RADIO STAMP CLUB

Radio Record, Volume VIII, Issue 17, 2 November 1934, Page 7

RADIO STAMP CLUB

Second Annual: Meeting Held in Christchurch ‘THE second annual meeting of the Radio Stamp Club was held at Station 3YA, Christchurch, last week, when there was an attendance of approximately 100 members. The election of officers resulted as follows: Patroness, Aunt Pat; president, Mr. McLaren (Uncle Dick) ; vicepresidents, Messrs Vernazoni and Cotton; committee, Miss Beryl Baggs, Masters Angus Small and Sydney Perkins; secretary, W. Peers; assistant

secretary, Linus Hubble; official organs, "New. Zealand Stamp Collector" and "Radio Record." . The report showed that the membership had increased: this year from -149 to 245.. The attendance at the meei_ings held during the year and at the annual picnic were all very good, the;.smallest: number at any meeting being 37 and the largest 72, there being an average attendance dur-. ing the year of 51. General meetings have been held every second month at: 3YA, and thanks were again due to Aunt Pat for so willingly giving her time and to the Broadcasting Board, _through Mr, Mackenzie, for the use of the studio. Talks and displays have been given at all meetings, and at the annual picnic held in the Christchurch

Gardens in February. On the first Monday in each month, a talk.over the. air has been given from 8YA,’ ‘those. helping in:this respec; being ~ Messrs. Cotton, McLaren, Vernazoni, Peers,’ Miss B, Baggs and Master R. Robson’ The country members havé beeu specially catered for, and an "Exchange Corner" hasbeen arranged, whereby . members have’ been put in touch with, each other forthe purposes of exchang:. ing duplicates.. The club is run -with-" out any obligation on the part. of the. members to pay a subscription, and as various gifts of valuable stamps have been received from many adult listeners, these have -been utilised as prizes and for treasure hunts.