday evening to do honour . and bid farewell to Private Dennis Needham-} who is on his final leave, The following programme was excellently rendered, and much appreciated:— Pianoforte duet, Mis es W-atson and Copeland; solo, ‘‘'The Last Mile-stone” Mrs Conaway; song, “The Lighterman,” (encore “The Devil Take the | Kaiser”) Mr Cole; vocal duet, “May and December,” Mr and Mrs Martin; son, “Mary of Argyle,” Mis.j JL Young; song, “Don’t go Down in a Mine, Dam,” Mr H. Pea re; song, “With the Lasses,” Mrs Martin ; quartette, “Tenting” Mss Voung, Messrs,Jones, Colo, and Deere; song, “The■'Empire is Calling,” Mr Martin; song, “The Gunner,” Mr Jones; song, “The Sleeping Camp,” (.encore “Lovely Garden”) Mrs Thomas; quartette, “Pro Phundo Basso,” Mrs Thomas, Miss Young, Messrs Cole and Bearc. Mr ;E. Walter presided, and in presenting Private Needham on behalf of the residents with a handsome gentleman’s cdlnpanion, ‘expressed the good wishes of; all with a message to the boys bf Douglas who are in the bring line. X T

Mucdr: Sympathy is felt for Mrs Tbnm&SyUof Douglas, whose husband has recMitly been wounded. ’Latest reports state that he is in hospital in London, and progressing favourably. Thg'.residents a-nd Ladipl’ Patnotio Committee are tentidn to the needs arisingiput # Pf thd war. v; • ,v

Rottenly, the proceeds: |bf a social, resulting;-!!! a sum of £2 Ills 6d boing raisodyJjffs been sent to the Mayoress', of W(jß)hgton, for Soldiers’ comforts. r riio k)<tul’ school for the'Belgian children fad'sijd the handsome sum of £B, which reflects credit on the teachers and children. Several parcels of garments* have been sent foT' various iieeclsiSThe Ladies Committed are now pio]paring a parcel for the; needs [of the War Babies. The,-Committee meet weekly in the Methodist Parsonago- '■ : vi j,i The local vocal and insttumentai talen ‘have been; preparing for some time for a combined concert and minstrel function, which is to be held in the Douglas Hffll in a fortnight’s Lime in aid of the Patriotic Ponds.

'The settlers will he pleased to learn that Mr G. Morrison, who •" shortly leaves for the front, has secured a lotal blacksmith to take his business at Doilglgs. An instance of the. .prosperity of the district is the number of motor cavi| which ‘have recently been purchased by many;-’farmers’ in the surrounding districts. Mr A. Needham, under the ■supervision ,of Mr J. King, of Mr Newton King’s\staff',\in' his fine ‘Stud'ebaker, travelled to Pahmirston, Kevin, and the State Farm, a distance of 500 miles, without a .mishap, and speaks highly of the trip. ’Flic local creamery, under the management of Mr Harding, will commence shortly. ■ Several farmers are in readiness, having rebuilt, repaired, and %mcfbfed their yards. The cows arc fast coming in, and the prospects are good for a good season.