PATEA

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 68, 22 March 1935, Page 3

PATEA

PERSONAL. Mr. and Mrs. McCready, of WeUing•n, are the guests of Mrs. E. Papps. Miss P. Simmons returned last night from a short visit to Paekakariki, where she was the guest of Miss J. Smith. Mrs. T. E. Roberts left yesterday for a short holiday at Paraparaumu. Mrs. T. Linehani, who has been visiting her daughter, Mrs. L. P.. Clark, has returned to Auckland. Mrs. E. Jones, of Waipukurau, is the guest, of Mrs. E. F. Hemingway, and is renewing many friendships made during her residence in the town several years ago. BOWLING. Many times this season Waverley Bowling Club has sent, a challenging rink to the Patea green for the Gibson Banner, but each time Patea has sustained the challenge and kept the trophy. Last season, although the Waverley Club won and held the banner on several occasions, Patea were the most successful. Last Wednesday a Waverley rink comprising Aiken, Howie, G. P. Spratt and Wicks challenged Patea once more, but was unsuccessful, scoring 17 against 24 by the Patea rink, comprising E. Pearce, R. Scown, J. Bourke aud P. Bourke. SURF CLUB. Recognition of the splendid services rendered to the club as instructor was made to Mr. A. B. Currie by the Patea Surf and Life-saving Club at a social evening in the Foresters’ Hall last Wednesday night. There was a full attendance of members as well as a large number of friends and wellwishers of the club, so that the floor was kept well filled by dancers to music supplied by Mr. A. Gilmore. Following supper, the president of the club, Air. A. Maxwell, in a short .speech, referred to the keen interest taken by Mr. Currie during the chib’s six years of activity. During that time he had been instructor to the club and the season just concluded had seen his team reach a high standard of excellence in surf life-saving. This had been demonstrated at the Dominion championships at New Plymouth, where the Patea team had shown itself equal in standard to the best teams in the Dominion. On top of this, the team had won for the second time in three years, the West Coast championship, embodied in the Hackshaw Eearle Shield, competed for at Wanganui. In congratulating the team on its success, Mr. Maxwell said little of this could have been achieved without the work put into drilling it during the whole season. Mr. Currie was responsible, in the first place, to the formation or the rather re-forma-tion of the Patea Club in 1928, and had also been instrumental in forming the Ohawe Club at Haw era. As a token of the members’ and particularly of the team’s, appreciation of the work and time spent on the team, Mr. Maxwell presented Mr. Currie with a beautiful smoker’s outfit, which he received amid musical honours and cheering, in which the team were notably heard. Tn replying, Mr. Currie thanked the club for its gift, which had come as a totally unexpected pleasure. He refuted any expression that the team ’s successes had been due to his work. He could have done nothing without the keen interest and training of the members of the team, whom he thanked for their co-operation. Occasion was also taken to present Mr. E. Oakley with the President’s Cup for the Bridge-to-Beach swimming race, involving the club championship. Tn congratulating Mr. Oakley, Mr. Maxwell said that Mr. Oakley had won th e cup two years in succession and if a third win was recorded next year he kept the cup. Cheers for both Mr. Currie and 1 Mr. Oakley were again given before dancing was continued, interrupted for a short time for community singing which was greatly enjoyed. The evening concluded soon after midnight with the singing of “Auld Lang Byne.”