SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Evening Star, Issue 20863, 5 August 1931, Page 11

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Miss Kathleen Kirk, who is visiting Wyndham, is the guest of her aunt, Mrs C. E. Davc-v.

Miss Linda Barnett is visiting Wellington, where she will ho the guest of Mrs M. 0. Barnett.

Mrs Bowie (Invercargill) and Miss Bowie (“ Garthmyl,” Middlomarch) arrived to-day, and are the guests of Miss Ensor (“ The Mansions,” St. Clair). Miss Joyce Watts is paying a visit to Wellington, and is the guest of Mrs M. 0. Barnett.

Miss Joan Oram, who is visiting Wellington, is tho guest of her aunt, Mrs Briton Smith, Kclburn.

Mrs Gill, who has been the guest of Mrs Jordan, Dunottar, loft with her two children on Tuesday for Havelock North.

Mrs Elllston Orbell has returned from Christchurch, accompanied by her aster, Miss Rose Tabart.

Miss Nancy Hall has returned to her Lome in Timaru.

Mrs Stevens (Middlomarch) is the guest oi bet mother, Mrs Rutherford, William street.

Mrs Arthur Barnett has returned from a short holiday in Timaru.

Miss Brenda 8011, Shag Valley, is the guest of Mrs Aufrcro Fenwick, St. Clair.

Mrs Landreth and Miss Catherine Landroth leave to-morrow morning for Christchurch. After. spending a few days there Miss Landroth will go on to Wellington to connect with the Makura on her return to Ame-ica.

Miss Gilkison was “at homo” on Friday afternoon at the Otago Women’s Club, the guests of honour being Signora da Pozzo and Miss A. Cargill (Rome;.

The engagement is announced of Winsome, onlv daughter of. Mr and - Mrs F. Milner (Waitaki Boys’ High School), to Harold, only son of the late Mr C. E. Morris an -1 Mrs Morris, of Napier, formerly of Scaly street, Timaru. The sewing circle which was farmed by members of the Otago Women’s Club, and which has been working on Wednesdays for the past seven weeks, has made a very welcome contribution to the Dowling street depot. Over 650 garments, all warm and comfortable, including many knitted ones for children, have been handed in. The circle has now decided to close down operations.

Some seventy members of the Dunedin branch of the New Zealand Federation of University W omen assembled on Friday evening at Arcbcrfield College to hear an interesting talk given by Miss Landreth, of Rutger’s University, New Jersey, on prekindergarten school work. The president (Dr Siodcbcrg-MTvinnon) occupied the chair and introduced the speaker. Following the talk, Miss Sodden read a letter from Mrs Cloghorn, who represented the New Zealand Federation of Women at the conference held recently at Boston, tolling of her experiences there. Miss Hethorington (inspector of secondary schools), of Wellington, who is at present in Dunedin, was a specially invited guest. Supper and social chat concluded the eyening.

Miss N-. M. Scanlan, the New Zealand writer, was one of the guests of honour at the .nine dinner of the P.E.N. Club, the international association of authors, whoso president is Mr John Galsworthy (states a London correspondent). Sir _ John Foster Fraser was in the chair. Ho referred to Miss Seanlan’s novel, and then spoke of some of his own experiences in the dominion. On the next evening -a meeting of the International Committee of the P.E.N. Club was held, at which members were .present from Greece, Switzerland, Norway, Sweden, Poland, France, Hungary, South Africa, and India. Mr ’ Galsworthy was in the chair, and Miss Scanlan was asked to ho present.