WOMEN’S WORLD

Manawatu Standard, Volume LII, Issue 70, 22 February 1932, Page 9

WOMEN’S WORLD

Mrs F. J. Simmons, of Ngata Street, is visiting Rotorua and Auckland. Mr and Mrs M. B. Bergin have returned to Foxtoii after a holiday spent at Tolaga Bay. Mrs H. R. Cooper, of Palmerston North, is spending a holiday at Paekakariki.

Miss Doris Ellmers, of Palmerston North, is on a visit to Masterton, and is the guest of her cousin, Mrs F. G. Stubbs. Miss A. Lummis and Miss E. Drysurge, of Wellington, are the guests of Mrs N. C. Dixon, .63 North Street, Palmerston North.

Mr D. Baybutt, of Carterton, Mr and Mrs Gibb Johnstone, of Carterton, and Mr John Baybutt, of Auckland, all of whom are relatives of the late Mrs Christina Gilmour, are the guests of Mrs J. McLeod, of 28 Brightwater Terrace. Mr and Mr 3 Thomas Jones, of Brynrhydd, Llanwrst, Wales, celebrated the 70th anniversary of their wedding recently. Mr Jones is 95. and Mrs Jones 90. They have had eleven children, of whom nine are alive, and they have thirty-three granchildren. They have three sons in the ministry. Delegates from all parts of New Zealand will attend the conference of the Presbyterian Women’s Missionary Union, which opens in Christchurch to-morrow and continues for several days. Tuesday will be observed as a Day of Retreat, and the business session will begin on Wednesday. Among the delegates will be Mrs Wallace and Mrs Sorenson, of Palmerston North. Mrs Wollerman, mother of Mr F. A. Wollerman, of Lyndhurst Street, celebrated her 80th birthday with a private party to-day. Mrs Wollerman was one of the district’s pioneers, arriving at Foxton on the ship Humboldt in 1874. She came to Palmerston North where she has lived almost continuously. In 1894 and 1900 Mrs Wollerman was able to pay return visits to her homeland. During the voyage to the Dominion, Mrs Wollerman’s eldest daughter was born and she received the name of Humboldina. An incident of the early days was recalled by Mrs Wollerman when the large watermains were being laid in Fitzherbert Avenue recently. She said that there used to be a creek at the intersection of Fitzherbert Avenue and Ferguson Street, a whirlpool being formed there. A one-plank bridge traversed the stream and on one occasion Mrs Wollerman was carrying her baby across the bridge and slipped, having to bo rescued from the whirlpool. A portion of the bridge was found when the pipes were being laid. Mrs Wollerman is in good health despite her advanced years and takes a keen interest in the city’s gardens. She greatly admires the beauty of the reserves and parks and delights in their fine appearance. MANAWATU LADIES’ SUMMER GOLF. The following are drawn to play tomorrow in a medal round: —Mrs Ekstedt and Miss Dudding, Miss Wason and Mrs McDowell, Miss Kearins and Mrs Brooker, Miss Soott and Mrs Rutherfurd, Mbs Field and Mrs ..Reid, Miss Wood and Mrs Speechley, Mrs Raven a bye, Miss Lumsden and Mrs Luke, Miss I. Rutledge and Mrs King, Mrs Lovelock and Miss Rogerson, Mrs Campbell and Miss Nash. Mrs Hall and Miss Woodward, Miss Cunninghame and Mrs Whitehead, Mrs Cooper and Mrs Young, Miss R. Rutledge a bye, Mrs Oliver and Mrs ' McKegg, Mrs Williams and Mrs Millar, Miss Hainsworth a bye. Anyone unable to play please ring Mrs Speechley, ’phone 7026, before 11 o’clock. CROQUET. CORBRIDGE STARS LOST. A Corbridge Stars croquet game was played at Levin last week when they were won by the challengers, Mesdames Bryant ’ and Hall (Levin) who beat Mesdames Kirk and Nicholson (Levin) 26—21. GINGER NUTS. Two lbs. flour, Jib brown sugar, loz ginger, lslb. treacle, ilb. butter, half teaspoon spioe, half teaspoon carbonate of soda. Beat the butter to a cream, and add all the dry ingredients ; then stir in the treacle thoroughly, and work well. Leave to stand from two to, four hours if possible; roll into small balls in both hands, and bake on a meat tin a small distance from each other in a quick oven from eight to ten minutes.

