RUNANGA NOTES

Greymouth Evening Star, 22 October 1942, Page 3

RUNANGA NOTES

lOUli OWN CotiKESI’ONDKNT.J The Runanga Women’s Institute’s thirteenth birthday was celebrated in St. Thomas’s Hall, when an enjoyable evening was spent. Items were: Solos by Rev. E. O. Harding and Miss Willis, dances by Miss Ailsa Gallon and Audrey Ward, recitation by Miss Pat. Calwell, Maori action songs by Misses M. and B. Heath, and partsongs by the Runanga State School Choir. Mrs Airns was accompanist. A play, “The Photographer,” was given by several members. The pudding competition was won by Miss Caldwell, motor cars by Miss Robins, and the tying of knots by Miss Daphne Reid. The Monte Carlo dance was won by Misses M. and N. Buckley. Owing to petrol restrictions many Institutes were unable to be present, but Greymouth was represented, and a large number of members arrived from the Blaketown Institute. The cake looked very attractive when the candles were lit, and the oldest members, Mesdames Glover and Key, lit and blew out the candles. Mrs Duggan, as President, cut the cake. Mrs Broad, representing the Greymouth Institute, wished the Runanga Institute many happy returns, and Mrs Moreland spoke on behalf of the Blaketown Institute. .Mrs Duggan thanked the visiting Institutes for their kind remarks and also the members for their loyal supper 1.