ANNUAL ROSE SHOW

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume 56, Issue 32930, 28 November 1947, Page 5

ANNUAL ROSE SHOW

TURUA ANGLICAN GUILD STALLS KEPT VERY BUSY DETAILS OF DAY’S RESULTS Beautiful roses and other flowers presented a lovely scene of colour and perfume when the Turua Anglican Ladies’ • Guild held its annual rose show in the Turua Hall recently. The children’s section showed a marked improvement on last year’s entries both in numbers and design. When the Rev. Castle officially declared the show open he welcomed all visitors and thanked all the guild members for the splendid way in which they had worked and made the show such a success. Cake, vegetable and sweets stalls all did a brisk business. The articles on the sewing stall were many and varied. Stall holders were as follows: Vegetables, Mesdames Green and Chinnery; cakes, Mesdames Workman and McCollum; sweets, Mesdames B. Madgwick and F. Gray; sewing,. Mesdames Castles, Walters; Schmidt and Mitchell; flower stewards, Mesdames Bell, Maunder, Scott and Peterson. Afternoon tea was attended to by Mesdames Hicks

and Whitehead, while Misses B. Nicholson and M. Chinnery waited on the tables. The secretary, Mrs Robertson was kept very busy all day. Messrs Maunder and McCollum were in charge of the nail driving and Harold Hicks did a good job in his “ guess the beans ” and “ measuring.” Mr B. Madgwick had a busy time with the “bull board.” ' The results of the flower entries were as follows: Roses, six blooms, Mr Flint 1, Mrs Errington 2; three blooms, Mrs Hamilton 1, Mrs Motion 2, Mrs J. Hale 3; three blooms, novice, Mrs D. Bond 1, Mrs Sutton 2, Mrs J. Sarjant 3; three red roses, Mrs J. Hale 1, Mrs Bond 2, Mrs Bagnall 3; three pink roses, Mrs Bond 1, Mrs Hale 2, Mrs F. Gray 3; three cream roses, Mrs Bond 1, Mrs Motion 2, Mrs Millington 3; polyanthus, Mrs Hale 1, Miss T. Allen 2, Mrs J. Sargant 3; champion rose, Mr Flint; antirrhinums,’ Mrs Workman 1, Mrs Tetley 2, Mrs Workman 3; geraniums, Mrs T. Clark 1, Mrs Keyes 2 and 3; stock, Mrs Hicks 1, Mrs Howat 2, Mrs A. Baker 3. Iceland poppies, Mrs Keyes 1, Mrs Workman 2, Mrs Errington 3; sweet .peas, Miss Madgwick 1, Mrs Heenan 2, Mrs C. Hill 3; aretotis, Mrs Bagnall 1, Mrs Mules 2, Mrs Mitchell 3; calendula, Mrs Hicks 1, Mrs Brookes 2, Mrs Hicks 3; gladiolus, Mrs White 1; iris, Mrs Keyes 1, Mrs Motion 2,

Miss White 3; vase of flowers, N. t Nicholson 1, Mrs Bagnall 2, Mrs htfadgwick 3; collection of cut flowers, three kinds, Mrs Motion 1, Mrs Howat 2; Mrs Workman 3; collection of cut flowers, Mrs Hicks 1, Mrs Millington 2.

