DAFFODIL DAY

Taranaki Daily News, 17 August 1935, Page 9

DAFFODIL DAY

VICTORIA LEAGUE FUNDS DRIVE. r FLOWERS AT- NEW PLYMOUTH. Daffodils, symbol of spring; /nodded yellow heads yesterday, at the'annual daffodil day conducted by the Victoria League in. its rooms, at New Plymouth. The public, which has come to regard the league’s regular appeal as something in the. nature of an institution, did not stint purchases and at the end of a busy day there was little left on the various The results of the effort were satisfactory, a good sum being raised, and the organisers expressed their gratitude to the helpers who had assisted it to success, to the buyers who had patronised the stalls and to those who had made donations in money or goods. The room was bright with the vivid colours of the flower stall and afternoon tea was served on tables decked with daffodils. Supervising arrangements was Mrs. I. W. B. Roy, president of the Victoria League, and Miss D. Webb acted as treasurer. Stall-holders were: Produce, Mes-. dames W. G. Knight, P. Hoby and A. J. Rutherford; flowers,’ Mesdames J. L. ■Walton and M. J. Armstrong; sewing, Mesdames A. H. Avery and J. N. Paynter; cake, Mesdames M. Campbell, F.- N. Whitcombe and Miss M. Godfrey; sweets, Whakarata branch; jumble, Mesdames G. Neal and S. F. Burgess. Mrs. P. C. Davie acted as doorkeeper. Competitions were won. by Miss B. Grant, foot-warmer;. Mrs. M. J. Armstrong, cake; “V.L.,” rabbit; Mrs. F. G. Evans, tea cosy; Mrs. P. White, towels; Mrs. A. J. Rutherford, golliwog; Mrs. P. White, handkerchiefs;. Mrs. C. Burgess, tea cosy; Mrs. W. H. Skinner, rabbit; Mrs. Freethy, daphne; Mrs. P. G. Knight, Tataraimaka, socks; Miss L. Knight, turkey; Mrs. T. Crawshaw, ham; Mrs. T. Crawshaw, dinner.