HERE AND THERE

Evening Post, Volume CXXIX, Issue 34, 9 February 1940, Page 11

HERE AND THERE

Plunket "Army" Queen.

A garden party for Miss Patricia Gledhill, the Plunket "Army" Queen, has been: arranged by her supporters to take place at "Homewood," Mr. and Mrs. B. Sutherland's lovely Karori home, all day tomorrow. The grounds will be open from 9 oclock, and all friends and supporters of the Plunket Society are invited to attend. Swimming races and exhibition diving will be held in the swimming pool, and a Yankee tennis tournament will be arranged. A large number of officers and soldiers have signified their intention of being present. Afternoon tea will be served, and a band will be in attendance. ' Expected This Month. "The Post's" London correspondent states that Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Russell (Wellington) expect to reach New Zealand about the middle, of this month. They arrived in London early in May, and visited Scotland and France before the outbreak of war. Tea Party Reunion. A former Wellingtonian, Mrs. Harold Scotney, who is visiting New Zealand with her husband, Band Inspector Scotney, was entertained by her personal friends at a delightfully informal afternoon tea party in James Smith's tearoom on Wednesday. The gathering was a particularly happy one, and reminiscences effectively bridged the six years since Mrs. Scotney left New Zealand. Those present included Mrs. H, Dopson (a daughter). Mrs. J. Triplow (sister), Mesdames N. Jackson, T. Jackson, L. Hildreth, D. Geddes, T. Hawker, A. Exton, F. Saunders, V. Underwood, T. Purdie, W. Judd, A. Scotney, and Miss G. Jackson. Returning Home. Mrs. E. M. Armstrong, Carterton. having decided to return to New Zealand, is leaving this week for Australia on her way home, states- "The Post's" London correspondent. She has had a very pleasant time in the Old Country, and has travelled considerably. Died in Kent. On December 29 the death occurred at Eltham, Kent, of Ellen, widow of John Liddell Kelly, journalist, of Auckland, states "The Post's" London correspondent. Mrs. Kelly was in her eighty-first year. A Blenheim Bride in Christchurch. The marriage was, celebrated at St. Mary's Church, Merivale, this week, of James Rutherford, elder son of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Williams. Heaton Street. Christchurch, to Joan Marie, second daughter of Major and Mrs. H. M. W. Richardson, Blenheim. Archdeacon A. K. Warren performed the ceremony, states the Christchurch "Star-Sun." The bride was escorted by her father and was unattended. She had chosen a becoming frock of blue-grey crepe georgette worn with a tiny hat of the same material, and her veil and accessories 'were of burgundy red. A spray of flowers to tone was pinned at one shoulder. Guests were subsequently entertained at the home of the bridegroom's parents in Heaton Street, where Mrs. Williams and Mrs. Richardson received them.

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