Methodist Bazaar at Cambridge.

Waikato Argus, Volume XXIII, Issue 3565, 24 August 1907, Page 3

Methodist Bazaar at Cambridge.

A bazaar was opened in the Alexandra Hall at Cambridge, in aid of the funds of St. Paul’s Methodist Church, yesterday, the opening ceremony being performed by Mr Richard Reynolds, and he not only assisted at this function, but also contributed the major portion of the palms and greenery, with which the hall and adjoining rooms were decorated. Various musical items were given throughout the afternoon by friends of the cause, and in the evening the Cambridge Band enlivened the proceedings with several selections. The manner in which the stalls were laid out, and the decorations carried out reflect great credit upon those who did it. Those in charge of the various stalls were as “follows Plain work stall,Mesdames Beck, G. Clark, Nixon and Miss F. Aubrey; fancy work stall, Mesdames Harry Clark, Ringdon and Miss Aubrey; floral stall, Mesdames Veale, P. Smith, Reid, Russell and Miss Nixon; produce stall, Mesdames Hooker, Fitzgerald and Miss Hooker; lollie stall, Misses L. McNeish, Vosper, and Beck, 2. Afternoon tea and refreshments were in charge of Mesdames C. Roberts, H. L. Nixon, A. W. Gane, Misses Veale, Ella Roberts and A. Clark. The Christmas tree was attended to by the Misses Maud Roberts, Jessie Vosper, Ida Butler and Nathalie Gane; and Mrs Rutter dispensed soft drinks to thirsty souls whose taste was higher than tea. Telegraph instruments were erected in the hall, at which you could send 18 words for Is, thus beating the Government badly. The telegraph messengers were the Misses Elsie Reid and Lola Gane, and the expeditious manner in which they delivered the messages makes one wonder if the Government could not engage girls in similar work; but perhaps the loquacity of the female sex will confine them to the telephone department. There were numerous guessing competitions, chiefly conducted by the Misses Ruby and Ivy Nixon, but others assisted.