WOODVILLE & DISTRICT

Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 212, 6 August 1940, Page 8

WOODVILLE & DISTRICT

NOTES. The. L.G.U. medal round playedby members of the Woodville Ladies ° , Club on Saturday afternoon was iavoureu with excellent conditions and resulted a win for Miss J. Peebles. Woodville experienced the pleasant combination of a fairly n y frost accompanied by fog this morning. An unusual feature of the frost was ■ patchiness. While the official recording • only two degrees, residents ui B °l’ areas had trouble with frozen taps, fog lifted early and the liberal coating rime quickly lhawe'd. „ In answer to a call from the controller of Salvation Army work in New Zealand, Lieut.-Commiissioner J. Evan Smith, i has been decided by the members of the Woodville Corps to hold a daily D r T?A' meeting in their church for peace. lhe sorvioo will be of an informal nature, and will commence at noon each day. ine meeting is open for all to take, part in and participants are invited to 1 make a covenant to be a “sxitli” column during war-time, promising to spend a few minutes at noon each day in prayer for the cause of the Empire.

YOUNG FARMERS’ CLUBS.

At a meeting of the Southern Hawke s Bay district committee of Young I 1 armors Clubs, held in Dannovirke, there were present: Messrs G. N. Buchanan (chairman), F. J. S. Holden (secretary , R. I • Dav, A. T. Sinclair (Ballancc), H. ®*irstow, IT. Prydo (Mangatainoka), K. -Mitchell. A. Compton (Woodville), G J. J. Buchanan, L. Feierabend (Dannevirke), and A. Kinghorn (Department of Agriculture). Reports on the .Wellington Provincial Council meeting held in Palmerston North were given by Messrs Feierabend and Mitchell. It was reported that members of the Woodville club would shortly give a talk on “Care of Farm Implements and later members of (ho Mangatainoka. Club would speak on “Trees for Shelter and Timber Purposes.” Appreciation was expressed of the assistance cf the \\ omen’s Division of the Farmers’ Union at tho recent field day and thanks were accorded those /who had provided stock for the judging competitions, the winners of which wore congratulated by the chairman. Donors of miniature cups were also thanked. As a suggestion lor future field days, Mr G. J. J. Buchanan recommended that more stock be provided so that those not in the teams could take part in the judging. It was decided to proceed with the inter-club debating contest. The, subject is “That farming to-day is more difficult than it was fifty years ago” and tho first round, which is to be completed by August 16, is as follows: —Alangatainoka (affirmative) v. Pongaroa, at Pongarca; Ballancc (affirmative) v. Woodvil.c, at Rallance: Dannevirke v. Norscwood. at Norsewood. The secretary reported that Air Kinghorn had donated £1 towards a potato or vegetable planting scheme for patriotic purposes by young_ farmers in their various districts. Air Kinghorn intimated that other donations would be forthcoming. It was agreed that this could be undertaken by young farmers on their properties. Air Feierabend offered £1 and Air Kinghorn 30s to buy a sew to be reared by a young farmer for patriotic purposes. These donors were thanked for their generosity. Both matters are to be considered at a later meeting. Mr 11. do 0. Chamberlain. Wellington provincial secretary, wroto requesting that such unessential activities as football he cancelled during the war. 'This was discussed in connection with the provincial dog trial which the council had approved to bq held in the Southern Hawke’s Bay district in the autumn. The matter was held over.

PERSONAL,

Mr and Airs G. N. Friend, of Ormond Road. Woodville. have returned from a holiday spent with relatives in the Waikato district. Alias J. Brown, of “Burwood,”. Kumcroa. accompanied by her aunt. Airs HornbrooU, of Ilowiek. Auckland. is visiting relatives and friends in Waikanac and Wellington. Air and Airs 11. P. Horne, of Vogel Street, have re turned lo Woodville after spending a few days in Napier. Mr and Airs .1. AI. Hutchinson have returned to Papatawa from a visit to Westshoro Napier. Mr and Airs D. W. Martin (Wellington), Air J. J. Orme (Napier), Airs Ilart (Wellington). Aliss J. Fissenden (Auckland). Mrs V. Cresswell (Napier), Aliss J. Williams (Dannevirke). Airs E. Alarquand (Palmerston North). ATr F. Dungan (Mangatainoka) and Air IT. Williams (Waipuku rau) spent the week-end with Air and Mrs E. Alartin, of Papatawa. They were' guests at the coming-of-agc party in honour of Alias E. Alartin, on Saturday. Alias P. Simpson, of Onga Onga, is visiting her aunt and uncle. Air and Mrs T. S. R. Schaw, of Ferguson Street, Woodville. between eighty and ninety friends and relatives assembled in the Papatawa Hall on Saturday evening to celebrate the com-ing-of-age of Miss Elsie Alartin, a popular young resident of the district. The guests were received by the parents of the guest of honour, Mr and Mrs E Martin, the latter wearing a gown of blackvelvet. Aliss Martin was gowned in blue taffeta. Games, competitions, and dancing, for which music was supplied by Air P. Parker, made the time pass all too quickly. Air Marlin welcomed the guests and presented his daughter with the traditional gold key. Aliss Alartin thanked the guests for their gifts and her parents fo- having arranged the function in her honour. The thanks of the guests for tho hospitality extended to them by Mr and M.rs Alartin were expressed by Mr N. Dew, of Woodville. ARTIST IN WOODWORK. WONDERFUL INLAID TABLE. AJr .Tames Williamson, of Wadestown, Wellington, has a studio from which his woodwork has gone forth lo many parts of the world, and has been awarded medals, diplomas and prizes in many countries. He is a Shetland Islander who arrived in New Zealand by the ship Clarence in 1875. He first of all began working with wood as a hobby and is practically self-taught. Ilis experiments with many of our lcFser-known native woods proved enlightening, for lie found many suitable, for his work of inlaying. One of his 'finest works is an elegantlyshaped occasional table with a high degree of polish. The table-top of mottled totara has an inset geometrical design surrounding an oval of wavy kauri on which is a colourful marquetry of ferns and native flowers. Afottled "totara. or totara knot, comes in three-foot or four-foot lengths, and, as the name implies, is found_ in the knots of the totara tree. According to Mr Williamson, one whole tree of this lovely mottled wood was once found in Hawke’s Bay, hut it was the only one. For the geometrical designs woods used were pukatea, a beautiful pale-brown wood tinged with yellow and streaked with a darker colour; revva-rewa, or native honeysuckle, beloved •of cabinet-makers for its grain ; tigaio, a white wood; wavy rimu, purin and hinau. For the floral marquetry the common tutu, a green wood shading to brown, was used for ferns; taupatn, common to Wellington h'edgcs, made flowers of the white clematis; Chatham Island ake-akc made flowers of lhe yellow clematis and kowhai birds; Southland birch, the red lily. This piece of artistry, was exhibited at the Centennial Exhibition and is now in the home of Air and Mrs C. Cunninghame, Elliott’s Road, Papatawa. Airs Cunningliame is the daughter of the designermaker. . Mr Williamson is also a skilled violin maker and has a framed diploma awarding him the bronze medal for violin and ease at the Japan-British Exhibition held at Shepherd’s Bush, Loudon, in 1910. The violin ’and case, as well os a casket made by Air Williamson, are' now in the Dominion Aluscum. Amongst the instruments he has made are a violin in which paua shell has been beautifully inset and a Velio of sycamore specially imported from Czechoslovakia at a cost of £25.