BUSY MEETING

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume 58, Issue 4167, 1 August 1949, Page 7

BUSY MEETING

WAITAKARURU INSTITUTE RESULTS OF COMPETITIONS Waitakaruru Women’s Institute held its June meeting in the hall, the president, Mrs Ashford, presiding over a good attendance of members. Mrs A. Coxhead, the secretary, after reading all the business letters, handed to members a number of letters from recipients of parcels in Britain, one being from an old lady of 91 years. A specially deserving case of a widow with six children was considered, and rather than deviate from the institute’s rule of only having elderly recipients, a collection was taken up for a parcel and was oversubscribed, the balance going to the general parcel fund. A letter from Mrs Lithgow, Federation president, was read and it was decided to enter for the October council meeting competitions if possible. Volunteers came forward promptly to make a Plunket layette for the group meeting at Kaihere in September, many members hoping to be present at that gathering. Mrs J. Laing undertook to send items of interest from the, institute to the federation’s bi-monthly magazine.

It was decided that the sum of £8 received as a share of the Kerepehi concert taking*, be placed in the parcels’ fund. The president reported that the money subscribed for the cancer fund by the whole district had been collected Jby institute volunteers and had now been handed to the authorities at headquarters. It was decided to support the suggestion that a certain property in Wellington, valued at £lO,OOO, be acquired for the Dominion headquarters. Members agreed unanimously that Mrs Rex Duffin, who had done such excellent work for the institute library, should be granted an' honorarium of £5 at the end of the year as a slight token of appreciation. After lunch, Miss Spence, who arrived from England recently, gave a very interesting talk on her experiences throughout the war as instructor in a large telephone exchange in England. She also brought to the meeting a complete weekly ration of food as now ruling in England. This was very chastening for all and made members feel very grateful that they lived in a country where food was so plentiful.

The competitions resulted as follows: Best bloom, Mrs Ashford 1, Mrs Otter 2, Mrs A. Coxhead 3; low bowl of flowers, Mrs A. Coxhead 1, Mrs Hinton 2, Mrs Hinton 3.