BEFORE THE WEDDING

Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 94, 18 October 1939, Page 14

BEFORE THE WEDDING

FIVE O'CLOCK GIFT PARTY

Tall pink tulips hyacinths, and massed cherry blossom decorated the reception rooms of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Carr's home, Thompson Street, yesterday evening, when Miss Valeric Carr gave a cocktail party for Miss Adrienne Beere, whose marriage to Mr. Neal Instone will take place next Wednesday. Miss Carr was wearing a striking frock of black silk, the white pinafore panel effect on the front being studded with red and green polka dots. Mrs. Carr, who assisted her daughter, was wearing figured lilac and cyclamen silk, and Miss Beere, who received many, charming gifts for her new home, a graceful frock of navy, pink, and blue floral georgette, the ruched bodice, being caught into a panel in the front, and the neckline finished with a diamante clip.

Among the guests were Mrs. H. W. Instone, Miss Thane, Miss McHardy, Mr. arid Mrs. Stan List, Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Rowe, Mr. and Mrs. Keith Birell, Mr. and Mrs. Clive Brown, Mr. and Mrs. Tomlinson, Mr. and Mrs. Miles Wright, Mrs. F. Stewart (Auckland), Miss M. E. Tonks, Mrs. Turner, Mrs. K. Roberts, and Misses Evelyn Naomi, and Diana Goldsmith, Noel Anderson, Valeric B^ere, June Bishop, Florence Hislop, Phyllis Fitzgerald, Sybil 'Williams, Beverley Luke, Joan and Olive McMillan, Joan Hunter, Joyce Griffiths, Diana Waters, Mavis Edmonds, Freda Deibert, Brenda Boyes, and Messrs. Neal Instone, Frank Pears, Brian and John Homewood* Dick Brookman, John Harvey, B. Clark, R. Ellis, O. Goldsmith, P. Gyles, D. Diedrich, G. Barnard, ■ F, Robbie, T. Bush, I. Graves, and Squadron-Leader Grundy.