RIVERTON MUTUAL IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATIONS

Western Star, Issue 1244, 21 April 1888, Page 2

RIVERTON MUTUAL IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATIONS

Thg annual! meeting rqft the associa. tion took place in the eclool on Wednesday JLas% % I8th : ver 30 members were present including a number, of iUdicfKiAheH.£r«MidMi|i Mr W. McHutchesdu occupied the chair After aifewddttfiMefc# remarks from follows; meat Amo**«&* «m maoSodby Mr William Mo Hutcheson, oar-worthy President, in the month of HUT gentleman called a meeting-on the 20th April of thoee of the necessary offioe-bwreos together?Rth a committee was at onrt ; j£6ii* on with. Ones elected tbs Oobunittesr Msb sMWtaanln getting the syllabus drafted. Thasaaaieaoonsisted earn'd through'almost,** JUWIfelHr. *&vea and abont 20 aaSayi' and abort papers were delivered 'before, the. AAWW&, together with a number of anonymous papers oon. tribbtsdiby’ theladydweibfeiwigadsAtheri. Onoqrtifo. nights ware set Aside for readings, dialogues,recitations and impromptn speak-

L. The social evenings were. I need hardlr say, a great anooess. tSaCTTweiehlSoSßsioa The attendance at the meetings of the Association ..3iic*D4hfc( throughout, and I wobld here remark on the great interest v ,|howßta.th ?l 4 beta, of whom we had no-fewer thaa 46 on the roll. There were also 46 gentlemen members, makiig'a tolai’ol92. The average ; As regards' finance*,' the i balance sheet’which I * ooa- - mittee commence'the season with a credit balance of £6>;.l9si6<h .S* ,|f that t»v;„ g the I " ho, « o< soeiWQAnto.oportlpr.tion, it has 1 .been one of success. .Thexold ’ water people Were dot and it was prophesied by many that if started at all- the AssociatioßLivonld netlMtio® three 1 the programme would be g6ae thninehif ; were only the offios-hwsrtWt’.ioWehMtte : subjects. The snooess dt the IsjnCl’Stiltf 1 mainly due to the fact that the members one ?■ end ally worked . weal I ioaem>t-close, wSiheuM liming the ior affable 1 manner with which.they assisted me in the discharge of my duties. The balance sheet showed the receipts to be £Bl7s; expenditure, £5 17s 6d; leaving * a balance as before stated of £3 19s 6d. ■ On the motion of Mr Tarfton zwmssaaod the state in which the society found A tetter was read from the Town Clerk refusing the use of the Town Hall f ortho Qomj ng iessign, no reason being grtWfbr refusal. After a p°°d deal of discussion the matter of , obtaining' |a. [room ftrOmeetings was referred to the Committee. The election of Office-bearers was tbdn wit^V 1 as follows:TfPfesidpnt,-JfeoJ. C. Adams; Vice-President. Mr H. 8. Tarlton; Secretary and Treasurer Mr, A„.,e! Feather, tone; 1 Cotnnuitee—The I?®?; T. Neave, .tMedfrtn f-Bimi?. Brown Me Hutcheson and ."Willett. * 1 The Chairman suggested thata'ladW committee should be electedotb act in conjunction with, the other committee. iTriVfr Adams agreed vyith fth|^ngg»etibn, 'and moved th as‘ a comtmfteeof three be elected; He thought it would be safe to experiment with that number; if more were elected the ladies might make it awkward for the ■ committee,- The tdotlon ‘ was cay^ld; the following.- ladies n ;electe£— Misses Ful lartop; /Ingram and E, Robinson. the meeting to a close of;t^ i .BP^i qniW ai take pls,(*e early in May, ind members » r e requested to have their subjects ready to hand iptu th©) Committee, so wpoMible at