WOODVILLE.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LII, Issue 229, 27 August 1932, Page 8

WOODVILLE.

WOODVILLE, Aug. 26. ■ Mrs Nelson Hi.: and Miss N. saunon, of New Plymouth, are tne guests of -Mr an a Mrs ft. ft. Johnston, Read. Nl.ss .VlcLean art: Miss .'door, or ‘toning, ton, arc at present visiting Woodvihe. and are the guests of Mrs J. H. Ne.son, "Rosedale.” Mrs Christian, of Wellington, who is the guest of Mr and Mrs W. Nixon, will render a ?.010 a r . the .morning t anc * services at St. David s Cnurrn on Sunday. Rov. G. Knowleu-Smith, bc-'nsr a Ba-tt Grand Master of the Loyal Grange Institution of New Zealand, trie lodges of the Ma.nawat'i district have arranged to attend the Woodvihe Methodist Church on Sunday morning. The final match of the hockey corn pet:tion series v. as decided on the Recreation ( Ground on W'ednesday afternoon when Star-, btat W'oodviile by 4 goals to_ two .or the Brown Cup (runners-upj. Wood vine; had a lead of one p>o:nr in the champion- • snip and by suffering defeat it the hands o: Stars, lost "the trophy by the same margin. | 'l he game, which vvaa refereed by Mr Scott, of Pahiatua, was evenly contested. ; For Stars Goals were scored by Gallon, j Foreman, McKinlay and Lvernderi, rule • W’oodvilie’s goals were scored strand. * The monthly meeting of the Kumeroa* . Hopelandi Women’?. Institute was held on j Tuesday, when there was a largo attend- | a nee of members. The president, Mrs B. j H. Norman, was in the chair, and. gave the j members a review of the federation meet- | ing recently held at Wellington. Mrs Little, | Mrs Fred Kemp, and Miss Dorothy Mabey 1 acted as hostesses. A delightful musical programme v/as provided by Airs Roy Johnston, of W'oodviile. Items were a. so given by Mrs Nelson Hill (New Plymouth; and Misses Grace Johnston and Salmon (New Plymouth). A hearty vote of thank? was accorded the pc;rfoririers, and also Mrs Sinclair for conveying the party to

Kumeroa. In a basketball match with Pahiatua on Wednesday, played at W'oodviile, Pahiatua A defeated W'oodviile A, bv 11 to 3. W'oodviile B won in their game against Pahiatua B, the score being 12—7. Goals for W'oodviile A. were scored by J. Lovell, P. Ilanarav and J. Morgan, while E. Bassett, G. Bryson, and A. Bonny gained points for W'oodviile in the B game. The Fire Brigade Rugby football team journeyed to Pahiatua on W ednesday to play the return game with the Pahiatua Brigade, and after a clean. hard-fought game, emerged victorious. Tries were secured for W’oodviile by M. Gillespie (2), B. Hayes, and R.. Ruddick. one of these being converted by M. Gillespie. For Pahiatua, J. Mills scored and converted a try, L. Sunnex scoring the second which A. Mills converted. The final score was 14 to 10. Mr Yj. Lett refererd. There was a good attendance at a general meeting of the recently formed Woodvillc Literary and Debating Society last evening, and the enthusiasm of members is a happy augury for future £ucco«-.es. The election of officers resulted a« follows: — President., Rev. G. Knowles-Smith; vice president, Mr If. G. Dorr in gton; secretary arid treasurer, Mr G. Forbes, junior; committee, Messrs W. A. Lyon, J. Elder. H. P. Horne. T. Turner and Rev. A. Stevenson. Members were invited to submit for the consideration of the programme committee subject? suitable for inclusion in the schedule. The remainder of the evening v/as devoted to impromptu speeches.