MARTON NOTES

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 87, Issue 63, 17 March 1943, Page 2

MARTON NOTES

MARTON PATRIOTIC APPEAL SUCCESSFUL “SHOP.” The first big “shot” was fired on Tuesday in Marton for the Zone M Patriotic Appeal when the PorewaCliff Line - Greatlord committee launched their "shop” in the old Auction Mart. As a prelude, dances realised £l7 12s 3d and "Quick Lorry” sales £7O, which was a good start. The shop was well patronised during the day and before the close of the day the depleted tables proved that the fair saleswomen knew their business. Splendid business was done at the luncheon and afternoon tea in McDonald's buildings, with Mrs. H. F. Arkwright in charge, assisted by Mesdames McMurtrie, D. Paterson, D. Willis and Misses V. Major, V. Fuller-ton-Smith. Paterson, Carson, Wing ond Frederick. The total receipts were £340 4s 3d. The committee desire to express their thanks and appreciation to ail those who gave donations in money or goods, Messrs. Sutcliffe Bros., for the use of the auction mart, Mr. C. c. McDonald for the use of the shop for the luncheon room, Mr. Alan Powell lor his lorry for the Quick Lorry sales, and to all helpers wno worked so assiduously to make the “shop” the undoubted success it was and to the committee who organised the dances. The stallholders, with their takings, were:—Cakes (£26 2s 6d): Mesdames H. Lampp, D. Frederick, A. C. Birch, B. Wing. Cooked food and produce (£56 14s 7d): Mesdames A. H. Marshall, D. Godfrey, Carr, J. F. Wallace, L. Coleman, Misses P. Marshall, and V. Hammond. Sewing (£33 4s 7d>: Mesdames A. L. Wheeler, Rex Marshall, D. Gorrie. Flowers (£5 16s 2d); Mesdames M. Wysocki, G. Meyers, A. H. Watts, Gibbs and J. W. Bowman. Vegetables (£l3 Ils): Mesdames S. White, R. G. Kingdon, Williams and Miss ingle. Meat (£6 7s sd): Mesdames A. E. Lewis and A. Neilsen. Mystery Parcels (£l5 Is): Mrs. Newall, E. W. Caulton and A. Ingle. Competitions (£63 10s): Mesdames K. Glasgow, G. Henderson, C. Whitford, K. Scoon, M. Burton, R. K. Simpson and Miss P. Gatrell. Afternoon tea, £22 15s Lorry sales and dance £99 2s. Following were the competitions, with the donors’ names in parentheses:. —Chair (district residents) Mrs. A. T. Gatrell; groceries (Mrs. G. Henderson) Mr. Alan Morrison; set of saucepans (Mrs. J. F. Wallace) Mrs. C. Wnitford; wheat and potatoes (Mr. A. H. Marshall) Mr. Torrens; 51bs. tinned goods (Mrs. A. C. Birch) Mrs. S. L. Perkins; ham (Miss B. Thoms) Mrs. C. W. Stafford; purse (Mrs H. Wysocki) Mrs. Rush; books (Mrs. B. Wing) Mrs. Fenwicke; dinner (Mrs. Godlrey) Mrs. M. Oliver; cake No. 2 (Mrs. H. Lampp) Mrs. W. F. Stevens; cake No. 1 (Mrs. Arkwright) Mrs. Dudley Willis; child's frock (Mrs. Gorrie) Mrs C. J. Thrupp; mysteryparcel (Mrs. E. W. Caulton) Mr. C. Heenan; picture, Mrs. A. V. Anderson.

Dcnaticnt in money have been received from the following: Mesdames A. J. B. Sicely, H. L. Stantiall, A. H. Marshall, H G. Briant, E. L. Briant, HC. N. Ladley, A. C. Birch, F. H. Gorringe, J. Boobyer, A. S. Coleman, C. L. Harris, H. Lampp, D. Wysocki, K. Deighton, J. Gotty, Miss C. Fuller-ton-Smith, Mrs. E. Galpin, Miss Simpson, Messrs. E. Schultze, D. Kendrick, D. Rowe, Jas. Bull, H. T. Whale, A. H. Marshall, D. Frederick, J. Nitschke, W. J. Ferguson, A. P. Howard, K. McK. Duncan, A. L. Wheeler, C. L. Harris, F. Death, F. J. Christensen, J. R. L. Stanford and Nga Tawa School. Bags of potatoes were donated by Messrs. Dick Coleman and P. Gibbs. MARTON ACCLIMATISATION SOCIETY A committee meeting of the Marton branch of the Wellington Acclimatisation Society will be held in the Jockey Club’s rooms at 8 o'clock this (Wednesday) evening. As important business will be discussed members are invited to be present. CIVIC THEATRE, MARTON Sound and snug in plot, "The Feminine Touch," at the Civic Theatre, is one of the year's most successful attacks on the public risibilities. This is a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer comedy with Rosalind Russell, Don Ameehe, Kay Francis and Van Heflin in a story as modern as the new tax rate. The story, told with a highly inventive and original sense of wit, relates how a professor of .philosophy writes a book deriding the theory of jealousy. The academian’s wife is unconvinced, but meek, until they arrive in New York to meet the publisher, Van Heflin. They also meet his assistant, Kay Francis, who promptly falls for the convention-flouting professor.