WOMEN’S DIVISION OF FEDERATED FARMERS

Press, Volume XCIV, Issue 28010, 3 July 1956, Page 3

WOMEN’S DIVISION OF FEDERATED FARMERS

Hororata.—Mrs M. E. Orchard 'presided at the annual meeting of the branch. Officers elected were.—patron, Mrs C. Chapman; president, Mrs W. Rowe; vicepresidents, Mesdames Searle, A. Oliver and G. Green; secretary, Mrs G. Green; treasurer, Mrs A. J. Lewindowski; committee, Mesdames Minnet, Mitchell, Knox and Tulett; delegates to Provincial, Mesdames Rowe, W. Oakley and Oliver; housekeeping advisory member. Miss Hockridge; points secretaries, Mesdames Betts and Brown.

Spreydon,—The following officers were elected at the annual meeting of the branch:—president, Mrs A. Broadhead; treasurer and secretary Mrs A. Lewis; vice-presidents, Mrs T. Beer, and Mrs W. Hill; advisory member, Mrs C. Perry; committee, Mrs G Manning, Mrs R. Wiseman. G. Hesselyn. Mrs J. Prattley, Mrs F. Hogsden, Mrs E. Voller. and Mrs W. Gilbert; competition steward, Mrs O. Irwin; press reporter, Mrs E. Hogsden.

Scargill-Motunau.—Mrs R. C. Overton the retiring president was presented with a gift at the annual meeting of the branch in appreciation of her work while in office. Mrs G. Gardner was elected president. Other officers elected were:—vicepresidents, Mesdames Overton. B. Nicholls and H. U. Murray; secretary, Mrs L. McNaughton; treasurer, Mrs J. Mosley; advisory member, Mrs A. Gardner; committee, Mesdames B. Coe, W r . Brown, A Fox. E. G. Gibb. J. McKenzie and L. Roberts: delegates to executive, Mrs Mosley, president and secretary.

Motukarara.—The 26th birthday party of the branch was held recently Items by a Maori concert party and local resident were much enjoyed. The birthday cake made by Mrs Needham and iced by Miss E. Woods, was cut by Mrs Orchard. Mrs Smith gave floral sprays to the presidents of visiting branches.

Avonhead.—Officers were elected as follows at the annual meeting of the Avonhead branch:—president, Mrs Warren; vice-presidents. Mesdames Martin and Ferguson; secretary, Mrs Royds; assistant-secretary, Mrs Marks; committee. Mesdames Harrow, Hooker, McKay. Millar, Riches and Strachan. Pigeon Bay.—Mrs A. Pettigrew who is leaving the district was presented with a gift at the annual meeting of the branch Officers elected were:—president. Mrs R Craw; secretary. Mrs P. Seymour: treasurer, Mrs I. Bunny; vice-presidents, Mrs E. Blomquist and Mrs J. White; competition secretary, Mrs J. Reynish; advisory member. Mrs C. W. Innes; committee. Mesdames Ward. Curtis. Marriott, D. N. Waghorn, Wood, B. Waghorn. Hewitt, McGregor. S. S Reynish and G. McKay; delegates Provincial executive. Mesdames Hunt and Waghorn. Rangiora.—The following officers were elected at the annual meeting of the branch:—patron. Mrs Colin Mclntosh; president, Mrs G. H. Loffhagen; vicepresidents. Mesdames K. Lott, R. F. Watson and W. Hodgkinson: secretary, Mrs L. Martyn: treasurer. Mrs O. Bowman, committee. Mesdames L. C. Fincham. J. W. Hollow. C. S. Ayers. E. Nelmes, W. J. Fidler, H. Wood, F. Clive, H. Burnett and E. Wheeler; sick visitor. Miss M. McCulloch; voting delegates, Mesdames Loffhagen, Martyn. Lott and Hodgkinson; housekeeping advisory members, Mesdames Loffhagen and Bowman.

Hawarden.—Officers were elected as follows at the annual meeting of the branch:—president, Mrs M. Philpott; secretary. Mrs J. J. Pawsey; treasurer, Mrs A. Welsh; competition steward, Mrs W. Baldwin. Recently two members leaving the district were bidden farewell. Dr. Wood was presented with life membership badge and certificate and Mrs Les. Philpott with division spoon.

