COUSIN BETTY’S LETTER
My dearest Cousins, I did enjoy seeing so many of you and your friends at the party last Saturday, and as a result of it, our ospital Fruit Fund is the richer by £3. We have a great many people to thank for the success of tms party, and I know that you will all join me in saying Thank You to the Rev. C. J. Tocker, who gave us permission to use St. Paul s Sunday School Hall; Messrs David Strang, Ltd. (cordials); the firms who donated jellies, hundreds and thousands, and butter; the N.Z. Milk Products (cream); the Rosewood and Messrs H. and J. Smith’s (cakes); Messrs A. C. Millars (crockery and bread); Mrs R. J. Gilmour, Miss Tapley, Miss Gilmour and Miss Winlim ° No list of “Thank you’s” would be complete without mention of our verv good friend, Mr Alex. Sutherland, and I know you enjoyed the items given S by his pupils, who, accompanied by Miss Haus, came and danced for us. The older cousins were most helpful, and the members oi the Bovs’ Clan standing three deep at the sink, washed and dried the dishes. Our thoughts must now turn to our annual visit to the Hospital, which usually takes place on the Friday before Christmas. We take a present to each of the patients and this year I am giving a prize to: (a) The boy who sends in the best article suitable for a gift, either to adults or children. ■ , , x t - i (b) The girl who sends m the best article. „ , You may make whatever you like, and you need not make alll the article by yourself. For instance, some of the girls may like to dress dolls. The marks gained will be added to Clan marks. The entries will close T Show Page, will you? The tawing eompe“''A SX ta“option with the beze.r has been concluded, and M. Winsloe, Merrivale, Otautau, is the winner of a nightdress. Your loving
PS : Walter Kennedy, George Te Au, Ronnie Miller, Percy Bull, Rex Boniface and Ashley Aitken are new members of the Boys Clan.
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Southland Times, Issue 22487, 24 November 1934, Page 18
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