COMPETITIONS CUP

Taranaki Daily News, 31 August 1935, Page 10

COMPETITIONS CUP

MEMORIAL TO MR. H. E. CRESSEY.

ONE OF FOUNDATION MEMBERS.

Tribute to the . work of the late Mr. Henry ■ Cressey in the interests of the Hawera competitions festival; was ’ paid by Mr. F. W. Homer, in receiving on Thursday night the silver cup presented to the society by Mrs. Henry Cressey and Mrs. Cressey sen. in memory of Mr. Cressey. ; One of the first of Hawera’s citizens tu realise - the value of the work, Mr. Cressey was a member of the committee at the festival’s inception, said Mr. Homer, and was secretary for several years.; He was always an indefatigable worker and' it was largely due to his vision, energy and organising ability, that the work was so well established at Hawera in its earlier. days. He thanked the donors for the cup, which the committee had decided -to allot to the women’s choir competition.

Normanby Football Dance. . ' '< ' Striking; deeprations carried out in the club colours transformed the Normanby town .hall on Wednesday night, when the football club held'its annual dance. Radiating, from the centre, paper streamers in’’ rich red and white .' completely canopied th?. body of the hall, forming a soft shade for' the lights. Appropriately pendent from the centre of ,the, hall Was a plain i brown football, a;■ constant reminder to dancers of the club. Masses of large double camellias, 'also , in deep red and white, were effectively-thrown into relief; by; their own dark green leaves as they banked the front of the stage, which was also decorated with fronds of green ponga fern. Music' for dancing was supplied by Walden’s Sunshine Orchestra, and Mr. J. Greig was master of ceremonies. ‘A Monte Carlo waltz was won by Mr. H. Spurdie and partner, a' spot waltz by Miss Nancy Loader and Mr. D. Walden, and a second Monte Carlo by Miss Loader and Mr. A. Kennedy. Supper arrangements were in the capable hands of a committee consisting of Mesdames H. Gray, R. Tippett, L. Corrigan, J. Tippett, A. Duggan and J. Greig. ' APVERTISERS’.-ANNOUNCEMENTS." The last of a series of basketball dances will be held in the Normanby town hall on Monday, September 9. Novelty dances and a -waltzing competition will be a feature of the evening. Vern. Henry’s Valencia dance band will supply the music. A plain and fancy dress dance will be held in the Tokaora hall on Tuesday, September 3., Prizes will be given for the best and most original costume, judging to commence at 9 p.m. Particulars are advertised. A fancy fair and concert, in aid of the Presbyterian Church, will .be held in the Okaiawa town hall on Tuesday, September 10. A programme has been arranged by the Hawera choir and . local talent, full particulars of which . are advertised. The Alton basketball dance will be held on Monday next, September 2. Vinsen’s Ambassadors’ Orchestra will provide the music. ' Smith and Trim Ltd., advertise particulars of mart sales at Hawera torday of fruit, vegetables and plants, etc., at 11 a.m., and poultry (including two cluckers and trio Light Sussex), seed potatoes, furniture, Singer drophead machine and useful office furniture at 1.30 p.m. , GRAND THEATRE PROGRAMME. MYSTERY AND WESTERN FILMS. “Fog Over ’Frisco,” which will screen at the Grand Theatre, Eawera, to-night and Monday night, is a thrilling mystery drama, in which Lette Davis, as a beautiful wealthy society woman, is one of the leaders. Others in the cast include Lyle Talbot, Hugh Herbert, Arthur Byron, Robert Barrat, Henry O’Neill, Irving Pichel, Douglas Dumbrille and others.

Zane Grey’s story,. “West of the Pecos,” which RKG-Radio has made into a starring vehicle for Richard Dix, concerns the stirring days of that particular territory, “West of the Pecos.” The Pecos River rises in New Mexico, arid flows through the western section of Texas. The cast includes Martha Sleeper, Fred Kohler, Sleep'’n’ Eat, Louise Beavers, Russell Simpson and Maurice Black. “West of Pecos” will be presented at a matinee to-day and for two-night season at the Grand Theatre, Hawera.