WOMEN’S Institute NEWS

Northern Advocate, 12 June 1937, Page 9

WOMEN’S Institute NEWS

Kaiwaka

A glorious day. greeted the June meeting of the Kaiwaka Women’s Institute, and there was a good attendance of members. Before any business was done, the president, Mrs Hall, asked the members to stand in two minutes’ silence for the late Mr W. Leslie. The president commenced the afternoon by welcoming, a new member. Parcels of winter clothing were-collected, and deceived for distribution to a Maori settlement. A competition for a jam -roll was won by Mrs W. Hall, and Mrs W.' Dunn was second. A humorous competition for rolling a sheet of newspaper into the smallest ball in three minutes was woh by Mfs Wilkinson.' Afternoon tea was served ,by the hostesses, Mesdames Lambarth .and, W. Dunn-

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Marohemo

The monthly meeting of the Kauri Institute was held in the hall on June 3, Mrs Coxhead presiding over a good attendance of members. The roll-call, “A good joke,” was well responded to and caused great amusement. The competition for the month, a toy, was won by Mrs Slaney first, Mrs Bruce Jones second, and for arts and crafts by Mrs Bruce Jones first, Mrs Goxhead second and Mrs Slaney third. Mrs Wilkinson gave a demonstration on tatting.

i The hostesses for the month, Mrs Graham and Miss S. Graham, served afternoon tea.

On June 10 the members of the Kauri Institute farewelled Mrs Wilson, one of their members, who is leaving the district.

Items were given by Mesdames Slaney and Wilkinson, pianoforte solos, Miss I. Codling, song, and Miss Thelma Coxhead, recitation. The competition, Auckland suburbs, resulted in a tie between Mesdames Wilson, Bell and Clotworthy, the first-named winning in the draw.

Another competition, a strange afternoon, resulted in a tie between Mrs Slaney and Miss I. Codling, the latter drawing first prize. Afternoon tea was served, after which Mrs Coxhead presented Mrs Wilson with a gift. Mrs Bruce Jones presented the guest of honour with a bouquet, Mrs Wilson replied. ,

Kiripaka

The monthly meeting of the Kiripaka Institute was held on June 8. Not many were able to be present, but nevertheless it was a jolly afterhcon. ■ . ; .■.

Mrs Sands, the president, won the competition for making wood fibre violets, while Mrs Ferguson won the monthly competition, this time for a cushion. Hostesses for the afternoon were Mrs Clemo and Mrs Ferguspn. :: An enjoyable social evening was held at the Kiripaka hall. It was organised by the Women’s Institute to raise funds for the insurance of the hall. Delightful songs were rendered by Mrs Alexander, of Whangarei, and also a duet by Mrs Alexander and Mr C. Hyde. The Monte Carlo was won by Mrs J. Collinson and Mr S. Collinson, the spot waltz by Miss Jean Taylor and Mr W. Wallace. Another Monte Carlo was won by Mrs J. Collinson and Mr F. Erceg. The music was provided by Mr Hyde, extras being played by Miss Jean Taylor and Mr J. Collinson, A weight-guessing competition was won by Mr J. Ferguson with Miss A. Simmonds second. The lucky card competition was won by Mr F. Erceg.

Mangonui

The monthly meeting of the Mangonui Women’s Institute was held in McKay’s hall on June 3. In the absence of the president, Mrs W. A. Wrathall, the vice-president, Mrs R. T. Wrathall, presided.

A vote of sympathy was passed for the husband and family of the late Mrs Kelsall, also for the Pgria Institute, of which she was a member. As a W.I. sister, all members stood in silence for two minutes. Afternoon tea was . then served, the hostesses being Misses Mavis and Betty Wrathall.

Mrs A. Raynor gave a very interesting demonstration on wood pulp flowers. The points competition for the month was a guest towel, the result being as follows: —Seniors: Mrs R. T. Wrathall 1, Mrs A. Raynor 2. Juniors: Miss Mavis Wrathall 1, Miss D. Wilton 2. The roll-call was an “Interesting clipping from a newspaper.” A competition' by Mrs R. T. Wrathall was won by Mrs C. W. Harris, with Miss D. Wilton second. The motto was: “Kind words are the golden rivets which help to hold together the splintered base of human happiness.” Visitors for the day were Mrs Settree, Mrs F. McEvoy, Miss McKeown and Miss Z. Wrathall.

