HALCOMBE-STANWAY RED CROSS GUILD.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XLII, Issue 11469, 22 February 1918, Page 2

HALCOMBE-STANWAY RED CROSS GUILD.

The following donations to the funds of the above Guild are grate ■ fully acknowledged:—Mr J. P. Clark 7s (id, Mrs and Miss Craine 18s, Mrs Penfold 7s (id, Mrs A. Marshall £1 4s, Mrs H. G. Kilford 9s, Mrs E. Pilcher 13s, Mrs F. King ?s (id, Mrs R. Burgess ss, Mrs K. Cock burn 10s, Mrs Rosser 10s, Mrs Davies 15s, Mrs McDonald 10s, Mr A. Oalliughani lOs, Mrs Corufoot £1 Mrs Whitehead 15s, Mrs Johnski Cs. Proceeds of Mr Anderson’s lecture £1 10s, Halcombe School hoys 5s Id. Donations per John Hay well 7s, members’ subscriptions £3 Bs, school girls 14 handkerchiefs and five pairs hand-knitted socks; Mrs Stewart a bead of wool; Mrs Kew, 12 eye bandages and milk. The'"following monthly contributors are on the list of members Mesdames Pleasants, Faulding, Cotter. Mcßlroy, Burcham, Saywell, Stansell, Mauugh, Bradbury, Fraser, Adam, McLennan, Cuff, Roberts, Jordan, Oornfoot, Prior, .las. Fergussou, Morrison, Pollers, Petersen, J. Hoappy and Misses McLennan, Bracegirdle, Cuff, Hansen and Burgess.

Many thanks arc duo to the selfsacrificing band of workers £who continue to sew and knit with unabated energy. In this connection special mention must be made of the sewing handed in by Mesdames McEiroy, Jordan, Pilcher, O. Managh, J. Hoappy, Petersen, Stewart, Dierks, J. Forgusson, and by Misses Hausen, Kew, and Stewart (3).

In the knitting section Mesdames; Fraser, Kew, and Corufoot have done wonders and have produced many beautifully made comforts. Another case of garments is almost reaily and will he forwarded shortly to Wellington for shipment abroad.