ONEHUNGA VISIT

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume 47, Issue 2666, 6 September 1937, Page 4

ONEHUNGA VISIT

PAEROA ORPHANS CLUB A BRIGHT PROGRAMME MEETING ON SATURDAY NIGHT. Members of the Paeroa Orphans Club were entertained in the Civic Ballroom on Saturday evening by the Onehunga club which was responsible for* the items rendered. A good party visited the Paeroa club but there was a smaller attendance than usual of the local members.

In the absence of the president, Bro. P. Williams, through illness, the vicepresident, Bro. E. Edwards, invested the chairman for the evening, Bro. Kirk Jones of Onehunga, with the insignia of office, and welcomed the visitors. Orchestral Items. The Paeroa orphans’ orchestra, conducted by Bro. V. J. Innes, played for an overture “Light Cavalry,” followed by Brahms’ Fifth Hungarian Movement. Bro. R. Gibbons (Onehunga) sang “Paddy McGinty’s Goat” and “McNamara’s Band,” both numbers gaining a popular hearing. Bro. F. Woodward sang “In an Old-fashioned Town” and “Passing By,” and Bro. E. Winters performed a series of card and conjuring tricks. Bro. J. H. Bartlett (Paeroa) played two violin solos, “Londonderry Air” and Gossek’s Gavotte, and Bro. T. Cooper (Onehunga) sang “The Merry Monk” and “In Cellar Cool.”

After the supper interval the orchestra played selections from “The Gondoliers,” giving a sympathetic and praiseworthy rendering which drew prolonged applause. As an encore the orchestra played the Savoy Scottish Medley.

Bro. B. Watson (Onehunga) delivered some humorous anecdotes and gave two tap-dancing items which were well received.

Welcome to Visitors.

On behalf of the Paeroa club, vicepresident Bro.. J. M. Macaulay extended a hearty welcome to the visiting Onehunga club. The visits fostered the fellowship spirit for which orphandom was established, said Bro. Macaulay, and Paeroa always appreciated visits from the Onehunga club. He also thanked the artists for the fine programme presented. Bro. Woodward sang the solos “Anchors” and “To a Miniature.” Bro. Edwards announced to the Paeroa members that official visits would be paid to the Matamata club tomorrow, to Onehunga on Saturday, when all the country clubs attended the Onehunga meeting, and to Morrinsville on September 14. “Not Lip Service.”

The chairman thanked Bro. Macaulay for his warm welcome. That the tributes paid were not lip service was shown by the distance that many members travelled to visit their fel-low-orphans, Bro. Jones stated. He also thanked the Paeroa club for the opportunity, given him of presiding over the night’s gathering. The final items on the programme were further humour by Bro. Watson and songs by Bro. Cooper, “The Bells of St. Mary’s” and “Asleep Beneath the Dark Blue Waves.”

The evening concluded with the singing of “Auld Lang Syne” and the National Anthem, and cheers were exchanged between the members of the two clubs.