Poroti

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Maungaturoto

Marohemo Women’s Institute held their monthly meeting in the public hall on June 3. The roll call, “Gardens I have seen,” brought forth some very interesting replies. A Post Office Savings Bank money box was presented to a new Institute baby. It contained a small sum of money. A gift was also presented to a' member who was leaving the district. A reading, “The History of Music,” was given by Miss Petrie, and was very interesting. A demonstration on how to do hairpin crochet was shown by Miss Robertson, and proved very popular. The hostesses were Mrs Goulsbro, Miss Robertson and Miss Petrie.

At the May meeting of the Maungaturoto Women’s Institute, a tale of pioneer days in Maungaturoto was read by Mrs Newitt, and was listened to with great interest. The Rev. Thornley gave a delightful talk on personalities he had met in his travels round New Zealand. A competition, “Novelty Party Sweet for Children” brought forth jelly houses, windmills and many other delicacies. The roll call was “Written suggestions for future programmes^”

The Poroti Women’s Institute held tiieir monthly meeting on May 20. Mrs Allen Jones presided over a large attendance of members. Three new members were added to the list. The roll call, “Whether one prefers to- take one’s husband or not, when one goes' for a holiday,” caused a lot of argument and quite a heated debate for and against arose, to everyone’s amusement. Mrs Oldfield Senr. gave her usual 10 minutes’ talk on first aid, which is always so very interesting and instructive. The competition “best plate of scones,” was won by Mrs Croucher with Mrs Robison second. The tea hostesses were Mrs Gunthorpe and Miss Lorna Pepi.

Otamatea Group

The Otamatea Group Women’s Institute met at Maungaturoto in May. The business session was held in the morning, when the various activities of the group were discussed. Mrs Ridling presided. Greetings were received from Miss Stops.

Oka than

At the afternoon session Mrs Johnson, president of the Whangarei Federation gave an inspiring address, and received a fine hearing. Mrs Johnson was presented with a bouquet.

Mrs Bicknell who judged and criticised the plays, also received a floral tribute. Plays were presented by Matakohe, “A Marriage Has Been Disarranged,” first prize, and Mareretu 1 , “The Silver Salt (Cellars,” second. Marohemo contributed a duologue, A Man of Letters,” and a member from iHakaru United took everyone with her on a visit to the Ford factory at Petone. Maungaturoto supplied a pianoforte solo, and a sketch, Sairy Gamp.” The popularity of Paparoa’s glee singers was shown in many recalls.

The monthly meeting, of the Okaihau Women’s Institute was held in the Commerce Hall on Thursday afternoon, Mrs E. Jordan presiding. Mrs J. Low gave a continuation of her experiences on her trip to England and Scotland last year. It was most interesting to all. A “Nursery rhymes” competition was held, Miss A. Graham’s team being declared winners. The monthly competitions, “Pikelets and a . toy,” resulted: Mrs Bindon 1, Mrs H. Lock 2, Mrs S, Graham 3 (pikelets); and Mrs Prowse 1, Mrs Lock 2 (toy). Another amusing competition was telegrams concocted from the word “Coronation,” The telegrams made very humorous reading. A dainty afternoon tea was served.

Walnut-A hipara

Mrs Shirley Masters presided over a fair attendance of members at the usual monthly meeting of the WaipuiAhipara Institute, which was held at the home of Mrs S. Masters last Thursday. A competition, “Best made buttonhole,” was won by Mrs Horsford, with Mrs Morrison second. Mrs. Charlie Masters was the winner of two other competitions. At the conclusion of the meeting, a very dainty afternoon tea was served by the hostesses, Mesdames J. N. Berghan and Morice.

Substitute Thimble. A penny finger-shield on the first finger of the left hand will avoid pricking when sewing. 9:• • * Scratches and Dents. If a solid mahogany table gets scratched, a good plan is to apply a very little permanganate of potash, leave for an hour or two, then polish with olive oil, which is excellent for furniture. Water marks may be removed by rubbing with a cloth damped in ammonia, then polishing well with olive oil.. Dents in mahogany should be treated with linseed oil. If the dent is very deep, place a pad of brown paper moistened with hot Water over, then apply heat with an iron, which will cause the bruised part to rise. This must not be done with furniture having a- veneered surface, or one having French polish.