RISINGHOLME CENTRE

Press, Volume LXXXVII, Issue 26394, 12 April 1951, Page 3

RISINGHOLME CENTRE

PURCHASE OF POTTERY KILN APPROVED

ANNUAL MEETING HELD

A kiln was urgently required for 'ic pottery groups at the Risingho ..ie Community centre, and plans nid been prepared for the construction c one whicn would cost about £4OO, s; id

the retiring president (Dr. D. E. Hansen) at the annual general meeting of the centre last evening. Within the next few days an application would be sent to the Education Department asking for a grant to cover two-thirds of the cost.

Great enthusiasm had been shown by the members of the pottery groups, said Dr. Hansen, and more advanced work was to be attempted when the kiln arrived. Members came from all over Christchurch to attend classes. The instructional group at Risingholme was, with the exception of one attached to the Dunedin Technical College, the only one in the South Island, and the work being done was of a very good standard. A new craft block was urgently needed at the centre, and £50(1 had been set aside as a basis for a building fund. It was hoped that the City Council would help with the supply of timber, which, it was estimated, would cost about £936. said Dr. Hansen.

A new lighting system was being installed on the stage of the hall, and when completed would give Risingholme the best lighting system of any small theatre in Christchurch. Mr T. H. McCombs. M.P., was welcomed to the centre as the member of Parliament for the district, as a member of the centre, and as chairman of the finance committee of the City Council.

Risingholme was fortunate in being under the wine of the City Council and the Education Department, said Mr McCombs. “It would be wrong if either the council or the Education Department gave Risingholme all it wanted,” he said. The centre would not be as successful as it was if it had not had to w’ork for its funds. Dr. Hansen said that in Reefton the borough council had agreed to strike a rate for the community centre. In Westport the miners contributed Id in the £1 from their wages towards the upkeep of their community centre. These organisations were doing a large amount of public work, and the members of Risingholme should ask themselves whether they were working for the good of Opawa only or for the whole of Christchurch. The election of officers resulted as follows: president, Mr J. Sullivan; Vice-presidents. Dr. D. E. Hansen (immediate cast nresident) and Mr S. Roy; auditor, Mr C. P. Goldstone; committee, Mrs M. Frankel. Miss J. Edgar, Messrs H. Rushbridge, T. J. Forrester. L. Trebilcock, I. Grieve, J. W. Thompson, J. Alexander, H. Dean, and D. O’Halloran.