ENGINEERS' BALL

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23134, 5 September 1938, Page 3

ENGINEERS' BALL

FIRST FIELD COMPANY AN ENJOYABLE EVENING OFFICERS AND MEN AS HOSTS An enjoyable evening was spent at the Artillery Hall, Rutland Street, on Saturday night, when the officers and men of the First Field Company, New Zealand Engineers. held their fourth annual ball. The hall was completely transformed for the occasion. Rows of streamers in the national colours lined the ceiling, while the walls wen l concealed by bunting. Easy chairs and chesterfields, and large stands of bamboo foliage, lent an air of comfort to the ball.

The guests were received by the I officer commanding. Major L. F. Rudd, and Mrs. Rudd, the latter wearing a frock of cyclamen-coloured georgette with a silver lame bolero. The committee in charge of arrangements comprised:—Mr. L. A. Lincoln. Mr. Saunders. Sergeant-Major N. Sarney, Q..M.S. F. I'enn. Sergeant R. Hicks and Corporal A. Stewart. Among the Dancers Among those present were: —Mrs. N W. McD. Weir, who wore a frock of black crepe with an ice blue coatee; Mrs. H. I) McHugh, leaf green satin; Mrs. A. D Jack, black lace; Mrs. Selwyn Kenrick, black marocain and cream fringed bolero; Mrs. L. A. Lincoln, clover pink georgette; Mrs. M. K. Draftin. ciol blue lace; Mrs. J. A. Worsnop, honeygold patterned georgette; Mrs. W. C'hileott. black georgette; Mrs. \Y. A. -Gray, nioonliglit blue taffetas; Mrs. R. Kendall, Marina blue crepe; Mrs. W. Hicks, Burgundy lace; Mrs. C. C. Francis, black taffetas; Mrs. J. Hanlon. clover red georgette; Mrs. E. J. Williams, black patterned crepe; Mrs. 11. Pairman, embossed dusky pink satin; Mrs. K. Todd, black marocain; Mrs. R. Jones (Pukekohe), turquoise blue satin; Mrs. C. A. Groeott, black ring velvet; Mrs. M. J. Buchanan, ivory satin; Mrs. D. Chadwick, gipsy-striped chiffon. The New Gipsy Stripes

M iss Meg White wore a frock of ivory embossed crepe; Miss Isabel Peebles, midnight blue georgette; Miss Margaret Kwett. magnolia rippled nition; Miss Josephine Skegg. Gipsy-striped georgette; Miss Pliylis Newcomb,

figured clover pink satin; Miss M. Brewer, patterned rose georgette; Miss G. Stewart, parma violet crepe; Miss Olive Barton, white satin; Miss P. Glover, honeygold satin; Miss F. Johnston, moonlight blue taffetas; Miss D Comer, begonia pink lace; Miss Estello Brown, apricot embossed crepe; Miss J. Williams, eau de nil taffetas; Miss D. Gale, hunter's green taffetas; Miss Mclva Nairn, black georgette; Miss Dawn Bentata, black silk net; Miss M. Petersen, black floral satin; Miss Peggy Wallace, patterned ivory crepe; Miss Patti Schnackenberg. petrel blue floral crepe; Miss A. Williams, lemon moire taffetas; Miss Iris Cusack, floral blue taffetas; Miss M. Williams, tinselstriped black taffetas; Miss J. Tucker, pale pink lace; Miss Andrews, rippled pink cloque; Miss E. Delaney, biege lace; Miss E. Boyers, cream silk net; Miss Jean Mcintosh, floral blue chiffon; Miss J. Byres, scarlet crepe; Miss Mary Hughes, jade green lace; Miss J. Wilson, black lace^