St. Andrew’s Bazaar

Waipukurau Press, Volume XXIV, Issue 129, 5 November 1930, Page 3

St. Andrew’s Bazaar

SUCCESSFUL SALE OF WORK

REVENUE FOR CHURCH PURPOSES

After many months of patient work, planning and scheming the efforts of the St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Ladies’ Guild were consummated yesterday when the annual bazaar and sale of work was held at the Municipal Theatre, Waipukurau. Favoured with a delightfully fine day, and with hundreds of pretty and useful articles to dispose of at reasonable prices the sale of work was in every way a success, and the revenue derived will go a long way towards furthering the good work of the Church in Waipukurau.

At an early hour yesterday morning, in fact much of the “spade” work was done on Monday night, members of the Church were actively engaged in erecting stalls, decorating them, and finally displaying the goods for sale. As a result of a very creditable effort everything was in readiness for business when Mr. A. E. Jull, M.P., arrived promptly at ten o’clock to formally open the bazaar.

A cordial welcome was extended to Mr. dull by the Minister in charge, the Rev. A. C. McLean, M.A., who also thanked Mr. Jull for making it convenient to attend at such an early, hour.

After acknowledging the hearty welcome accorded him Mr. Jull said that it was the first public function which he had performed in Waipukurau since his election to the House of Representatives, and he was pleased to think that it should be connected with the Presbyterian Church.

Continuing, Mr. Jull said that it seemed to be the mission of the Ladies’ Guild to do all the “hard graft,” rake in the money and then hand it over to the Board of Managers, composed of men, to spend. The reverse was the case of a family man, who did the work and then was content to allow his wife to spend his earnings. Probably women were more competent to spend than men, but apparently the Churches did not think so (laughter.) Aftex- congratulating the Guild members on the splendid display that their work made, Mr. Jull said that like most denominations there was a mortgage owing on the Church buildings and a bazaar was a common method of raising funds to meet liabilities. With a mortgage to meet people have something to strive for, said Mr. Jull, and he suggested without having an object to strive and work for a great deal of interest would be lost. He hoped when the existing mortgage was paid off St. Andrew’s would go in for further improvements and have another mortgage to work for. In conclusion Mr. Jull expressed the hope that the sale of work would be eminently successful and he counselled those present to pay heed to the Governor-General’s advice that with faith and diligent application the present depression would soon pass, and that better times were coming. “I now declare your sale of work formally open and I wish you all a handsome return,” concluded Mr. Jull, who received hearty applause.

Among the Stall-holders

On entering the Theatre a very striking and pretty sight was presented, as one’s eyes travelled round the many stalls, each of which was attractively decorated and well-laden with many articles both useful and beautiful. On the right side was located the Girls’ Guild stall, while next door was the flower stall, a bower of beauty and sweetly-smelling blooms. Then came the home-made cake stall, the tempting edibles on which made one feel positively hungry. At the end of the building opposite the stage was the sweets stall, while coming along on the left-

hand side was the produce, needlework and apron stalls, each of which

drew generous patronage. An interest for children was fully catered for by the provision of a mysterious bran tub and a huge Christmas tree, bearing toys and novelties and decorated with tinsel and balloons, which were situated in the centre of the theatre and were a never-ending source of delight to the little ones.

The stage was set out as a diningroom where morning tea, light

luncheon and afternoon tea was dispensed throughout the day. The President of the Guild, Mrs. H. M. Keir, and her members, have reason to feel gratified with the re- ■ suits of their efforts, while special mention and congratulations are extended to the indefatigable Guild secretary, Mrs. D. Wilson, who was

most enthusiastic and capable in the discharge of her arduous duties, and also Mr. W. W. Jamieson, who acted as general supervisor.

The Stallholders

The following were the stallholders: —Apron stall, Mesdames Eaglesome, Dixon, Hames, Parker, Kinghorn, Heaseman and Miss Burdett; sweets, Mesdames E. A. J. Elliott and R. McD. Scott, and Misses Jessie Shand, Edgar and Grant; produce, Mesdames A. F. Cook, Faithfull, and Miss Simmons; meat, Mr. A. F. Cook; cakes, Mesdames McLauchlan, Jamieson, and Misses Allan and Kyle; flowers, Mrs. Lamont and Misses Kirk and M. Cook; tea-rooms, Mesdames Leitch, Wiggins, Scherf, Fraser Richards and helpers; cashier, Mrs. T. Haswell; Girls’ Guild, Mrs. R. Staines, Misses Warren, L. Jones and M. Peterson; bran tub and Christmas Tree, Misses Maclean, Edgar.

The Prize-winners

This year prizes were offered for decorative and flowers classes and satisfactory entries were received, causing the judge, Mrs. G. A. Ellison, of the Tavistock Nursery, to comment very favourably on the exhibits.

The following were the prizewinners: — Children’s decorated basket, Joy Faithfull, first; Dulcie Moffatt and Betty Keir, tie for second place; decorated bowl, Miss Madge Cook, first; Miss G. Riddell, second; collection of cut flowers, Miss Peterson, first; Miss Edith Wood, second.