Notes For Women

Otago Daily Times, Issue 21529, 29 December 1931, Page 11

Notes For Women

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PERSONAL AND SOCIAL Miss V. Moyle will leave Dunedin today on a holiday visit to Queenstown. Y Y Y Mrs W. E. Carswell left Dunedin during the week-end for Queenstown. Y * * Mrs Howard Jackson left Dunedin on Boxing Day to spend a holiday in Timaru. jjc V Miss Diana Orbell, of Levels, Timaru, is the guest of Mrs Riley, George street. Y Y Y 1 Mrs D. A. Solomon has returned to Dunedin from a visit to Timaru. Y Y Y Mr and Mrs Paget Gale and family are spending a holiday at Timaru. Miss M. Peters is paying a holiday visit to Timaru. v Y Y Mr and Mrs D. E. Hastic arc making a brief stay at Timaru.' Y Y Y Miss Burch, of England, is the guest of Mrs W. Petre, St. Clair. Y Y Y Miss Joss Carduo is spending a holiday at Timaru. * Y Y Mr and Mrs Eric Billstone, of Timaru, are staying with Mrs J. A. .Haggitt at Warrington. Y Y Y Mrs Borrie and family will leave to-day for Waitati, where 1 they will spend a lengthy holiday. Y V Mr and Mrs D. M. Greig, of Roslyn, are spending the holidays at Waikiwi, Invercargill. Y Y Y Dr and Mrs R. Jack will leave Dunedin to-morrow on a month’s holiday visit to Queenstown. Y Y Y Mrs E. G. M. Foord has returned to Dunedin after an extended holiday spent in Siam. * Y ❖ Mrs E. T. Burnside will leave Dunedin to-day for Queenstown on a month’s holiday visit. sjs * * Miss H. Borrie left Dunedin yesterday for Hawke’s Bay, where she will pay a round of visits. * ■-:< * Miss I. Newlands will leave Dunedin to-day on a month’s holiday visit to Queenstown. >;< * Miss Falconer and Misses Colina and Kathleen Falconer will spend the New Year vacation at Queenstown. * i'f * The Misses Brock (3) left Dunedin on Saturday for Wellington, where they will be the guests of Mrs J. Morrison. Y Mies Florence Jones, of Hawarden, is the guest of Mrs John Coll, “ Tara Hill,” Pnkeawa, South Otago. * * * Dr and Mrs M'Carthy, of Zanzibar, are at present the guests of Dr and Mrs Robertson, Tapanui. Y Y y Miss K. Glendining will leave Dunedin to-day for Queenstown, where she will be. the guest of Mrs E. T. Burnside. Y Y y The Rev. J. Richards and Mrs Richards left Dunedin yesterday to spend a camping holiday at Lake Wauaka. V Mrs A. J. Chrystall left Dunedin during the week-end for Timaru, where she will spend the next 10 days. * * # Mrs W. T. Ritchie and family, of Timaru, are spending the summer vacation at their country cottage at Moeraki. Y Y V .-• Mrs W. H. Walton and Miss Dorothy Walton, of Timaru, are spending a holiday in Dunedin. ■ * * Mrs W. M. Bradley and Miss Bradley are spending a holiday at Timaru, where they are the guests af Mrs R. B. Bell. Y Y ♦ Misses Joyce and Beryl Thomas, of Wellington, are the guests of Lady Sidcy, “ Corstorphine.” * * * Mr and Mrs Clarence Roberts are spending a holiday at Invercargill, where they are the guests of Mrs C. H. Roberts. Y Y ■*,* Miss Duthie is paying a visit to Invereargill, where she is the guest of the Misses Rogers. . ❖ * * Mrs James Paterson, of Gore, is paying a visit to Christchurch, where she is the guest of Mrs T. Black. * Y * Miss L. Ayers, of Christchurch, is the guest of Mrs E. H. Lough, St. David street. * * Y Miss B. Robinson, of Scotland, is the guest of Mrs Owen E. Maclie, Vauxhall. Y Y Y Mrs Lawrence, of Makarewa, Invercargill, who hag been the guest of Mrs O’Neill, “ Tontallon,” Castle street, has now left for Oamaru. Y Y * The engagement is announced of Dorothy, younger daughter of Mr and Mrs F. C. Mann, Dunedin, to Mr J. G. Macfatlane, of Musselburgh, Dunedin. Y -A Y Mr and Mrs, Baring Brabant and their family are paying a brief visit to Christchurch, where they are the guests of Mrs W. H. Tisdale, Fendalton. * Y * Mrs John Macpherson and Miss Sheila Macpherson are spending a holiday at Timaru, where they have taken Mrs F. I. Washbourn’s house. Professor and Mrs Stanton Hicks and their small son, of Adelaide, will arrive in Dunedin on New Year’s Eve to stay with Mrs Hicks’s parents (Mr and Mrs J. A. Haggitt) at Warrington. Y Y Y The