INGLEWOOD.

Taranaki Daily News, 7 October 1921, Page 6

INGLEWOOD.

(From Our Own Correspondent.) Oct. 0. The farewell social and dance tendered to Mr. and Mrs. Horner at the Parish Hall on W'ednesday night, was very successful, and a goodly number of friends and fellow workers in social matters gathered to do honor to the occasion. Progressive euchre engrossed the attention of the assembly till 10 p.m. The prize-winners were: Ladies.’, Mrs. Henderson senr.; gentlemen’s, Mr. N. King. Then the Rev. R. J. Stanton, on behalf of their friends and co-work-ers in the many activities of St. Andrew’s parish, bade Mr. and Mrs. Horner farewell from Inglewood, at the same time expressing hope for their welfare in their new home. He spoke tn high terms of appreciation of the help given by Mr. Horner as a vestry man and a member of the choir, and of Mrs. Horner’s work as secretary of the Ladies’ Guild and unfailing assistance whenever need arose demanding help from willing hands. He asked Mr. and Mrs. Horner to accept the presentation he had to offer them in the spirit in which it was offered, in earnest of the goodwill all bore them here, as well as a token of the hope that they would find their lines cast in pleasant places in their new home. He handed to Mrs. Horner a purse, the contents of which had been ' freely subscribed by their many Inglewood well-wishers.

Mrs/ F. Brown, as president of the Inglewood Ladies’ Patriotic Lc q-ue, expressed the good wishes of the league members, and referred to the pleasure it always had been to work for any purpose with Mrs. Horner, whose unfailing cheerfulness always lightened labor, whilst her gift for floral decoration rendered her at all times a most welcome addition to a committee where decoration was one of the duties falling to its lot.

Mr. J. Thomas added an eloquent tribute to the help that Mrs. Horner had given in matters connected with the school, which he was sure was highly valued by her co-workers therein.

Mr. J. R. Sutherland (the Mayor), on behalf of the citizens, assured Mr. and Mrs. Horner that in leaving Inglewood they took with them the hearty good will and respect of their fellow towns people, who would always be glad to give them a welcome whenever they were able to visit their old home.

Both recipients replied briefly. Tlmn those present applied themselves to the enjoyment of dancing on the excellent floor of the hall, to music provided by Mr. I. Wilson’s orchestra. Songs were given by Messrs. Hynes and Teeling at intervals in the dancing, and midnight saw tlie wind-up to "the strains of “Auld Lang Syne.”