POPULAR SETTLERS LEAVE

Taranaki Daily News, 12 June 1928, Page 11

POPULAR SETTLERS LEAVE

LARGE GATHERING AT OMATA. In view of the prominent part they have taken in a district in which they have resided since their birth, it was only to be expected that there should have been a very large attendance at the Omata hall last night to farewell Mr. and Mrs. H. Bayly and Mr. Vaughan Bayly, who are shortly leaving the district to make their home in the Toko district. There was, moreover, a third reason, for opportunity was taken to make the occasion also a gift evening to Miss Wectie Mace, who is shortly to ba married to Mr. Vaughan Bayly and tho tables were loaded with gifts. The gathering was truly a representative one, as the parents of the guests, Mr. >.nd Mrs. E. R. Bayly and Mr. and hire. P. H. Maee, have been associated with the district since the earliest days. The function was organised by the hall committee, of which Mr. 11. Bayly had been secretary for the past two years. Messrs. E. Andrews ami L. A. McHardie, who had charge of proceedings, had no trouble in keeping matters merrily moving to excellent music dispensed by McNeill’s orchestra, whilst further enjoyment was a(lded by the excellent musical programme that was interspersed, solos being contributed by Mesdames C. J. Harris and Geo. Hanover, Misses Reynolds and McDonald, and Mr. V. Simpson, a violin solo by Miss Kirkland, nnd a recitation by Mies Knight, all being encored. Mrs. M. Reynolds provided the accompaniments. Just prior to supper, which was dispensed by the ladies in their usual lavish mariner, Mr. S. Vickers, on behalf of tho residents, made presentations to Messrs. H. and V. Bayly, whom he rightly characterised as two of the most popular young men of the district. They wera now, he said, leaving the district of their birth to build a home for themselves in another district. From their childhood thev had entered into the pleasures and serious matters of the life of the district and had been eminently successful in everything they had undertaken, which uae a tribut to their sterling worth. It was a coincidence that in 18SIJ ho had blazed the trail that bad opened ths road to the district in which they were going to live, and ho could assure them that they were going to a good district nnd amongst good people. In presentin'.' each of them with a solid leather suitcase, ho wished tlionr every success.

Mr. W. Mace, chairman of the hall committee, also paid a tribute to Mr. H. Bayly’s worth as secretary, remarking that ho would be hard to replace. Each of the recipients, who «* ■ enthusiastically greeted, briefly .acknowledged the gifts, remarking that th v were not going very far and that all their old friends could always he assured of a beany welcome. Mr. Vickers, am.’.lst nuieical honours, presented Miss 'eetie Mace with tho multitudinous gifts that had been brought by friends and woil-wi-hcrg of the young couple, Mr. V. Bayly briefly replving. Dancing was then continued with •« vigour till the early hour*.