MEMORIAL TABLET TO REV. T. N. GRIFFIN

Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21727, 9 March 1936, Page 18

MEMORIAL TABLET TO REV. T. N. GRIFFIN

UNVEILING CEREMONY.IfI PAPANUI “PUBLIC SPIRITEDNESS •: JSm BROTHERLINESS” , JBM The services of the Bev. T. fin, the m£n who had beea responsible, lor securing St JotH Park lor the city, were' recogniSM Saturday afternoonwhen a ' of 50 persons attended the' the unveiling of a memorial storSOTj After reading apologies daughters of Hr Griffin, MhpW Hyman (Lake Tekapo), and MrffPW Schneider (Wellington), and Mr«l™ Boyce I ‘(president of. the Papanut|BM gress League), and Mr H. - UuiUi (president of the Papanui: BeaunWHj the secretary e|wH James' Park' Improvement ComiißßH (Mr J. Sturrock), gave a brief MUM of the park. iHe/aaid the tasjjSUß Mr Griffin had set hiihself seeffljßii hopeless cue. .. Altl^ugtvat one tigMl was pne of the in cel'Unlevel puoH| ground in the district, it was «nfß of the best playing areas in the mil The rose pergola was one of features of the city’s ‘ decoradoigiaißß was known from one end of New*® land to the other.' ~MW The Rev, Clarence Eaton spomH the public spiritedness and brcMjfflß ness of Mr Griffin. It was a ment such ns fhisl; fen the benewM the community, that , always his sympathies. ' “Pleasure and a Duty" 1 ||§ *Ti is a pleasure and a duty tojg| memorate his • work,’’ said IngH 1C Archer- Mr. Griffin had teigMa almost unaided in getting carried, and while' he had livedgjjH the park secured,'he had nof’wHffl see it converted info a beautyMjß Many fine works, and many vCQffIH , menhadjbeen forgotten, andlwfMi mended the erection of as, they were unveiling. " Mr Archer said,he was gted?Jaii associated with Miss A. C. GrlffiffiaH had carried onher father’s m|iH| public service. SIBI Mlss' Griffih andM r Archer ungH the tablet, which bears the insenHH “These gates were erected ~iM memory of theßev, T- N. (Snaw whose efforts this park was Other speakers- were the 9mH| : . Owners andMrF.' I*. Drury. -WKM Aft* l, the 'eearamdny the spected the park,the Methodist Children's ’ Home. (riMi Sanitarium Health Food CWtHM and were the guests of the'PjHM Beautifying Association at aIMOH teg on the lawn at the resiwMß 'Mr and Mrs E. Rgglestone. Ha^H