SPINSTERS' CLUB
Sunday Gatherings - Popular With Men On Leave The Spinsters’ Club in Wellington is continuing to extend hospitality to men from the, services on leave .from camp on Sunday afternoons. Last Sunday 200 men were present and a most enjoyable time was spent with music, singing and games, a delicious buffet tea being served from tea ’wagons. • The entertainment was held in Miss Mildred Harris’s studio, and came to an end-in-. time for the men to catch their trains back to camp at night. . The organization for these afternoons is in the hands of .the secretary. Miss Peggy Hyams. . At their fortnightly meetings members form a.- working “bee” to. knit comforts for the soldiers, 'balaclavas socks, , mittens, mufflers and pull-, overs being made. 'The quilt, containing the signatures of well-known citizens. is also progressing. Requests for “pen friends” from soldiers overseas also receive attention at the meetings and numerous letters are dispatched for each mail. Magazines and parcels are being sent regularly to Trentham. military camp and to the men overseas. At the last meeting Mrs.- L. M. Hyams was elected, president and Miss Lorna Akroyd chairman . .
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Camp News, Volume 1, Issue 28, 21 June 1940, Page 6
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188SPINSTERS' CLUB Camp News, Volume 1, Issue 28, 21 June 1940, Page 6
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