CARTERTON

Wairarapa Times-Age, 8 October 1943, Page 5

CARTERTON

PERSONAL (“Times-Age” Special.) Mr and Mrs Geo. R. Grimmer, who had been visiting Carterton, returned to Palmerston North yesterday. Bowling Club Dance. The Social Committee of the Carterton Bowling Club have all the arrangements complete for the dance tomorrow night at the State Theatre. Special prizes of £1 each will be awarded to he winners of a waltzing competition and a statue valeta. Football Club Dance. Next Wednesday night, at the State Theatre, the Carterton Football Club will hold a dance at which the members of the ladies’ committee will be the guests of honour. Included in the programme of dances will be a special waltz, fox trot and statue waltz, for which good prizes will be given Mrs V. J. Ashton’s orchestra will provide the music. St. Paul in Britain. Last night at the Masonic Hall, Carterton, Miss Waterston gave a film lecture on the introduction of Christianity to Britain by the Apostles St. Paul and St. Simon Zelotes and others. Evidence was produced from Latin and Greek writers of the first five centuries A.D. Baronius quotes a Vatican document in which Joseph of Arimathea and eleven Christians were expelled by the Jews and found sanctuary in Britain, being given by the Welsh King 12 hides of land at Glastonbury. The little church built by these Christians, said the speaker, is recognised by all authorities as the first Christian church and the British nation as the first to become Christian (under Lucius, 179 A.D.). Theodoretus, in A.D. 435, testifies that “Paul liberated from his first captivity at Rome, preached the Gospel to the Britons.” The lecturer quoted also from the Sonnini document which gives St. Paul’s journey to Spain and Britain. The connection of St. Paul with the Royal British Christian family of Caractacus, Claudia and Linus, held hostage at Rome, was shown —the very persons addressed by Paul in 11. Tim. 4, 21, “Eubulus greeteth thee and Pudens, Tinus, Claudia and all the brethren.” A vote of thanks was accorded the lecturer at the conclusion of the address. New Books in Library. The following new books have been added to the shelves of the Carterton Public Library: “The Partnership,” Phyllis Bentley; “Webs,” Countess Barcknska; “Blinkers,” Horace Annes-k-y Vachell; “The Romantic Tradition,” B K. Seymour; “My Old Love Came,” ■R. M. Ayres; “The Sixpenny Man,” W. Riley; “The Indifference of Julet,” G. Richmond; “Evening of a Martinet,” Jane Olivier; “Waiting for Joanna,” Adrian Alington; “Blue Print Murders,” John G. Brandon; “Fatal Dose,” Belton Cobb; “The Heaven Kissed Hill,” J. S. Fletcher; “The Middle Temple Murder,” J. S. Fletcher; “Mystery on Southampton Water,” F. W. Crofts; “German Spy,” Bernard Newman; “Biggies Sweeps the Desert,” Captain W. E. Johns; “The Trumpet is Mine,” Cecil Lewis; “Caravan,” Lady E. Smith; “Cross Creek,” Marjorie K. Rawling; “Charmain of the Lanes,” Sophie Cole. Methodist Church Aniversary. The 72nd anniversary of the Carterton Methodist Church will be observed at the week-end. The Rev. Archer Harris, of Petone, will conduct both the morning and evening services on Sunday, at which there will be special items by the choir. On Tuesday evening, at 5.30 o’clock, the usual anniversary “Knife and Fork” tea will be held, followed by a public meeting in the church, when an excellent programme will be presented.