VALEDICTORY.

Timaru Herald, Volume CVIII, Issue 16798, 31 March 1919, Page 3

VALEDICTORY.

1 " i *' A HIGHFIELD GATHERING. -. On Wednesday evening f,he fn'encls of Mr and Mrs R. J. Marshall, who.are departing tiom Highheld, assembled in the Hiehiicd OiiurcK to bicbthsm 'farewell. " ■--:'-' >■ The Eev. Adam Bcgg-piesided, and duiinjr the evonmg pj-eseuted ?Jr-Mai-shall with a tiavelLmg bag as a token of the esteem in which he was held in the district;. Mrs Marshall received from her co-oworkeis in the Highfield Guild and other friends,' a handsome triple E.P. cako stand. In making the presentation Mr Begg eulogised the grand part Mr and Mrs Marshall had ;aken in all that peitained to the j-pltarc of the district 'and especially in onnection with the church and choir. Messrs Thompson, Waddell anrf Dawen also spoke m warm terms of the ;indness and good neighbourliness of lit dcpmt;ug-guesi!s, and wished them uccess and happiness uherevei their utuie home might be. • 'n« * Mr Marshall thanked all itor their dndness and said he would ever renembpr Highfield and their friends. Mr Dawson, on behalf ,of the Highicld people, 'extended a hearty welcome n Mr, Mrs and Miss -Beckett, who lave come from No> th Canterbury to iettb in Timaiu in Mr Mai shah's late iome. Mr Beckett thanked all for thcii kindly words of 'ne'rovno. , , Several and leutations were, •p"dcied du'insr the evening, and' the adies provided lePrpshments.-Tre'sing-ng of Auld Lnng Svne" brought a veiy pleasant evening to a. close. . '