OUR LATE EDITOR.

White Ribbon, Volume 19, Issue 223, 19 January 1914, Page 6

OUR LATE EDITOR.

Will TK KNIHON PR ESI . NTATI ON. The annual meeting of the* Napier Cnion on December 3rd was made cspe*e tally interesting by the inc lusion of a presentation to Mrs J. 11. Oldh irn, 1 ur late “W hite Ribbon' Editor. It w.is felt by many of our members throughout the Dominion that Mrs Oldham’s faithful work as Editor merited acknowledgment, and tbs sentime*nt developed into tangible form cm the date named.

Regrettably Mrs Oldham’s state of health did not permit her to be present at the Wi I lard Institute on December 3rd, when Mrs Jas. Bibby, President of the Waipawa W’.C.T. Cnion, on behalf of the subscribers, presented a handsome silver tea and coffee service, on a silver tray, bearing the inscription: “Presented to Mrs J. 11. Oldham as a token of res|H‘ct for her work as Kditor of the* ‘White Riblxm ’ From the* Dominion W CT I 9 NtV /•'.! I.inel, I<> 1 } Also at the* same time*, a beautiful gold badge, with the initials W.C.T.C. set in >e*e*d pearls was given. Mr Oldham w.is present to represent his wife*, and acknowledged the* presentation in a graceful speech of thanks.

In the course of her speech, Mrs Bibby referred to Mrs Oldham's untiring work .is Kditor of the* “White Ribbon," despite.* continued ill health, leaving the paper, after her five years’ editorship, mue h inc reased in size and usefulness, and on a sound financial footing. Miss Johnson (Waipawa), Sec re tary and Treasurer of the lYstimonml Fund, conveyed the felicitations of the* contributing 1 1110ns, and referred

to the hearty response of the subse rilx*rs, and the gexxlwill expresse*d

in the*ir lette*rs. Mrs Oldham’s work had lx*(*n, and would lx*, far re*ae lung in its gcx>d effect. We could ncvei know when the* amount of good he*r insistent shepherding of the* Temperance cause would cease.

Mrs Hopkirk, President of the Wai pukurau I nion, was also present, and warmly congratulated Mrs Oldham. Afternoon te*a was handed round, and the annual meeting then resumed.