Newspaper Article 1995 – Wharerangi hears of Paxie family history

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Wharerangi hears of Paxie family history

The guest speaker for the evening April meeting of the Wharerangi CWI was Mrs Effie Hildred, who spoke about family history.

Mrs Hildred told members about her childhood and the lives of her parents, Andrew and Pauline Paxie.

Andrew and Pauline emigrated to New Zealand from the island of Ithaca, Greece. They became respected business people and residents of Napier, with Andrew arriving in New Zealand at the age of 17 years in 1910. He then returned to Ithaca to marry Pauline settling in Napier in 1929, where eventually they raised a family of eight children.

Mrs Hildred showed lengths of beautiful woven cloth and pieces of embroidery produced by hand by Mrs Paxie more than 80 years ago and was part of her wedding dowry, though many articles were lost in the 1931 Hawke’s Bay Earthquake.

A visitor from Melbourne Gae Lindsey, was welcomed to the meeting held at the home of Margaret Goodwin.

The motto for the month was: Don’t judge others until you stand in their shoes.”

Cleaning the electric oven was the most disliked household chore, in answer to the roll call: “the household task I dislike most.”

Eleven more rugs were completed for the Hawke’s Bay Polytechnic creche by members.

The delegate to the Northern Hawke’s Bay Federation’s annual meeting on April 7, Mrs Wendy Bruce, reported on the day’s events.

Birthday wishes were extended to Nola Tronson.

Competition.—

Small bloom: Margaret Goodwin 1, Wendy Bruce 2, Shirley Fulton and Nola Tronson 3rd equal. Large bloom: Wendy Bruce 1, Margaret Goodwin 2, Shirley Fulton 3. Multihead: Margaret Goodwin 1, Eileen Kilmartin 2, Shirley Fulton 3. Rose: Maralyn Martin 1, Eileen Kilmartin 2, Margaret Goodwin 3. Shrub: Margaret Goodwin 1, Shirley Fulton 2, Wendy Bruce 3. Floral: Margaret Goodwin 1.

Cooking: Dawn Singh 1, Shirley Fulton 2, Wendy Bruce 3. Handcraft: Dawn Singh 1.

Article for the month. Wendy Bruce, Dawn Singh.