WAIMATE NOTABLE RECORD

Timaru Herald, Volume CLVIII, Issue 23259, 21 July 1945, Page 3

WAIMATE NOTABLE RECORD

Service To Community ; Late Mr H. M. Whatman I A notable record of public service has I been terminated by the death of Mr H. I Max Whatman, and Ins passing removes I a figure familiar in locay body governj ment dur,ng a long period ot years, ivir i Whatman served as a member of the j waimate County Council for 31 years, i and his association with other local I organisations was inmost as long. the late Mr Whatman was oorn at I Spilstead, England, on June 19. 1873, I and came with his parents to New Zealand wnen about three years of age. I His education included tnree years at the Canterbury College School of Art j where he gained a junior art teacher s certificate. Mr Whatman was one of the original ■ secuers on the Cheviot estate, partici--1 paling in the ballot and drawing a I section. After some years he sold the j property and went to Hastings to enter | the bunding trade. Later he resumed farming in the Hawke’s Bay oiscne,. j After disposing of this property he came | to Waihaorunga, where he continued j farming until his retirement about a ! year ago. | Mr Whatman represented his riding ! on the Waimate County Council without a break from November 25. 1914, to i the day of his death. In May last lie ! was appointed cnairman ot ilie nuance I committee of the council. He repre- ' sented the council as member of the | South Canterbury and North Otago | Regional Planning Committees, and vis I an executive officer of the South Can- | terbiiry body. He was also the coun I s | nominee to the Community Centre pro--1 .ieci. Besides representing the council ius a member of the Waimate High

School Board of Governors, a posluT.i lie had held since May. 1922, he represented the combined district ol the Borough and County on the Timaru Harbour Board, for wnich body he acted as sinking fund commissioner. During liis long period of residence at Waihaorunga. Mr Whatman took a very active part in the affairs of the district. and for 28 consecutive years held office as chairman of tlie Waihaorunga School Committee. He had also the novel distinction of having been an office-bearer to all churches holding services there. He took an active part in the efforts to have the railway line put through to the area. A strong supporter of the Douglas Social Credit movement and of monetary reform, Mr Whatman was as well a very active member of the W.E.A. and Adult Education movements, of which he was one of the leaders at Waihaorunga and a prominent member at Waimate. He was a Justice of the Peace and a member of the Waimate Savage Club, and found time to write short stories and poems.

I Mr Whatman is survived by his wife, a daughter. Miss Phyllis Whatman I i Borough librarian) and three sons —Mr ■C. Whatman i Waihaorunga >. Lieuten- | ant N. H. Whatman. R.N.Z.N., and I Flying Officer Lance Whatman. Social At Studholme i An enjoyable function took place in I the Studholme hall, when residents as- ■ sembled to bid good-bye to Mrs W. and • Miss Williamson, who are leaving the i district. : Mr J. Foley, who presided, extolled I the qualities of th? guests. I Mr F. J. Henshaw referred to the un- . tiring energy of Mrs Williamson in I assisting with patriotic work from the • time of the last war. Appreciation was also expressed by I Mrs Rush on behalf of the Women's I Institute. The speaker asked the g: . sts jto accept a small token of remembi ice | , A presentation of a rug and a travel | ling rug was made by Mr J. Murray. I During the- evening items '-er •'■•( - i formed by Mrs M. Hayman. Miss Bakei 1 Miss Doreen Hayman and Mr R HayI man. Golf Links Closed I After an inspection by the- Waintate I Golf Club's grounds committee, it has bee" (!•’' ■'led to close the links over the week-end. 'I he third medal round will now be I played as set down on July 28. Th' third round for the Mitchell Cup will j be played now on August 11. The • mixed four-bull bogey set down for j August 11 will be held over. The semi- | finals of the four-ball knock-out will be played on August 18. j Glenavy Rifle Club I Scores at the weekly shoot oi the i Glenavv Miniature Rifle Club were; l D. McCullough 79; C. Blair. N. Gibson. I A. McCullough. J. M. Morrison. A. KilI worth. B Duff. A Cuthbertson 7G; J. Paul 75; J. 11. Jackson, R. Munro 74; i R. Milmine 71: D. Ireland. S. Maiharoa 70; R. Maiharoa <>9; 1). A, Maiharoa 6’5 ENGAGEMENT The engagement is announced be I ween Warrant Officer R. G. Fenton, eldest son of Mr and Mrs 'J’ Fenton. |7 York Slrcel. Timaru. and Elizabeth, eldest daughter ol Mrs .1. Brown and i the iale Mr J. IT Brown, of Glasgow.