METHODIST MISSION

Press, Volume XCII, Issue 27733, 10 August 1955, Page 5

METHODIST MISSION

annual meeting OF BOARD tributes to work of SUPERINTENDENT w T " bu ’ es the work of the Rev. nu ■ l , n ¥. ham as superintendent MiX,L C jA IStchu, J ch Methodist Centra) to. pa,d , at the annua l meetlast evlrnng 115510 ” S board of mana S ers .-E,*i S 52 IS cP g a ' ‘voluntary home help” thi/ mi« S * r Erne . st Andrews said that hnm.’ 2r n , might be "overdoing who aithof many people n<!t en?J!. hO 01d and frai '- WOUld om rt^™ n .- 01d people's home. Withol exSi?« a h lng ln ar >y way the work ‘I?. 8 t omes ? he knew that many la mu ch preferred the privacy of atari h.i,? h hh le .t but greatly apprecia*ai.;ba p y’ ub ‘heir gardens, washing. etc - . Any more homes that ,• contemplated would not be fllted— l mi sure of that,” he said. t™ ?iJ ?atr 2 n Lesley House at Pic- °” (M ? a C -J- Hight) spoke on the l h< > b 0 " - and mentioned the » J help glven b - v ‘he Red Cross. ® ■ par!ons >n ‘he home were art of community living. she said. a of - the employers of Maori H™.^ tlces ,!? residence at the Rehua Ho. tel would gladly train more boys we . r ’ available, said Mrs H. “SP". e. matron of the hostel, in her .. ~p ° r t V 1 , tbe meeting. It was quite apparent from reports received from .employers that they were equal to the demands of the apprenticeship requirements. Most of the *n residence were apprenticed to the building trade. One- was apprenticed as a motor mechanic and another as an electrician. It was reported that 3000 to 5000 persons were served each year by the goodwill department of the mission in Durham, street. .-♦vT -^ a^n B^ ani presented the board with a five-year programme envisaging a new wing for the aged sick at Lesley Lodge, Christchurch, a “Darby and Joan’’ settlement, comprising supervised villas and flats, and additional meal services and recreational activities. The question of buying land near the new university site at Riccartbn for the erection of a men’s hostel was also discussed. Messrs A. A. Dingwall and S. W. Ayers were elected the board’s representatives to the Methodist Synod, and Mr J. E. Colechin was elected representative at the annual conference in Dunedin.

The following board members were elected: the Revs. H. L. Fiebig. W. T. Blight. W. E. Falkingham, C. D. Clark. D. J. D. Hickman, V. R. Jamieson, A. Harris. A. K. Fetch, J. C. A. Williams. V- Willing, Lady Andrews. Mesdames S. W. Ayers, L. Anderson. V. Grant. M. A. Jpbberns. E. M. Osborne. J. R. Richards, B. Sandes, and M. Hooner, -Misses O. G. Searle and H. G. Stewart. Sir Ernest Andrews. Messrs S. W. Ayers. H. G. Stewart. M. D Stewart. F. H. Christian. A. B. ", E- Colechin. A. A. Dingwall. W- T. Lili. R. E. James. P. A. Le Brun. J. Laing. C. D. McLean. F W. Pitcher. N. H. Rhind. G. S. Salter. HJ H. Eastmond. W. Strang. G. E. T. Dorm«*n - Dr. S. C. Peddie, and the superintendent of the Cambridge terrace circuit.