CURRENT NOTES

Press, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 23803, 24 November 1942, Page 2

CURRENT NOTES

At the monthly meeting of the Papanui Methodist Women's Missionary Auxiliary, held in the church . rlour, Mrs Baynes presided. A bring-and-buy stall was in charge of Mrs Stephens, and Mrs Purchase gave a comprehensive report on the recent Methodist Women’s Missionary Union conference, held in Hawke’s Bay. The following were successful in a canteen examination, held last week under the auspices of the Women’s War Service Auxilhry: Mesdames Williamson, M. Middleditch, Schumacher, Baker, Misses D. Glen, M. Wilson, H. Langdon, K. J. Harrall, M. Miles. E. Turner, R. Halligan, E. Johns, J. Robbins, D. Marsh, J. Alexandre, M. McDonald, L. Ditford, and G. Hill, Miss Janet Birdling, director of the Sunbeam kindergarten, has resigned from her position because she is soon to be married. The death has occurred in Sydney of Lady Bavin, widow of Sir Thomas Bavin. She was daughter of the late Mr Frederick Earle Winchcomke, M.L.C. She married in 1900. For many years she took a leading part in political and social activities in Sydney, and was greatly interested in children’s welfare and in the Adult Deaf and Dumb Society. Mrs Jane McLaws Morrison ForsonStewart, a widow who died at Henderson, North Auckland, last month, left two bequests to charities of the Presbyterian Church. After certain private bequests and life interests have been satisfied, shares held by the testatrix in cement companies in South Africa are to go to the Presbyterian Church of South Africa to be used in orphanage work in the Transvaal. The gift is to bo known as the “Alexander Forson-Stewart Trust Fund." The residue of the estate is bequeathed to the Presbyterian Church of New Zealand to be used as a nucleus to establish a home in the Auckland Province for needy and aged Presbyterian women. The testatrix expressed a desire that her house property at Henderson shall be used for the establishment c! such a* home, to be known as “The Forson-Stewart Home.” The whole estate in Britain, South Africa, and New Zealand is valued at under £5500. The expansion of kindergarten work in and near Christchurch this year has made it necessary for the Christchurch Free Kindergarten Association to open three new schools. That the same expansion is taking place in other parts of the Dominion was shown l.st week when the association received a letter from Masterton reporting that two. new kindergartens are being opened in that town and asking for help from the Christchurch Association in procuring directors for the new schools. The annual reunion of St. Margaret’s College Old Girls’ Association was held on Saturday, when members attended a Holy Communion service in the morning and met later at the college for breakfast. In the afternoon a tennis tournament and relay swimming race were held between teams representing the old girls and the present pupils of St. Margaret’s: the old girls won the tennis tournament and the present pupils the swimming race. A dinner party, held at the Clarendon Hotel, was very well attended, and at the annual meeting which followed, the following officers were elected:—President, Miss Lila Gardner; vice-presidents, Mesdames P. H. N. Freeth, J. G. Hawkins, and P. B. Levy; honorary secretary, Miss Natalie Vale; honorary treasurer, Miss Merle Corrick; committee. Miss Kathleen Larcomb, Mrs J. Roy Smith, Mrs Hugh Hunter, Misses Gwen Rankin, Joyce Harris, Judith Verrall, and Betty Hatherley. At the annual meeting of the Spreydon' branch of the W.C.T.U., Mrs Pirrett presided, and the following officers were elected:—President, Mrs Ancall; vice-presidents, Mesdames Petrie, Lockwood, Dems, Gemmell, Bilcliff, Pirrett, MacKenzie; recording and corresponding secretary, Mrs Walker; “White Ribbon” and literature superintendent, Mrs Sim: temperance fact superintendent, 1' Lowry; devotional superintendent. Mrs Gemmell: cradle roll and Band of Hope superintendent, Mrs Fehsenfeld: mental hospital visitor, Mrs Gemmell. Mesdames Clemens and Olds were hostesses. TeU-tale Greying hair is restored to natural beauty, colour, and lustre with famous Primrose Hairdressing—that “scientific” hair colour restorative. Not a tint, dye or stain—from Woolworths. chemists, and elsewhere. —1 I Exclusive Spring Model Coats, Suits, and Dresses at Salon Celia, Ltd., have unmistakeable character. They are pleasing in texture, charming in design, and exquisite in colour blending. Call to see the New Collection at Salon Celia, Ltd., 115 Cashel street. ■—6 Mrs Freeman says she has just received hundreds of Becoming Straws and Felts in all the wanted shades. Georgette Millinery. Ballantynes Bldgs., Cashel st., Ch.Ch. East st„ Ashburton. —6