BUFFET DINNER

Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21812, 18 June 1936, Page 2

BUFFET DINNER

It is difficult to devise new ways for raising money for deserving causes, but thrSe Christchurch hostesses broke new ground last night, when they very successfully combined pleasure and profit in satisfactory ratio. Mrs George Francis will be in charge of the sweets stall at the forthcoming St. George’s market, and Mrs Frank Reid and Mrs Lionel Cooke will be her assistants. As a preliminary money-making scheme, they arranged a buffet dinner party, which was held at Mrs Francis’ home in Innes road. The dinner-table was gay with bowls of mixed flowerb and the reception rooms were decorated with styiosis and chrysanthemums. The guests were Messrs George Francis, Lionel Cooke, Frank Reid, Mr and Mrs Guy Cotterill, Mr and Mrs Gordon McCredie, Mr and Mrs A. Stuart Bower, Mr and Mrs F. G. Bristed, Mr and Mrs Forbes O’Rofke, Mr and Mrfe Keppel Archer, Mr and Mrs Rossmore Cracroft Wilson, Mr and Mrs John Moore, Mr and Mrs Oakleigh Greenwood, Mr and Mrs Hallows Wood, Mr and Mrs Eric Millton, Mr and Mrs George Turrell, Mr and Mrs Peter Hall, Mr and Mrs Bede Loughnan, Captain and Mrs Roderick Anderson, Mr and Mrs T. F. M. Gibson, Mr and Mrs George Aitken, Mr and Mrs Kenneth Ballantyne, Mrs Gordon Rich, Mrs W. G. Scannell, Mr and Mrs Wynn Cowlishaw, Mr and Mrs Alan Boon, Mr and Mrs Ivan Wood, Misses Ruth Wynn-Williams, Kathleen Hoare, Messrs H. G. Helmore, Hamish Wilson, and Charles Rattray. “HOT DOG*’ PARTY At Jellicoe Hall last night, a very successful dance was held in aid of the forthcoming “Modern Times'’ Plunket cabaret. Members of the organising committee were Mesdames E. Boulton, J. G. L. Vernon, H. J. Ballin, Ivan Wood, Misses H. Buchanan, Joan Gard’ner, Patricia Powrie, Helen Thomson, Janet Stevenson, Nora Firth, j Brownie Freeman, Anne Morrow, and I Agatha Upham, Captain R. A. Anderson, Messrs Keppel Archer, A. Guild, I. M. Godby, P. Norris, Chas. Rattray, G. Scott, C. J. Ward, and Eric Millton (honorary secretary and treasurer). Music was played by Fritz Seymour’s orchestra, and a hot supper of saveloys and coffee was served. Amongst those present were Mesdames J. G. L. Vernon, Frank Wilding, Harold Greenwood, Eric Millton, Shir-reff-Hilton, Ernest Boulton, Bruce Douglas, lan Macintyre, Winston Philp, Forbes O’Rorke. Ivan Wood, Arthur Stuart Bower, John Moore, George Turrell, George Francis, Lionel Cooke, Gerald Sherman, Guy Cotterill, Rossmore Cracroft Wilson, Wynn Cowlishaw, Peter Hall, W. G. Scannell, Douglas Anderson, Bede Loughnan, Keppel Archer, Roderick Anderson, Oakleigh Greenwood, T. F. M. Gibson. Frank Reid, A. Macdonnell, 1 Gordon Rich, Kenneth Ballantyne. George Aitken, Gordon McCredie, Hallows Wood, A. A. Boon, Misses Kathleen Hoare, Nancy Hill, Kathleen Newton, Marjorie Hill, Joyce Coop, Philippa Bristol, Joan Gard’ner, Ena Fleetwood, Brownie Freeman, Helen Buchanan, Agatha Upham, Lyndsey Thomson, Jan Williams, Pamela Paterson (Wellington), Nora Firth, Janet Stevenson, Ruth Wynn-Williams, Stella Edwards, Nancy Frater SteP h fH e Scott, Margaret Anderson, Helen Thomson, Dinah Munro, Barbara Buchanan, Theresa Ward PaP °wrie, Judith Barker. ’ Joan Pahner El * ie Thornton * an d Pauline PLAY-READING There was a large attendance at the Canterbury Repertory Society’s rehearsal room, Bedford row, last night, When C. L. Anthony’s three-act play, Touch Wood,” was read by members. readers were Mrs V. Evans, Misses P. Wilkinson, N. Enright, P. Maffey, P. Frame, B. Griffiths, Messrs T. W. Tothill, W- F. Slack, W. B. Harris, N. Barker, J, Young, C. Moody, and R Cordery. Stage directions were read by Mrs W. B. Harris. VISITORS TO CHRISTCHURCH (Timaru) 1611 Hotel: *‘ nd Mrs T - Rhodes United Service Hotel: Mrs Stronach Pttwson, Miss Paterson (Wellington), Mrs E. G. Stead (Hastings). Mr and Mrs P. Kaaten (Sydney), and Miss L. Famllton (Oamaru). Warner’s Hotel; Mr and Mrs Alan Grant (Walmate), Mr and Mrs H. D. Greenwood (Amberley), Mr and Mrs G. Hunter Weston (Christchurch), Mrs C. R. Cresswell, Miss June Cresswell (Llsmore), and Mr and Mrs A. J. Begg (Balclutha). New City Hotel: Mrs J. M. Bulleld, Miss F. E. Macdonald (Oamaru), and Miss E. A. Webster (Dunedin).