Reefton

New Zealand Tablet, Volume LII, Issue 51, 23 December 1925, Page 30

Reefton

(From dar'own Oorreßpimaerit.y - * ,s r ' December 17. A very successful social -was held in the- ; parish .hall on, Tlmrsday^December 10, to ; celebrate the ppeningnfthe Sacred Heart ? library, when, a pleasantand enjoyable even- * ing’s amusement provided*, the greater part of the - being occupied, in card playI ing interspersed % musical items, songs being, rendered by Mrs. Berti, . Misses .Rivers • and McKenzie*.-: and a pianoforte solo by t Miss M. cCarroll, - During the evening ' the Rev. Father Ginisty explained the posi- - tion of the newly established library, and , thanked . the members of the sodality of the Sacred Heart- for the generous support they had accorded him, and stressed the benefit v of having suitable reading material for the parishioners. He then called upon Rev, • Father Herring to declare the. library open. Father Herring congratulated Father Ginisty and the members of the archconfrater- . nity . upon their successful undertaking, as it was due to. their untiring energy that the parish now possessed an up-to-date library, - and he exhorted all present to avail them- ■ selves of the opportunity of obtaining good, , clean reading - material, as well . as educational. He had much pleasure in declaring the library, "open. . Rev., Brother Leonard, of Greymouth, has been spending a few days in Reefton.