FOURTH ANNUAL BALL

Press, Volume LXXV, Issue 22795, 22 August 1939, Page 2

FOURTH ANNUAL BALL

CHRISTCHURCH FISH RETAILERS The Winter Garden was crowded last night when the Christchurch Fish Retailers’ Association (Incorporated) held its fourth annual ball. Last year many intending patrons were unable to gain admission to the ball, so this year the committee limited the number of tickets to 500, all of which were quickly sold. Members of the organising committee were Messrs F. L. Knowles (president), W. G. Yates, T. Mason, W. C. Roberts, R. C. Searle, P. W. Sim, J. Wilson, A. M. Green, J. Craig, J. Sutton, L. W. "Broad, H. Gourlay, A. E. Menand, G. Snook, and T. E. Fisher (hon. secretary). Those invited as guests of honour were the Hon. D. G. Sullivan and Mrs Sullivan, the Mayor, Mr R. M. Macfarlane, M.P., and Mrs Macfarlane, the Town Clerk, Mr J. S. Neville and Mrs Neville, Mr and Mrs E. J. Newman, Mr F. P. Walsh and Mr A. Goslin. Music was jplayed by George Bradford’s orchestra and items were given by Miss Billie Addis (dancer) and Mr W. Jarvis (yodeller). Special dances were held and paper hats and many novelties were distributed amongst the guests. A feature of the ball was the second supper—supper de luxe—at which poultry, oysters, and crayfish were served at midnight. Among those present were Mesdames T. James. T. Martin, E. Menand, A. Aldridge. C. Boyd, H. Claridge, J. S. Neville, Minnie Hood, C. Wilson. S. Long (Ashburton), W. Bamford. M. J. Hardy, E. Johns, David Mitchell. J. Gannon, -J. W. Stockdale, W. G. Yates, L. H. Wyatt, J. Sutton, G. S. Knowles. .L Riach, Cecil Ward. J. Wilson, J. Manihera (Lyttelton), R. Hart (Lyttelton). F. Collins (Lyttelton), M. Keene. E. Honeyman, R. Hall, G. C. Malmo. A. F. Anderson, A. H. Sowten, T. Mason, J. Dick.- H. Wilkinson. S, pverend, (West Melton), E. A. Goslin, W. E Mapplebeck, Albert Bamford, Robert Stafford, David White, A. Cox, A. Hilton, T. Bennett, F. W. Hutton. L. W Broad, G. Tindall, J. Leonard, A. Newman, N. S. Brooks, B. C x, J. Galligan, Jack Ballinger, Guy Henderson, G Marsh, Ernest Duckworth, L. M. West, R. Smythe, A. Hobson. Stafford Smith, Carl Morris, A. Martin, L. A. Goldsmith, R. Kirner. Alex .Thompson, F. E. Woods, E. A. Gillman, M. Sorrell, Martin Winiata, W. Roberts, Frances Carter. George Rutherford (Prebbleton), A. H. Gourlay, G. Jack, G. Noonan, R. McEvedy.R. G. Goldien, J. Whiteside. D. S. Gibbon, V. Hainpton. DesraOnd Morgan. J, Newsome, E; W.' Fail,-E; S. Sharplin (Kaikoura), Alan Riordan. C. J. Holland. W. Newsome, Robert Pendrigh, L. G. Marston. W. G. Dale, E, Andrews, Jack Fox, C. ,S. Donald, J. Adams, M, Martin, E. M. King, T. M. Beadle. M, Barford, Misses Edna Kennedy, Tui Naylor. Alvira Knowles,. MbUy Cosgrove, June Hall, Betty Yates. Betty Hobson, Gwen - Carver, Muriel Matthews. D. Cook. J. Hoy, Alice Mason. Diana Smith, Joyce West, Kath.leen Roberts, Lorna Ireland, F/ Glasson, Betty Young;, Violet Cox. Iris Taylor D. Perry, E. Ball, C. Brook, V. Brook. E. Huckle, Betty Carter, Nola, Wyatt, Alma Blake, Stella Collmgs, Violet Glasson, D. Armstrong, Laura Ledgard. Mavis Holden, Catherine Cronin. Claire Fogarty. G. Goldsmith, S. Walker, Margaret Christie, France Sandom, Rose Hughes, Lola Smith, Joyce-Sawtell, J. Sorrell, Kia Rewai, T. McGarry. B. C. McGarry, N. Bugs, Mavis Hansmann. Ida Childs (Lyttelto.i), Patricia Roche. Louie Walton,' May M. Ardagh, I. Phillips, Mi Phillips. Rene Bisman, Mavis Walton, Rita- Pay. Nancy Patten, Marion Hdwarth. E. Hancock, Muriel Price, Winifred Fail, Marjorie Hancock, Mavis Brown, Joan Heslop, N. Bell, A. Ed- , wards, Evelyn Lesfer. Marie Gillard. ■Dorothy Dean. Eileen Joyce, Althea 1 Levick, Freda Jewell, Molly Houlker. Muriel Lawson, Doreen, . Callanan. Ngaire Whitley. Ann Tilson, Jessie Dickson, Olive' Tinker; Joan Kidd. Rene Murray. M. Sparkes, Marjorie O Connor, M. Scurr. M. Ormondy.

GOOD COMPANIONS

Miss, J. Horth presided at the monthly meeting of the Good Companions Club held last night at the home of Mrs H. -D. Christie, Fen’dalton. Miss L.' Jeffreys gave an interesting talk on Syria She described Damascus as ’ a white., city on a spoon-shaped oasis, where apricots, peaches. • and grapes grdw abundantly. . The cobblestones in" the streets were slippery from water-carriers, throwing water to ke’ep down the dust in summer. Syria, she explained, was' divided into four states, the people . were hospitable, well mannered, arid never flurried; ■education was mostly received at mission schools. Miss Jeffreys described the homes and the food of the' people, and the products of the country. . Those pifesent were Mrs H. D. Christie, Mrs E. A. Webb (Hawera). Miss L. Jeffreys; Miss J; Hbrthv Misses Aldwyth Taylor, June Peters, Jean Godfrey Jeanette Thomas, Kathleen Armstrong Joan Rudkin.' Leslie Christie. Joyce Drayton. Fay Hammond. Betty McFarlane. Gloria Larie, Jean Wilkinson, Shirley Christie, Audrey Haworth, and Joan Furze.