APPRECIATION.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3318, 23 October 1919, Page 4

APPRE CIATION.

*3 TAIHAPE VVOMEN’S WORKING- ’ CLUB. 7 ENT}:IRTA.INED BY RETURNED.

3 A \'cry_ pleasing function was held in , the. 'l‘,Qwn Hall last night, when the 'melnb_ersf}and Workers. of..the Taihape Wome_n_’s Working Club were entertafihed "at we social hy..,._-the Returned Soldiers of Taihape and district, ,' _ 'l‘lleA proceedings‘ were . commenced with 3, piauoforte soio by Miss K, ‘Kearine, who was in good form.’ Mr J. Allen ‘and Mrs M-alone contributed songs‘ which were well received, the latter having to respond to an encore. The

«Rev. Father Mix.-ogue contributed a imusieal monelogue in gfood style, and ftold at number of amusing stories. The ;Mastcrs Crawford were at their best i in a musical it-em (piano and violin), i and were. enthusiastically encoi-ed._, l ‘' Mr E. Lenihan, on behalf of the reiturned soldiers, thanked the —menlbel's I! of the Taihape Women ’s \VoI-king ' Club for the splendid wotk which they lhad done for the soldiers of the dis!trict during the W7ell'. On account of !the splendid services rendered by the iW.omen’s "Workiiig ‘Club, the‘ Taihape {boys had received better treatment 3 than those of most other (list:-i<*-ts. Had‘ ' it not been for the splendid nu:-k done by the women of the British Empire and France, the winning of the W3l3‘ would not hzfve" been possible. In England the women had cheerfully gone on the farms and into the munfiion factories, and they hail made great saeri-fices. The nation which had the services and" sel'f—sacl'ifics of its Women ‘E6 rely upon had- nothing to fear in the future. He regretted that it was not possible to secure :1 complete list of the names of

members and workers of the Climb, but they had done the best they could to make the invitations. general. The function that evening‘ was little in comparison with what they would like to have done, bu.’ he could assure every worker and member of the Club that every efi'ort made on behalf of th.e S-oldie'l'.~‘ was thoroughly apprcaciatetd by‘ them. They-‘knew that their services were of direct benefit to"the men who were away fighting, and they knew that while comforts provided through other channels were stacked up on the wharves, the parcels posted direct to the men by the Women’-5 Working Club reached their destihation. On behalf of every returned soldier in_ the dis’ triet, he again thanked the T3ih9~P9 .Women’s ‘Norking Club for the splendigi services of its members. The floor was cleared for dallcillgn. and after the first waltz, ‘the members of the Working Club and their escorts were entertained at supper. The SUP" per room was specially fl€Gol‘3t9d £0? the occasion, and a sumptuous I'9.P3st was provided. The tables WW6 DIQCIY laid out and 'neautifu]]y decorated, and the Is_p'lendid. ’l7esuPt .aclxl'eved V 785

favourably commented upon, it being fzeely gtated that the supper room had. mover been so well decal‘-ated at any time in the past. The whole of the work was -done by a. committee of re-r turned soldiers, who laid out the tables, attended to the kitchen " work, and” waited on the tables.

After supper Mr T. Shute responded on behalf of the W’Om(m’g Working Club, and in a neat speech fhanked the Ifeturned soldiers for the splendid en. tcrtainment they _had })!‘O\’idCd that evening, ‘ “

; Dancing was continua} till after midnight, with Mr S. Duxxbar as 'M.C., the musicébeing kindly suppfie-d b%‘l\ali3ses

K, Kearins, E. Bray, J. 'McPhee«, and Mr K, J. Kennedy. Tffinorganisers of the cnvtei-tainment. idesi;,¢_ to thank all those who so ' kindly volnnteeréd assistanqc and . helped to maize the function a success. The returned .soldiel‘s _of Taihape and M district intend. to further commemorate the good -work done by the women ot he town and district during the war. 3%? ‘is intended to erect a commodious club building in Station Street, and as a. mark of_apprec_iation of the good work done b_VVWOIIICI'J. during the war, it is estimated to provide two well-fur~ o nishcd and el:ibol'ate rcsit rooms for the free use of the women of the town and district. This; decision was arrived at by _the returned soldiers in April last, But owing to the difficulty of securing a suitablc_sectiml at the time the prow posal was deferred. Now that a section in Stafiion Street has been secured, Hie proposal will be given eifect to when the. club is being erected. ‘ .