NEWS FROM MARTON

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 84, Issue 86, 13 April 1940, Page 2

NEWS FROM MARTON

RANGITIKEI HOCKEY ASSOCIATION’S ANNUAL MEETING | Rangitikei Hockey Sub-Association was held Monday evening, Mr. W. G. Aitken presiding over Messrs. A. H. Wing, C. H. G. Carpenter, F. A. Davidson, J. Sutton, F. Death, W. J. Mogridge, E. J. Street, A. Gracie, and Mesdames L. Sanders, A. H. Wing, and Miss B. Edge. The annual report and balancesheet were read and adopted, the latter showing a credit balance of about 1 £5. | The election of officers resulted:— i President, Mr. W. G. Aitken; vice- : presidents, Messrs. T. Low, T. L. Bar- ’ ton, W. H. Coles, J. Signal, C. H. G. Carpenter. A. H. Wing, J. Sutton, J. Mills, W. J. Mogridge, F. A. Davidson. 1 and E. J. Street; hon. secretary and j treasurer, Mrs. A. H. Wing; umpire i i organiser, Mr. A. Gracie; ground com- . i mittee, Messrs. A. M. Smart, W. J. i Mogridge, and A. Gracie; fixtures committee, Messrs. A. Gracie and W. ' G. Aitken; emergency committee, , president and secretary; delegates to : Feilding Association, Messrs. Mogridge I and Aitken; chaperon, Mrs. A. H. Wing. Teams entered were Kia Ora, Hunterville, and United (2). There is a possibility that Hunterville will enter two teams. The season is to open on Saturday, April 27, with the seven-a-side tournament at Marton for the Linkfield Rose Bowl. The competition will open the following Saturday and it was decided to limit the season to two rounds. MARTON MEN’S CLUB The annual meeting of the Marton men’s hockey club was held on Wednesday night. The attendance was satisfactory and apologies were received from Messrs. F. and R. Parkinson, T. and C. Calkin and S. Anderson. The annual report stated that the club had a very successful season, having six of their members chosen as representatives for the Feilding team. The club was runner-up in the Feilding eleven-a-side tournament, and also runner-up in the five-a-side tourney at Taihape. Five members were chosen to represent Country, which won the Barrett Shield by defeating Town. The election of officers resulted:— Patron. Mr. F. Purnell; president, Mr. T. E. Barton; vice-presidents, Messrs. D. Thomson, T. Reid, H. Sutcliffe, R. Sutcliffe, D. F. Gorrie. E. Smart, A. Way and F. L. Nicol; hon. auditor, Mr." F. L. Nicol; secretary, Mr. R. Rayner; treasurer, Mr. J. Sutton; delegate to Feilding Association, Mr. J. Sutton; club captain, Mr. H. Parkinson; field captain, Mr. J. Sutton; vice-captain, Mr. T. Calkin. RUGBY FOOTBALL MARTON TO PLAY FEILDING This afternoon the Marton Old Boys Football Club will send a junior and a senior team to Feilding to play that club in a friendly game prior to the opening of the Rangitikei competitions the following Saturday:— The Marton teams are:— Senior. —A. B. Marshall, L. Moss, A. Bush, J. Duncan, G. Lourie. C. Calkin, D. McLennan, J. Caulton, G. Milroy, I T. Rowlett, D. Comrie, A. Duncan, S. Ireland, L. Mackisack and G. Glasgow. Junior. —F. Tolley, G. Evans, H. McLean. J. Hutton. L. Warden, F. ; Moss, Keystone (2), E. Twigg, M. Griffin, R. White, Ellery and F. , Calkin. Any other player available is asked to communicate with the secretary, Mr. L. Griffin, immediately. The bus leaves the White Hart Hotel at 1.15 p.m. sharp. OBITUARY MR. J. STEVENS The many friends of Mr. and Mrs. J. Stevens, of Feilding, late of Mar--5 ton, will regret to hear of the death . of their youngest son, Jackie, after 1 a very short illness, the long cortege ! and many beautiful flowers showing j the love and respect in the hearts of | all whom Jackie knew. The service | at the church was conducted by Archj deacon Petrie and Rev. Pirani, and at i he graveside by members of the Foresters’ Lodge. There was a representative attendance of pupils from Feilding School and Palmerston North Technical School. MARTOX BOXING ASSOCIATION The annual general meeting of the Marton Boxing Association will be held in the Marton Jockey Club’s rooms on Monday, April 15, at 8 o’clock. The business will comprise presentation of report and balancesheet. election of officers and general. RED ( ROSS SHOP A Red Cross shop is being held on the third Tuesday in every month in Marton and next Tuesday will be the second effort of this kind this year. It is hoped that it will be as successful as its predecessor, when • the sum of over £43 was realised. As 1 before, cooked food, meats, cakes, bisi cuits, etc., will be a feature of the I goods for sale and everyone is asked to contribute as generously as possible

and so do their bit to provide comforts for the military hospitals here and abroad. The crochet cloth competition was won by Mr. T. Bushby, Marton. THE THIRD ECHELON A RANGITIKEI CONTINGENT A medical examination of recruits Jor the Third Echelon took place on Thursday before Drs. W. S. R. Dick and R. A. Church, Sub-Lieutenant N. Ingle and Mr. M. Atkinson (clerk), when the following were passed as medically fit:—Parkes, Robert Travers, clerk, Marton; Jackson, Alexander Fyfe, orderman, Marton; Cooper, Maurice Costle, bank clerk, Bulls; Willis, Thomas Martin, farm manager, Marton; Smith, George Edward, lorry driver, Rata; Agnew, George William, farm labourer, Hunterville; Havre, lan Rupert, surveyor's assistant, Bulls; McLennan, David George, clerk, Marton. MARTON CIVIC THEATRE “THE WIZARD OF OZ’* Successfully combining for the first time adult and juvenile appeal in a motion picture fantasy, “The Wizard; of Oz” comes to the Civic Theatre j this afternoon and evening and Monday evening. It is filmed in brilliant technicolour. Its quaint characters live their roles accompanied by lilting, catchy music. There are gorgeous costumes, massive spectacular settings that literally transport the watcher to the magic world of the story. The story is told exactly as in the book but with the most lavish production probably ever given a musical romance. Judy Garland plays Dorothy, the little Kansas girl swept to the magic land of Oz by a cyclone. . Frank Morgan plays the mysterious Wizard. Ray Bolger is Dorothy's friend, the Scarecrow, Bert Lahr the : Cowardly Lion, and Jack Haley the j Tin Woodman. Billie Burke is the i Good Fairy, Margaret Hamilton the Wicked Witch.