PATRIOTIC MEETING

Putaruru Press, Volume XVII, Issue 1038, 24 June 1943, Page 1

PATRIOTIC MEETING

|1 PUTARURU SUB-COMMITTEE j I There was a good, attendance of 1 ; members at the meeting of the Puta- | ! ruru Patriotic Sub-committee which j was held on Wednesday evening of last week. The secretary reported that letters j had been sent to the headmaster of i I the Putaruru District High School, } the secretary of the Girl Guides and ' to various other organisations thankl ing them fear their assistance in the j ; packing of the first quota of the 1943 j parcels. , A letter was received from Mrs j Christie asking that her resignation j be accepted as she found she was 1 unable to give enough of her time to | patriotic work. Her res: gnation was i ' accepted with regret. !' .Members discussed the matter of ■ a depot for waste paper. After much discussion it was agreed that the only place available was the idrying shed of Mr Pass’. The Interzone Committee had stated that it would be dangerous to have a shed I full of paper near a mill. Members i pointed out that if the shed was par- ! titioned off, and Mr Rolfe had charge of the key, no trouble should ) b-e experienced. It was. decided to ! use the shed for the storage of I paper, and to have the nart of the j tehed needed partitioned off. Bales, etc., would be built in the shed as 'well. M.r K’vell suggested that the shed behind his shop be used as a temporary depot for the small amounts of paper brought in now and again This was accepted by ihe committee, and the shed is to be used as such. The matter of the dry’ng shed was left in the hands of Mr Ranger on condition that he call on a working bee when necessary. Mr R. G Hutton queried as to whether this effort was for the town district or for the surrounding districts as well- Mr. Anderson said 'it was for . the town district. He thought that the other districts should be able to pack and bale their own.

There was. some discussion about the collection of rubber It was reported that one truck ’oad had been sent away, and arrangemen's wore made to get another truck load away from accumulation in the town The secretary reported that £1045 had been collected by the whole district since Ist January, but out of this Putaruru had collected only £3B The members were astounded, but the lady' members pointed out that the dances that had been held \had not been at all - financial, and were not worth the trouble that was gone to over them.

The secretary, on being asked by the members, read the amounts already collected by the outside districts- They were: Tokoroa £447 W-aotu £lls, Lichfield £238, Puketurua £47, Harris and Tapapa Roads £3B, whole district efforts £BO, and £42 of 1942 promises.

A long discussion took place as to how funds could be raised. MiFreeman pointed out that ns yet a pports day had not been held from which all the funds have gon e to the patriotic, and in his opinion it was time such a sports day was held. It was pointed out that other or-

ganisations. particularly the Girls’ Club, received the help of the townspeople, so why shouldn’t the patriotic ?

In the course of the discussion that followed the main argument was that the Girls’ Club is overshadowing the patriotic and crowding out its efforts- The Girls’ Club, it was pointed out, was handling a huge amount of money, and has grown* to a large organisation. Although members admired the Girls’ Club for the wonderful work they are doing, they could not but protest at the way the Club was crowding out the patriotic. It was decided to leave the matter until the next meeting. It was. decided to hold a. Paddy’s, market in the Town Hall some time in August, and a sports day in November. The Paddy’s market. which is to be a day and evening one, was ■ left in the hands of Mr Rolfe-