MAINLY FOR WOMEN

Waikato Independent, Volume XLV, Issue 6234, 4 May 1949, Page 6

MAINLY FOR WOMEN

CALEDONIAN BALL TOMORROW ARRANGEMENTS WELL IN HAND Nine debutantes are to be presented to Chief and Mrs Neil McLeod at the Caledonian Ball tomorrow evening. Arrangements are well in hand and the evening again promises to be a highly successful one. The ball, which is the first of the season in Cambridge, will commence at 8 p.m. and debutantes will be presented at 9 o’clock. WOMEN’S INSTITUTE MEETING AT TAOTAOROA The monthly'meeting of the Taotaoroa Women’s Institute was held recently at the home of Mrs I. Smith. The President, Mis Garland, presided over a fair attendance of members, and the meeting openi d with the reading of the Crecci A letter of thanks was read from a family in England to whom a food parcel had been sent. The roll call, “The Oldest Thing In My House,” was well answered, some members bringing their oldest article with them. . > The competitions judged by Miss Mascall, resulted as follows: —Single bloom, Mrs Sewell 1, Miss Mitchell 2, Mts Montgomerie 3, stem of bloom, Mrs Bruce 1, Miss Mitchell 2, Mrs Sewell 8; vase of chrysanthemums, Mrs Bruce 1, Miss Mitchell 2, Mrs Montgomerie 3. Small boy’s suit. Mrs Sewell 1. PAPER TOWELS IN SCHOOLS WOMEN’S INSTITUTE SUGGESTION “Owing to the infantile paralysis and other diseases being prevalent among school children, the Government should be asked, for health reasons, to supply paper towels and have liquid disinfectant soap for the purpose of children cleaning their hands and, where necessary, to increase washing facilities.” This was an amendment to a Waihi remit carried at a meeting of the TharnesHauraki Plains District Federation of Women’s Institutes. The original motion was that hotwater heaters be used in schools, and that hand basins be installed in each classroom in schools of a very large attendance. Some delegates considered that the installation of hot water would be dangerous and that hand basins in school rooms were out of place. A Thames Coast delegate suggested that paper towels would serve the purpose of encouraging greater cleanliness among the pupils, and when the amendment was put to the meeting it was carried without dissent.

GARDENING CIRCLE OREPUNGA CLUB Orepunga ladies of the Gardening Circle met in the home of Mrs E. Cochrane for their April assembly. The chief item on the programme was the arranging of each month’s programme for the coming year, this being the first meeting since their birthday celebrations. In the floral display the best bloom was a chrysanthemum, Mrs C. Salt’s entry, while second place went to three members who all tied. These were Miss Betty Dannefaerd, Mis Cochrane and Mrs M. Ilammonds. Mrs I. Care won the decorative section which was a tall vase.” Again three members tied for sec met place and, as in the previous class, a re-vote was held but similarly it too did not change the placings. The three who won second place were Mrs L. Brooker, Mrs C. Salt and Mrs M. Hammonds. RESIDENT LEAVING OREPUNGA MRS COCHRANE HONOURED A very pleasant function was conducted in Mrs C. Salt’s home on the Orepunga Road last week when ladies of the district met to bid farewell to Mrs E. Cochrane who, with her family will soon be leaving the district, Mr Cochrane having taken over a business in Cambridge where he intends to take up residence. During the afternoon Mrs K. Wood charmed the gathering with two songs and Mrs Salt contributed a pianoforte solo which was much appreciated. Three entertaining competitions were won by Mrs Cochrane, Mrs Olsen and Mrs Hammonds respectively. On behalf of the Orepunga ladies Mrs I. Care asked Mrs Cochrane to accept two books as a token of remembrance of the happy clays spent together during the few years Mrs Cochrane had lived in the district. Afternoon tea brought to a close a pleasant. farewell gesture. FARMERS WIVES ARE ANGRY MINSTRY OF FOOD OFFICE INVESTIGATION Farmer’s wives in Monmouthshire are angry vfith Ministry of Food Enforcement Officers who ‘‘barge into” their homes making investigations—even on Sundays. Now their husbands have taken a hand in the matter. Next time the Monmouthshire Executive Council of the Farmers’ Union meets at Abergavenny members will move a resolution “resenting the investigations.” One wife complained: “Thep come in and prowl around, harassing us when we are at our house work. They go through the rooms and dairies.” The farmers themselves think the snoopers are waging a war of nerves. Said Mr A. G’yn Lewis, of Llanover: “The womenfolk ard getting 'nervous and overwrought over these visits. “We are working for the nation and resent the cloud of suspicion cast over our farms.” Another farmer, Mr J. E. Lewis, of Penrhos, a former County Executive chairman, declared: “They come barging in intheir ones, twbs, and threes, and make tours through our homes. All they succeed in doing is making a nuisance of themselves when w T e are trying to get on with our work.” Abergravenny branch of the Farmers’ Union say that the results of the investigators’ probings are not worth the number of visits they make. The Ministry of Food Regional Office in Cardiff refused to comment.