Delightful Lady club formed

Press, 24 July 1986, Page 36

Delightful Lady club formed

Special correspondent

Auckland

A few months ago, Jan Harvey, the wife of the vice-president of the Auckland Trotting Club, Max Harvey, sounded out some of her friends on the idea of forming a club along the lines of the Caduceus Club.

“I was thinking,” Mrs Harvey said, “if the men can have a social club, why can’t women interested in trotting have one, too.”

The reaction was highly enthusiastic so Mrs Harvey sent out 55 invitations to attend a meeting. Thirty-five people turned up and the thought became a reality. . The Delightful Lady Club was bom. It was decided that membership be restricted to 50, the same as in the Caduceus Club.

That figure was reached in no time and already there is a waiting list

Dave Anderson, Delightful Lady’s owner, and his wife, Zoe, were thrilled over the name selected: So much so, Mr Anderson immediately made a donation of $5O. He also footed the wine bill for the first luncheon held recently and Mrs Anderson is doing the same for the next luncheon on July 31. jEach luncheon features a guest speaker. The first, was Barbara Goodman;

the chairman of the Odyssey House Drug Rehabilitation programme. Mrs Harvey, who is the club’s treasurer, said it was decided originally to hold luncheons at sixweekly intervals.

“But everybody is so keen we might drop it down to once a month.” Mrs Pearl Baker is the president of the club and Mrs Mary Robertson the vice-aresident. The other officers are Mrs Aynsley

Sullivan (secretary), Mrs Margaret Purdon and Penny Maich (committee). Mrs Glad Dickie and Mrs Anderson are the patron and vicfepatron respectively. "