Y.W.C.A.

Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 19135, 19 October 1927, Page 2

Y.W.C.A.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS. I • The first meeting of the Board in thenew financial year took place on Monday afternoon. The position of president of.the Association, and chairman of ; the Board being vacant through the resignation, of Mrs Bowron, Mrs G. Blackmore was- unanimously appointed, Standing committees for the : Lyttol- 1 ton branch, -the hoßtel, the "girls'"' work, "and the cafeteria, were appointed for the ensuing years as follows:—Lyttelton:' Mesdames Gilmour, Kasmussen, Sutton, Hobbs, - "Stevens. Misses-Moyle and Wales. Hostel: Mesdames Turabull, Malcolm, Miss Hewitt., Girls' Work:" Mesdames Speight, Machin, Pickett, Meddings, Lowe, Dr. Jessie Scott, Misses Morgan, Elmshe, .and Bachelor, i Cafeteria: Mesdames C. Newell, Pickett, iowry, Misses Manning, and Kirk..

, The .Christchurch Girls' Sports. Day preparation had demanded a large amount of time. , The enrolment of 39 teams, of which 20 were from business houses approached by of the Association's staff, demon,Bfcrased.show acceptable the idea was. The was * -to be held at: the Addiiigton Sports .Ground, and in the meantime regular practices had been undertaken with the help of members of the Athletic Association " for training m running,'and the -Y.W.C.A. secretaries for the team races. • decided to hold a garden parly early ini December to raise funds for a conference delegationto . attend the. gatherih? at Pan--rata r College.. - Arrangements were t, 110 observance of the World's Y.W.C.A. Week of Prayer in Kovember. lt W'iSH.inJ ll ?*' ot «w; Association had helped to entertain the men" ashore from the Diomede. Week-end camps had'been arranged for different- groups 'of eirls at Otira Holiday House, Waikukn, and Dial mond, Harbour. . . . '