CARTERTON

Wairarapa Times-Age, 30 September 1943, Page 5

CARTERTON

BOY SCOUTS ENJOYABLE CARD PARTY. (“Times-Age” Special.) There was a good attendance at the i weekly card party held by the Boy ■ Scout Committee last evening. The prizes were won as follow: — Ladies: Mrs J. Hooper, 1; Mrs A. Jensen, 2. Men: Mr Edwards," 1; Mr G. Goodin, 2. Fishing Licences. About a dozen fishing licences have been taken out at the Carterton Post Office in readiness for the fishing season which wiil commence tomorrow. Social Gathering and Dance. The Carterton - Papawai - Greytown Tribal Committees will hold a social ( gathering and dance in the State Thea- . tre, Carterton, tomorrow evening. ; Udy’s Orchestra will supply the music. . There will be Monte Carlo and statue ■ waltzes. Two buses will leave the Masterton Post Office at 7.30 p.m. and - two from Greytown at 8 o’clock to convey patrons to the gathering. Billiard Table for Brigade Membeis. The executive of the Carterton Fire Brigade has purchased a full-size billiard table which is to be installed in the social room of the new building. J Beautiful Bulbs. J Following the annual custom the Carterton branch of the Plunket Society will be allowed by the permission ] of Mr and Mrs W. Henry Booth, to charge for admission to the latter s beautiful narcissi bulb - covered grounds, near their homestead at Middle Run, Carterton, on Saturday, October 2. The proceeds will be to the i local branch of the Plunket Society. < iggesor* u Ladies’ Bowling Club. ( The annual meeting of the Carterton Ladies’ Bowling Club will be held in the pavilion on Saturday afternoon at 2.30 p.m. Considerable interest is being taken in the club and a number of new members are to be elected. The green should be in fairly good order at the opening of the season. Personal Items. Gunner O. Wadham, son of Mr and Mrs W. Wadham, Brooklyn Road, Carterton, is home on leave. Mr and Mrs Bambry, of Clifton Avenue, Carterton, have left on a visit to Auckland. Mrs Lyndon Aplin, of Tyne Street, Carterton, is visiting Lower Hutt and Wellington. Scarcity of Beef. Owing to the dry autumn which caused an acute shortage of feed, it is almost impossible now to procure beef and as a result butchers find that they are obliged to restrict their output. Women’s Division Dance. A plain and fancy dress dance will be held in the State Theatre, Carterton, under the auspices of the Carterton branch of the Women’s Division of the Farmers’ Union on Saturday night.