NEWS FOR WOMEN CURRENT NOTES

Press, Volume XCII, Issue 27734, 11 August 1955, Page 2

NEWS FOR WOMEN CURRENT NOTES

The .High Commissioner for the United Kingdom, Sir Geoffry Scoones. accompanied by Lady Scoones and Miss Anne Scoones, will leave Wellington for Sydney by the Wanganella today to spend leave in Australia. Sir Geoffry Scoones will return to Wellington on September 6 and Lady Scoones a month later. Miss Scoones will continue her journey to England. Mr and Mrs W. Fitzgerald Watters, of Blenheim, entertained a party of guests to dinner before the Hunt Club Ball, to celebrate the coming out of their daughter. Sally. Mrs Watters wore a bouffant frock of sapphire blue nylon tulle. The guests included Mr and Mrs A. J. Mason (Ashburton). Mr and Mrs I. F. Bristed (Awatere). Misses Juliet de Castro, Susan Jennings, Maryrose Unwin, Priscilla Murray, Jill Bowen. Ann McElwee. Joy Machin and Geraldine Watters. Messrs’P. Elworthy, C. Batchelor, W. Tapley. C. Bean, G. Blunt. R. Oakey. 1. Craw, R. Scott. A. Scannell and A. Sandall. The result of the first night’s play in a Hawell match held at Crockfords club was as follows: north south. Mrs H. S. Richards and Mrs P. Ardagh 1, Mrs G. Cowper and Mrs H. wauchop 2, Mrs E. R. Wylie and Mrs R. R. Bell 3: east-west. Mrs N. Le Cren and Miss A. Rennie 1. Mrs G. W. C. Smithson and Mrs C. E. Reid 2. Miss H< C. D. Van Asch and Miss C. D. Humphreys 3. Mrs F. Milne presided at the recent meeting of the Somerfield Townswomen’s Guild. Miss Molly McNabb spoke on her trip abroad, and Mrs Ledsham sang. Remits for the Dominion Federation of Townswomen’s Guild conference were read. Mrs Milne and Mrs McKenzie (secretary) were appointed delegates to the conference Circle leaders reported on their activities. Mrs H. A. Bishop presided at the August afternoon social of the Women’s Section of the Christchurch Returned Sendees* Association. The programmer rai; provided by ths Christchurch Central Townswomen’s Guild, which presented two sketches and songs sung by Miss Phillippa Maculloch, accompanied by Mrs J. H Cooks. A competition was won by Mrs M. A. Lloyd. The results' of the first round of a three-night match-point Contract Bridge competition held at the Christchurch Contract Bridge Club was as follows—open, north-south, Mr H. Pickering and Dr. J. D. Thomson 1. Mrs W. B. Scott and Mrs A. H. Tocker 2. Mrs R. D. Iles and Mrs C. H. Taylor 3: east-west Mrs T. Armstrong and Mrs H. B. Holden 1, Mrs V C. Brown and Mr J. R. Wingall 2, Mr and Mrs H. Smart 3; handicap, north-south, Mr Pickering and Dr. Thomson 1, Mrs Scott ana Mrs Tocker 2, Mrs O. T. J Alpers and Mr P. Mutt 3:- east-west, Mrs Browne and Mr Wignall 1. Mr and Mrs A. Dewhirst 2, Mrs S- E. T. Crimp and Mrs E C. Borradaile 3-

The speaker* at the August meeting of the Spreydon sub-centre of the Red Cross Society was Mrs H. Wales from the Christchurch centre, who gave her impressions of the conference on the care of the aged which she attended at Wellington.

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ENGAGEMENT

(Engagement Notices must be signed by both parties ) The engagement is announced of Jean, elder daughter of Mr and Mrs L. Waldron, Twinburn, Omarama. and John, eldest sen of Mr and Mrs V. M. Collins. Fendalton, Christchurch.