A TRIPLE VALEDICTORY

Te Awamutu Courier, Volume 58, Issue 4188, 24 May 1939, Page 6

A TRIPLE VALEDICTORY

FUNCTION AT KINOHAKU. THREE OLD FAMILIES FAREWELLED. (Our Own Correspondent.) A large crowd assembled at Kinohaku Hall on' the evening of Friday, 12th inst., to say the settlers who are leaving the district, viz., Mr and Mrs J. F. Hughes, Mr and Mrs F. G. Stokes and Mr and Mrs I. Slater. Mr A. G. Dent expressed the regrets of those present when he referred to the loss to Kinohaku of the three families who were leaving. With regard to Mr J. F. Hughes, he mentioned the long and happy associations Mr Hughes had with the Kawhia County Council, for eighteen years he had carried out his duties to the satisfaction of all concerned. Mr Hughes had served over two and a-half years in France during the Great War. Mr and Mrs F. G. Stokes were very old settlers and had always been to the fore in the district’s social and progressive life. Mr and Mrs I. Slater, who’ had not been so long established in the district, would also be missed. Mr Slater in the field of sport, and Mrs Slater as an earnest worker in the local branch of the Women’s Division of the Farmers’ Union. Mr Dent, in finishing, asked each of the guests to accep't on behalf of the residents and friends a travelling rug and a purse of money. Mr I. Schultz, representing the Kawhia South Rowing Club, presented Mr Stokes with a gift. Mr Schultz mentioned that Mr Stokes had been of great help to the rowing club in its early days and later. Mr R. Milne, on behalf of the Returned Soldiers’ Association, in a neat speech, handed Mr Hughes a case of pipes.

Mr R. Nealey referred to the merits of the guests of the evening. Mrs Dent had the pleasure of handing to Mrs Slater a crystal vase and stand. This, sire said, was only a slight expression of the esteem in which she was held by the members of the W.D.F.U. The union wished Mrs Slater every happiness in her new sphere in Otorohanga. The musical honours accompanying the presentations included the old Jacobite song, “Will Ye No’ Come Back Again.” The guests replied, expressing their pleasure at being present and thanking all present, for their kindness. Dancing and songs filled the rest of the evening which, with an excellent supper provided by the members of the W.D.F.U. terminated a very successful function. SMOKE CONCERT. On Saturday evening, 20th inst., a smoke concert was tendered by the Kawhia South Athletic Club to Mr I. Slater, who is leaving the district to take up farming in the Otorohanga district. A pleasant evening in song and sentiment was spent by the assembled company. Mr I. Schultz, chairman, had the pleasure, on behalf of the elub, of handing Mr Slater a cheque as a slight expression of the esteem in which they held their guest. Mr Slater, in thanking the members said that he was sorry to leave the district and would always have the happiest memories of Kawhia South. Mr Chalmers presided at the piano.