In and Out of Town

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20547, 6 May 1941, Page 9

In and Out of Town

News Items intended for publication in this column cannot be accepted unless accompanied by me signature and address of the sender. Notices of engagements require the signature of both parties, and a charge of 5s will be made for such announcement. Miss M. Newman, Iranui road, returned on Friday from a visit to Auckland. * * * * Mrs. I. Allan. Wellington, and her daughter. Miss J. Allan, arc staying at the Gisborne Hotel. * * * * Mrs. K. Liggett, who has been paying a round of visits in Gisborne, returned to Hastings yesterday. * •* * * Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Reeves and family, Waikato, are the guests of Mrs. J. L. Reeves, Tolaga Bay. * * * * Miss I. MacDonald, who has been staying with Mrs. W. L. Irwin, Iranui road, returned to Tolaga Bay yesterday.

Mrs. F. Charles Perry, who has been a guest of Mrs. A. Sebire, Riverside road, leaves to-morrow on her return to Auckland.

Viscount and Viscountess Galway were greeted by the High Commissioner. Mr. W. J. Jordan, when they paid a visit to the New Zealand Forces Club in Charing Cross road, London. They spent some time inspecting the building and chatting with New Zealanders. Their eldest daughter, the Hon. Mary Monckton, is doing canteen work while waiting to join the Red Cross.

After 19 years as principal of Woodford House, Miss D. M. Holland has decided to retire at the end ol this year. It has been announced that the Woodford House trustees have appointed to the vacancy Miss Kathleen Moseley, who is at present the house mistress and senior teacher of music at Wycombe Abbey School, one of the leading girls’ schools in England. Party for Bride-Elect A round of pleasant parties has been arranged recently for Miss Jill Williams, whose marriage to Mr. A. R. B Eurlon, Featherston, will take place this week. A delightful luncheon, followed by bridge and mah-jongg, was given by Mrs. Norman Loisel at her home in Tolaga Bay on Friday. Bowls of mixed flowers in ric'h tonings were chosen for the adornment of the drawing-room, and beautiful roses shed their fragrance upon the luncheon table. The hostess looked smart in a tailored frock of navy blue and white striped ctoque with crimson accents. Miss Williams wore a blue-checked tailor-made, with a small hat to tone.

Green Gift Tea Yesterday afternoon Miss Jane McLornon invited a number of friends of Miss Juliet Scott, whose marriage to Mr. W. H. Clemenson will take place shortly, to a miscellaneous “green" gift tea at her home in Hurahura road. Bridge and mah - jongg were arranged in the sitting-room, which looked inviting with its decorations of mixed autumn flowers. Afternoon tea was served in the dining-room, beautiful carnations in pastel tonings being used with artistic effect in the adornment of the table. With the assistance of her prospective bridesmaid. Miss Josephine Scott, the bride-to-be opened the array ol' parcels, revealing an assortment of pretty and useful gifts in shades, of green.

Mrs. McLernon welcomed her daughter’s guests wearing a frock of black wool crepe cut on graceful lines

Miss McLernon was smart in a frock of honey-gold Angora accented with touches of green.

A becoming frock in cherry-coloured wool crepe and a turban to match were worn by the chief guest.

Luncheon for Bride-Elect Yesterday Miss Enid Reeves. Tolaga Bay. was hostess at a iollv luncheon party at the Masonic Hotel for Miss Jill Williams, Thursday's bride. The table decorations were artistically carried out with mixed flowers in rich autumn tonings. Miss Reeves was wearing a smartly tailored suit of brown checked tweed and a hat of tan fc-lt. Miss Williams’ becoming frock of black wool crepe was worn with a small hat to match. Among the tmesis were Mesdames S. D. Reeves. G. Reeves (Waikato). It. Reeves and W. P. Willock: Misses S. Williams, B. Kemp. S. Barton. A. and J. Thomas, H. Barker. J. Seymour arid P. Nolan. Manutuke Mothers’ Union The annual meeting of the Manutuke branch of the Mothers’ Union was held at (he mission house on May 1. following a service in the -church by the Rev. W. Mataira. The meeting was presided over by Mrs. Keiha, enrolling member, and a satisfactory report and balance sheet were presented by Miss Newman, branch secretary.