Decorative classes: Bowl of roses, Mrs Millington 1 and 2, Miss T. Allen 3; bowl of flowers, one variety, Mrs Madgwick 1, Mrs Keyes 2, Mrs Hicks and Mrs Sydenham equal 3; bowl of flowers, mixed, Mrs Birkenhead 1 and 2, Mrs Keyes 3; vase of flowers not more than eight inches, Mrs Birkenhead 1, Mrs Flint 2, Mrs Keyes 3; floating bowl, Miss Irwin 1, Mrs Maunder 2, Mrs Cox 3; basket of flowers, Mrs Boyd 1, Mrs H. Mules 2, Mrs Murphy 3; shoulder spray, Mrs Howat 1 and 2, Mrs Lowe 3; presentation box, Mrs Murphy 1 and 2, Mrs Brookes 3. - Children’s section: Primer boys, buttonholes, lan Howat 1 and 2, Rex Marshall 3; girls, Dawn Workman 1, Margaret Harrison 2, Heather Jones 3; standard 1 boys, Keith Treadaway 1 and 3, Peter Lowe 2; girls, Ngaire Jensen 1, Tuppy Marshall 8, Yvonne Gower 3; posy, standards 3 and 4, Ann Mules 1, Beverly Eden 2, Ngaire Hen- & -wood 3; posy, standards 5 and 6, Joyce "■ Madgwick 1, Brenda Walters 2, Shirley Green 3; decorative saucer, Rae-

wyn Walker 1, M. Treadaway 2, Warwick Chinnery 3; special prizes, Raymond Brookes, Rob. Darrah and Margery Treadaway; tray garden, Warwick Chinnery 1, Margery Treadaway 2, Janet Whitehead 3; special, Margaret Harrison.

Vegetables: Cabbage, Mrs Sutton 1, Mrs Mules 2; lettuce, Mrs Maunder 1, Mrs H. Bowen jnr. 2, Mrs Challis 3; three onions, Mrs Walker 1, Mrs Mitchell 2, Mr F. Bell 3; six new potatoes, Mrs Sutton 1, Mrs Sparks 2, Mrs Challis 3; collection of vegetables, Mrs Mules 1, Mrs Sutton 2. White hen eggs, Shirley Workman 1, Mrs Heasman 2, Mrs Hale 3; brown hen eggs, Barbara Maunder 1, Mrs I. Clark 2; duck eggs, Arthur Green 1, Tommy Lowe 2. Cooking: Cream puffs, Mrs Workman 1, Miss White 2, Mrs Keyes 3; shortbread, Mrs Peterson 1 and 2, Mrs Bennet 3; fruit loaf, Mrs Maunder 1, Mrs Madgwick 2, Mrs Conners 3; sponge roll, Mrs F. Treadaway 1, Mrs Murphy 2, Mrs Maunder 3; sponge sandwich with butter, Mrs Keyes 1, Mrs Sparkes 2, Mrs Bell 3; sponge sandwich without butter, Mrs Connors 1, Mrs Keyes 2, Mrs Workman 3; pikelets, Mrs Mules 1 and 2, Mrs Connors 3; gems, Mrs Connors 1, Miss White 2 and 3; sausage rolls, Mrs Peterson 1 and 2; one egg chocolate cake, Mrs Robertson 1, Mrs F. Gray 2, Mrs Treadaway 3; pot of marmalade, Mrs Keyes 1, Mrs Bell 2. Sweets: Coconut ice, Mrs Mules 1 and 3, Mrs Robertson 2; nut toffee, Mrs Robertson 1, Mrs Madgwick 2, Mrs F. Gray 3; plain toffee, F. Gray 1, Mrs Robertson 2, Mrs Mules 3; nut fudge* Mrs Mules 1, Mrs Sutton 2, Mrs F. Gray 3; plain fudge, Mrs Mules 1, Mrs Robertson 2, Mrs Sparkes 3; Turkish delight, Mrs Robertson 1 and 2, Mrs Treadaway 3; plate of toffee (children), Ann Mules 1, Jack Mules 2, Joyce Madgwick 3. Sewing: Hand-knitted tea cosy, Mrs McCollum 1, H. Tapp 2, Mrs Mitchell 3; bootees, 15 and under, Shirley Green 1, Fay Scott 2; hand-worked lawn handkerchief, Mrs Treadaway 1, Mrs Bennet 2, Mrs Keyes 3; best smocked article, Mrs Mules 1, Mrs ■Connors 2, Mrs Maunder 3. Points prize winners were: Sweets, Mrs Robertson; cooking, Miss White; cut flowers, Mrs Motion; decorative, Mrs Keyes.