CURRENT NOTES

Press, Volume LXXXV, Issue 25956, 9 November 1949, Page 2

CURRENT NOTES

“We ought to take off our hats to the pioneer women,” said the Rev. W. Wisdom when he spoke last evening on the early history of Canterbury to i members of the Associates’ Group of . the National Council of Women. The fdoneer women had to come into a and which had tremendous possibilities but nothing else, Mr Wisdom said. “Grit, courage and determination were more marked in the pioneers than they are in the generation of to-day, hot only jn New Zealand,” he added. A notable personality who arrived in Auckland by the Aorangi yesterday is Miss Edith Kempthorne, a former ! New Zealander, who has since become an American citizen. Miss Kempthorne’s name is associated throughout the United States with the Camp Fire Girls, an organisation similar in some ways to the Girl Guide movement. In addition to being national field secretary of the Camp Fire Girls of America, Miss Kempthorne is also remembered for her tireless work on behalf of the men of the armed forces. For this she has received tributes from Mr Churchill and Field-Marshal Montgomery, as well as from hospitals and relief centres in Allied nations, from ships and battlefront posts, and from the families of the soldiers and sailors she befriended in America. Miss Kempthorne is the daughter of the late Archdeacon J. P. Kempthorne, of Nelson, New Zealand. Dr. Jean Sandel, Taumarunui, one of the comparatively few women doctors in New Zealand to have the degree of F.R.C.S., returned in the Wanganella this week after three years’ post-graduate study in England. She made the voyage from England to Australia as ship’s surgeon in the Port Macquarie. Miss Rosemary Berry, a member of the Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing, London, and of the National Association of Teachers of Dancing, both in ballroom and Latin-American dancing? has arrived in Wellington. She will teach dancing in a Wellington studio. Final arrangements for a garden party to-be held next month were made at a meeting of the Women’s Auxiliary of the Navy League yesterday afternoon. An interesting account of the women’s auxiliaries’ conference in Auckland was given by the president (Mrs H. Wyatt), who said, that special mention of the work being done by the Christchurch auxiliary for the Sea Cadet Corps was made by the Dominion chairwoman (Mrs R. G. Coats). Letters of thanks for two Christmas parcels received in England were read from the mothers of the two children sponsored by the organisation. A report that four seamen in the Christchurch hospital and three in the sanatorium were visited and taken gifts was given by Mrs C. G. Schumacher.

The November meeting of the St. Martins-Opawa Garden Circle took the form of a decorative flower show held at the home of Miss Ewart Smith, St. Martins road, yesterday. The judges. Mesdames E. L. King and O. M. Miller, placed the following first: Mesdames C. T. McAloon. A. H. Turner, D. Wilson, S. Clarke, F. A. Turner, and Kilpatrick; most points in A section, Mrs A. H. Turner; B section, Mrs S. Clarke.

“Blue border” was the subject of a talk given by Mr F. J. Shanks at a meeting of the Papanui Garden Club which was held at the home of Mrs Milne Shand, Kcrari street, yesterday afternoon. A. C. McKillop presided. The silver cup given by Mrs A. Nettleton for the flower of the month was won by V i > W. A. C. Mc-

Donald. Mrs H. de R. Flesher won the competition for the best rose.

“People cannot do enough for you when they know you are a New Zealander,” said Miss M. Morland on her arrival in Wellington after a three mon'hs’ visit to the United States. Illustrating the eagerness for news of New Zealand Miss Morland said she had explained to a bus driver that she was not familiar with the American way of tendering fares, as she had come’from New Zealand. Immediately four passengers left their seats and began questioning her about the Dominion. Two even left the bus when she did, so that they could spend a while longer listening to what Miss Morland had to tell. “I think it is a pity more is not done to publicise our country over there,” she said. Mrs Edmond presided at the monthly meeting of the New Brighton branch of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union held in the Methodist Schoolroom. Mrs R. Goodland led the devotions. Mrs Gibb read the temperance fact. Price restrictions on Cakes and Pastries have been lifted. Despite this our prices will remain the same, as will the unsurpassed high quality of all our goods. Order now for the forthcoming long week-end from OLGA MILES DELICATESSEN. 95 Cashel street. Telephone 38-709. Advt.

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A really outstanding selection of level v "casuals” —Frocks for casual occasions—has just been unpacked at Anthony Andersen. Ltd., the centre for exclusive wear for women at 81 Cashel street (near Turnbull and Jones). In plain pastels and in floral and paisley designs, in prints and linens, these frocks are very reasonably priced and very smart. Every day. too. further exclusive selections —beautiful Coats, Suits, and Frocks—are arriving at Anthony Andersen, Ltd., to meet the unprecedented demand for distinctive race wear. Advt.

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