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The Collection was held in the first week of September and
was extremely well supported, the total proceeds being £157 3s. Id.
After deduction of expenses in respect of emblems and permits, the
record sum of £147 3s 3d. was credited to the Association's funds.
The Committee are greatly appreciative of the services of all
who assisted, and in particular, those elderly people who helped
to collect on the day of the Street Appeal.
We now have pleasure in reporting that the Worshipful the
Mayor (Councillor Mrs. Peggy A. Middleton, J.P., L.C.C.) has also
agreed to make application on behalf of the Association for a
similar Appeal this year, an offer which we have readily accepted
and application has been made for the Appeal to be held on Friday,
the 8th September, and for the House-to-House Collection to be
carried out during the week preceding that date. As soon as we
receive notification that the application has been acceded to, details
will be sent to all organisations in the hope that their members will
give their wholehearted support in an endeavour to surpass last
year's satisfying total.
Garden Party and Handicraft Exhibition.—Once again we are
arranging to hold a Garden Party and Handicraft Exhibition at
Charlton House on the 8th July, 1961, and a verbal report on this
event will be given at the Annual Meeting.
In view of the additional facilities available at the Minor Hall,
especially should the weather prove inclement, we are arranging a
tea party on the 9th June for forty homebound persons in the
Minor Hall, instead of at Charlton House as in the past. These
persons are unable to leave their homes without assistance and they
will be transported to the Town Hall, where entertainment will be
provided, together with an extra special tea.
Entertainment.—Members of the "Nightmares" Concert Party
provided excellent entertainment for more than two hundred and
fifty elderly persons in the Borough Hall on the evening of the
10th April. 1961. We are extremely grateful to these people for
giving their time to rehearsing and presenting a first class concert
and also to the Borough Council for granting us the free use of
the Borough Hall on this enjoyable occasion.
Coach Outings.—As reported at the last Annual Meeting, we
had accepted an invitation on behalf of the thirty-three semi-invalid
elderly people to visit the Women's Institute, Groombridge, near
Tunbridge Wells, on the 18th August. The visit duly took place,
the weather being favourable, and everyone agreed that they had
enjoyed a very pleasant afternoon.