Rushden Echo, 2nd September 1910, transcribed by Peter Brown

Rushden Nursing Association
Factory Collectors Entertained
By Mrs and Miss Sartoris

Mrs and Miss Sartoris entertained the factory collectors of the Rushden Nursing Association to tea in the grounds of Rushden Hall on Saturday. The weather was not all that could be desired, but despite this an enjoyable time was spent. An excellent tea was enjoyed. In the evening, the company, upwards of 80, enjoyed themselves strolling about the picturesque grounds, while the younger persons enjoyed a cricket match.

After the tea a few

Complimentary Speeches

were made.

Mr. Pack (president of the executive) paid he had very great pleasure in moving a vote of thanks to Mrs. and Miss Sartoris for their great kindness in entertaining the collectors. He was very sorry Mrs. Sartoris was not able to get out.

Mr. F. Ballard, in seconding, said it was a very kind thought on the part of Mrs. and Miss Sartoris to entertain them as they had done. Many looked forward with pleasure to the event. Some of them wondered

What Rushden Would Be

without the Nursing Association. He did not know what the Nursing Association would do if it was not for the factory collectors. The amount they collected was very handsome. The Nursing Association work was a grand and Christian work. Mr. Pack had broken a record last year in collections, and he hoped Mr. Pack would go on breaking records. The Nursing Association was run for the purpose of giving the working man a chance to get that help which he could not afford to pay for. He was very bear that Mrs. Sartoris was unable to get out that afternoon and he hoped that the remaining years of her life would be spent in peace and happiness. No one knew

What A Help

Mrs. and Miss Sartoris had been to the association.

The Ven. Arthur Kitchin supported, and said he was sure it gave Mrs. and Miss Sartoris as much pleasure to entertain them as it did the company to be present. The Nursing Association could not on without the factory collectors.

Out of the £303 collected last year the factory collectors had contributed the sum of £114/3/6. They had done very well in the past year in making a record collection. Mr. Pack had shown great interest in the Association and thoroughly deserved the position of president of the executive committee, to which he had been elected.

The vote was carried with loud applause.

Miss Sartoris said it was with very deep regret Mrs. Sartoris was not able to come out, but if she had not been able to get out she had been watching them from the house.