STAFF’S DANCE

Press, Volume LXXV, Issue 22768, 21 July 1939, Page 2

STAFF’S DANCE

HARVESTER COMPANY VISITORS FROM COUNTRY BRANCHES During the last 10 years staff members of the International Harvester Company of New Zealand, Ltd., have earned an enviable reputation as hosts, always mindful of the little details that their guests will appreciate. The result is that each year their dance attracts a large number of city friends and visitors from other branches of the company in Canterbury. Colourful balloons and spring flowers decorated the ballroom of the Winter Garden last evening for this occasion, and the dance was just as successful and enjoyable as its predecessors. Arrangements had been made by a committee comprising Misses Olive Robson, Bette Templeton, Messrs F. A. Kennard, R. Chamberlain, R. B. Rolls, C. C. Treeby R. E. Clark, and E. C. Mawson (honorary secretary). The honoured guests were Mr R. W. Morgan (manager) and Mrs Morgan, Mr C. J. Robinson (secretary) and Mrs Robinson, and Mr and Mrs Trevor Hawkes.

Mrs Morgan wore a frock of white taffeta patterned in gold lacquered design; Mrs Robinson’s frock of Patou pink taffeta had contrasting floral motifs trimming the full skirt; Mrs Hawkes wore a frock of ruby red satin patterned in large white and silver flower and leaf design, the corsage being finished with a spray of silver roses.

A posy of violets trimmed the neckline of Miss Robson’s cloque frock striped in black, white, petunia, blue and violet tonings. and Miss Templeton wore a frock of black panne velvet.

Music was supplied by the BaileyMarston orchestra. Among those present were Mesdames H. Farrier, J. C. Morrison, K. W. Staples, C. Gilchrist. J. W. Niven. H. R. Escott, L. G. Cooper, G. C. Pelhig, C. Hyland. V. North, Cedric Treeby, E. L. Prebble, W. Nelson, Paul Clarkson, H. Brixton, Stanley Mooar, H. G. Hawk, C. J. Robinson, A. Thorpe. G; S. King. L. Killick, A. Driscoll, Stuart Spence, R. Falloon, R. B. Rolls, T. V. Samuels, C. Beatson. C. Thomas, C. K. Williams. R. Robertson, J. Norton. J. A. Ramsay, E. Jones, R. N. Hodder, W. Ramsay (Akaroa), K. Swainson {Akaroa), W. N. Jarvle, Ray Husband, G. van Asch, K. Matson, H. S. P. Andrews, M. Ward, R. J. Rastrick, J. L. Kerr. Alan Hodgen, A. Boon, J. Stevenson, Kenneth White, R. E. B. Smith. Misses Phyllis Digby, Kara Smith, Patricia and Marie Wilson. Berta McMillan, Edna Johnston, Mabel Kennard, Betty Smith, Dorothy McKittrick. Ruby Bird, O. Smith, W. Arnold, Charlotte O’Connor, Rose Smith, Marie O’Brien, Nellie Peck, Win Stokes, Mavis McCaughan, Norma Brassington, Alison Whyte. Jane Whyte, Jean Ewart, Vonnie Whall. Eunice Taylor, Winifred Watson. Joan Suckling, Lorna Coe, Pat Pool, Winnie Cordell, Dene Hall, I. McDonald (Ash-, burton), Valmal Richards, Doreen Ramsay, Lorna Ramsay, Joan Peake, Joy McAlplne (Rangiora). Evelyn Hood (Methven), Thelma Riseley, June Newberry, Joan Gillman, Peggy Jones,. Isabel Wallace (Rangiora), Gwynneth Charles, Mary Toohey, Rhona Hogarth, Daphne Burt, Agnes Douglas, Rona Berry, Iris Goom. Mina Clarke, Evelyn Coote, C. Dore, E. Taylor, L. Greenall, Eleanor Pitt, T. Cross, A, Hopley, D. Vette, Norma Jones, Mavis Anderton, Joyce Sawtell, Nola Smith, Eveline Sutcliffe, Mona Blair, Joan Beauchamp, Betty Waters. Blackett. Margaret Wilson, Dallas (Summers. Helen Charles, Ngareta McDOugall, Joan Harkess, Ngaire McMenamin. Nancy Egan. Olive King, Margaret Kane, Erna Bank, Natalie Quirk, Dorothy Bullock. Joy Wooler, Beatrice Hall, Noeline Findlay, Wyn Jordan. B Stephenson, A. Mahoney, Irene Jackson, Betty Stevenson, Veda Sinclair, Margaret Fox, Rena Brown, Nola Harrison, Eileen Jenkins, Phyllis Hall, Thelma Blood, Jean Greig (Rangiora), Betty Archer, Phoebe Baxter. L. Khngenstein, Joy Dunham, I. Hoggan, and Tess Rogers. v

