COMBINED DANCE

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23123, 23 August 1938, Page 3

COMBINED DANCE

TWO GRAMMAR SCHOOLS UNQUALIFIED SUCCESS MANY BEAUTIFUL FROCKS The gay dresses of the dancers, attractive decorations, and a spirit of camaraderie helped toward tho unqualified success of the ball held in tho Cabaret Metropole last night and organised by the joint committee of tho Epsom Girls' Grammar Old Girls' Association and the Mount Albert Grammar School Old Boys' Association. Festoons of royal blue and gold, the colours of the girls' school, lined the ballroom, and wero caught with streamers of the lighter blue and gold of the boys' school. Interspersed between the streamers were figures of tho gold lion rampant, the emblem of both schools. Larger copies of these lions guarded the band platform, and replicas of the shields of the different schools were set above the representative cubicles. Executive Officers The guests were received by Mr. R. C. Aickin, the president of the Mount Albeit Grammar Old Boys' Association, and Miss Margot Grant, tho president of the Epsom Girls' Grammar Old Girls' Association, who wore a frock of black ruehed taffetas with a gold tinsel thread. Among the executive officers of the Old Girls'- Association were the vicepatron, Miss A. L. Loudon, who wore white floral satin; tho vice-presidents, Mrs. S. R. English, in black lacquered taffetas, and Miss B. M. Bell, who wore gold satin; the treasurer, Miss Betty Instill, in black panne velvet; and the following committee members: Miss G. McFlynn, who wore black flowered moire silk; Miss M. Savin, white chiffon; Miss J. McKean, white taffetas. Also present were: —Mrs. V. C. Butler and Mrs. D. Sumner, whose husbands were vice-presidents of the Old Boys' Association. Mrs. Butler wore a frock of silver and old rose satin, and "Mrs. Sumner was in scarlet lace. Mrs. M. Foreman, the wife of a committee member, wore black figured net. Some of the Guests The guests included:—Mrs. A. L. Nicholson, who wore lobelia blue crepe; Mrs. A. Kinder, black lace; Mrs. Keith Land, black satin, lacquered with gold; Mrs, G. F. Eccles, black panne velvet; Mrs. J. Bracewell, black taffetas; Mrs. .T. W. Morrison, navv and white embroidered net; Mrs. I\tacdonald Forbes, floral satin; Miss Hazel Harrison, floral brocade; Miss P. Strawbridge, black velvet; Miss Peggy Crosber, bottle green watered taffetas; Miss I. Austin, blue cloque; Miss A. Whale, leaf green lace; Miss A. McGregor, Royal blue satin faille; Miss E. Simons, banana yellow taffetas; Miss O. Ludgate, flame taffetas; Miss K. Mcßeth, tartan taffetas; Miss Molly McLaren, floral chiffon; Miss Joan Walters, sapphire blue satin; Miss M. Gill, emerald green taffetas; Miss Dorothy Instill, navy blue taffetas; Miss Joan Knightbridge, apricot taffetas; Miss C. Blackwell, rose pink net; Miss M. Hale, lemon floral taffetas; Miss Helen Lawrie, crimson and blaek watered taffetas; Miss N. Duncan, black net; Miss H. Carron, violet floral brocade; Miss Olga Bentlev, ice blue satin faille; Miss Gypsy Spedding, black crepe suede; Miss Marjorie Kyle, white floral chiffon; Miss Gloria Jones, black net over scarlet taffetas; Miss Nance Oliver, candy striped sheer silk; Miss R. Gordon, black velvet; Miss Jean Cross, black taffetas; Miss J. Reeves, black crepe; Miss Elizabeth Stephenson, floral satin; Miss Frances Stacpoole, white taffetas; Miss Margaret Gilmore, emerald green crepe; Miss Billie Stone, white ribbed georgette. Lace and Organdie Miss Margery Aieken wore Burgundy taffetas and wistaria crepe; Miss P. Walton, pink net; Miss M. Bainbridge, ivory satin; Miss D. Bainbridge, lemon taffetas; Miss N. Simmonds, wistaria organdie; Miss I. Slierrat, jade green georgette; Miss C. Henderson, gold satin and white stiffened lace; Miss U. Henderson, heliotrope organdie; Miss D. Buchanan, pink tulle over taffetas; Miss J. Maxwell, flame cloque; Miss Jean Finlavson, white net threaded with violet; Miss Margaret Dunn, black crepe suede; Miss Dorothy Gumming, blue lace; Miss Ngaire Kerr-Tavlor, lilac taffetas; Miss Rosalie Walker, floral satin; Miss N. Stirling, black taffetas; Miss G. Gerrard, blue and black lace; Miss Margaret Smith, black velvet; Miss Dorothy Scott, delphinium blue taffetas; Miss Gwyneth Lovev, green georgette; Miss Zelma Wade, blue net; Miss .Jean Gray, honey gold georgette; Miss Noel Whitcombc, black net; Miss J. Clephane, black and gold striped taffetas; Miss Joan St. George, white taffetas; Miss Sybil Walker, rainbow georgette; Miss Eunice Taylor, black taffetas and diamante.