ANNUAL BALL.

Auckland Star, Volume LXV, Issue 170, 20 July 1934, Page 9

ANNUAL BALL.

GRAMMAR OLD BOYS.

The Auckland Grammar School Old Boys' Association held their annual ball last evening, when Dixieland was well filled with dainty frocks and dancing enthusiasts. The committee were responsible for the excellent taste displayed in the decorations, the lighting effects in variegated colours adding a note of brilliancy. The supper tables were arranged in tne colours of the school, bowls of flowers and streamers adding a distinctive note of colour. As the gueste entered thj dance floor the well-known Grammar "lion" was seen on each side of the orchestral dais, while large replicas also adorned the entrance. Pennants of the. various schools who attended were hung in front of the cubicle occupied. They were: Sacred Heart College, King's College, Grammar Old Boys, Mount Albert Grammar Old Boys, I Prince Albert College and Old Boys Takapuna Grammar.

The guests were received on arrival by the president, Mr. A. J. Billington, and Mrs. Billington, the latter wearing a gown of flame crepe suede and ring velvet wrap. Among those present were: Mrs. H. J. D. Mahon, in a gown of blackspider web lace; Mrs. J. Poole, black patterned georgette; Mrs. Gordon Pollock, shell pink and black tartan georgette; Mrs. G. Tothill, claret lace; Mrs. P. Shorter', daffodil lace; Mrs. J. R. McCall, rose georgette; Mrs. H. Beeche, black glace silk and silver sequins: Mrs. Clifton Clarke, beige lace and petunia satin; Mrs. J. W. Wilson, ceil blue crepe and silver; Mrs. H. L. E. Priestman green lace; Mrs. A. W. Essex, pastel green crepe suede; Mrs. R. Simpson, roße pink chiffon; Mrs. L. G. Simpson, whito windswept velvet; Mrs. Gordon Pollock, shell pink and black tartan georgette with shoulder ruffles of tulle; Miss E.

Firth, black crinkle crepe; Miss Myrtle Burns, hyacinth blue crepe faille; Miss Cato, pink georgette; Miss V. Hill, black velvet; Miss Ailsa Glen, flame suede. Miss Gwen Alway, violet satin and silver lame; Miss Sybil Knight, black lace and ninon; Miss Mavis Wallace, geranium red tulle; Miss Althea MaberFey, white satin; Miss Dorrie Thomas, black taffeta; Miss. Dora Watson, black chiffon velvet; Miss Railey, rose pink satin; Miss Eileen McCarthy, prune crepe; Miss W. Burton, apple green organdie; Miss Betty Clark, maize erepe satin; Miss E. Cook, turquoise blue tucked organdie; Miss Mary Kendall, sapphire blue ring velvet; Miss Betty Insull, black ring velvet; Miss Peggy Spinks, black ring velvet; Miss Mona McLellan, Lido blue lace and taffeta; Miss Ethchvyn Gray, bine shot taffeta: Miss L. Mossman, black ring velvet; Miss Mollie Bailey, black crepe suede; Miss Jean Finch, white brocaded satin; Miss B. Irving, hyacinth blue organdie; Miss Nora Brodie, pastel pink taffeta; Mrs. S. J. Chcvis, sovereign satin and fur; Mrs. T. J. Long, cloth of silver; Miss Edna Cox, black sequin frock; Miss Shirley Watkins, white corded faille; Miss Margaret McHugh, floral taffeta; Miss Marjorie Burrell, lemon lace; Miss Gwen Siddle, black ring velvet; Miss Peggy Munro, ivory satin; Miss Ella St. George, rose suede; Miss J. Nops, apricot suede; Miss Pat Scanlon, forget-me-not blue satiri; Miss Y. Yeoman, ivory organdie; Miss Vivienne Paque, sage green crinkle crepe; Miss V. Moyses, black ring velvet; Miss L. McPhail, flame crepe suede; Miss V. Hall, black lace; Miss Kendall, Lido ringvelvet; Miss G. Abbott, hyacinth blue lace; Miss J. Wilson (Whangarei), black ninon and silver; Miss Muir, blue checked taffeta; Miss W. L. Peat, floral embossed velvet; Miss Roma Judd, orange crepe faille; Miss Amy Healey, green crepe suede; Miss Sunday Stratton, white lace and taffeta; Miss Molly Noton, white and brown figured crepe; Miss Eileen Creedon, old gold taffeta; Miss-1. Gillfillan, black Chantilly lace; Miss Sybil Thompson, blue diagonal striped crepe; Miss Val Harris, midnight blue crackle crepe.