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Evening Post, Volume CXXXI, Issue 92, 19 April 1941, Page 14

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Plunket Babies' Photographs. In order to raise funds which are urgently needed to maintain and extend the work of the Plunket Society, an exhibition of photographs of beautiful children brought up under the Plunket system will be held in the D.I.C. lounge from May 20 to May 31. Judging of photographs will be done by visitors to the exhibition, who register their votes at Id each. Prizes will be awarded in each class, and everyone can help by entering photos, by voting-, or iust by attending. Lyall Bay Bridge Evening. A bridge evening was held recently at the home of Mrs. P. M. Jackson. Resolution Street, in aid of the Women's National Reserve (Lyall Bay branch). Born in a Raupo Whare. The death has .occurred in the Manawatu of Marjorie, widow of the late Mr. Robert Stevens. Her father was Captain Con Campion, of the 65th British Regiment, who served in the early Maori War, and her mother a daughter of Duncan and Marjorie Fraser, who landed at Pipitea Point, Wellington, on Christmas Day, 10T years ago. Jheir direct descendants now number thousands, and are believed to be one of the largest families in the Dominion. In 1851 Mrs. Stevens was born in a raupo whare, lined with toi canes of varied colours by friendly Maoris of the Ngatiapa tribe. Her birthplace was a mile from Parewanui Pa, four miles west of Bulls. She had four brothers and five sisters, of whom three sisters are alive. She had one girl and six boys, three boys predeceasing her. Garden Party at Mrs. E. Shepphard's. The many enthusiastic helpers at the garden party at Mrs. E. Shepphard's residence, Wajnganui, in aid of the Crippled Children Society funds were rewarded with a glorious autumn day, and their efforts were crowned with much-deserved success, for nearly £100 was collected, states "The Post's" representative. Mr. B. R. Dobbs, president of the society, introduced the Hon. W. J. Rogers. Mayor of Wanganvi, and both spoke briefly on the work of the society. Death of Mrs. Edith Gendall. The sudden death early this week of Mrs. Edith Gendall removed one of Wellington's highly esteemed citizens. Born at Wakefield. Nelson, 73 years ago, of Scottish parentage, Mrs. Gendall was the daughter of Captain Cornelius Donald Raymond, of the Royal Navy, and granddaughter of Major Thomas Moore, of Queen Victoria's Own Gordon Highlanders, India, who arrived at Nelson in 1842 as an officer of the emigration barracks. Mrs. Gendall was for many years a member of St. John's Church and was also a valued membej of the Returned Soldiers' Association and the Early Settlers' Association. She leaves her husband, two sons, six daughters, eleven grandchildren, three great-grandchildren, and a sister, Mrs. C Gifford. Wellington.