CARTERTON

Wairarapa Times-Age, 10 November 1942, Page 5

CARTERTON

ORDER OF ODD FELLOWS I — LOYAL HEART OF OAK LODGE. (“Titnes-Age” Special.) P.G. Sister M. E. Mellish presided over .a fair attendance at the fortnightly meeting of the Loyal Heart of Oak Lodge of Odd Fellows last evening. One member, who is an inmate of Greytown Hospital, declared on the sick funds of the Lodge. Sick pay amounting to £ll 10s was ordered to be paid. Sympathetic reference was made to the misfortune suffered recently by Bro W. B. Campin, of Waihakeke, whose residence was destroyed by fire. The secretary was instructed to arrange a social gathering in honour of Bro G. A. McPherson, who is at present in Carterton. The following nominations for office were made: —N.G., Bro J. A. T. Stevens; V.G., Bro W. McPherson; E.S., Sister George and G. S. Bruce. The election will take place at the meeting of the lodge on November 23, which will also be quarter night. A letter was received from Mrs K. Chaplin, mother of Bro P. R. Chaplin, in which it was stated that Bro Chaplin had seen service in Greece, Crete and Syria. For a period he had been ill but at the time of writing was fit and back again with his unit. The secretary stated that he had forwarded a Christmas parcel to Bro Chaplin. PLUNKET SOCIETY MONTHLY MEETING. The monthly meeting of the Carterton. branch of the Plunket Society was held yesterday afternoon. There were present: Mesdames Wells, Udy, Armstrong, Montgomery and Trapp. Apologies for absence were received from Mesdames Robinson and Steel. The nurse’s report for October was as follows: —New cases: Mothers, 3; babies, 4. Visits to homes: New cases, 8; old cases, 51; pre-school children, 17. Visits to rooms: Adults, 90; babies, 74; pre-school children, 20. The general progress and health of the children was very good. A pre-school clinic was held on October 3 when 13 children were examined. A letter was read from Wellington thanking the branch for a donation of £5 to the Sir Truby and Lady King Karitane Home. Wool and Cheese. Large consignments of cheese from the factories in and around Carterton are being railed to Wellington. Wool from back country stations is coming into the Carterton railway station in increasing quantities. Patriotic Dance. On Friday night a patriotic dance will be held in the Belvedere Schoolroom. The Blackout, The trial blackout in Carterton last / evening was for the most part a success. At 8.14 o’clock the alarm was given on the fire siren for all lights to be extinguished. The street lights were switched off immediately and residents in the borough generally observed the instructions given, but in a number of cases the blackout was not successful. The traffic unit, the light wardens, the law and order section and many members of the fire brigade turned out and a thorough inspection of the borough was made. While the blackout restrictions were being carried out a few military lorries with dimmed headlights passed through the town. Overhead, bombers with red, green and white lights showing flew back and forth. The whole of the business area and those residing in the adjacent streets faithfully observed the regulations, but according to the chief warden and his assistants in parts of the borough the effectiveness was far from satisfactory. In fact, the police were sent to some residences. It is understood adverse reports will be made to the Controller and to the next E.P.S. meeting. P. & A. Society. The monthly meeting of the Wairarapa P. & A. Society will be held next Saturday at 10.30 a.m. Presentations to Servicemen. Last evening at the Dalefield Dairy Co’s building a large number of Carterton citizens met to entertain two sons of well-known residents. The Deputy-Mayor, Mr E. McKenzie, presided and apologised for the absence of the Mayor, Mr D. L. Taverner, who was indisposed. Mr McKenzie said that the gathering was held for the purpose of making presentations to Staff Sergeant Gordon A. McPherson and Signalman A. L. Manley, of the Navy, from the citizens prior to their leaving Carterton. He stated that both guests were worthy sons of worthy parents. Signalman Manley was the second son of Mr and Mrs Clem Manley, who himself had seen service in the 1914-18 war, and Staff Sergeant McPherson was the second son of Mr . and Mrs W. McPherson, whose other son had been killed during the present war while engaging in flying operations. After he had handed them gifts Mr F. L. Barr, president of the Carterton branch of the Returned Services Association, extended to them the best of luck. Mrs H. Hodder presented each with woollen comforts from the Carterton branch of the > Women’s Division of the Farmers’ Union. Both recipients suitably returned thanks. The number of servicemen entertained by the citizens of Carterton has now reached 108.