STAR FOOTBALL CLUB.

Timaru Herald, Volume CVI, Issue 16356, 4 October 1917, Page 3

STAR FOOTBALL CLUB.

*AK . ' --• ' ~;\£, i ■■ -N •'. + '•I 1- '"."•? \ ' s -MEMBERS <! WELCOMED HOME -:»-'£' FROM. THE FRONT. , -r.* Tilth' members of the- Star \Football Club"V celebrated the.* conclusion of, the 'football'^season 1 last' nigat ."by a.* comsocial.'and T welcomed borne to several members of lave .returned frbm"„the'-front.- "There was a very large'attendance,'arid * Mr "G. -Emmerson, presidentr'6f" t th l erclub, presided. , "/ ~j\ . \p t v '** ' The irien',tp" whom-tie welcome was tendered'are .Sergeant;.C; Groves Privates F.. Duncan,' 1 sH!-JGibsok, OClarke, 3?" t Giosonr."* R:. " Blvth, J Bryce, and-P.' HesseUV; _; ■/" - , After, the National' ; Anthem and the loval toast,-;the Club'was toasted " Tn his reply/ to /.this "Mr'-F.* ,W>tson -said -.the'Club'Bad'done;'very -good work ia regard to' the war, as of" its membership 140; 'had, gone ,to front. (Applause'.t Of that, numTjef.-'sixteen had 'given the'>, lives for tne*"'great cause. Mr Emmerson also" spoke briefly'in replv to the" toasft" - ," N >Mr -Watson proposed "The Returned Members.'" J He said' these' men f had gone out and" had done their bit with the- best, and when the King came 'to announce from London;' that the war had been won. he would say,, "Thank Goodness, we had members of, the Star Football Club j with us." The returned members present * replied to _the toast, and were ' most heartily applauded. 'All said' they wero glad to be back'amongst tho old Club members again, * and s were ex-' tromely pleased to see such" a fine membership, and to know.'jithat tfie .Cluo had sustained its reputation as footballers. „ ''i -:7> " " ' Mr Groves said, the-men "who ,had returned had done, nothing ,to what the men at present at the l! front wereJdoing. They were having ~a- bad time in France, and -they that those at home could.do for-them.-Many people wore of the opinion that "conscripted men were not as' good fighters as,the voluntary men. They were"as good They had probably been kept, back by-some homo ties or other, and thev were as good as.thebest.

Tho principal toast was' followed by the presentation of the season's medals, which were" allotted as follows: — J. Cooke, best back, and „ A - Wyatt, best I forward, in senior competitions; , B. •Stapely.-'most improved back, and H. Percy,' best forward, in junior ' competition? ■ r - j } , The'medal winners /wer& then- toasted, and each returned - thanks. I "The

Coaches," .and "Kmdred Sports Clubs" were similarly complimented. During the evening a number of songs and other musical items and recitations helped to make the time pass agreeably, and after an appertising 'supper had been partaken of the gathering di&persed.