GREYTOWN

Wairarapa Times-Age, 18 August 1938, Page 9

GREYTOWN

RETURNED SOLDIERS’ PARTY. (“Times-Age” Special.) The Odd Fellows’ Hall was packed on Wednesday night when the Greytown Branch of the Returned Soldiers’ Association held a most successful party. The guests of the evening were Mr and Mrs W. McMinn, who have recently taken up their residence in Masterton. Miss Higginson, Matron of the Greytown Hospital, and a member of the local committee presented Mrs McMinn with a shoulder spray. The first part of the programme took the form of a community sing of oldtime War songs, under the direction of Mr E. Graham. Mrs Graham was at the piano. Songs were contributed by Mrs McMinn, Messrs G. Burns, E. Graham and Master Robinson and a duet by Mesdames E. Graham and McMinn. Mr Harry Graham entertained the children with elocutionary items. Dancing and games occupied the second part of the evening. The music was supplied by Mrs H. G. Carter piano, and Alan Carter, piano-accordeon. At the supper interval Mr H. G. Carter, chairman of the local branch, presented Mr McMinn with a lifetime pen suitably inscribed and Mrs McMinn received a crystal fruit stand as a token of appreciation of the services rendered to the “Diggers” during their sojourn in Greytown. Mr and Mrs McMinn who were accorded musical honours expressed their thanks for the delightful gifts. Mr G. Robinson was in charge of the supper arrangements, which were a feature of the evening.

PERSONAL. Mrs V. J. Leng, together with her two young children, is at present visiting her parents, Mr and Mrs G. Moy, Main Street; Mr and Mrs Leng have recently returned from a visit to China. They had the terrifying experience of being in the city of Canton during several jair raids by the Japanese. The death occurred on August 4, at the residence of her daughter, Mrs A. Kilmister, Hunterville, of a very old and respected resident of Omata and formerly of Greytown, Mrs Mary Alice Hare, widow of the late Mr Charles John Hare, who pre-deceased her in 1924. After her marriage she lived at Masterton and later at Greytown, where she was a keen supporter of the Anglican Church. In 1911 she moved to Taranaki with her husband and took up farming at Omata.. There died at “Glenrose,” Menzie’s Ferry, at the residence of her sons, Messrs Richard and Allan Udy, at the age of 75, Mrs Isabella Udy (nee Isabella Campbell). She was born bt Hokitika, where her parents, who came from Scotland, were engaged in gold mining. At the age of eight, with her parents, she came to Wellington, and later came to the Wairarapa where she subsequently married Mr E. Udy, eldest son of the late Mr William Udy, a member of a pioneer family from Cornwall. In 1907, after having been engaged in farming in the Wairarapa, she. with her family, removed to Southland, where she had resided ever since.

The following will represent the Greytown Golf Club in a match against Waiwetu at Greytown:—H. Dudson, R. Fisher, R. Goodwin, W. Moroney, H. G. Carter, J. C. Feast, H. R. Feast, H. W. Feast, T. Gold, J. Kiernan, B. Kiernan, E. Maddison, Dr. Oakey, A. G. Peterson, A. G. Rhodes, C. Stunell, J. W. Tate, W. Tully, H. E. Webster, A. Webster, T. G. R. Ingley, N. McLeod, Ray Ingley, H. Keltie, A. Carter. Following is the draw for the first round of the championships in conjunction with the fourth card of the Challenge Cup and L.G.U. Medal round: —Mrs Thompson v. Mrs Maddison; Mrs Horner v. Miss E. Gregor; Mrs Bunny v. Mrs Balfour; Mrs Jury v. Miss B. Gregor; Mrs R. Ingley v. Mrs G. Ingley; Miss M. Collier v. Miss I. Collier; Miss B. Haigh v. Miss N. Bouzaid.