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A place for everything and everything in its place, is the motto of Geoff Bennett and Tom Kane, storemen at the Nelson City Council store. Geoff, who is married, with one daughter, is head storeman and has been with the council since 1940. He hopes to retire next year and give greater attention to his gardening, motoring and tramping. Tom, the assistant storeman for the last two years, is married, with two children. He also has been with the council a long time (16 years) and his leisuretime pursuits include fishing off the wharf with the children, and gardening.

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Running his own butchery business on College Hill is Terry Akehurst, a young married man with a 10-months-old daughter. Terry was educated in Nelson and has spent most of his life here. While keen on all sport, his great love at the moment is softball (he plays for Yankees). He has also played soccer and Rugby and was a member of the Athletic schoolboy team which established a new goal-scoring record of 240 goals in 1960.

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Mrs Trudi, Op-Den Buysch, a housewife, of Richmond, has a 7-months-old boy, and her husband, Hub, is a carpenter in Nelson. Trudi is never so happy as when she has a paint brush and pot of paint in her hands. She also likes sitting in the sun and swimming.

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Well-known to the hundreds of customers who call in at the Night Owl on Waimea Road is Jean Davis, proprietor of the shop and mother of one son, Ron. Jean was born in Auckland but has lived most of her life in Nelson. She's a member of the United Women's Bowling Club and plays indoor bowls now and again.