CARTERTON

Wairarapa Times-Age, 10 May 1943, Page 5

CARTERTON

PATRIOTIC APPEAL TENTH LIST OF DONATIONS. (“Times-Age" Special.) I The tenth list of donations to the I Patriotic Fund, acknowledged by thea Carterton and District Patriotic Committee, is as follows: — £5 each.—J. Downey, L. J. Fairbrother, G. W. Hart, Wairarapa Joinery and Cabinet Co., Ltd., Jack Johnson. £3 3s—G. S. George. £3 Os Id—Mr E. W. and Mrs E. M. Playle. £2 each—D. T. King (add.), H. Ticchurst Estate, W. D. Moroney, G. Sadler. £1 ss.—Mrs Hatchard. £1 Is—Mrs Vanderpump. £1 each.—W. A. Hart, Mr and Mrs A. ' Daysh, Mr and Mrs P. Shankland, Jas. Archer, S. J. Munn, Miss Joan Conwell. 10s each—M. Vaughan, L. Johnson, J. Mcsen, J. Fielding, J. E. Houghton, Mr and Mrs W. Geange, C. J. Drury, J. T. Curry. B. S. Kingdon, L. Hurley, Archie Jensen, N. Neilson, V. Lee. 7s 6d.—Miss E. Pinfold. 5s each. —Mr and Mrs T. Geange, B. K. T. Rush, T. C. Palmer, H. Davies, Mrs L. D. Jensen, Mrs T. Sargent. 3s. —Ardrey children. 2s 6d each.—Miss D. Archer, W. Wright, R. Hopkins, Miss L. Flopkins, Miss Edna Jensen. 2s.—Anonymous. 6d. —Anonymous. This List £56 14 7 Previously acknowledged .. £3245 14 8 Total £3302 9 3 Corrections. —Fifth List: Miss P. Knowles should read Miss Beth Knowles. 6th List: T. Duncan should read Tom Dunn. OBITUARY MR JOHN FENSHAM. ( The death occurred at Croydon Hospital early on Sunday morning after a brief illness of Mr John Fensham, at the age of 92 years. The late Mr Fensham, up to a few weeks ago, had enjoyed fairly good health. Born at Epsom, Surrey, England, on July 31, 1851, he came to New Zealand with his mother, a brother and a sister in 1858, when he was seven years of age. His father died in England before the family left for New Zealond. As a boy of 12 years of age he worked in the Hutt Valley, and as a youth came with his parents to Carterton, where, except for a brief period at Brancepeth, Masterton, he has resided practically the. whole of his life. He farmed his homestead property and other properties in Park Road, and Hinau Gully, Belvedere, for many j years. Up to a few years ago he was I a familiar figure travelling on a tri-' cycle from his home in Richmond Road to his farm about live miles distant in all weather. Prior to 1911 he was a director of the Belvedere Dairy Co. Mr Fensham was a keen member of the Loyal Heart of Oak Lodge of Odd Fellows, Manchester Unity, and had filled all the chairs with distinction. During the last Great War, he volunteered to take his share of office to keep the management going while many members were serving with the forces. He had been an Odd Fellow for 73 years, having joined the Rose of Valley Lodge on January 14, 1870, and eight years afterwards joined the Carterton Lodge by clearance. His wife predeceased him 30 years ago. He leaves a grown-up family of six daughters. They are Mesdames C. A. York (Te Wharau), L. E. Vennell (Carterton), at present an inmate of the Masterton Public Hospital, and the Misses Georgina May, Nina Elsie Letitia, Ruby Nora and Amelia Rachel Fensham. Mrs A. Phillpotts (Masterton) is a step sister and Mr J. Vennell is the only grandchild. The funeral will leave the Methodist Church, Carterton, tomorrow, after a service commencing at 1.30 p.m. for the Clareville Cemetery. Members of Loyal Heart of Oak Lodge are invited to attend the funeral. Parcel Evening. A parcel evening in honour of the approaching marriage of Miss Muriel (Polly) Zabell, will be held on Friday evening next at the Belvedere schoolroom. New Telephone Exchange. The new telephone exchange has been completed and business from the new premises started this morning. The engineer and his staff have worked well to complete the switch over. Besides the building of new promises, the whole of the cable system attached to the service had to be removed from the earthquake-damaged building to the new office and the engineers and the carpenters have worked early and late and with as little inconvenience to the general public as possible. Yesterday and well into the night they completed the removal of the telephone exchange. The new premises are commodious and warm and the engineer and his staff deserve the thanks of the public for the way in which they carried out tfie change over. The service is working well, the last tryout being the switch for Carterton’s electric fire alarm, which was tested this morning.