In and Out of Town

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20620, 22 November 1941, Page 8

In and Out of Town

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Miss Edna Nelson. Auckland, is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Colin Bell.

Miss Rose Pitcher has received instructions to proceed to Ohakea for the purpose of joining the W.A.A.F. Mrs. Percy Jackson, Auckland, accompanied by her daughter; Mrs. Leslie Aicken, are the guests of Mrs. L. H. Perry, Wainui Beach.

Miss Beryl Bellerby, who has completed her training at the Wellington Karitane Hospital, is returning to Waerenga-o-kuri to-day.

Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Armstrong, I-linaki street, .are leaving on Monday for Auckland. Mrs. Armstrong intends visiting Hamilton later.

Miss True Galbraith, Wellington, is arriving at Gisborne to-day and will be the guest of .Mrs. A. S. Seymour, Russell street. Mrs. Hansen and Miss Thomson, Port Ahuriri, were visitors to Gisborne for the recent Kahutia ladies’ bowling tournament. Mrs. N. I-I. Bull, Hinaki street, Mrs. E. Ewart Brown, Ormond road, and Mrs. L. T. Burnard, Russell street, are returning to-day from a visit to Waikaremoana.

Mrs. M. Rogers and her infant daughter, who have been spending a holiday with Mrs. J. Sutton, Gladstone road, have returned to their home in Hastings.

Mrs. Logan, secretary of the Port Ahuriri Ladies’ Bowling Club, was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Reg. Humphreys, Clifford street, while attending the Kahutia Ladies’ Bowling Club’s tournament.

Mrs. McCarthy, president of the Port Ahuriri Ladies’ Bowling Club, was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. O. Dunlop, Ormond road, for the tournament conducted by the Kahutia Ladies’ Bowling Club. Mr. and Mrs. A. Stoneham, Domett street, left on Wednesday for Wellington and thence travelled by air to Dunedin, where they are staying at the City Hotel. They are accompanied by their daughter, Mrs. A. Tyndall, Wellington. At a garden party held at Woodford House School, Havelock North, £I2OO was raised for the school’s honey fund. W T ith this money honey will be bought and sent to England for distribution amongst men of the navy, on minesweepers and trawlers. The pupils have been carrying out this patriotic work almost since the outbreak of war. Inter-Club Croquet

The second series of games in the first round of the inter-club matches for the Hawke’s Bay Croquet A.ssociation’s inter-club pennant were played between A and B Grade representatives of the Gisborne and Poverty Bay croquet clubs this week. The Gisborne players emerged the winners by securing three out of four games. Afternoon tea was served at both clubs.

The Gisborne representatives were. —A Grade: Mesdames P. Hockley, W. E. Chamberlain, R. Derbyshire and H. Patterson. B Grade: Mesdames F. M. Price, L. F. Sarten, R. A. Zafler and J. A. Kane.

Poverty Bay players were.— A Grade: Mesdames T. Robertson, Sneddon, E. E. Somervell and D. McKinnon. B Grade: Mesdames Brown, J. D. Hutchin, Roderick, and H. Y. Hughes.

Function at Soldiers’ Service Club

As a finale to the first annual meeting of the Soldiers’ Service Club, held in the club on Thursday afternoon, the executive committee entertained in a delightful manner all who had given assistance during the past year. The members of the Poverty Bay Gardening Circle were responsible for the artistic decorative scheme, which was carried out with mixed flowers in soft shades of pink, mauve and blue, intermingled with wonderfully-tinted foliage. On behalf of the committee, a lovely bouquet of mixed blooms in the national colours was handed to Mrs. W. Clark by Mrs. T. Adair, wife of the president, to the accompaniment of musical honours.

Several charmingly-rendered concerted numbers, “Sweet and Low," “Spring, the Piper,” “Dear One the World is Waiting,” “Land of Hope and Glory,” and “The Bells of St. Mary’s,” were presented by members of the Gisborne Choral Circle. The soloists were Mrs. H. C. Nolan and Mrs. Lowe, and the choir included Mesdames 11. Gilmer, R. C. Tuke, L. Balfour, H. L. Primrose, B. C. Jeffreys, P. W. Willock, Simpson, A. P. Dickson, H. D. Chrisp, J. O. Musgrave and W. C. Kohn. The accompaniments were played with sympathetic understanding by Mrs. G. F. Barnwell.

Mrs. W. Clark performed the ceremony of cutting the unique and much admired birthday cake, which was made in the form of a V for Victory. The cake was surmounted with the inscription, “Lest We Forget,” together with tiny flags and guarded by a miniature replica of a soldier in battle dress, units of the Royal Navy and Royal Air Force, and "field guns. A miniature Union Jack and the New Zealand nag, which were flown on Armistice Day, 1918, flanked the cake. A delicious afternoon tea was served, members of the Women’s War Auxiliary Corps waiting on the guests.

At the close of the function Mr. T. Todd happily voiced the spirit of the occasion as an expression of appreciation of the services of the members of Ihe fighting forces.