FAIRVIEW.

Timaru Herald, Volume CVIII, Issue 16883, 2 August 1919, Page 2

FAIRVIEW.

SOLDIERS WELCOMED HOME. .* .<■«. " '. , -.. - , * ' ''•"On Friday ~ovenirig*last, tho]Fail-view 'School'* a, gay band /restivei '*appearance,' the'"occasion-'being a'jiVel'coine home 'social to'fouf-soldiers—Pri-vates "'A.-D? IV Thomson,' 'p-.-.W. 1 "Thomsoii and G.W.-Squire: It' ntas) hoped -to 'include ji\'fiith, Private 1 L.'- Squire; put his boat, < the" Ghupr'a, had' not .arrived.' i V ■>, '■ Hie gathering was' a very largo one, representative-of all the" suiroun'ding 'districts, and.including well Jinany friends and well-wishers from as -far afield as Temuka, ' Winchester,' -and Pleasant Point. The evening was spent in dancing, interspersed with vocal music contributed >y jMessrs Kilgouf, Johnston, Palmer,'and Townsend; all of whom had' to respond to encores." At interval, the chairman, Mr W. F. 'Bennett/ presented' suitably inscribed gold medals to the four guests and in an eloquent speech expressed the I gratitude and > thanksgiving of the j assembly at being privileged to extend I a. welcome to these' men, who had all I braved the horrors of war, had suffered ' its cruel hardships, and had now re-1 turned safe, and comparatively sound He then called (upon Misses Jdlinson, Squire, Mack and Black to pin on the medals. r ' i 1 ' 1 ,?, Sc l l ' l ' , ' c briefly responded on' behalf of his comrades and himself, and the audience san E '\For thev are iolly good fellows, ' following up "wrth three, rousing cheere.,"' - ' I Supper- w."s handed round. and dancing continued until the early hours ol the morning, the music being ruls- - by Misses M. and I. Dandson, and extras being given bv Miss Robert,-' son Messrs Johnston, Erosnan, and . '." ? r . <P'i'no\ Bj assail nud F.vans fyiohn). aud Scott (bagpmes) Mr H Tlrosna],-,,, carripd out i]m tluL]es ~ of M.O with his custom™ v efficiency A mosit enjoyable '"night-out" "was. bioup- it to a clo=n ,bj the singing of "Auld Lang Syne.'' •