SOUTH OTAGO NOTES

Evening Star, Issue 22805, 13 November 1937, Page 20

SOUTH OTAGO NOTES

[From Our Balclutha Correspondent.] PERSONAL. Major and Mrs Balle, who have been in charge of the Balclutha Salvation Army Corps for about two years, will leave towards the end of this month for Anderson’s Bay, Dunedin. They have been appointed to the managership of the Salvation Army Children’s Some there. During their sojourn in Balclutha these officers have been very popular with all with w:hom they came in contact. Prior to_ leaving Milton to take up residence jn Dunedin, Colonel A. E. Stewart was the guest of honour at a complimentary dinner tendered by the Milton branch of the R.S.A. Colonel Stewart was the recipient of a cheque with which to purchase some memento of his association with the Milton returned men, and best wishes were extended for his future. Mr T. V. Pearson, son of Mr and Mrs T. D. Pearson, Balclutha, has completed his studies at Selwyn College, Dunedin, and has been appointed to the staff of the parish of Masterton. He is being ordained at Palmerston North on December 19 by the Bishop of Wellington. SUMMER GOLF. That summer golf is likely to become a popular pastime with members of the Balclutha Golf Club was evidenced this week, when about 30 members attended a meeting convened to discuss the matter of forming a summer club. Mr G. J. Kelly occupied the chair, and the meeting*was a most enthusiastic one. After a general discussion it was decided to run the club continuously through the summer months, the fee to he 10s and to he paid by January 31. It was decided to have the links cut this month and to keep all nine holes open. A committee comprising Messrs Kelly, J. Clark, and Jamieson, with the secretary, was set up to conduct the affairs of the summer club. The secretary (Mr A. K. Baxter) intimated that there was already a definite membership of 45, with an increase likely. It was decided that the course to be played be holes 1,2, and 3, back to 1, Hawthorne, Saddle, Waterloo, Pines, and the eighteenth. Club night will be Thursday, when competitions for trophies will be played, while on Saturdays competition play will also be indulged in, and arrangements are also to bo made for other competitions, while an endeavour is to be made to arrange matches with St. Clair and other outside clubs. The opening of the summer club took place to-day (Saturday), when there was a good attendance*