SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Evening Star, Issue 26091, 3 May 1947, Page 11

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Mrs A. L. Hogg will travel by plane to Auckland on Monday. Mrs G. M. Burnett, Otago and Southland delegate to the. N.Z.L.G.U. executive, left/for Wellington on Wed- •- nesday mornipg to attend .the, mid-year conference v ;. Mr J. A. Scouler will speak - on ~ (Canada and U.S.A. at the meeting of the ./Travel Club on AVednesday. The hostesses will be Mesdames J. G. - Jeffery and J. Starr. ' Lady Sidey, Dr Helen Deem/ and -• 1 Mrs James :Begg are Dunedin members : attending tlie Dominion conference of the Plunket Society being this week ■ held in Wellington. I . The. provincial president of the W.D.F.U., Mrs C. M. Charles, oi Brookdale, Lauder, is at present on a visit"to "the 'different' groups, in the , AVanaka, Miller’s Flat, Clutha, and ' Palmerston South districts. , . For the, purpose of sending food parcels the Dunedin Travel Club has decided >to “ adopt ’’ Travel Clubs in Britain,, and it is the aim of the executive to be able to send each month . a contribution to one of the affiliated . dabs of ‘Britain. • Miss K. Shand, Airs J. Dolan, Mrs H. Lawless, Miss J North, Mrs E. G. Williams? Aliss Al. Elliott, Mrs J. H; McDoagall, Miss D. McHutclieson, alnd-Mrs J.'Blair, of the Otago Ladies’ •* Qmf'Chib; are 'at Timaru to participate in the South Canterbury annual tournament. The annual ball of the. St. Hilda’s ./ Old Girls,’ . Association was held in the / / guests/were" ’-received] by Mrs A. A. .., Fairfeairn (president), and Miss Stella ~ Fitchett (secretary),, and among special guests present were Bishop and Mrs. ~. Fitchett., and Miss M. Dalziel. ' The ■ following Otago commissioners . have-left for Mount Cook 'to attend ; the' Dominion conference for Girl Guide commissioners at the Hermit- • age:—Mrs F. Soper (Otago province), ■ Mrs C. AV. AVardell (Dunedin division), Miss T. Banks AVilson (Oamaru division), Mrs Bruce Gilmour (Roxburgh district), Mrs W.' AtKinson (Oamaru district), Mrs T. Middleditch (Cromwell district), Miss K. R; Standage . (Cehfral Dunedin, district), and. Miss. M. Green (South Dunedin-district).. During last month Miss M. Joachim • arranged an exhibition of articles which she had collected on her travels in Palestine, s Egypt, Greece and adjacent, countries. ■ -The; collection was very varied and included wearing apparel and curios, some ot which were made over 2,000 years ago;. On Tuesday: afternoon Miss Joachim gave a ;■ lecture to. club members, and all were ■ much interested - to hear about her travels. The lecture was made even more- interesting by, an explanation of the articles in the exhibition. Miss M. Sawers, chairwoman of the arts 1 and 'crafts circle, presided,, and Miss ’ A. Dlithie moved a vote of thanks to . Miss Joachim. .