The report stated that interesting talks had been given during the year by Mrs. W. Clark on “Travels in Alaska”; the district nurse, “Health in the Home”: Miss Tnvlor. “Organisations in Relation to the Church”: and Mrs. Livingstone, “Mothers’ Union in Wartime.” Two new members were admitted, making 16 members and two associates. Financial help was given to cases of local need for mothers, and a donation sent to the Board of Missions in response to its special appeal for help. A box of children’s clothing was sent by members to help British children. During the year a social afternoon was spent at Mrs. Clark’s home, "Opou,” where a gift of rose cuttings was presented to each member of the union. In December the union had a visit from Bishop Bennett, who gave an inspiring address on “Influence and Service for God in our Community,” and congratulated the Manutuke branch on its good progress. Effect of Blitz on Wedding’ A wedding of interest to Wellington people took place in England recently, when Miss Betty Mackenzie, formerly of Wellington, and Captain Brian Canavan, Royal Marines, and lute of Auckland and Wellington, were married in the Chapel, Eastnay Barracks. Portsmouth.

Miss Mackenzie, a Queen Margaret College old girl, has been living in Hampstead, London, with her mother and sister, Jean, for a number of years. Captain Canavan’s many friends in both Wellington and Auckland will be interested to learn that he joined the Royal Marines at the outbreak of the war. and is now serving “somewhere abroad.”

The wedding took place on the day of Portsmouth’s biggest "blitz,” January 10. Although the day was beautifully line and sunny, within a few hours of dusk, the raiding bombers came over in a large force and showered explosive and incendiary bombs all over the city.

The wedding party, who were guests at the Queen’s Hotel, were driven from their shelter through the hotel catching fire, and the bride’s mother, bridesmaids, and groomsmen were forced to seek shelter elsewhere. After trudging two miles, during which time the party had several narrow escapes, two of the members receiving burns from showering incendiaries, they reached the residence of a friend who placed her coal cellar at their disposal for the remainder of the night. After this ordeal and experience, the party were glad to return to the comparative safety of London. London Items A letter from London written by Miss Joan Evans who is well-known in the Gisborne district, gives some interesting news of Gisborneites abroad.

Miss Evans is on the stall of New Zealand House, and she mentions having met Michael Murphy, Revell Kinder and Charles Trafl'ord, all of whom arc with the lighting forces. In reference to Miss Rosemary Rees, the writer states: “She is an absolute heroine, I consider. She could easily go to Wales, but as she is a warden she sticks it out here in London and lives in one of the very worst bombed parts. A land mine dropped near her flat a short while ago and took the roof off, cracked all the walls and made an awful mess of everything. However, she tells me she is still picnicking there amongst the broken windows. It is no pleasant job for a woman to be out in the streets at night with a really bad raid on and bombs dropping like hail, but she is standing up to it wonderfully. I admire her tremendously.”

Continuing, Miss Evans gives some interesting sidelights on her own activities: "I don't think I have any news worth mentioning—we all lead very busy lives these days and 1 don’t see a great many people apart from the Royal Air Force boys. I help at the Overseas Club every Saturday afternoon, when they have a sort of welcome party, and one meets a lot of interesting people there from all over the Empire. Then every other night 1 am on duly with the night shift of a mobile canteen lo take tea to the rescue parties and demolition squads, but we only go out if called for and lately have not had anything to do. In the early days of the blitz we had some hair-raising times dodging shrapnel and bomb craters. Life is grim and earnest here and very interesting. I would not have missed being in England at. such a period of her history for anything."

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