Five generations of a Carterton family are represented in a $5,000 donation made to the Carterton Events Centre Trust. Another donation of $5,000 has been made by Barbara Durbin, a third generation Carterton resident.
The Brazendale family and Mrs Durbin have both challenged other families to contribute to what they say will be a legacy for future generations.
“We’re very much Carterton people,” says Elaine Brazendale. “All of our immediate family live in Carterton except for one. All of a sudden we are in a position to make a donation and it occured to us that five generations of our Brazendale family had lived in Carterton,” said Mrs Brazendale.
“The new events centre will be the focal point for many opportunties for growth for all age groups within the community,” she said. “We’d like to challenge to other families who have the ability to make a contribution, large or small, to do so. It will be interesting for future generations to look back and see that their family contributed.”
Mrs Brazendale’s husband, Winston, is the oldest living member of this branch of the family. His family came from England directly to Carterton where they lived rurally on the east side and then moved to Dalefield. Then they moved to a farm at Matarawa which Winston’s father and uncle later shared. Winston and Elaine’s son and grandson still live on the Matarawa farm.
Winston’s father and his youngest brother were two of the nine children who were born in New Zealand. They went to Dalefiled school where two of his grandsons now attend.
Barbara Durbin’s grandfather, Allen Tucker, was a Carterton barrister and solicitor from 1920, in partnership with Sir Herbert Hart. Mr Tucker was the borough solicitor until his retirement, president of the Carterton Bowling Club and active on the establishment committee of the Side school - now Carterton School.
Mrs Durbin said both he and her grandmother, Annie, were committed to the betterment of Carterton and the extended family had followed their example. “My predecessors contributed to provide for our needs so it’s a privilege to give something back,” said Mrs Durbin. |
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