TEMPERANCE UNION

Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20653, 29 June 1935, Page 11

TEMPERANCE UNION

Memorial Service Held by Christchurch Branch. Misu Henderson presided at the fortnightly meeting of the Christchurch bi-anch of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union, held on Wednesday. Devotions were led by Mrs J. Richards and took the form of a memorial service to the late Mrs K. R. McCombs, a past president of the Christchurch Union. Mrs Richards paid some fine tributes to the memory of the late Mrs McCombs and expressed sympathy with Miss Henderson and relatives The following resolution was passed: that this meeting of the Christchurch branch ot the Women’s Christian Temperance Union desires to place on record its keen sense of loss caused by the death of Mrs K. 11. McCombs, M.P Ue realise that the love, respect and admiration felt for Mrs McCombs was not confined to her own particular party, but was experienced by persons of every shade of political opinion. Her earnest work for the cause of womanhood, her active sympathy for the less fortunate portion of the communitv, her SSf ef f° rt in the cause of prohibition. are well known to us all. We realise how magnificently Mrs McCombs i,‘2' ed to , !l " r hi sl> ideals as am?mdead yet speaketh> ' We ‘ deslr*" press our ,:eep sympathy with her l<?n with d he? l ihlt the i r KrelU sorrow, also J-Vi l- sisters and brothers and other Henderson. M ° UP b * ,OV ' d *«-553? # ISS2

»r Vo V.' s of sympathy were nassed wittf Sii Per f ryman (White Ribbon Editress S th % r l eath oC her sister with * , n tu ß of ller daughter, also Woo’d SX Ha?r*ls s’-te'd S Lf/ue. sp ,T l ; va rdoV;Sed B ; , o ,^ds^T; t “ on hL ' l Si atio ". to Matron Tremble, St the home C ° mDllSllea r ° r the chil dren Miss Blackwell reported attending a Unemployed Relief thA an f a i t, was decided that im. conveners should call for cut-out to be distributed among mem-Clft-e r,e I,p in own homes, from the IneSunV''®I'® 1 '® sent to the depot w^r» S T' ?• . Tayl , or and ilrs J. Richards weie elected delegates to the Christbranch of the National Council Of Mrs A dkins gave a report oi a no license meeting. It was decided to hold T. E. Taylor injuly 3 r>ay on *be second meeting