LEAGUE OF MOTHERS

Hutt News, Volume 15, Issue 12, 20 August 1941, Page 5

LEAGUE OF MOTHERS

| ANNUAL MEETING Many tributes to the capable leadership of Mrs. J. W. Andrews during her term of oflSce as president of the Lower Hutt Branch of the league of Mothers were expressed at the league's annual meeting, which took place in the Horticultural Hall on Thursday afternoon last.

Before she vacated the chair ,Mrs. Andrews, who was presented with a lovely box of flowers, said that th'e members of the league were bound by common bonds—firstly as homemakers, but, most of all, as mothers. "At present we are living under a dark shadow," Mrs. Andrews Bafd. "It has come closer and more quickly to some of us than to others, and although words are so empty, there is a feeling of sympathy and compassion within the league for all mothers whose sons are overseas." Mrs. Andrews then thanked the secretary, Mrs. J. D. King, for her untiring help; the assistant secretary, Mrs. N. Liebezeit; the treasurer and assistant treasurer, Mesdames S. E. Oppenheim and W. H. Earnshaw; committee members and all who had assisted during the year.

The annual report, presented by Mrs. King, stated that during th? year the committee had lost two enthusiastic members, Mrs. Stanley Harris, who had moved to Dunedin, and Mrs. J. Ua'chelor, who hau taken up a position in Wellington. Despite numerous partiotic activi-

ties, the meetings during the year had been particularly well attended, Mrs. King said, and the financial membership showed a slight increase. A variety of subjects had been deat with by the speakers at the monthly meetings, and on each occasion musical items had been provided by the choir and ojther artists. During the year committee members had served Sunday night tea for the soldiers visiting the Wellington Y.M.C.A. A special portion of the report showed that the work of the subcommittees, under the capable supervision of the various commit, tee members, had progressed satisfactorily. "In these darksome hours of hope

mingled with dread for so many league members, let us strive as never before to interpret the league slogan of restfulness, providing meetings of helpfulness, restfulness and relaxation, so that each may return to her normal routine with greater faith that 'All thiings work together" for good,"' said Mrs. King in conclusion.

Mrs. W. O. Gibb was elected president, and Mesdames •J. W. Andrews, W. L. Hooson, H. F. Lowe, and W. Hall as vice-presidents. Last year's committee was re-elected, with the addition of Mrs. C. Boswell. The musical programme was provided by Mrs. A. Johnston, who sang "Spring's Awakening" and "Fragile Things," and the League Choir, conducted by Mrs. H. S. Barron, which was heard in "Old Folks at Home" and "Brother James's Air." Mrs. M. H. Grigg accompanied. A motion of sympathy with Mrs. C. Murray, whose father died recently, was carried in silence. After th,e business proceedings of the' meetinj|, .OMgibers' of the MoeraWaiwtietu* of the League' of Mothers, under Mrs. D. Wedekind, entertained tilth a most amusing Play.