END OF THE YEAR

Dominion, Volume 26, Issue 69, 14 December 1932, Page 4

END OF THE YEAR

Pioneer Club Circles PRESENTATIONS MADE The various circles of the Pioneer Club have been holding the final meetings for the year during the past fortnight. The bridge circle held an open evening when nearly two hundred were present and some good games enjoyed. The prize for the highest aggregate score during the season was won by Miss Jourdain. Miss Amy Kane, president of the club, on behalf of the circle, presented Mrs. Henderson, the secretary, with a coffee set as a mark of appreciation for all the work she had done for the circle during the year. On Tuesday the Garden Circle held the last meeting, when Mrs. H. Fisher gave a talk and advised members what tc do with their gardens during the summer. She also, on behalf of the circle, presented Miss Isaac, the secretary, with a pretty bag thanking her for the work she had done for the circle during the year. Miss Kane presented the prizes won at the recent flower show, Including the trophy presented by Mrs. Knox Gilmer for pansies. Mrs. Gilmer said a few words expressing appreciation of the circle members’ exhibit at the Horticultural Society’s Show and asked their help and cooperation at the National Flower Show to be held in January. The Singing Circle closed the season

with morning tea last Wednesday when Mrs. Ginn, the president, was presented with a charming posy of rosebuds and Mrs. Mitchell, the secretary, with a pretty bag. Mrs. Mitchell handed Miss Kane a donation toward the women’s unemployment fund for Christmas cheer. On Friday evening the president, Miss Amy Kane, was the guest of the committees of the club at dinner, when a happy time was spent. Long tables were set in the dining-room, where about forty sat down. Pretty little place cards intimated where each member was to sit, and each found a buttonhole of roses at her place, the gifts of Miss Cooper. After dinner the guest’s health was enthusiastically drunk, Lady Luke expressing the pleasure all felt on the occasion, and Miss Ford, on behalf of the Play Readers, handed her a large box of sweets, to go toward Christmas cheer for unemployed women. Miss Kane thanked all for their kind expressions toward herself, and said that by their mutual work they should ensure a successful year for the club in the New Year. After dinner everyone adjourned to the lounge and community singing, games, etc., finished the evening. The final play-reading for the year was given last night, when John Van ■ Druten’s play, “There’s Always Juliet,” was read.