SUCCESSFUL RAILWAY BALL AT RANGIORA

North Canterbury Gazette, Volume 8, Issue 36, 1 September 1938, Page 4

SUCCESSFUL RAILWAY BALL AT RANGIORA

DECORATIONS FEATURE OF CARNIVAL DANCE , n Particularly attractive decorations were only one of the many features which contributed to the outstanding success; of the Rangiora railway staff's annual ball in the Parish Hall last night. The walls were decorated with posters depicting various scenes "best reached by rail," and these alone, the work of the railways advertising department, were sufficient to convey the impression desired by the organisers. At the end of the hall, however, another novel centre of interest was an automatic railway signal, which intermittently flashed the familiar red and white lights. Ferns, New Zealand palms, and pot plants were arranged effectively, and the ceiling was festooned with streamers in the department's colours, red, white and green. Chinese lanterns completed the colourful picture. Special buses brought many visitors from Christchurch and Oxford, and it is estimated that nearly 400 people were present. The music was provided by Jack Maybury's Orchestra. Arrangements for the ball were made by a committee comprising Messrs W, G. Henderson, L. Evans, J. Mechen, J. L. Norton, T. O. Jenkins, A. E. Gill, W. J. Bennett, H. L. Hopkins, G. B. Williams, N. Clark, P. Ealam, L. J. Moran, I. G. Botherway, J. Cunningham, and T. Page. The guests of honour were Mr E. S. Brittenden, District Traffic Manager, and Mrs Brittenden. ;,

Among those present were Mesdam.es. J .Leach Norton, N. Clark, M. Harbig, R, Bennett, H. Kelly, T. Ritchie, P. Ealam, I. Macintosh, R. Thwaites, L. C. Evans, T. R. Chinnery, F. Jackson, I. Scott, R. Dempsey, B. Young, R. Hayward, A. Archer, H. Fisher, J. T. Gibson, A. Benzie, J. A. Brittenden, N. Litchfield, Breayley, Hannan, L. J. Moran, W. G. Henderson, W. J. Bennett, Jackson, I. McCarthy, Misses M. Pester, L. Murfitt, S. Quirk, R. Moran, Mary Reid, Lynda Greig, Pat Yates, Edna Stringer, Joan Traynor, Rita Burrows, Joan Vincent, Betty Knowles, Rhoda Harbidge, Joy Morton, R. McKeown, Betty Vincent, Ethel Chambers, Pat Kiely, Ella Brady, Joan Collins, Marion Parker,.. Edna Gleeson, Thelma AVilson, B, , Johnston, N. Wallace, K. Brown, J. McGovern, J. Buckley, Merle Fraser, . Jessie Begg, Margaret Egan,. Zena;•[ Boden, Eileen Carroll, Beth Pulley,!: Eileen Duff ell, Mavis Watkins, ; Ngaio . Clark, Betty Dean, Mona Trollope, : Edna Boden,. Nancy Fraser, Eileen le Petit, Annie Jeffrey, Naomi Bailey 5 Hala McEntee, Kathleen Davidson, Celia Watkins, Hazel Dows.