NURSE MAUDE BRIDGE PARTY

Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21710, 18 February 1936, Page 2

NURSE MAUDE BRIDGE PARTY

y MEETING OP COMMITTEE 'ry., , . a At the United -Service* Hotel yeste day afternoon a meeting of the con mittee responsible for arrahgir 8 a monster bridge party, in aid of tl 18 Nurse Maude ‘District Nursing Associi « tlon, was presided over by. Mrs Pec j- Wood, Members' reported that tl .. bridge party to be* held in.-the 1 Da ii ham Street Art Gallery on Tuesda u evening, February 25,-wasr arousir l " great interest Prorifises had been n ceived' for more than! 100 tables .at tl 3 Art! Gallery and for about 40 in pla: I- erg* own b° meß * It was decided tha r in addition to the permanent a e gallery and the ballroom, a small* . room should be used lor bridge. Th ’ will make it possible lor the commute * to accommodate about 20 more table which it is confidently expected, wi 1 be booked within the next lew days - For the supper ‘ subcommittee. Mi . A. F. Wright said that arrangement _ were well in . hand and that man a gifts Were promised. In this matte ? Mrs A. J. Benzie had given great hei] •: Mrs W. Machin detailed arrangemehl s made for borrowing tables and chair g Lady Acland gave a short report o f behalf of the decorations sub-commil f tee, and Mrs Benzie reported .goo . progress in the competitions she is at . ranging. It was announced that seven “ donations had been received and tha » all the prizes had beeh given 1 Tw r were allotted for contract bridge, fou • for auction bridge, and one for S(M r Members felt that, owing to. the grea » generosity of the public, the expense f* of the party would be very small; 1 Those present at the-meeting wer t .Mrs Cecil Wood, Mrs Ernest Boultor I Mrs H: Wyatt (honorary secretary) £ Lady Acland, Mrs O. T, J. Alpers, Mr 1 Fred Banks, Mrs H. J. Ballin, Mrs A | J. Benzie, Miss E. Corbett, . Mis Evelyn Cousins, Mrs W. A. Erasmusor Miss M. Enright, Mrs John Grigg, Mis * V. Hynes, Mrs L. J. Lewis, Mrs W ' Machin, Mrs N. McGilliyray, Mr ’ Arthur Rose (honorary treasurer), Mr i W; G. Scannell, Mrs'H. Wales, Mrs A t F. Wright f . , r— —7- ; v L YOUNG CHRISTCHURCH ; MUSICIAN [ SCHOLARSHIP, AT ROYAL ► ACADEMY OF MUSIC Miss Jean McLeod, a young Christ- . church musician, has received advice . that she has been awarded a two-yeai • scholarship, valued at £l9O a year tenable at the Royal Academy oi | Music, London. Miss McLeod will leave, lor London in July to take up the scholarship, which is the first of its kind to have been awarded in Now Zealand. Although only 19 years of age, Mist -McLeod has had a distinguished musical career. She gained her A.T.C.L. when she was 14 years of age and ,her L.TiC,L. when she was 15, In .1932 and 1933 she won the pianoforte championship, at. the Christchurch competitions and also the Christchurch Competitions Society’s scholarship, valued at seven guineas. In 1935 Miss McLeod gained her L.R.S.M. with 186 points out of a possible 200. She also passed the harmony examination with distinction and was granted a fellowship of the Trinity College of Music, London. Miss McLeod is-a student of Miss Irene Lassen, L.T.C.L. . I Y.W.C.A. EVENING SOCIAL The younger members of the Young Women’s Christian Association (girls 14-18 years) Were hostesses at a. social given 1 for girls who had been addressed by one of the secretaries of that association towards, the end of last year.. 1 Miss D. P. Brodie, general secretary, introduced Miss E. N. Bowbyes and Miss M. P. Klddey, who would be in charge of girls’, work this year. She

- expressed .the hope that .thany of the ' guests would join one of the suburban 1 clubs, which were being established [ this year, or the central Club if they 1 lived in the city area. She assured ■ them that (they would enjoy, the fel- ■ lowship of other members % and learn ’ how to use their leisure time profitably. Clubs would be planning their > programmes early in March, All intending new iheqihers were advised to ' get ihto touteh with one of the secretaries before that,date. The central club would meet at’ the clubroom, Latimer square* on Tuesdays, at 7 p.m. A ; time of meeting for suburban clubs , . f I s , , ; afternoon party An enjoyable afternoon was., spent when "Mrs "Walter 1 Davis ’ entertained 1 many friends .at her home, in Curlett’s #oad in" honour of Miss. Mary Joyce, who. Is.'shortly to. be. married. . Miss Joyce received several useful gifts for her kltchem -competitions were won by Mrs Eedle and Miss' Joyce. ti ;■ Those preseiit were Mrs Joyce, and Mias Joyce, Js£sdames Lisle; Bowden, Joyce, N- Bavis. J: Palmery Wes, r Ju Sfcficer,, same,) wowjey,’Burt,and., A. Dhvis, Masses! Burt', Palmer, ‘. Beth' Spicer,’ "Jill .Lisle/and E. Joyce. -' ,: V y *r'/r t V ’-fi 7 A advertisement tee the classified <• section -of 1 tThe Press'* Jwlll sell your goods, ‘try it .12 words three insertions 2s 6d, HI