WANGANUI NOTES

Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 59, 7 September 1938, Page 17

WANGANUI NOTES

DENTAL CONFERENCE

(From "The Post's" Representative.) WANGANUI, September 6.

Nearly 100 visitors, dentists, and their wives are in Wanganui for. the Dental Conference which opened in the Collegiate School on Monday morning. While their husbands are conferring, many social engagements have been arranged for the wives. On Monday, at 5 o'clock, both dentists and wives met for a social hour at the president's home, Mr. A. H. Boyes, Selwyn Street. Mrs. Boyes was wearing a smart suit of black and white. Thej floral decorations of prunus, cherry blossom, and other spring flowers were much admired. In the evening several keen contract bridge players were the guests of the Wanganui Women's Club, and a number joined a picture party. • On Tuesday afternoon Mrs. J. H. Stanchon, Waverley,- was hostess at a bridge party at the D.I.C. and Mrs. Frank Jacobs was hostess at bridge at her home in the evening. ' {' . Waimarino Golf Ball. The outstanding social event of the year at Raetihi was the Waimarino Golf Club Ball last Friday night. Over 200 dancers were present, and the decorations were most effective and unusual. The orchestra occupied a "cave" with icicles hanging from the roof. The greenery., was liberally powdered with snow, and the monogram of the club twinkled from shields. A buffet supper was. served.- •Among those present-were Mesdames C..:lVf. Turner (in green chiffon velvet), H. J. Manson (black velvet), H. y'. Marr shall (black velvet), L.- H. Fogg (blue velvet), Mi. C. Gould (petunia ■ ninoh over taffeta), G.i Blacklock (maroonj satin), - Misses W. Hussey (black ; velvet), P. Nation (blue velvet), S. Felthanv (green-taffeta), A. Milbank (pink satin), M.. Littlewood (floral silk), E. Tairei (primrose lace),. .H.j Ritchfield (saxe.marocain), S. Nielson (black taffeta), N. Goodman (green taffeta), P. Kennedy (blue taffeta). ' ■'. ■. ' :.■ . ' . ■ ■ ' ■ f ■■ '■■- Personals. ■ Miss Thelnia Cornish, who woii the gold medal for, highest marks in specir fled septions at the Wellington' Competitions, has received many congratulations from her friends since her return. ' ' ; '• • . • ' ''■ ' ■'■■; ' Mrs. A. Willis is visiting her daughter in Napier. . - < /Mr. and Mrs. K. C. Morpeth are Wellington visitors. Mr. and Mrs. Millen Paulin, Wellington, are visiting the city. Miss Ruth Hardy, Taihape, has been visiting Miss T. Jones. Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Wilkinson are Wellington visitors., . Mr. and Mrs. J. Nelson visiWd Wanganui at the weekend on their way to Eastbourne, after a motor trip in the north. ' . Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Hunter, of Wellington, /are visiting the city. Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Ba,thgate have returned to Pihama. -\ Dr. and Mrs. F. Hutchison and family are spending a holiday at Rotorua. Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Burtton are spending a five weeks' holiday in Australia. Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Fell, of St. George's School, are visiting Christchurch. , Mrs. G. V. Pearce has returned to Wellington from Patea. Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Allen, Auckland, are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. A. Allen at Gonville. ,l