Lavender Fair.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIX, Issue 90, 21 August 1923, Page 6

Lavender Fair.

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I i L'l ,^rf^feijeler.'''f, jii*";- d*gttf*feed by -■ the i } i«' ( lfel ,w SafvWfcl©n -'Army Y officers •• -andr mSfS(Srs : ' in'aidt'ofHeddaliariia. miis,3lisfialry of i'the Army, t*» f '" I&e'worK in f the district; was . officially opened by' ;^Mx ' SM. 'W, MeMffikn). ■ \ .' %Mi i *M(Millan i expressed thanks for ■;■" being asked'' to open the fair—he • * '"was'very'""phased to do anything-he • 4 „* 'help the :; Army iin any pos'stDle*:way. "Whengyer 1 he : -was. called .*.''fifpotf W?*do' aHyfcning'-for-the Army, ■ to *nis mind ■•' the opening | 'of the eathpaign in New Zea- §> 'iakd.* v, He>-was • very young r at the ""'•l&he, " r but he 'TOmembered that the had'a hard time of it. 'they stuck to ! it. At- that time Teajjised the of the people, though it was fully ;■ Waßsed* to-day. Those officers ; had carried on, and it was amazing to" 'See the "strides the Army had since made.S That small band of officers : grown how to hundreds of offi:cersand thousands of There- , ooold jhaMly be : to-day a more loyal •'band of ahd ; a r moi>e obedient | ''set "ofSoldiers," than those in the Sal'Vlti'on Army, and-that loyalty, and S made the Actny the great forftei it was. To-day the "people of 1 'the-'eeuiftn-y realised : that the Army was doing a> great'deal of good work, he" beloved they Supported- the ■" Arihy to the best of their ability. He "ifad' thank>the officers and sold- ; * lerg*'oiP'the local "'corps for willing l to him" in his capacity asi V w Mayor-. -He hoped T the ' Pair would //'iiSTe the'success it deserved. The he "knew, 'did most of the 5 wbrlc in "'connefttifin with such affairs, * *iimd he knew they would consider il^notflnig -a" hardship*' so long as it made for the success, of the Fair. The hall was tastefully decorated K for the occasion, and the various stalls,, laden with useful and,edible , .goods, were presided over by the following:—Gake and lolly stall, Mrs. MoDallum; jam and pickles, Mr 8 J). Hopkins; jumble j s*all, *Mr-"F. Pollard; fancy Stall, Mrs Ensign Ban.som; needle work and fancy articles, Women's Home | League members; tea *room, Mrs Fawcett and assist- ; -ants,. „ r< „ r . f , r ~„,,,,.,.,-;,■,,...