PERSONAL

King Country Chronicle, Volume XXXI, Issue 4565, 5 November 1937, Page 5

PERSONAL

Mrs. Buttle, of Auckland, is the guest of Mrs. C. M. Wright.

Mr. A. H. McNarey, of the Post Office staff, left for Napier last night.

Mr. and Mrs. F. J. L. Weston have returned from Kawhia.

Mr. R. Voyce, of the staff of Dalgety and Co., Ltd., is at present on annual leave.

Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Coutts left today on a week-end visit to New Plymouth.

On Wednesday evening the Legion of Frontiersmen farewelled Mr. H. C. Evans at Mr. H. J. Irvine's residence.

Mrs. E. Williams, of Auckland, is visiting Te Kuiti and is staying with her niece, Mrs. J. F. Connolly.

Miss Alma Salter, of Auckland, passed through Te Kuiti to-day on her way to the Chateau.

Mx\ F. Sparks, chief projectionist of Amalgamated Theatres, is at present visiting Te Kuiti to make improvements to the sound at the State Theatre.

Mr. and Mrs? C. C. Harris,'of Te Kuiti, announce the engagement of their only son, Charles Victor, to Cathrine Violet, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. A. King, of Wellington.

Members of the police force in the Taumarunui district assembled on Tuesday to bid farewell to Constable Hugh Hedley, who has been stationed at Taumarunui for ten years and has been transferred to Whakatane. The 26th anniversary services in connection with St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church will be conducted on Sunday next by the Rev. C. L. French. A strong choir will lead the singing and will render anthems at each service. Messrs. J. G. Irvine and H. Krogh, delegates of the newly-formed Amateur Athletic Sports Club, attended a delegates' meeting in Hamilton on Wednesday evening, where the full support of the Waikato Centre was promised for the Te Kuiti Club's meeting next year.

Mr. H. R. B. Harsan, of Kaikohe, has been appointed Postmaster at Kopaki, and took up his duties on Tuesday, relieving Mr. H. R. Ansford, who has been transferred to Te Kuiti prior to his annual leave and marriage.

A pretty wedding was celebrated on Saturday evening in St. Bride's Anglican Church, Otorohanga, when Mavis Sydney, third daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. F. Rogers, Mangaorongo Road, Otorohanga, was married to Bernard E. T. Scown, youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. T. S. Scown, of Mangare.

An enjoyable social afternoon was held by the Te Kuiti Croquet Club on Wednesday last to farewell Mrs. H. C. Evans, who has been a member of the Club for twenty-one years. Mrs. McLeod, the president of the Club, conveyed the good wishes of all the membtrs to Mrs Evans and then presented her with a navy blue umbrella as a token of their esteem and their appreciation of the good work which Mrs. Evans had performed for the Club.

The staff of the local Post and Telegraph Department met last evening to bid farewell to Mr. A. H. McNarey, who has been transferred to Napier. Mr. Crawford, in presenting Mr. McNarey with a fountain pen on behalf of the staff, spoke of the departing officer's sterling qualities and popularity among both the staff and public. Mr. McNarey, in accepting the presentation, suitably responded. Musical items were rendered by Mr. N. E. Wilson, accompanied by the Postmaster, Mr. T. M. Crawford, who also rendered pianoforte items.

A handsome fountain pen was presented by members of the Te Kuiti Rifle Club as a parting gift to the Club's oldest member, Mr. H. C. Evans, last Sunday. In making the presentation the president of the Club, Mr. D. McLeay, pointed out that it was nearly 23 years since Mr. Evans had started long range shooting in Te Kuiti. During his long service as a keen and active member of the Club, Mr. Evans had always advocated that it should work to secure full control over its range. This idea had at last materialised, and, through the generosity of Mr. P. H. Mills in granting the use of land at Waitete, the Club had been enabled to shift its range where, being freer in its activities, it looked forward to future progress. The Club had a great deal for which to thank Mr. Evans, and wished him every success in his new sphere of activities. Mr/ Evans, in returning thanks, expressed the hope that the Club would prosper.