RETURNED MEN

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 58, Issue 194, 18 May 1938, Page 6

RETURNED MEN

YEAR’S WORK REVIEWED. AMALGAMATION WITH CLUB. FUNDS FOR RENOVATION. Following lip the special resolution passed last October, the committee of the Returned Soldiers Association took over the management of the Soldiers’ Club, and thanks to the willing .co-op-eration of the club’s nominees acting jointly with our committee substantial steps have now been made in the direction of financing a scheme of renovation to the club’s premises, states the report of the Returned Soldiers’ Association for the year ended March 31, which will he presented at the annual meeting of the Association this evening. “The work is now visibly materialising and the result will fill a long-felt want. The day is looked forward to when the club wjll be used in a much greater measure by the soldiers of the County. “The employment scheme was again put into' operation and although the call was not as great as in. the past, there was sufficient to use up considerably more than the Poppy Day collections,” continues the report.

“In addition to canteen funds the war relief funds again came to the assistance with a considerable amount. Without this support, continuity could not he maintained and we are deeply grateful.” There was an increase of 14 in the membership of the club.

About 30 pension cases had been successfully dealt with and other various grants arranged. The balance sheet showed a credit of £l5O 19s 2d.

ASHBURTON SOLDIERS’ CLUB

CREDIT BALANCE OF £l9l 15s 8d

Empowered by the resolution passed at the special meeting of the Ashburton Returned Soldiers’ Club last October the committee of the Returned Soldiers’ Association took over the management of the club’s affairs, states the report of the Club, to be presented at its annual meeting this evening A sub-committee of the Returned Soldiers’ Association executive was appointed and with three nominees of the Club, a working committee called the House Committee was formed, subject to the authority of the full Returned Soldiers’ Association executive. The main result of the year’s activities was the remodelling of the Club rooms. The caretaker’s quarters were now contained upstairs and he and his family would, as a result, be in greater comfort, and with improved facilities for handling the affairs of the club. The large room downstairs should prove a boon for socials and the larger gatherings of members and their wives, in social entertainment. There was yet work to be done as finances permitted, and the policy had been to see the money in prosimct before commencing each portion of the work. It was hoped that this work would be the means of bringing increased social life and increased numbers to the club. The year commenced with a. credit balance of £4B 17s 3d and finished with a credit balance of £l9l 15s Sd.