WEDDINGS. - PRESTON—DONALD. . -A- wedding of interest was celebrated in St. Matthew’s Church. Masterton, on ‘Saturday evening, when Elspeth, second daughter of Mr and Mrs V. E. Donald, “Rotopeko,” Lansdowne, and granddaughter of the late Hon. C. H. Mills, was married to Arthur Edmund, eldest son of Mr and Mrs A. E. Preston, Island Bay, Wellington. Rev. E. J. Rich performed the marriage service, which was fully choral. Mrs F. Hunn presided at the orgam. The bride, who was given away by her father, wore a gown of parchment satin, with a long train trimmed with lace and a large lover’s knot of pearls. She wore her mother’s bridal veil, arranged with a wreath of orange blossoms. Her bouquet was a sheaf of flame-coloured gladioli. Her travelling dress was a light brown fawn tweed costume, with smart brown coat and hat to tone. The chief bridesmaid was Miss Margaret Donald, sister of the bride. She wore a frock of pale green georgette with long pointed bodice, frilled and flared skirt, and ecru lace fichu. The other bridesmaids, MisS Ngaire Preston, sister of the bridegroom, Miss Alison Donald, sister of the bride, Miss Jean Preston, sister of the bridegroom, and Miss J oan Dunlop, cousin of the bride, wore similar dresses of apricot, maize, pale blue, and shell pink georgette respectively. The bridesmaids also wore lace mittens, and wide felt hats, and with the exception of Miss Dunlop carried sheafs of gladioli to tone with their frocks. Miss Dunlop instead carried a basket of flowers. All five bridesmaids wore large butterfly brooches, the gifts of the bridegroom. The best man was Mr Stanley Vicary, of Invercargill, and the groomsmen, Messrs Will Duncan, Hunterville, Donald Beck, Wellington, and Arch McLean, Wellington. Messrs Val Donald, Donald Ewing, Woodvjlle, Harry Robinson, and lan Watt acted as ushers. Among the guests were Mr J. Mills and Miss C. Mills, of Palmerston North, and Mr and Mrs McClure and Miss McClure, of Feilding. CHRISTENSEN—CLAUSEN. A. very pretty wedding was solemnised at the Evangelical Lutheran Church, Palmerston North, on December 30, 1931, when Hannah, second daughter of Mr and Mrs F. J. Clausen, Foxton Line. Palmerston North, was married to Oscar, o’nly eon of Mi - and Mrs O. Christensen, Kauwhata. ‘The ceremony was performed by Rev. A. Christensen, and Mrs C. Schioler presided at the organ. The church was very artistically decorated by girl friends of the bride, the _ chief feature being tho beautiful wedding bell from which were looped blue and pink streamers forming a delightful setting for the bridal party. The bride, who entered the church on the arm of her father, looked charming in a handsome frock of ivory crepe satin cut on princess lines, with long, tight-fitting sleeves and prettily flared skirt falling in graceful folds to theankle. Her embroidered tulle veil, which formed a long train, was worn with cap effect and caught to her head with side posies of orange blossom. A pearl necklet, ivory satin shoes and a sheaf of lilies and maidenhair fern completed a dainty toilette. In attendance were two bridesmaids, Miss Olga Clausen, sister of the bride, who wore a becoming ankle-length frock of turquoise blue crepe-de-chine, and Miss Rene Christensen, sister of the bridegroom, daintily attired in an ankle-length frock of pink crepe-de-chine. Both maids wore felt hats, necklets and ehoes toning with their frocks, and carried sheaves of carnations, sweetpeas and maidenhair fern. Mr J. Enevoldsen, of Auckland, was best man and Mr G. Clausen, brother of the bride, was groomsman. Following the ceremony, over one hundred guests were entertained at a reception held at Collinson and Cunningname’s rooms. Mr and Mrs Clausen received the guests, Mrs Clausen wearing a navy blue marocain frock relieved with beige lace, hat and shoes to tone, and carried a posy of carnations and maidenhair fern. Mrs Christensen, mother of the bridegroom, was gowned in a navy and beige marocain model ensemble; and wore a navy blue hat. She carried a posy of carnations and maidenhair fern. Later, the happy couple left by car amidst showers of confetti, the. bride travelling in a frock of navy silk marocain with bolero effect, bodice‘ and dainty ecru collar and cuffs and jabot. Worn with this was a widebrim coarse straw hat with flat bow of navy ribbon velvet, and black shoes. Tho young couple were the recipients of many valuable presents, including a beautiful crystal rose bowl and pair of pictures from the choir and congregation of the church, of which the bride had been organist for several years.