PERSONAL

Wairarapa Times-Age, 3 August 1943, Page 2

PERSONAL

Trooper Roy Richards, who left New Zealand wth the First Echelon and has just returned on furlough after service in the Middle East, is at present back with his old firm, Messrs G. H. Perry & Co., Ltd.

Following their marriage at Rotorua. Mr H. G. Dickie, M.P., and Mrs Dickie (formerly Mrs F. M. Law) travelled to Wellington, where Mr Dickie resumed his place in the House of Representatives. It is the intention of Mr and Mrs Dickie to live in Rotorua when Parliament concludes. Well known to thousands of New Zealanders for her work in connection with the Maadi recreation tent, Mrs Alice Margaret Sneddon died last week, a report from Cairo states. She was among the Maadi residents who welcomed the first members of the Second N.Z.E.F. at the railway siding early in 1940. and she had since devoted much time to the activities and welfare of New Zealanders.

At an informal gathering at the Masterton Hospital on Sunday AssistantCommissioner Dutton, of Wellington, presented a long service St John Ambulance medal to Superintendent J. C. Cooper, who is a patient in the hospital. There was a representative attendance and tribute was paid to Mr Cooper's long and faithful service. The gathering was held with the kind permission of the Medical Superintendent and the Matron.

The many friends of Mrs M. F. Webster, Oxford Street, Masterton, will learn with regret of the death from sickness of her son, Sapper Harold Edwin Webster, at the age of 19 years, in a military hospital overseas. Spr. H. E. Webster left New Zealand to join two older brothers, Spr. W. J. Webster (N.Z. Engineers) and Pte. L. J. Webster (now a prisoner of war in Germany) early in 1941. Mrs Webster will have the sympathy of a wide circle of friends in her bereavement,

The annual report of the Masterton Girl Guides’ Association states:—During the year we lost Miss Nance Allen from the Weraiti pack, her appointment to a school out of Masterton making it impossible for her to carry on with Brownie work. Though we have missed Miss Allen, we were lucky in being able to fill her place with one of our old Guides, Miss Sanchia Hunter now being in charge.” Appreciation is expressed of the services rendered to the Guides by Misses Mannell, Gwen Allen, Mary Tocker, Betty Miller, Jean Burling and Mrs G. H. Hill. The death occurred in the Masterton Hospital this morning of Mrs Lily Alexandra Stroak, of Dixon Street, at the age of 79 years. The late Mrs Stroak had been a patient in the hospital for several weeks. A son resides in Wellington. Mrs Stroak, who was born in Sydney 79 years ago, took up her residence in the Wairarapa 25 years ago. Her husband, Mr A. J. Stroak, died six years ago. The funeral will leave the Chapel of Hyde’s Funeral Service Ltd. tomorrow, following a service at 2.30 p.m. for the Masterton Cemetery. Mrs Mary Dentice, who died in Wellington recently in her 79th year, was connected with two old Wellington families. She was a daughter of _ Mr Joseph Bull, who was part proprietor of one of Wellington’s early newspapers (printed and published in St. Hill Street, off Manners Street), and was a grand-daughter of Mr Joseph Dixon, forebear of the Dixon family in Masterton, who arrived in Wellington from England by the ship London in 1842. Her mother, Mrs Bull, was reputed to be one of the first white twins born in Wellington. Her husband was the late Mr Vincent Dentice, also a member of one of the old families.