Open Door Centre Appeal

Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31785, 16 September 1968, Page 8

Open Door Centre Appeal

An appeal by the Open Door Centre, the coffee house and club set up in Tuam Street to cater for youths, has brought in $4300, but the Rev. R. F. N. Thompson, the assistant vicar of St John’s Church, Latimer Square, which promoted the centre, said that the appeal was a continuing one.

The centre has been established to “bring meaning into the lives of some of the restless young people in the city,” words used by the Bishop of Christchurch (the Rt Rev. A. W. Pyatt) in commending the appeal. The centre welcomed the support it had received, Mr Thompson said, but more was needed if it was to fulfill the objective of helping those who needed help. The young people who went to the centre sometimes came from the gangs and the gatecrashers, but they were potential assets to humanity who needed help. The dedicated few were giving that help,

the whole community could give it by contributing towards the cost of the work.

The church was not just a collection of bishops, priests and elderly women who went to divine worship on Sundays, it was the whole community, and in individual terms, a Christian member of a Christian society. Bascands, Ltd, had done printing work to the value of $250, Packer and Jones, Ltd, had supplied building materials worth $250, and Bowden Publicity Associates had prepared appeal literature worth $lOO, ail without charge, said Mr Thompson. The Christchurch Rotary Club had raised $3OO for the appeal, Mr R. Butler had given $2OO, and 38 anonymous donations—including three of $lOO each—totalled $513.35. Other $lOO donations had been received from:— Mr and Mrs O. T. Gough, Wakefield Metal Co. Ltd, Mr R. C. Rollo, Mrs D. G. H. Bush, Mr A. M. Satterthwaite, Mr J. F. Cracoft Wilson, Philip Brown Trust, Crothall and Co Ltd, and Davin Metals Ltd. Other donations, up to September 13, are acknowledged as follows: $l.— J. R. Johnson, H. F. Sewell, M.E.H., Mr and Mrs I. D. Lilley, Miss K. G. Ferguson, Mrs M. Brown, Miss B. Kelly, F. Wetherell. Mrs Heath. 12.—Dominion Imports, Ltd, Robt. M. Atkinson, Rev. G. E. Thomas, A. N. Mac Kay, M. S. Coombes, Ltd, A. L. Sutherland, St Mary's Mothers* Union, Turner and Le Brun. A. F. Burdon, Ltd, Upper Rlccarton Mothers* Union, Marshal and Thompson, Ltd, J. M. Pottinger, B, A. Bonders, C. J. Allpress, A. B. Anderson, DaUington Service Station, Miss C. L. Gilbert, M. Lewington, P. B. Mating, A. S. Patterson and Company, Ltd, L. Burns, St Peter’s Mothers’ Union, J. D. Brook, C. H. Annear, Ideal Products, Ltd, Metlock, Ltd, E. S. Fome and Company, Ltd, Mrs B. Taylor, G. F. Phillips, Mrs F. Kraus, Mrs D. S. McKenzie, E. Loma Currie, Mrs G. M. Dinnicombe, Hugh P. Armour.

s3.—Mrs Bunce, Rocke and Sons, Ltd, Rlccarton Wigram Lyttelton National Party Women.

s4.—Mrs Dentith, Mrs E. M. Overton, M. J. McKendry, Ltd, Bias Binding Co. N.Z., Ltd, Miss M. Jennings, Mr and Mrs G. I. Louisson, Gus Dawson, Ltd, Aldridge and Cooke, Ltd, J. R. Allison, Woof and Salveson, Ltd, J. Gadson and Co., Ltd, Dr D. A. Andrews.

