Woodville

Manawatu Times, Volume 59, Issue 181, 31 July 1934, Page 9

Woodville

I'/iom Our Own Correspondent, Bowling Club.

Tho annual meeting of the Woodville Bowling Club held on Thursday evening was well attended by. members and was presided over by the president (Mr. R. H. Henderson.

The president presented tho following report: “Before'dealing with other matters I would like to refer to the loss we sustained by the death of- our late patron, Mr. S, Bolton, on August 21, 1933. Mr. Bolton, as you are all aware, took a great interest in this club, eyen from the inception, and kept tho willing spirit to assist evergreen in anything appertaining to furthering the welfare of tho bowling fraternity. We have also remembrances of Mr. W. Melhuisli who passed away in October last. The official opening of tho green took place on Wednesday, October IS, the weather proving to bo not all it might have been and which at the time made it impossible for me to be in attendance. However, in my unavoidable absence, our worthy vice-president, Mr. R. H. Morgan, in a happy speech, welcomed tho visiting teams from tho surrounding clubs of which 13 were represented. Tho financial statement shows a credit of £l7 and after deducting the only liability leaves us in a similar position to last year. With regard to this 1 think the generosity of our capable superintendent of tho green, Mr. W. H. Nelson, is outstanding, for had it not been that he has given so much of his time and labour in renovating, preparing and keeping an ever watchful eye on tho green, the statement would possibly not disclose a credit balance. Inter-club matches were played with Pahiatua, Eke-, tahuna, Dannevirke, Feilding, Terrace End and Oroua, the latter club annexing the Entwhistle shield in November and retaining it in the March contest. A team consisting of Messrs C. Smith, L. Grinlinton, A. M. Pickering and H. P. Horne was successful in winning the Dixon cup from the Foxton club and retained it against a challenge from Eketahuna but lost it in the next match against Bulls. The Gosling stars were jst to the rmnnev.rke uuu .n . .ovemue _ last but in March a team consisting of iessrs K. Gothard, J. J. Young, G. McLiachlan and H. P. Ilorne issued a chal.enge and brought tho stars hack, win* ,ing by one point. The Allen buttons again created quite, a lot of interest. Messrs K. Gothard, C. Smith, W. McCormack and R. H. Henderson won them from the previous year’s holders and although they played several challenging rinks, were successful in retaining them .or tho rest of the season. 11l competition games, Mr. A. M. Pickering won tlio champion singles with Mr. K. B. Gothard

mner-up. The pennants were cuifiMt.i for as usual and resulted in Pahiatua . ng mo senior and Woodvillc the junior •We owe our best thanks the -iu.es, wno have, on special occasions, rendered so much assistance in providing and dispensing afternoon tea, and their aelp has been appreciated by us all. To ae green committee and those who have assisted in any way to improve the reens our best. thaiiKS are due for there .s no doubt that our green compared very favourably with any in the centre. To tho match committee, auditor (Mr. . Keay), secretary and the Press we : I ur best thanks.”

The election of officers for tho ensuing year resulted as follows: —Patron, Mr. F. S. 11. Bolton; president, Mr. R. H. Morgan; vice-president, Mr. E, It. Grinlinton; secretary, Mr. It. A. Offwood; treasurer, Mr. W. Galbraith; auditor, Mr, v. S. L. Kcay; committee, Messrs 11. P. Horne, R. Bly, W. H. Nelson, C. Forbes and llev. G. Ivnowies Smith; delegates to Manawatu Centre, Messrs H. C. Horne and It. Bly. Tho subscription for the year was fixed at £2 with the use of .a free locker. Messrs It. R. Johnston and J. M. Graham were elected as members. The secretary, Mr. R. A. Offwood, was voted ail honorarium of £5 in recognition or his services during the past year and Mr. S. Aim was made a small presentation in recognition of his services in connection with afternoon tea supervision over a period of years. Votes of thanks were accorded the retiring president, tho secretary, the auditor, the selector, the green committee, the ladles for their assistance and the K.S.A. for the use of their rooms for meetings. School Committee Meeting.

The monthly meeting of the Woodville District High School Committee was held on Monday evening, the chairman, Mr. R, R. Johnston, presiding over the following members:—Messrs J. Whittington, H. Pilcher, T. A. B. Sinclair, R. Peebles, E. Nicholson, L. Hurley, A. M. Pickering (secretary) and G. W. Slane (headmaster). Reave of absence was granted Mr. Li. Williams. Correspondence was received from the Hawke’s Bay Education Board advising that the board had decided to make a grant of £S As for tar-sealing the paths round the high school. Also that the school would be closed on tho 23rd and 24th of the month for the holding of a teachers’ refresher course. A letter was received from the Southern Hawke's Bay Boys’ and Girls' Agricultural Club advising that tho 1934-35 calf rearing competition entries would closo on October 5, 1934, and also asking for a donation to the prize fund. The committee decided to make a donation of £1 towards the prize fund. The headmaster, Mr. G. W. Slane, reported on the past month as follows: — The roll numbers and average attendances for the past month were as follow: Primary roll 2GO, average attendance 202; secondary roll 46, average attendance 44. During the month the school was visited by Mr. Hurdsfield, agricultural instructor, on three days and by Mr. Gillies (lecturer in agriculture at the Auckland Training College) on two days. On the 23rd of this month tho teachers of this district commenced a two-day refresher course in physical drill and teaching methods. Miss Kennedy and Miss Blackburn, both of the Auckland Training College, were the lecturers. The senior inspector for Hawke’s Bay, Mr. T. A. Mortland, was also present. School games: The High School boys played a football match against tho Eketahuna High School and the primary boys played Ekotahuna and Dannevirke North teams. The High School girls played basketball matches against Technical B, Linton, Technical Old Girls and Rangiotu. The primary girls played two matches against Eketahuna and two against Dannevirke North. After some discussion on the matter, the committee decided to postpone the holding of the school fancy dress carnival from August 3 to September 7 on account of a largo number of children being at present away from school with sickness. Basketball. Three basketball matches were played in Woodville on Wednesday resulting as follow:—Seniors, Waratahs (Woodville) beat Ivonini 16—12; Athletic (Pahiatua) beat Woodville Old Girls 24—3. Juniors. Athletic beat Woodville Old Girls 23—12.