More Info →"Holiday Home for Cripple Children"

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 06 September 1961 "At the annual meeting of the Palmerston North branch of the Cripple Children Society yesterday the president (Mrs. M.R. Bedingfield) and the secretary (Mrs. E.B. Jennings), of the recently dissolved Willard Home Board, were present. At the dissolution the Cripple Children Society was given the Foxton Beach home to be used in the interests of the children. Mrs. Bedingfield is seen handing over the deeds of possession to Mr. J.E. Greenslade, the president of the Cripple Children Society. In the centre is Mrs. Jennings, who acted as the secretary for many years. "