CARTERTON

Wairarapa Times-Age, 26 November 1943, Page 5

CARTERTON

BUILDING SOCIETY RESULTS OF BALLOTS. (“Times-Age” Special.) At a meeting of the directors of the Wairarapa Terminating Building Society last evening, Mr L. H. Smart presided. Two ballots were decided. Miss S. Robinson received £3OO free of interest and Mr C. Jamieson, Dalefield, was the successful shareholder in the second ballot, securing £6OO free of interest. < PATRIOTIC COMMITTEE CARTERTON QUOTA EXCEEDED Mi’ D. L. Taverner presided over a meeting of the Carterton and District Patriotic Committee held in the Dalefield Dairy Co’s building last night. There were also present Messrs L. H. Smart, W. Martin, J. Steel, A. T. Murray, Geo. Brown, Mrs E. T. Beaven and Miss O. W. Wolters. Correspondence was received from the secretary of Zone B in regard to the R.S.A. appeal for a grant from the Soldiers’ Welfare Fund. The letter was received, it being reported that the matter had been dealt with by the Wellington Provincial Council. The “Wellington Provincial Patriotic Council wrote expresing its appreciation of the report of the Mayor (Mr Taverner) on the Mount Holdsworth Camp. The hon. secretary of Zone B wrote in connection with the result of the 1943 Patriotic Fund collection for the Wellington Provincial Patriotic Council, stating that the Zone’s quota had been oversubscribed. The chairman said that tire Carterton district had exceeded its quota by £156. A hearty vote of thanks was accorded to Miss Berrill and members of the Girls’ Club, -Carterton, for their generous donation of £4O to Farewell to Soldiers’ Fund. Mr W. Martin, headmaster of the Carterton School, and his staff were thanked for their help and supervision in connection with school boys carrying out gardening work for the wives of soldiers overseas.

It was decided that a meeting of the gerieral committee be called early in January for the purpose of organising the campaign in connection with the 1944 patriotic appeal, at which all delegates should be present in order to enable a start to be made with the, campaign on February 1, with its completion by the end of March. ’S Boy Scouts. At the weekly card tournament held by the Scout Committee the prizes in the ladies’ section were won by Mrs C. Holland (1), Mrs Edwards (2). Tire men’s prizes went to Mr A. Knutson (1), Mr G. Goodin (2). New Books in Library, The following new books have been added to the shelves of the Car ter ton. library;—“H.M.S. Widewake,” Lieut.Commander Geo. Stitt, R.M.; “Glory Hill Farm,” Clifton Reynolds; “Memory Green,” Renee Shann; “Spring Tide,” Renee Shann; “Darkness Falls From the Air,” Nigel Balchin; “Murder in the Home Guard,” Ruth Adam; “Murderer’s Vanity,” Hulbert Footner; “Step Aside to Death,” Stephen Maddock; “Case in the Clinic,” E. C. R. Lorac; “The Crimson Horse Shoe,” Peter Dawson; “The Singing Hill,” B. M. Bower; ‘Trouble Range,” E. B. Mann; “Red Traps,” H. Pendexter; “The Fire Brand From Burnt Creek,” F. C. Robertson; “Spiderweb Trail,” E. Cunningham; “Six Guns of San Jon,” L. Short; “The Great Red Border,” Grinstead; “The Flying Y. Brand,” J. E. Grinstead. Personal. Miss June Phelps, of Parkvale, left today to spend the weekend at Palmerston North. Parkvale Sunday School A successful concert was held recently by the Parkvale Sunday School. The hall was beautifully decorated for the occasion, by Miss S. Rayner. An address was given by the Rev W. F. Stent, who afterwards presented the prizes won by the children. The annual report was read by Mrs F. Denbee, who thanked the teachers (Mrs A. Grigson,' Misses J. Phelps and N. King and Mr M. Renall) and all who. had given help throughout the year. The pupils made a presentation to Mrs Denbee in appreciation of her devotion to teh school. Mrs Tyler presented two pupils, Masters R. Plummer and W. Denbee, with prizes in connection with a recent W.C.T.U. essay competition. A feature of the gathering was the Christmas tree, which was a surprise for the younger children. .The ’'concert given by the children . was of a very high standard and included the following items: —Group singing by all the children; recitations, Nola Plummer, Joan Hughes, Lesley Grigson, Dorothy Gray, Betty Hughes, Nancy Knowles; solos by Peter Davies, Dawn Bassett, Noeline Andrews; duets, Nancy Knowles and Norma Rayner, lan and Brian Renall; pianoforte solos, Daphne Davison and Russell Plummer; violin solo, Billy Denbee; piano-accord-ion solo, Frank Davison; Maori item, Patricia King and Shirley Knowles. The casts of several plays included all the children. Miss J. Phelps played the accompaniment's for all the items. Supper was served by, the local ladies.