STATE ADVANCES.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 143, 20 June 1938, Page 12

STATE ADVANCES.

SEASON’S FIRST DANCE. ATTRACTIVE DECORATIONS. The Amateur Operatic Society’s Hall. Grafton Road, was a scene of gaiety and colour when the staff of the State Advances Corporation held their first dance of the season. The stage was tastefully decorated with palms and the hall itself with streamers and balloons, the office colours of jmrple and gold being predominant. Novelty dances created much excitement and the function was altogether an outstanding sucThe committee comprised Miss D. I. Ashby, who wore black panne velvet; Miss P. V. Ashton, black flat crepe; Miss M. Brigham, leaf green taffeta: Miss I. A. Pratt, larkspur blue georgette; and Messrs. G. J. Regan. JI. Metcalfe, 1. Mcßeth, J. Gaelic and .Man Drake (secretary).

Among the many guests present were: Mrs. W. A. Leggett, Mrs. Owen Kelly. Mrs. D. B. S. Heather (Hamilton). Mrs. C. G. S. Ellis, Mrs. Cedric Herman. Mrs. H. Metcalfe, Mrs. Percy Harrison, Mrs. Percy A. Pauli, Mrs. K. Fulton. Mrs. R. Leabourn. Mrs. W. Otto, Mrs. H. K. Buckley, Mrs. J. Hunter, Mrs. L. E. Brooker, Mrs. F. V'. Senn. Mrs. F. Baker, Miss D. Metcalfe. M iss M. Hoyes, Miss Dorothy McConnell, Miss Betty Howe, Miss Betty Harlow. Miss E. Bliss. Miss Patricia Mowbray. Miss Hazel Goff. Miss V. Armitage, Miss Gwen Dennis. Miss Betty Page, Miss Millieent McNeil. Miss Kathleen Will, Miss Jocelyn Holmes, Miss Veronica Wathew, Miss Pamela McKay. Miss R. Treister (Wei lington), Miss Gwen White, Miss Jovce Cooper, Miss Gwen Holmes, Miss ‘L. Burgoyne. Miss Ray Wallace, Miss Billy Jessup, Miss Brigham. Miss Kathleen Herley, Miss Dorothy Hill, Miss Betty Forgie, Miss Wanda Turner, Miss Joaii Winstone, Miss A. Bell, Miss Edna Bell. Miss Maida Thompson, Miss T. Clarke. Miss Shirley Wade, Miss Ray Gillespie' Miss Peggy Teixeira. Miss Gladvs Billington, Miss M. Nelligan. Miss A. O'Brien (Wellington), Miss J. Potter, Miss J. Cooper and Miss A. Glasgow.