ORPHANS’ CLUB

Waipa Post, Volume 41, Issue 3187, 12 August 1930, Page 4

ORPHANS’ CLUB

VISIT OP CAMBRIDGE BRETHREN

A HAPPY REUNION.

A gathering of about one hundred and fifty brethren assembled at the Town Hall last Saturday evening when the Te Awamutu Orphans’ Club entertained a larged party of Cambride Orphans. Bro. A. J. Sinclair presided, and the proceedings proved most cordial and successful—even though there was some delay in commencing, owing to a lai’ge party of the visitors meeting with a mishap en route. The concert programme opened with the Orphans’ Ode of Welcome, followed by the Te Awamutu Club’s Orchestra (under Conductor H. Mayo) in the overture, “ The Golden Sceptre,” and the march “ Imperial Life Guards.” Bro. Davis (Cambridge) delighted the company with a couple of cornet selections, and these were followed by Bro. J. Young (Cambridge) with the baritone solos, “ Invictus,” and “ The Admiral’s Broom.” A clever young artist with the cello was Bro. Wheeler, and his contributions were responsible for loud applause. After the supper interval, the chairman warmly welcomed the Cambridge visitors and referred to the pleasant relationships and good fellowship engenered by Orphandom. Bro. W. Care, a vicepresident of Cambridge Club, in responding, said such was the fellowship that so soon as it is announced that an inter-club visit is to be paid there is a perfect deluge of applications to be included in the party. Cambridge is grateful to Te Awamutu for many things—not the least being the Orphans’ Club, and all that it means. He hoped all would unite in paying a fraternal visit to Morrinsville Club this evening. ( Applause.) With the resumption of the concert programme, the local Orphans’ choir was heard to advantage in the “Blacksmith’s Son,” followed by a ditty “ The Drummer and the Cook,” also well rendered. Bro. Wheeler was again contributing a cello solo when a string broke, and he had to terminate what was proving “a very enjoyable item. Bro. Hampshire stepped into the breech to relate a budget of stories, topped off with a helping >of “ The Roast Beef of Old England.” The Cambridge Club’s brass quartette contributed a couple of appropriate selections, and Bro. Clancy (Cambridge) followed with a baritone solo. The evening’s programme was brought to a close with the orchestral overture, “ Godolphin,” and the national Anthem. Bros. Puryer and Hampshire played the accompaniments during the evening.