ANNUAL BALL

CANTERBURY AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE One of the most popular events in the social calendar of the year in Christchurch is the annual ball given by the staff and students of Canterbury Agricultural College at the college hall at Lincoln. Last year, because of illness, the ball had to be abandoned, so this year’s gathering, held last night, was anticipated with more than usual. eagerness. It was a great success. The decorations, as usual were elaborate and carried out with 'much skill and attention to detail. The entrance hall was gay with tier upon tier of lovely cinerarias, the long corridors were canopied with vari-coloured streamers, banked with greenery, and lit with coloured lights, a touch of realism being introduced by an occasional fearsome-looking skeleton. In the ballroom, where music was played by Fritz Seymour’s orchestra, baskets of mimosa and clusters of balloons were suspended from the ceiling, Chinese lanterns were arranged in front of the stage, and the lights were reflected from a revolving globe of mirrors. The guests were welcomed by Professor E. R. Hudson, director of the college, and Mrs Hudson. Mrs Hudson wore a frock of black net with deep yoke and coatee of ivory broderie, eyeletted with black and silver thread. She was presented by the ball committee with a bouquet of abutilons and narcissi. Mrs W. O. Rennie wore a frock of black lace and a black coatee embroidered in red in daisy design. Mrs Lewis Morrison wore a black matalasse frock, conventionally patterned in white and finished with a spray of shaded flowers at the neckline. Mrs J. W. Calder’s frock and fitting coatee of brown satin-patterned cloque were brightened with pink flowers on the bodice. Mrs A. Flay wore a pink-beige lace frock with narrow vari-coloured ribbons outlining the neck and falling loose at the back. Mrs J. H. Kirkness wore a frock of midnight blue crepe, and Mrs Percy Stevens a black flat crepe frock with shoulder posy of red flowers. Amongst the many others present were Mesdames J. G. L. Vernon, A. H. Tocker, W. A. Johnston, H. J. Butler, W. G. Macartney, G. W. R. Osborne, Kenneth Meyers, Burnett Dalgety, R. Morrish, R. Ballinger, Iversen, D. Lill, Farrow, Misses Lilburne, Sylvia Scott, Sheila Macdonald, J. Rutherford, Ann Todhunter, Joan Cuningham, Linda Coe, Elaine Coe, Jean Coe, Elizabeth Stephens, Overton, Sanderson, Fry, Glasson, Franklin, Nancy Brown, Bain, Miller, Edna Mawson, Hamilton, Renai, Maisie Brooks, MacGibbon, Hyde, Guthrie, Percy, Collier, Joan Hewton.

CROCKFORD’S CLUB A Patton system teams’ match was played at Crockford’s Club, and resulted as follows:—Mrs C. M. Hill, Mr D. J. McCormick, Mr and Mrs J. J. Ardagh, and Mrs M. M. Bayne, Mrs M. Fabian, Miss I. Hughes and Miss S. Fraser (equal) 1, Mrs G. B. Morgan, Mrs R. Renton Bell, Mrs E. E. Crawshaw and Miss Bromley Cocks 3.