Dream Of Deaf People Is Taking Shape

Dream Of Deaf People Is Taking Shape

We want a place where deaf people, young and old, can meet together. This is the dream of the Auckland Deaf Adult Society, described by the secretary, Jack Pollard. It is a dream which today is beginning to take real shape.

Can you help?

Dz Svikers

Helen Keller

Jim Cheyne

John Peterson

Kay Oxspring

Keith Gordon

Leonard (Len) Williams

Leonard (Len) Williams

Merv Forman

Owen Gibbons

Pat (Patricia) Oxspring (Bird)

Pat (Patricia) Oxspring (Bird)

Peter Oxspring

Ray Forman

Robert Tannahill

Robert Tannahill

Sen (Stewart) Smith

Sen (Stewart) Smith

Tom Gibling

Verna McRae (Garnett)

Verna McRae (Garnett)

Wallace Williams

Wallace Williams

Relevant Links

Taonga source:

Auckland Deaf Society

Reference number:

SignDNA – Deaf National Archive New Zealand, A1952-001

Bibliographic source:

The Weekly News, Wednesday 28 May 1952, p.8

Author:

Catherine Macks

Copyright status:

This work is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

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