A BIRTHDAY BALL

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21297, 26 September 1932, Page 3

A BIRTHDAY BALL

NAVAL AND MILITARY MISSIONS TO SEAMEN To celebrate the official opening of the new headquarters of the Flying Angel Missions to Seamen, in Sturdce Street, by Commodore F. Burges Watgon on September 7, a most enjoyable birthday ball organised by a number of naval officers and their wives, together with"'members of tho Officers' Club, was held in the new institute on Saturday evening. The room whero dancing was held was most attractively decorated, flags of all nationalities draping the walls and pillars, their bright colours being offset by masses of bamboo foliago and graceful palms, which flanked tho entrances and wcro also placed at the base of each pillar. Vases of fragrant stock adorned the small tables in the lounge, .whilo Iceland poppies and anemones wcro to be seen artistically arranged in the supper room downstairs. On arrival tho guests were received by the Rev. H. K. Vickery, chaplain to tho mission, and Mrs. Vickery, tho latter wearing a frock of cobalt blue moire silk with a georgette shoulder capo in the same shade. Mrs. Preston Chambers, president of the Harbour Lights Guild, attended tho dance, and was presented with a charming posy of flowers.

The members of tho danco committee present_ were:—Mrs. F. Burges Watson, who wore a frock of black moire with a yoke and sash of white chiffon; Mrs. M. J. C. do Meric, in brick red lace; Mrs. V. A. G. Grutchlcy, champagne georgette with a lace coatee; Mrs. IS. Lyon Berthon, primrose satin with a spray of jnrimson flowers on the corsage; Mrs. Richard Airey, limo green ripple ninon with a frilled organdie capo collar; Mrs. G. T. Robson, black georgette; Mrs. L. S. Rickerby, black georgette lightly embroidered in gold; Mrs. A. B. Ilindson. cameo pink floral taffeta; Miss Winifred Averill, duchess blue lace; Miss Elizabeth Binges Watson, white pin-tucked georgette; Miss Mary Burges Watson, applo green georgette ; Miss Mario Marsack, black lace with a flame velvet coatee; Miss Lesley Robcrton, sapphire blue satin beau to.

Other:! present were:—Mrs. Claude White, who wore a frock of turquoise blue floral taffeta; Mrs. A. J. Coutts, in black lace; Mrs:. G. Dittmer, black net; Mrs. E. B. Gunson, lettuce green moire; Mrs. T. H. E. Oakes, black ring velvet inlet with ecru lace; Mrs. Alan Donald, black georgette with a lacquer red velvet cape; Mrs. W. Jolly, black georgette and lace; Mrs. P. A. Berry, blue floral chiffon; Jits. Hugh Fcnton, sapphire blue net and gold lace; Mrs. Sinclair Reid, black lace; Mrs. Claude Watson, ivory and blue floral chiffon; Mrs. L. Jerram (Malay), peach satin; Mrs. Cain, black lace; Mrs. Lawford, prune satin; Mrs. Crosslarid Fenton, apple green satin : Mrs. J. S. Brigham, black lace; Mrs. T. A. Cahill, almond' green georgette; Mrs. Preston Chambers, black georgette and net; Miss J. A. Mowbray, black satin embroidered with silver beads; Mrs. T. H. Small wood, black georgette; Mrs. Caiman, black satin; Mrs. H. T. King, rose shaded georgette; Mrs. H. McKinney, Naples blue georgette; Mrs. Muirliead, black lace and georgette; Mrs. Noel Hockin, cream lace; Mrs. McCorkindalo, black floral taffeta; Mrs. 11. Graham, black lace; Mrs. R. Humphries, white georgette. Miss Jocelyn Bloomfield wore cameo pink moire; Miss Dorothy Knox, apple green isatin; Miss C. Marsack, cobalt blue taffeta; Miss Mary Milsom, white georgette; Miss Bullians, flame satin; Miss T. Rountree, cyclamen taffeta and black lace; Miss Clem Thronsen, parchment satin; Miss Ellie Thronsen, sapphire blue satin; Miss Purcival, flame net; Miss M. Brigham, turquoise blue sprigged organdie; Miss Evelyn Stubbs, flesh pink floral georgette; Miss Nance Chambers, white georgette; Miss Phyllis Renner, white taffeta; Miss Marjorie Dry den, parma violet georgette; Miss Jean MacCormack, cyclamen embossed taffeta; Miss Marie Jagusch, fuschia georgette; Miss Doris Cleland, midnight blue satin; Miss Rona Suisfed, black lace; Miss Joan Charlton, flamo frilled georgette; Miss Gwen Peacock, black frilled taffeta; Miss Meg Russell, powder blue floral chiffon; Miss Edith Saunders, lavender georgette; Miss Alfreda Suter, cigar-brown moire with an ivory yoke; Miss R. Pagni, willow green moire; Miss Jean Carnegie Brown, moonlight bine georgette and fische net; Miss June Donald, bottle green lace; Miss D. Tisch, shell pink satin'; Miss Kindred, turquoi:;e blue taffeta; Miss C. Porter, white lace.