WOMEN’S DIVISION.
The quarterly meeting of the Southern Hawke’s Bay provincial executive of the Women’s Division of the Farmers’ Union was held at Dannevirke. Woodville was represented by Mesdames J. M. Graham, H. Hume and E. Martin. It was reported that the Woodville branch had. a membership of 140. and there was great keenness among members, a new activity being the sending of clothing to women inmates of the Porirua Mental Hospital, it having been represented that this was appreciated as a welcome change from the hospital uniform. At a subsequent birthday celebration of the Dannevirke branch, Mr J. C. Bolton, of Woodville, president of the Southern Hawke’s Bay provincial executive of the Farmers’ Union, tendered congratulations and said the division was doing excellent work. A welcome was extended to Mrs J. C. Wickham, of Wanganui, Dominion president of the division.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LIX, Issue 69, 18 February 1939, Page 12
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141WOMEN’S DIVISION. Manawatu Standard, Volume LIX, Issue 69, 18 February 1939, Page 12
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