RIVERSDALE NOTES.

Mataura Ensign, 23 May 1910, Page 5

RIVERSDALE NOTES.

I TRGM or 11 OWN' COIiKKSI'ONDEXT. j A mk.!<•:■;::! :ervio f ;!; - the late Kh.g 1 \va-' held in the Presbyterian Church on ' Fii.'.;y !.!■-'. Thro wa ■ :: large aUcndjance. including the local volunteers under Contain Wayte. and the pulpit v.uh draped with black cb.il! while n ,or;t of those pv< vent wore mourning badges. i Tiie Rev. .1. Mod urns gave an inipresj sive address. At the close of the Mirj vi.-e trie ,T;-no-t (Mi,s> .Yaelnnes) plavjtd t:.e -Dead March" ill "Saul."" I Mm::,. ,a! services wove also held on the ] .-■•. vine day by Rev. Father Keenan in the Raman C-.-;l:olir Church and bv the lav reader (Mr Bay!;.-,) in the Anglican Churcii. . A T^'-n t r' lfJ: ' il:k llilS ,n ' l '" stlll- t<'d 1" j the Drill Hall under tie* management of 1 (•'• Crcon and \\ . MeCutcheon. i f! ' l '„ 1 ' ::1 ; i , vv | ls --Ifued last Thurslay with .'! "irce night, when tli«rc was a large • The >•< w venture ha« i "can-lit on" and promises to be popu- ' Hie River-dale Debating Society li'dd ! _'ts r;rst tnef'tiiig of the present se-ison ■]u the Drill Hall last Monday night. j I.ierc v, as a g.„,d attendance considering the vow !.,g|i -x-ather, Mr 0. L, j Heenan < vice-; reside:)!) occupying the ; chair. The ceding iuok tile'form «:f ! a i.'-e:-k bantjut :_ flu., tables being taste- , fully laid in ]■■..! banqueting stvle. A j long and varied toast list was carried .out, beginning v.ith "The King," which (was honored '- rev'rent silence, and I ending with "fbe Press." tlie proposals res'u.iiM-. i.emg ;-, ,„.,,„. ( . ;IM , S vvry During t ! :e ev, :ii:ig a iiiimbir ,',£ ■songs and ree la Liens \\o;e contributed l\v members of the society. The debate jlor the next ordinary meeting is to be i on the subject "Individualism v. So:c,ahsm,'' Me>-:, [)! Maealister and •Joseph Step];, us being ;I pp ( ,j l!tt , ( j „„ | eh.-inij.ions of il :i . Individualistic aod j .. onalis-tic (loe-;.-.„es respectivelv. There 1 will be iour supporters for each side. I A large snip.;:,, pariy of friends and ;neighonis «aiud on Dr. and Mrs Watt ■at the, rresM,:ee U t Tuesdav night ; -<> ••o!iL i ratulatr .'»-;„ „,„,„ t j a . ir , vtun| :,: '' ll! ;- ,t:i; ; '"""■"■"- , 'v the;,- , "t and ho,t,s M,d :, „„,,! e„j„ V abfe ,lhu " ' !i ' iw » '■ ' '!"-> iI iis eoial con- , ie,.vcd under t! !( . pre.idcnc- <lf >,,. A v ; ; ; :Y ( t|-..,J T" in * t " , - i;il - »^> ■. 1 ;:., :•■'■' , ■ | -' «asa very success■;i' V-'V'"- h ' ; 1: "P'"I that this and : t; ' , ": , • < " , "I' Kiversdale wi ], !;;;;,,,, :| l<at " r " » f vn-^i ; The Rivers,'-'., Wendo,, ; „,d W-i- ---• I ,' " ! '! :'»';« dubs hare :ini; ,|- i under the president „f M«- A I Murdoch and inte-,d to hold'tl.ei, eld. f ! ,S AB - Sternrt. A. Murdo«-h ■m>l J. Stevonton (Willowbank) ixspcc-