PATEA

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 102, 1 May 1936, Page 3

PATEA

ANGLICAN CHURCH. The annual meeting of the Anglican j Church, Patea,, was held on Wednesday, Rev. Walton presiding. The vicar, in his annual report, ! pointed out that it was very difficult to gauge the value of the work of the church. Much of the vital life of a parish was not evident to the average person and the only indication of development by which many judged the work, was only a part of what had been done. (During the year the communicants had njaintained about the same rate as last year. However, it was a pleasure to note the wonderful increase in the number of men making their regular communion. During the year the choir had lost some of its valued members and the loss had been heavy, but it ban been brought back to nearly full strength. The Sunday School had opened the year with an increase of nearly 2 ! J children. The great difficulty was that the classes were so big and teachers so scarce. Five teachers and the vicar were not sufficient for over 80 children. The Bible classes this year had shown encouraging progress. During the year a branch of the Mothers’ Union had been started, and the growth and development augured well tor the future. There was a mem- t bership of 26. Good progress in church work had been shown at Alton, where it was intended very shortly to build a church. For years a fund had been built up and this year a special effort had been made and the total brought up tn £359. Promises would raise this to £s2'>. Three years ago the average number of communicants at. services in Alton was four per service; last vear there had been 92 communions and an average of over 15 per service. As far as other centres were concerned, they were hopeful of better things. It was interesting, however, to note the assistance given to the mother church. Although offertories were small, some have joined the envelope scheme, and hence their offerings did not show in the cash collections. The recent Day of (living had shown how willing the people were to help. There was cause for rejoicing at the result of the “Day of Giving,” over £lOO now being in hand, as well as numerous promises. The vicar believed that next year they would have no difficulty in wiping out their liability. Due to the generosity of the late Mrs. Large, who had left, a bequest of £l6O, the vestry had been enabled to have, the church painted and some very necessary repairs attended to. There was still £22 in hand of this fund. The vicarage badly needed painting, but this sum was nowhere near sufficient. If they could get this done, all the church property then would be in very fair j us h ave °’ir minds fixed upon I the spiritual growth of our parish) and you may be sure God will bless it,” I added the vicar, in conclusion. Churchwardens’ Report. The churchwardens, in presenting the accounts for the year, again drew attention to the fact that the expenditure still exceeded the receipts. The accounts showed a further increase of nearly £3O in the debit. They appealed to all parishioners to make possible a fresh start by cleaning up the debit balance. The churchwardens had been hard put to make, ends meet and at times the vicar had had to wait as long as two months for his stipend. Election of Officers. The election of officers resulted:— Churchwardens, Messrs. C. R. Honevpiel.l (viear’s), Mr. J„ w. Austin j (people s;; vestry, Messrs. C. P. Bates, jA. Bond, W. Bond. C. Beauchamp C. i Edwards, T. F. Hills, I. A. Jones,’ T. Nelson, F. Ramsbottom and W. ’ F. sheild ; hon. auditor. Mr. E. F. Hemlingway; sidesmen, Messrs. M. Boagey, i B. Minton. Anderson, H. Edwards, W. | ’.J T ,- Honeyfieid. 1. Honeyfield, K. Honeyfieid, W. Honeyfield. F, Kamsbottoni jnr., 1. Fowler, D. Small, H. T ' E ’ Ro,j erts and F. ’w/1CROQUET CLOSING Owing to the inclement weather on Wednesday, no competition was held /M r L V ie clo?ln & day of the Croquet Club’s season. Ihe president. (Mrs. Ramsbottom) presented Mrs. Maxwell with a boquet tor winning the association’s B grade button in Hawera. 8 Mr. Ramsbottom presented the trophies won during the year as follows:—Championship, Mrs/ \v. Lester; B ( up, Airs. J. Cunningham; (J Cup, Mr.-. E. O’Reilly; Yankee tournament (Mr. Lamb's trophy), Mrs. J. Dwyer. MAGISTRATE’S COURT CLAIM FOR DAMAGE'S FAILS Jn the Magistrate’s Court at Patea on Thursday before Mr. J. H. Salmon, S.M., J. Carradus, Patea, carpenter, claimed damages (£54 3s) from the chairman, councillors and inhabitants of the County of Patea, and D. Pankhurst, of Patea, labourer. The case was a sequel to a collison between a motor-cycle ridden by Carradus and a county lorry. Judgment was for defendants with costs. holders: Messrs R. O’Callaghan (chairman). C. Fannin, Burgess, Reeves, and A. Mortland (secretary). THE MAJESTIC. “WHIPSAW.” Adventure and romance, drama and comedy, are deftly blended in “ Whipsak.” which brings Myrna Loy to the screen in a new hit with Spencer Tracy as her co-star, at the Majestic tomorrow. Seldom has Hollywood given theatregoers a more, happily mated team of stars than Miss Loy and Tracy. The latter has a role in which his delightful brand of egotism and bombast is tempered with an entirely human romance- Miss Loy’s characterisation gives her an opporfirst displayed in “The Thin Man,” tunity for the whimsical lightness she and which marked her as a vivid new screen personality.