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Mrs Claire Dyer was recently elected president of the Midway Progressive Association. Mrs Dyer is the first woman to be elected to the position.

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A big surprise was in store (excuse the pun please) for radio announcer Bruce Burn and his family when they did their shopping at the Sheepfarmers West End Supermarket recently. One of their dollars was the millionth in the Sheepfarmers turnover in their financial year which ended on June 30. This is the first time any one store of the company has had a turnover of a million dollars or more in one year. To mark the occasion the Burns were presented with a very nice canteen of cutlery. From left: Andrew, Eileen and Bruce Burn, general manager Frank Martin, supermarket manager Jock Harrison, company secretary Gordon Bates and check-out cashier Karen Searle.

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Pictured together at the Farndale residence in Foster Street before the departure of Jim and Christian Fletcher on a trip back to Scotland are, from left: Will, Doris, Melanie and Nigel Farndale,John Gordon (back), Jim and Christian Fletcher and Peg Gordon. Of particular interest is the fact that the Fletchers are going home to Callander – in another word, Tannochbrae. For it is Callander that is renamed Tannochbrae for the TV series "Dr. Finlay's Casebook", and where the programme is set and filmed. Jim grew up in Callander so he gets more than the usual interest out of the programme. Since being in New Zealand Jim has been associated with the Thistle Soccer Club, eleven years a member and six of them as chairman. He is also the club's representative to the P.B. Association. Mrs Fletcher has run the soccer ground canteen for the past seven years.