PERSONAL

Wairarapa Times-Age, 19 October 1942, Page 2

PERSONAL

Mrs Noel Liebezeit, of Lower Hutt, was a weekend visitor to. Masterton. Mrs Loader, of Masterton, is the guest of her daughter, Mrs A. Hubbard, Pahiatua.

Mrs T. Morton, of Victoria Street, Masterton, has received official advice that her son, Private Bertram Morton, is a prisoner of war. Mrs H. Bodie has received word that her youngest son, Maurice Oswald Bodie, hfjs passed in all subjects in his examination in connection with the air force and is to become a pilot in the Royal Canadian Air Force. The engagement is announced of Elsie Cecelia, youngest daughter of Mrs and the late Mr J. H. Sandman. Miro Avenue, Palmerston North, and lan Matthew (2nd N.Z.E.F. overseas), only son of Mr and Mrs J. V. Gordon, Pownall Street, Masterton.

Miss Norma Miller, _ of Ohingaiti, who had been on a visit to Masterton during the past three months, and who was a member of Mrs Miller Hope's concert party, and who regularly assisted at the entertainment of servicemen at the A.N.A. club and Y.M.C.A., Masterton, returned home on Saturday afternoon.

Speaking at the Interhouse Association’s gathering m the Savage Club s rooms on Saturday night, Mr G. Daubney (chairman) made reference to the splendid assistance rendered to Mrs Miller Hope’s concert party by Mr Harry Hall who, they all regretted, was prevented from being present that evening owing to illness. MiHall had been at one time New Zealand’s greatest comedian in the days when vaudeville was at its peak in the Dominion and many of the best companies from England, Australia and America visited Masterton. Mrs Miller Hope made a similar reference to Mr Hall. Mr F. Andrews, of the Post and Telegraph Department, is retiring. Mr Andrews, who is in his 40th year of service, has had a remarkable career, and will be remembered by the many thousands of callers at the stamps and delivery counters at the Chief Post Office. It was as an entertainer at the piano that Mr Andrews is really known best' to the public, he having toured Australia and New Zealand some years ago under the direction of Sir Benjamin and Mr John Fuller, where his “turn” was an instantaneous success. He is also known to thousands of radio listeners throughout Australia and New Zealand. Mr Andrews in his youth resided in Masterton.

The death has occurred, in his thirtyfifth year, of Mr Arthur Francis Humphries Sutherland, elder son of Mr and Mrs B. Sutherland, “Homewood,” Karori, after two months of illness. For the past 12 years he had been managing director of the Self-Help Coop., Ltd., and National Distributors, Ltd., and he had taken a keen interest in the welfare of the employees of those firms. The founding of the Sutherland Self Help Trust in July of last year was the> suggestion of Mr Sutherland, who made the first grant of £5OOO. He was instrumental in introducing staff bonus and benefit schemes and giving financial assistance to members of the staff in the armed forces, and he arranged fob the regular dispatch of parcels to men overseas.