W.C.T.U.
MEETING IN MASTERTON. The July meeting of the W.C.T.U. was presided over by Miss Tankersley. Mrs Jansen led the devotion's reading the sth chap, Ist Epistle to the Thessalonians, emphasising the exhortation therein to give thanks in all things. The attention of members was drawn to the fact that Hitler is a total abstainer and non-smoker and is determined to make Germany a “dry” country.
Afternoon tea was dispensed by the hostesses Mesdaines Sims and Speight. The Temperance Fact was presented by Mrs Sims as follows: "As an agent for producing degeneration alcohol is unrivalled,” states the “Lancet,” while Professor Welsh, of the Sydney University, is reported to have said: “An expert who does take alcohol ceases to be an expert. The most minute dose affects the highest levels of the brain." Miss Tankersley read an article from “Headway" on the Spanish refugees in France.
An interesting meeting terminated with the pronouncing of the Benediction by Mrs Willoughby.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 10 July 1939, Page 8
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