HONOURING MOTHERS

Grey River Argus, 7 May 1934, Page 3

HONOURING MOTHERS

TOWN HALL MEETING. Bor a. number of years the second! Sunday in May has been widely observed as an annual day for the honouring and grateful remembrance of mothers and motherhood. The observance of Mothers’ Day has caught the international imagination and is honoured in many lands. Its founder was Miss Anna Jarvis, of Philadelphia, and it arose from the stops she look to commemorate the anni versa rv of the death of her mother. No stone is being left unturned to make the Mother’s Day gathering at the Town]

Hall, Greymouth. memorable nextl Sunday. The service will commence promptly at 8.15 p.m. Mr Harry Daws°n. of Australia, who recently con-} ducted a series of special services in Moore’s Cabaret, will be the speaker. His subject, “Mother’s Cross.” will be illustrated with a large white cross (the cross of purity) suspended over the platform. There will be special musical items appropriate to the occasion. The public are urged to wear white (lowers. Besides enjoying the great meeting itself, the people of Greymouth are asked to think of those in hospital who would love to he pre > sent. Flowers are requested for decovating the platform, and for taking to the hospital. Mr Dawson has been

connected with some very large gath'•ring'- on Mothers’ Day. Two years ago he addressed an audience of over two thousand in Dunedin Town Hall, when the chair was taken bv the chairman of the Council of Churches. Last year at Napier over one thousand crammed the Plaza Theatre (the largest building in Napier).