New Plymouth

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXVI, Issue 22, 4 June 1908, Page 14

New Plymouth

The members of the St. Vincent de Paul Society (says the ' Taranaki News ') visited the Old People's Home on the evening of May 20, and entertained the

inmates. The following programme was submitted •— Tambourine dance, Misses Dwyer and Bennet ; song ' Genevieve,' Miss O'Brien ; song, ' A woman's resolution,' Miss Van Dyke; song, 'Her bright smile haunts me still,' Miss M. Jones ; pianoforte duet, ' Sunday ' Misses E and D. Bennet ; song, ' Island of dreams,' Miss fcoley ; pianoforte solo, 'Come back to Erin,' Miss O'Brien; trio, ' A bunch of Irish shamrock ' Misses Bennet and Oliver ; girls' hornpipe, Misses Dwyer and Bennet ; song, ' Won't you buy my pretty flowers ? ' Misses Van Dyke and 'E. Bennet ; chorus, ' The old folks at home,' the company.' Phonographic selections Were given by the Rev. Father McManus. Two inmates of the Home (Messrs. Mayne and Hayes) contributed recitations and a song respectively. The party supplied .and dispensed supper, which the inmates greatly appreciated. Mr. J. H. Parker presided. The chairman of the Board (Mr. Bellringer), on behalf of the inmates and hospital staff, returned thanks to the party for the excellent evening's entertainment they had provided. The party were subsequently entertained to supper by Mr. Farrar and his wife.