Well Known Local Body Men are to Retire

Waikato Independent, Volume XLIV, Issue 6105, 22 September 1947, Page 5

Well Known Local Body Men are to Retire

OF PERSONAL INTEREST

J±S briefly referred to in Friday's issue,.Messrs S. Lewis and J( Blackman, members respectively of the Cambridge Borough Councj/and Leamington Town Boards, jhafve definitely indicated they will tot be seeking reelection at the November Local Body Elections. * w * * / Mr Lewis, in more than one period, has been a member of the/ Borough Council for a total of twelve year-3. He first became a menroer of the borough council away/back in 1909, when the late W.\F/Bucland was in what was to be his last* term as Mayor. At the same time as MiLewis joined the council so did Mr Mervyn Wells, the present DeputyMayor. Mr Lewis was honoured with the position of Chief Citizen of the Borough in 1921 and held that office for the two-year period. After that Mr Lewis was engaged in other public and personal interests and he did not return to -the council until this present period. Over the years Mr Lewis "has been a valued member. At the beginning of the present period he was. chairman of the works committee, a position he relinquished when

MOST valued member has Mr Jack Blackman been to the Leamington Town and Domain Boards. Actually he has served the Leamington district for fifteen years. He joined the Board at the time the late Mr Tom Hicks was chairman. For the past three and a-half years Mr Blackman has ably occupied that office. As we stated in Friday's issue Mr Blackman's decision to retire is because he feels he cannot give the necessary time to the increasing responsibilitv of the office. For that reason he feels he should make way for some other person.

he was appointed to the Land Salts Court.. He is still a member of the works committee. At the present time Mr Lewis is also.a valued member of the Cambridge Domain Board, Rehabilitation Committee, and the R.S.A. Executive. When interviewed, Mr Lewis reiterated that his decision to retire was influenced by his intense desire to see younger men taking their places in public affairs. He enjoyed the work on the council and his only reason for retiring was td make way for a younger man. V