WEDDING

Press, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23053, 22 June 1940, Page 2

WEDDING

POTTER—O’BRIEN The marriage took place recently at the Church of the Sacred Heart, Timaru. of Mavis Frances, only daughter of Mrs L. O’Brien, Everleigh street, St. Albans, and of the late Mr Frank O’Brien, formerly a well-known businessman in Christchurch, to Allan Frank, son of Mr and Mrs F. Potter. Heaton street. Merivale. ... The bride, a member of the music teaching profession, is well khown in musical circles in Christchurch, and the bridegroom is now in training as a pilot at the Royal New Zealand Air Force station at Levin. The bride, who was attended by Mrs Ronald Raines, wore a well-cut English model suit of navy blue and offwhite, worn with navy accessories, and a tiny off-white hat, with matching snood. A spray of orchids and a silver fox fur completed her smart ensemble. DUNEDIN KARITANE HOSPITAL MISS I. HUNT BECOMES MATRON (PRESS ASSOCIATION TELEGRAM.) DUNEDIN. June 21. ' At a meeting of the Dunedin branch of the Plunket Society to-day. Miss I. Hunt, of Nelson, was appointed matron of the Truby King Harris Hospital -to succeed Miss Hilditch, who will retire shortly. Miss Hunt is well qualified to hold this responsible position, as she has had considerable experience in the work of the Plunket Society. She took her general training at the Public Hospital, Wellington, and her midwifery training at the Alexandra Home. In 1929 she qualified as a Plunket; Nurse, after which she was appointed sister at the Truby King Harris Hospital. Later she had three years’ experience at the, Karitane mothercraft training centre in Sydney, and in 1935 was appointed matron of the Truby King Karitane Hospital at Auckland, a position which she held for three years and a half. During the last 18' months she has been senior:Plunket: nurse in the Nelson district.

FREE KINDERGARTEN ASSOCIATION CHRISTCHURCH BRANCH Ways and means of raising funds to carry. on the work of the kindergartens controlled by the Free Kin-/ dergarten Association during the war period were discussed at a meeting of the Christchurch association held recently. It was decided to form an organisation known as “Friends of Kindergarten,” with the object of interesting the pub c in the work and augmenting kindergarten funds. Arrangements ' were made for a series of card parties to be held at the Sydenham kindergarten next month, and for a jumble sale to be held this month. The contribution to be made by the association to war work was also discussed. It was thought that later on women with young children might be engaged in actory work, and kindergarten committees and staffs could help by taking care of the children during working hours. As there was no need for this at the present time, it was decided that the scheme could be brought up ,for consideration later.