$5. —Raven Press, Gibson and Paterson N.Z., Ltd. R. H. F. Hamilton, J. B. Hindin, Parish Sydenham-Beckenham, Ellis, Hardie and Symington. Ltd, B. S. Falloon. M. K. Lawson. Ltd, A. F. G. McGregor, Dr and Mrs F. H. Davie. Dr L. J. H. Davies, Simpson and Williams, Ltd. Miss C. Pratt, South Island Motors, Ltd, Dawson Reed and Company, Ltd, Butler Cycle and Motor Company, Ltd. Richmond Working Men’s Club, J. Hannan, Upper Rlccarton Mothers* Union, Malcolm Harry and Company, Ltd, Dr J. E. R. Lorimer, Mr and Mrs H. P. Adams, Aerial Sowing, Ltd, Vibrapac Blocks, Ltd, Rev. R. C. Aires, A Nationalist, Miss C. Pine, B. A. Vincent. Miss Manson, Dr N. U. C. Godfrey, Delmonte and

Patience, Ltd, W. H. Smith, Ashby Bergh and Company, Ltd, Eddie Parker. Miss M. M. Anderson, E. M. Goldsmith, Mr Alex McA. Hyde, B Davis, Miss M. M. Hyde, E. F. Wilde, Miss J. Agar. Thomas Hyde, Ltd, Sprey-don-Hoon Hay Working Men’s Club, Burt, McGillivray and Mann, Calder McKay and Company, Ltd, Dr and Mrs E. L. E. Sheppard, Mr Jenkins. slo.—Mr P. Burson Nuttall, United Dominion Corporation Finance, Ltd, D. A. Love and Company; Ltd, St Martins Garage, Ltd, Mr Clifford Wells, Mr L. J. Oxley ($8), Miss E. C. Wilson ($6), Mr E. E. Marshall, Mr R. W. Midgley, Wynn Williams and Company. Mr L. R. Burgess, Mr H. A. Dawler, Mr R. L. Adams, Dominion Finance Holdings, Ltd, Standard Optical Company, Mr J. W. Ashby, Atlantic Union Oil Company N. Ltd, Munns. Ltd. J. F. D. Maples. Lane. Neave and Company, H. B. Duckworth, Mrs R.

E. Harrison, Joynt, Andrews, Cottrell and Dawson. Mr S. Bruce Thompson. Kempt home Prosser and Company, Ltd. Mr H. G. Holmes. Mrs E. Neave. B. R. Homersham. Ltd., Foster and Paul. Ltd. Mrs A. G. Dean, Parish of Lyttelton ($5.98), Mr William C. Pollard, Carbonic Ice, Ltd, Rev. Bruce Don ($8), Mrs K. C. Anderson ($6), Mr L. C. Tyrell. Mr D. Millthorpe ($6), Misses F. and E. Hight, Mr P. David Craig, E. W. Pidgeon and Company, Ltd. J. Ballantyne and Company. Ltd, Griffiths, Moffat and Partners, H. E. Perry, Ltd. $l5.—A. M. Rutherford ($l2), Mr B. Davis, Paynter and Hamilton. Miss Erica Davies ($l4). Mrs R. M. Skinner.

$2O.—S. Aitchison, Ltd. Mrs M. A Ensor, Blackwell Motors. Ltd. Commander D. G. H. Bush Mr and Mrs Malcolm Hyde. Mrs M. D. Godby, Betta Metal Products. Ltd, Mrs C. W. H. Tripp. Manning and Dodds Pty, Ltd. Mrs M. C. G. Hadfield, N Z. Re frigerating Company, Ltd, Canterbury Engineering Company, Ltd, St Michael’s Church Wardens, Cashemere Presbyterian Church, St Chad’s Coffee Club, Aranui-Wainoni Church Committee, Andrews and Beaven, Ltd, Mrs P. McMillan ($l6), Beath and Company, Ltd. S2S.—N.Z. Farmers* Nominees, Ltd, Russell Thomas, Ltd, MacLeod Fabrics, Ltd, St Peter’s Senior Club, Mr A. P. Todd, Lane. Walker and Rudkin. Ltd. Motorways N.Z., Ltd, A. R. Guthrey Travel and Shipping,

Over S2S.—M.M.D. ($3O). H. G. Grigg ($3O), Mrs Kate Thompson ($4O). Mr K. J. Fulton ($5O). Atlantic and Pacific Travel Company. Ltd, and Staff ($5O). St Barnabus Mothers' Union ($3B). Christchurch Junior Chamber Inc. ($55.10). Mr L. R. C. MacFarlane ($4O). Mr E. A. Adams ($5O). P. E. Marriott and Son, Ltd ($5O), Mr D. A. Adams ($5O).