DIAMOND WEDDING

Evening Post, Volume CXXII, Issue 70, 19 September 1936, Page 18

DIAMOND WEDDING

HIS MAJESTY'S MESSAGE The diamond jubilee of the wedding of Mr. and Mrs. F. J. East was celebrated at their home in Washington Avenue, Brooklyn, "on Wednesday, September 16, amid the members of their family. Mr. and Mrs. East, whose ages are 83 and 79 respectively, were born at Hampstead, London, and have resided in Wellington for the past 31 years. Mr. East commenced business as a bookseller in Cuba Street, and has a wide circle of friends. For the past 60 years'he has spent much Of his'time working for the moral and religious education of' children. Mr. and Mrs. East 'are Connected with the Vivian Street and Brooklyn Baptist Churches. They have received congratulations from his Majesty the King and the Mayor of Wellington, the Prime Minister, the High Commissioner (Mr. Jordan), the Brooklyn Ratepayers' Association, the B.W.M.U. of the Baptist Church, the Mornington branch, and from many other friends. They have had nine children, six of whom are living. There are sixteen grandchildren, and one great-grandson.

to the speakers the deep appreciation of the audience. The choir sang "Jerusalem," and supper was served expeditiously, the meeting closing with the singing of the National Anthem. Miss Finlay and Mrs. Noel Taylor were the accompanists. "SINCERITY AND THE CHILD" Mrs.- J. W. Jones presided over a good attendance of members and friends at the recent meeting of the Brooklyn League of Mothers, and welcomed several visitors, including members of Central Branch. The flower committee had spared no efforts to make the hall attractive with spring bulbs and flowering currant, these being sent to sick members at the close of the meeting. ■ . '■ . Mrs. Chapman (Miramar) " sang "Bless This House" and "I Had a Garden," the choir also contributing two numbers. The president gave the thought for the month: "God grant that we may realise it is the little things that create differences;'that in the big things of life we are one." Mrs. G. L. Stewart gave a most instructive address on "Sincerity and the' Child." The speaker divided her subject into three groups dealing with the nation, the individual, and the child. In dealing with the child, Mrs. Stewart pointed out the importance of training the child to be "God conscious." Through the depression, had we been more spiritual, we would not have been so hardly hit. The League of Mothers was one of the finest organisations and firmly believed in the religious training of the child. No work was so