CARTERTON

Wairarapa Times-Age, 23 January 1943, Page 3

CARTERTON

BOWLING PROGRESSIVE PAIRS. (“Times-Age” Special.) Members of ( the Carterton Bowling Club held a very enjoyable progressive pairs tourney yesterday. The green was fast and played splendidly. The winners were:— Leads: L. Curtis, 4 wins and one loss: Stent, Foss and Kilmister were runners-up with 3 wins and 2 losses each. Skips: Sorensen, 4 wins and one loss: Healey, Barber and Hart w.ere runners-up with 3 wins and 2 losses each. Personal Items. i A cablegram received in Carterton states that Sgt. Ray Haste has arrived at his destination safe and well. The death occurred at her residence, Rhodes Street, Carterton, on, Thursday, of Miss Agnes Muriel Marten. She was a daughter of the late Rev. W. B. Marten, Methodist minister, and was born at-Invercar-gill. She had not been ill very long and her death was quite unexpected. For six years she had been a teacher at the Masterton West School. She leaves three sisters (Mesdames W. York, Mrs Parton and Miss Marten, all of Carterton), a brother and two step-sisters, who reside in Napier. The funeral will take place at Karori on Monday. HOME GUARD DANCE A SPLENDID SUCCESS. There was a very large attendance at the' State Theatre, Carterton, last evening, when a dance was held by the local Home Guard. The interior of the hall was artistically decorated. This work was carried out by a committee of ladies and Mr C. Bell, to whom great credit is due. The supper arrangements. which were in the capable hands of a ladies’ committee, were a feature of the dance. The music was supplied by the combined orchestras of Messrs Udy and Frank Poole. Extras were played by Mr S. Heml, A. Morris, Pte. Johnston and Mrs Rogers. A lucky spot waltz was won by Mr and Mrs Cadwallader and a Monte Carlo dance by Miss L. Rayner and Mr B. Haste. The M.C’s. were Messrs C. Bell. Evans, Mayrick, Bambry and L. J. Fairbrother. A most enjoyable dance was brought to a close just after midnight. REGENT THEATRE “BLOOD AND SAND.” Art excellent programme will be shown tonight headed by the thrilling drama, “Blood and Sand,” in which Tyrone Power and Linda Darnell have the chief roles.