MARTON NEWS

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 258, 1 November 1939, Page 2

MARTON NEWS

MINIATURE RIFLE SHOOTING As the shooting season is almost over, the attendance at the Marton f Miniature Rifle Club’s weekly shoot ■on Monday night was very good. In ; the last shoot-off for Mr. P. Fried[rich's Cup. D. Gray shot well to win his this this season. Mr. F. Wood's jtrophy was won by A. Clark. The 'buttons were won by J. Hammond uA>. D. Gray (B>. and L. Horgan (C). • Next Monday night will be the final 'shoot and afterwards a social evening and presentation of trophies will take ! place. i Last nights scores were: D. Gray, 69. 68—137; J. Hammond. 68. 68 —136; jR. Hammond 67. 69—136: J. Harris 168. 66 —134: L. Horgan 66, 68—134; ]D. Hamer 67. 66—133; E. Miller 67, (66—133; A. Clark 68. 65—133; F. Wood 66. 66—132; L. Smith 64. 65 '129; E. Hunt 65, 64—129; P. Fried!rich 65 . 64- 129; W. Rankin 65, 64 I l-‘9 I - ' MARTON ATHLETIC AND CYCLING CLUB The attendance at the annual meeting of the Marton Amateur Athletic and Cycling Club on Monday evening ‘constituted a record and keen interjest was taken by those present in the election of officers, a ballot being held ifor vice-presidents and the executive committee. The executive committee appointed was Messrs. F. Wood. F. Harper, C. ipidwell. F. Tolley, S. Christopher. W. Holland. K. Atkinson. S. Blackledge, >and officers ex-officio. | The president (Mr. C. C. McDon'ald' and Messrs. A. H. Holder, A. Barr and A. Smart were elected a I finance committee. | Delegates to the West Coast (Centre are Messrs. M. Atkinson and jS. Christopher (running) and I. Ross C. Stafford (cycling). I The club’s colours are red, with Iwhite cuffs and collars. At the conclusion of the business, {Mr. A. Way (life member* presented the trophies won by cyclists in the toad races and congratulated the committee and officials on the results of ithe year's working considering the adverse weather and postponements that had to be contended with. He appealed to the competitors and committee to make a “drive” for more members which, he was sure, would be beneficial to the club and the competitors. There was no doubt that the evening meetings were very popular with the general public when the weather was favourable. Marton and district could boast of a class of athlete and cyclist equal to any club on ( the coast, as their performances proved during the past three seasons land every effort should be made to I maintain the high standard that had been attained by the club. MARTOX CIVIC THEATRE ' "LITTLE MISS THOROUGHBRED’ “Little Miss Thoroughbred." which 'opens at the Civic Theatre on Thursday and Friday, introduces to the [movie public a new child actress for ■'• horn the studio predicts a very glowing future. The child for whom this | brilliant future is predicted is six-year-old Janet Chapman, who plays the title role in “Little Miss Thorough|bred," a part that fully equals in im[portance those of the three adult Heading players. John Litel and Ann [Sheridan, of “Alcatraz Island” fame, and Frank McHugh. Little Janet has [the appealing task of portraying an (orphan searching for a father she firmly believes exists, and the eompli- • cations of the story ensue when she !elects Litel to be her father. •Racket Busters” tike the same studios “Public Enemv,” "Black Legion." and a host of notable pictures. “Racket Busters.” the Warner Bros.-Cosmopoli-tan production, at the Civic Theatre on Thursday and Friday, is an absorbing. gripping. upsetting tale fashioned around a topic taken right from the front pages of the newspapers. The title is self-explanatory. The picture is a thoroughgoing expose of the cancer nf racketeering eating at tho heart of almost every largo , American community, and more im- ; portant. it tells in detailed -and exciting— fashion ho" this malignant ; growth can not only be halted but I eradicated. *