Mrs. Myra Harrington
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4 Tribute
addition to being well known n the Cooks, Mrs. Myra Harring on, whose death was reported in October PIM, will also be re ibered by the thousands of air ellers who have passed through id to and from Rarotonga and eete in recent years. ith her assistants, Mrs. Harring was host to air travellers during r stay ashore on Akaiami islet, Xi’S flying-boat base. a recent Cook Islands news t this tribute was paid to Mrs. •ington; rs. Harrington’s father was i McCulloch, who first landed he Cook Islands at Mangaia i the wrecked ship Saragossa later married Akaiti Wiramu elia Williams). They settled i in Mauke, where Myra was iring his life in the Cook Islands, McCulloch held several Admin tion positions as Resident Agent' several in commercial life as ader. During this period he ned to the sea and was Cap of the Doris Crane, a ship h ran between the Gilbert ds and San Francisco. His last Lon was Resident Agent, Mani where he died.. the age of 7 years, Myra was to the United States, where she fed her Primary school educa- During this time her mother and she returned to the Islands bout 18 months. Subsequently, went to secondary school in Zealand, after which she ed and graduated as a nurse, rning to the Cook Islands she Employed by the local Admin ;ion and was highly regarded ier efficient work as District J in Rarotonga. 1941, she was placed in charge e hospital at Atiu where there 10 CIMP, and in 1942, she was ferred to Aitutaki, where she took charge of the hospital; it was there that she met and ied John Harrington. lugh her mother was widely :d to many prominent families ie Cook Group, including the hem family, Rahui Orometua rukua Cameron, and a host of s. She will be remembered by le circle of friends for her un fed hospitality and her intel conversation, as well as by mothers whose babies she red. is survived by her husband, and five children, John (NZ), (Tereora), Mary, Jimmie and
t Two Americans, Mr. and Mrs.
L. F. Champion, arrived in Auck land in the 37-ft ketch Little Bear on November 7. They left San Francisco in 1949 and have been gradually working their way south and west since then. Their route lay via Panama, Hawaii and Fiji.
Bottin—Pujol Wedding
M. Paul Bottin and his bride, formerly Mile.
Odette Pujol of Vila. Couple journeyed from Noumea to Vila for their wedding on October 22 and returned by "Polynesia" to Noumea.
Photo by Fung Kuei.