CARTERTON

Wairarapa Times-Age, 17 April 1941, Page 7

CARTERTON

PATRIOTIC APPEAL BOROUGH AND COUNTY EFFORTS. ("Times-Age” Special.) The following are the latest figures in connection with the appeal in the Carterton Borough and Wairarapa South County in aid of the £1,000.000 fund:—Carterton Borough £507 Is sd; Dalefield £l7B 5s 8d; Parkvale £3l 15s; Belvedere £6l 8s; Ponatahi-Ahia-ruhe £27 15s 6d; West Taratahi £l3 13s; Carrington £7 2s 6d; Waihakeke £7O 4s 6d; Gladstone £9O 13s; East Taratahi £lO 15 6s; Kokotau £ll Ils 6d; Gala Day £B3l 6s; total £lB4l Ils 7d. FOOTBALL OPENING. OF SEASON. The Rugby football season will be officially opened in Carterton on Saturday, when a game will be played between the town and country players. The players will be: C. Jensen. J. Brown, G. Brown, E. Thompson, M. Hurley, F. Fitzgerald, J. Tilyard, F. Busch, Towers, B. Warrington, A. Blake, I. Mason, H. Matheson, A. Matheson, V. Inder, N. McPhee, Mills, P .Burgess, C. Cook, A. Oliver. Q. Desmond, N. Groube, H. Cadwallader. G. Burden, Monahan, P. Thomas, C. Sunkel, C. Deller, A. Deller, A. Pinfold, T. Catt, T. Geange, Morgan, G. Parker, L. Hopkins, J. King, I. Waterson, R. Malcolm. GOLF CLUB SEASON TO START ON SATURDAY. The official opening of the Carterton Golf Club’s season will take place on Saturday, at 1.15 p.m. All members and intending members are invited to attend. The annual meeting of lady members will be held at the Club House on Saturday afternoon. WOMEN’S INSTITUTE MATARAWA-DALEFIELD MEETING 1 The monthly meeting of the Mata- 1 rawa-Dalefield Women’s Institute was f . held recently in the Dalefield Hall when the president, Mrs W. Neilson, J presided over a good attendance of 1 members. iL Mrs -McGarvey: Parkvale, -i gave a demonstration on the making I of satin cushions and smocking. ‘ Mesdames Adlam and McGarvey < judged the competitions which result- 2 ed as follow:—Juniors, knitting. Misses £ I. Zillwood 1, J. Conwell 2, J. Knowles 1 3; flowers, J. Goodin 1, I. Zillwood 2, B. Knowles 3. Seniors, mittens, Mesdames t K S. Gallon 1, T. Smith 2, O. Brazendale 1 flowers, Mesdames. Groube 1, Sadler c 27 M. Knowles 3. t Mrs Callister reported that the fol- c lowing articles had been made in con- 1 nection with the patriotic effort: 27 £ Air Force scarves, 2 Air Force pull- c overs, 12 pairs of mittens, 1 pair gloves, t 6 balaclavas for the Army, 52 hot water s bag covers, 2 body belts, 3 pairs of £ bed socks, 3 hussifs for the Red Cross Society, 3 scarves for the Navy Lea- £ gue, 130 articles of clothing for re- s fugee children of Britain, 1 hamper of 20 sultana cakes and 8 dozen biscuits t for the A.N.A. Club teas in Wellington, c 19 parcels for the National Patriotic c Board sent through the Wairarapa South County, and 15 parcels to sold- t iers from the district who were serving 1 overseas. t A potato growing competition was t won by Mrs W. Knowles, the yield be- r ing 451bs. \ BOY SCOUTS 1 c CARD PARTY LAST NIGHT. * The weekly card party in connection * with the Boy Scouts was held last evening when the prizes were won as follows: Ladies, Mrs S. McCarty 1, Mrs Jensen Senr. 2; men. Mr K. Hodder 1. t Mrs Clayton 2.I Dance at Belvedere. Tomorrow evening a dance will be j held in the Belvedere schoolroom j when good music and supper will be provided. a Shooting Season. c Many sportsmen are preparing their

maimai’s at the ' Wairarapa Lake in view of the opening of the duck and swan shooting season early next month. Ducks and swans are reported to be very plentiful this season and good bags are expected. Recruits Leave Carterton. A large number of people assembled yesterday afternoon at the Carterton Railway Station and gave the recruits going into camp at Trentham a rousing send-off. Proceedings were enlivened by Pipe Major Johns playing his bagpipes. As the train moved out from the station the men were cheered. Fire in Outhouse. About 11 o’clock yesterday morning an alarm was sounded on the fire siren and the brigade proceeded to a fire in . an outhouse on the property of Mrs M. Johnston, Pembroke Street. It was soon extinguished. Personal Items. The funeral of the. late Mr John Standen took place yesterday afternoon and was well attended. A short service was conducted by the Rev. W. F. Stent at the late residence of deceased. Mr Stent afterwards conducted the service at the graveside. The pall bearers were Messrs W. C. Deller. L. H. Smart, R. Bassett, L. J. Fairbrother, R. Whitburn and P. Hodder. Among others wreaths were forwarded by the Wairarapa P. and A. Society, of which deceased had been a member for 48 years and a life member the Carterton branch of the Women's Division of the Farmers’ Union, and the Wairarapa Provincial Council of the Farmers’ Union.

The death took place at the Greytown Hospital yesterday of Miss Alice Ackerman, at the age of 67 years. She was a

daughter of the late Mr and Mrs H. Ackerman, one time residents of the Carterton district. She received her schooling, with her brothers and sisters, at the Clareville School. The funeral will take place at Clareville. Home Guard. A training class for officers and n.c.o’s will be held in the King's Theatre tonight.