CALEDONIAN “ QUEEN ” CANDIDATE.

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXV, Issue 18510, 6 March 1930, Page 3

CALEDONIAN “ QUEEN ” CANDIDATE.

PRESENTATION TO MISS HUNTERWESTON. Recognition of the great amount of work done by Miss Peggy HunterWeston, who stood in the interests of the South Canterbury Caledonian Society in the recent Queen Carnival contest, was made by members of the Society and carnival workers at a social held in the Wentworth last night. The social was arranged by the directors of the Society. The president (Mr S. Burns) stated that the function had been arranged in order to give the members of the | Society, and those who had assisted at the carnival, an opportunity of exi pressing their appreciation of the ] great amount of work which their queen candidate had done. Mr Burns extended thanks to the Ladies’ Committee for their untiring efforts in the interests of the candidate and the Society. He said that the weather had been against them, and they had had to work exceedingly hard to get what they did. They had set out to do big things, and although times were hard, they succeeded in raising ! a fairly substantial sum. The presi- ! dent went on to thank Miss Hunter - ! Weston for having stood as the Soj ciety’s queen. The task she underi took was a very hard one, and required j a lot of pluck, but all would admit i that she had not been lacking in that ! direction. Not only had she attended I various meetings, but she had also J gone about with the Ladies’ CommitI tee, in wet weather, as well as fine, assisting at the functions which had j been organised. Their object in gather- | ing that evening was to show in ! small measure their appreciation of j her services. A presentation of a j wristlet watch would be made to Miss j Hunter-Weston, and he sincerely hop- , ed that when she looked at it she j would remember the staunch friends j she had made during the carnival. The president then called on his ' daughter, Mrs McWhirter, to present ] Miss Hunter-Weston with a gold wrist- • let watch, which was suitably in- ! scribed. The gathering then sang "For She’s | a Jolly Good Fellow,” hearty cheers 1 also being given for the guest of the | evening. ! Replying on behalf of Miss HunterWeston, Mr J. Hole, who is an expresident of the Caledonian Society, thanked the president for his kindly | remarks, and also thanked the mem--1 bers of the Society and others coni cerned for their handsome gift. What 1 Miss Hunter-Weston had done, she had done voluntarily, and she was only too pleased to have had the op- ! portunity of assisting the Society, j Anything she could do in the future to ! help the Society she would do. Mr Hole expressed regret that Mr Hunterj Weston had not been able to be pre- ' sent that evening, but urgent business had prevented him being in attend- | ance to respond on behalf of his 1 daughter. Mr Hole, in conclusion, rei turned thanks on behalf of Mrs Hunj ter-Weston for what had been done for I her daughter. (Applause.) Further cheers were then given for i Mrs and Miss Hunter-Weston. ! Supper was then served, after which l j dancing was indulged in.