Dunsandel.—Mrs W.- R Hope was reelected president of the branch at the annual meeting recently. Other officers, elected were:—vice-president, Mesdames W. V. Chatterton and W. P. Chatterton; secretary, Mrs D. Burrow; treasurer, Mrs L. G. Woods; adv'sory member, and housekeeper’s secretary, Mrs H. Frampton; points secretary and assistant-secretary, Mrs G. Dix: sales table Mesdames W. F. Bishop and F. G. Wright; librarian. Mrs T D. Nairn: sick visitors. Mesdames P. Stephens and Wright; judges, Mesdames J Scott and A. W. Scott; committee, all office bearers and\ Mesdames 11. G. Cain. J A. Copp, L. H. Johnson. J. A. Mackie, W. N. Walker, and E. Monson and Miss Stainger, with power to add. Coopers Creek.—The following officers were elected at the annual meeting of the branch:—president, Mrs K. Bowman: vice-presidents. Mesdames K. Thomas and J. Lawson; honorary secretary, Mrs 11. E. Lilly; honorary treasurer. Mrs L. Winter: committee, all members; housekeeping secretary, Mrs Lilly; points steward, Mrs D. McGrath; delegates. Mesdames Bowman, Winter and Lilly; honorary auditor. Mr E. C. R. Inwood. Wairakei.—A talk on the work of the women’s police force was given at the monthlv meeting of the branch by Mrs D Sergei. Mrs F. Johnson presided.

Governors Bay-Allandale.—The monthly meeting of the branch was held at the home of Mrs Baker. Mrs Dimes presided. Sympathy was expressed with Mrs Tracy in her illness. Plans w’ere made for the forthcoming birthday party of the branch. New Brighton-Aranui.—A demonstration of decorations for the home using driftwood was given by Mrs J. N. Kitchen at the monthly meeting of the branch. Mrs J Oakley was appointed delegate to the Dominion conference ? n Invercargill. Marshland.—The following officers were at the annual meeting of the branch:—president. Mrs C. Ching; vicenresidents. Mrs MacLaurhlan. Boyd and Lawson: secretary, Mrs M. Hopper; treasurer. Mrs M. Dawber; committee. Mrs Sheppard, S. Watson, C. Clark, Jones, Quaid, Stead, and Robertson.

Harewood.—Members agreed to contribute to the CORSO appeal at the monthly meeting of the branch. A talk on shops in London was given by Mrs Nicholls Plans were made to celebrate the branch’s twenty-third birthday.

Diamond llarbour-Purau.—The following officers were elected at the annual meeting of the branch:—president, Mrs N. A. Gardiner; vice-president, Mrs Wood and Mrs Pritchett; secretary, Mrs Atkins; treasurer, Mrs Jackson; committee. Mesdames Bingham, Jekyll, Clapp, Olliver and Sail; competition stewards. Mrs Pritchett and Mrs Bingham; sales table, Mrs Hunter; delegate to executive. Mrs Hunter; president and secretary; advisory members, Mrs Pritchett and president; auditor. Mr L. W. Agar. Christchurch. —Officers were elected as follows at the annual meeting of the branch:—president Mrs R. G. Wolff; vicepresidents, Mesdames Barbour, Clark and Wornall; secretary, Mrs Pearce; treasurer. Mrs Bulger; committee. Mesdames Denham. Atkinson, Bull, Burrell. Palmer and Hastie; tea hostess, Mrs Hope; sales table, Mrs Land and Miss Morrison: flower stewards Miss Glucas and Mrs Mason.

Belfast.—Officers were elected as follows at the annual meeting of the branch:—president, Mrs Deavoll; vicepresidents, Mesdames R. Barnes and M. Finch; secretary, Mrs R. S. Halligan; treasurer. Mrs Finch; committee. Mesdames Salt, S. Farquhar, Mclntyre, Mitchell Smith, and Miss Crawford; advisory members. Mesdames Deavail and Salt; competition steward. Miss M. Crawford: sales table. Mrs Ludwig; judge of competitions. Miss J. Dunlop. Motunau Beach.—lt was agreed to give £7 7s to the Beach Improvements Committee at the annual meeting of the branch. Members also decided to sponsor a child under the Save the Children Fund. Officers elected were:—president, Mrs C. N MacKenzie: vice-president, Mrs W. Byrch; secretary, Mrs Buchanan: advisory member. Mrs R. Andrew: reporter. Miss B. Lange; committee, Mrs Norton, Mrs Pickering, and Miss Lange. Miss Bush showed coloured slides and gave an interesting talk on her life as a nursing missionary in Pakistan

