SERVICEMEN ON LEAVE

Camp News, Volume 3, Issue 105, 16 January 1942, Page 6

SERVICEMEN ON LEAVE

A.N.A. Club Extends Its

Premises

The cafeteria and clubrooms of the A.N.A. Club, Wellington, reopened on Friday after the Christmas vacation. The tables and chairs had been repainted in cream and lake green and the dining tables with large bowls of primrose tinted dahlia- on the green covers looked attractive A constant stream of men of the Services, a vailed themselves of the excellent metis provided during the weekend.

The kitchen arrangements have been much improved by the addition of a new installation for providing hot water. A commodious store room has been built near the servery and the whole painted in two shades of green.

The cafeteria on Friday was staffed by members of Air Force Relations, under the supervision of Mrs. Goddard. Welcome gifts of food were sent by the Manakau Patriotic Society, per Mrs. Marshall Miles, and the Manakau Younger Set. The enlarging of the lounge is not yet completed but it is hoped that this will be accomplished in the near future. The weekend dances will bo resumed on Friday, January 16

HELPERS PROVIDE CAKES

Women members of tile Lower Hutt branch of the National Party made the arrangements at the National (Tub. Wellington, yesterday, Mrs. It. O. Chesney being in charge. These helpers took with them home-made cakes for serving with morning and afternoon teas. Men of the Forces, including many airmen, made the rooms their rendezvous for the day. The usual tea

dance was held on Saturday by the National Union.

HOSTESSES AT Y.M.C.A. TEA

■Members of the women’s auxiliary of the association were hostesses at.the Y.MiC.A. Sunday tea for men of the forces yesterday. Mr, R. T. Wright was chairman for the evening. A musical programme was provided, the artists being Mrs. A. Macalister and Miss .1. Sutherland (vocal duets), Mr. B. Gardener, (songs), Mr, and Mrs. Gardener (vocal duet). Miss Monica Bell (elocutionary items), Mr. S. Wood (humour). Mrs. Macalister, Miss Sutherland, Messrs B. Gardener and B. Stokes, made up a vocal quartette. The accompanist was Miss Finlay. Mr. Handle was song leader and Mr. Wood was at the piano. The usual minute's silence was followed by the singing of a vesper by the Methodist Church quartette.

SPECIAL GUESTS PRESENT After the Christmas and New .Year activities members of Webby’s Club have again started with the usual round of weekend entertainment for the men of the fighting services. During the week the girls welcomed as their guests, a large number of special visitors and one of the men paid a compliment to the hostesses. for the way they had looked after their guests. Yesterday, Saturday and Friday the rooms were crowded with men of all branches of the fighting services An informal day. .light tea being served, followed by dancing, was enjoyed yesterday. . ; SPINSTERS’ CLUB / A A very large number of men was well catered for at the Spinsters’ Club yesterday. Mr. Lex Logan provided some excellent music for dancing, and later Mr. Owen Price, with Mr. C. Nichol at the drums, gave enjoyable items. The usual savoury tea was 'served, specialities on the menu being hot gooseberry pie, lettuce, egg and ’■pmato savouries and strawberry cream sponge. All branches of the fighting services were represented at yesterday'- gathering and at the Friday dance.