Harewood West.—Mrs A. Stott presided at the annual meeting of the branch. Officers elected were:—president. Mrs H. Broadhurst; vice-presidents. Mrs H. Reynolds. Mrs E. Hudsen and Mrs F. Shipley; honorary secretary, Mrs W. Nun week; treasurer. Mrs H Pickles: committee. Mrs Kensington. Mrs Erickson. Mrs Strathdee, Mrs Watson and Mrs L. Murray: delegates to Provincial executive. Mrs Broadhurst and Mrs Revnolds; advisory members. Mrs Broadhurst and Mrs McConncl. Rolleston.—Officers were elected as follows at the annual meeting of the branch:—president, Mrs I. Fraser; vicepresidents, Mesdames Quinlan and W. Willetts jnr.; secrelary-treasurer, Mrs Wilson; delegates. Mesdames Fraser, Wilson. Quinlan and Willetts jnr.; advisory members, Mesdames Fraser, Pearce and dames Newell and Stewart; sales table, Mrs Brosnahan: committee, all members: Quinlan: competition secretaries. Mesjudges, Mesdames Robinson and Smith. Swannanoa.—The following officers were elected at the annual meeting of the branch: —president, Mrs W. Davis: vice-presidents. Mrs W. Frizzell and Mrs Johnson; secretary, Miss M. Petrie; treasurer, Mrs C. Winter; competition secretaries. Mrs Cathera and Miss J. Petrie; press reporter, Miss M. Petrie; delegates to Provincial, Mrs Davis, Mrs Winter and Mrs C. Winter; advisory members, Mrs Davis and Mrs Petrie; auditor, Mrs M. Harman.

Brooklands.—The following officers were elected at the annual meeting of the branch:—president, Mrs Duffield; vicepresidents. Mrs I. Reidford, Mrs Kirk and Mrs Tebay: secretary, Mrs Scott; treasurer, Mrs MacLeod; committee. Mesdames Black, Gwatkins, Kaan. Cox. Robins, and Macintosh: advisory members. Mrs Duffield and Simmons; delegates, president, secretary and treasurer.

Stvx.—-The twenty-first birthday party of the branch was held in the Papanui R.S.A. hall. Mrs R. Rule presided over the large gathering with representatives from the Dominion Council. Canterbury Provincial, Canterbury North Provincial, past and present members and sister branches Mrs M. Gibson made and gave the birthday cake. The president announced that Mrs Gibson was made a life member of the branch. Entertainment was given by Mrs Reeves and her concert party.

Port Levy.—Officers were elected as follows at the annual meeting of the branch:—president. Miss L. Richfield: vice-presidents. Mrs O. Williams and Mrs G. .Steele; secretary-treasurer, Mrs C. Jenkins; advisory member, Mrs Field; delegates. Miss L. Richfield, Mrs R. Turpin. and Mrs Haley; sales table secretary. Mrs W. S. Coop; competition secretary, Mrs Haley.

Greenpark.—Mrs L. Dulieu was reelected president of the branch at the annual meeting. Mrs E. Stalker was reelected secretary. Other officers elected were:—vice-presidents, Mrs R. J. Rickerby. Mrs G. Gibbs and Mrs K. Fisher; delegates to provincial, Mrs Dulieu, Mrs Stalker, Mrs G. Gibbs and Mrs Rickerby; sales table, Mrs Greed and Mrs J. Washbourne; competition secretaries, Miss M. Woods and Mrs I. Woods.

Clarkville-East Eyreton.—A rag drive resulted in 12 bags of rags being collected. This was reported at the monthly meeting of the branch. Mrs Martin presided. A talk on her holiday at Te Kiteroa rest home was given by Mrs Frost. Mrs Clelland was appointed delegate to the Dominion conference in Invercargill. Birthday spray* were presented to two member*. £