Rev. D. K. and Mrs Boyd, of Sheffield, Canterbury, are spending the New Year holidays at Warrington with Mr and Mrs E. Sunderland (Mrs Boyd’s parents) . Y Y Y Mr and Mrs W. A. Elder, their daughters Anita, Shirley, Miss Helene Vernon, of Dumbarton, and Miss Dorothy Clow, of Invercargill, are spending a holiday at Kaka Point. The engagement is announced of Olive Jeffrey, youngest daughter of Mrs Murdoch and the late Mr P. Murdoch, of “Kirkhall,” Mosgiel, to Cyril W.G. Cole, only son of Mr and Mrs G. Cole, of Mosgiel Junction. Y Y Y Mr and Mrs Sydney Strong and family spent the Christmas holidays in Dunedin as the guests of the former’s parents, after an absence of six years in the Gisborne district. They will proceed to Greyrnonth by to-day’s express. The engagement is announced of Phyllis Marion, youngest daughter of Air and the late hire Robert Gilliand. of Palmerston and late of Miller’s Flat, to Andrew Forrester, only son of Mr and Mrs A. F. Wilson, of Shag Point. * Ss V Dr and Airs A. T. M'Caw, of Invercargill, and Mr and Mrs Malcolm M'Adam, of Grove Bush, have returned south after spending a few days at the Taieri, where they were the guests of Air W. C. Todd, “ Islington.” Y Y * New Year’s the time for bargains. See our Antique Shaded Oak Bedroom Suite for £27 10s. The latest in Dining Chairs and Tables. Prices are low. Call. —C. and W. Hayward, Ltd., 141 George street. —Advt. •Y Y Y Advicc.—Join our Hosiery Club and get your free pair. Buy direct from the mill, where stockings wear longer.—London Town Hosiery Parlour, George street. —Advt.

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Mr Lawrence Haggitt, organist of St. John’s, Wellington, is staying with his parents (Mr and Mrs J. A. Haggitt) at their country residence at Warrington. V Mr and Mrs B. S. Irwin and Miss Irwin left Dunedin yesterday for “ Ravenscliffe,” Woodside, where they will spend a short holiday. -Y- ¥ if Mr and Mrs Cecil R. Johnston, of Wellington, are in Dunedin on a short visit, and are the guests of Mrs Johnston’s mother, Mrs J. C. Bates, George street. * if if Miss Gwen Webster, principal of Otago School of Dancing, entertained her pupils at a very delightful tea party on December 19. During the evening prizes were presented to J. Anthony, S. Davis. J. Scott, N. Glengarry, and L. Hewitt. Miss Webster was the recipient of many delightful gifts from her pupils, who wished her every success for the coining year. if ¥ if Miss Cargill entertained some 35 guests on the afternoon of Christmas Day at her residence “ Wildwood,” Musselburgh. The hostess, attired in a gown of black georgette, received her guests in the drawing room, where a wealth of Paul scarlet roses made a brilliant display. Among those present were; Mr and Mrs Bernard Petre and family, Mr and Mrs W. Petre, Mr and Sirs Mitchell and family, Mr and Mrs Napier, Major and Mrs Richardson, Mesdames Easther Caddie and Hart, Misses Cutten, Henry, Burch (England), Richardson, and Easther, Messrs A. B. Johnston, R. Nancarrow, W. Johnston, Digby-Smith, H, Johnston, and A. Johnston. * * The Owaka branch of the Women's Division of the Farmers’ Union held its final meeting for the year on November 26 in the public reading room. Mrs Logan presided over a large attendance of members. After the reading of the creed by the president a considerable amount of business was dealt with. Letters from the home science department were read 4xnd discussed. The president was appointed to attend the conference to be held in Dunedin during Show Week. A very interesting demonstration of rafiia and canework was given by Mrs Ryley and wag closely followed by all present. Mrs Ryley was accorded a hearty vote of thanks, and afternoon tea concluded a very_ pleasant meeting. The neit meeting will be' held in February, and will take the form of a “ Bring and Buy ” sale. The Orkney and Shetland Choir spent a very enjoyable evening at the residence of Mrs Begg, St. Clair, on Wednesday of last week, as a wind-up for the year. A very attractive programme was arranged by the secretary (Mr Harpur). The following rendered items: —Duet, Miss Kennedy and Miss Baxter; songs, Mrs Harpur, Mieses Baxter and Kennedy, Messrs Smith, Currie, Johnstone, Burnett, Beadle, and Stevenson. Games and competitions were carried out by Mr M'Master, the elopement game causing a great deal of amusement. After supper Mr Stevenson, on behalf of the choir, presented Miss Baxter and Mr Andrews with a small Christmas gift in appreciation- of their services during the year. Dancing was then indulged in until a late hour. At the conclusion of the evening Mr Currie thanked Mrs Begg for her kindness. The choir resume practice on February 3. ¥ ¥ ¥ The Dunedin Jockey Club was favoured with glorious weather both days of its summer memeting, and the attendances included a bigger proportion of the fair sex than has been the case for some considerable time. Naturally, with such perfect weather conditions, frocks and costumes were such as to impart an air of brightness to the meeting. The frocking generally was varied, smart, and interesting. It was noticeable that patterned materials continue in popularity, though the designs now are smaller and less clearly defined, and blurred effects, uneven checks, and vari-spotted patterns are less in evidence, The ensemble of dress and long coats to match lias nearly disappeared, and has been replaced by coat frocks or dress with short coats. The lure of patterned tweeds, too, was definitely noticeable. The beret is still essentially smart and looked delightful on the young as well as the middle-aged patrons present. A few Robin Hood hats worn with a slightly “ swagger ” air, and modified bowlei's tilted over perfectly groomed hair were other features which have now definitely stamped their imprint on this season. Among those present were the Mayoress (Mrs R. S. Black), brown and gold faconne, with hat to tone; Mrs P. R. Sargood, black chiffon, trimmed with satin, large black hat; Mi's W- Menlove (Athol), dove grey tailored suit and sailor hat to match; Mrs J. S. Hislop, blue silk ensemble, with hat to match; Mrs J. A. Cook, elate grey summer tweed ensemble, with hat to match; Mrs A. B. Haggitt, black silk coat and a small black hat; Mrs J. Black, navy blue ensemble, navy hat; Mrs James Hutchison, smart black tailored suit, with hat to tone; Mrs E. Lough, navy serge and red hat; Mrs Stewart Macpherson, white silk ensemble patterned in cottage green spots, and a smart white bat; Mrs Donald Reid, red and white spotted frock, hat to tone; Mfs E. R. Harty, elm green jumper suit, hat to tone; Mrs J. R. M'Kenzie, navy suit and hat to match; Mrs Walden Fitzgerald, cornflower blue summer tweed suit and hat to tone; Mrs J. M. Paterson, green tartan silk ensemble, large black hat; Mrs F. Anderson, black silk coat and hat; Mrs A. Clark, mole georgette and a small black straw hat; Mrs Eric Williams, syrup brown check silk frock, brown hat, and brown necklet; Mrs E. Shiel, red floral silk, rambler red hat of straw; Mrs Passmore, black tailored suit, green sailor hat; Mrs Forsyth Johnston, grey speckled tailored suit, with hat to match; Mrs Theo Russell, black silk ensemble, hat of same colour; Mrs W. G. Robertson, nigger brown frock under a smart nigger coat with hat and shoes to tone; Miss E. Batchelor (England), black and white ensexnble, tight* fitting beret variation black sti'aw hat: Miss Betty Reid, white summer tweed coat with hat to match; Miss G. Hislop, fawn tweed coat and smart fawn hat; Miss Nancarrow (Christchurch), lettuce green ensemble and black hat; Miss Adine Acton-Adams, brown summer tweed coat trimmed with large fur collar, brown hat to tone; Miss Dorothy Clark, tomato crepe de chine, rambler red bowler hat; Miss I. Shand, wine crepe de chine, beige felt hat: Miss L. Ayers (Christchurch), brown tweed suit and hat to tone; Miss K. Greenslade, red figured crepe de chine, blue hat; Miss J. Haggitt, brown tailored suit, hat to tone; Miss B. Farquhar, brown coat and hat; Miss Macandrew, navy coat over a navy and white frock, navy hat; Miss Vallange; brown coat over a periwinkle blue silk frock, brown nat: Miss D. Russell, brown printed silk, brown hat: and Miss J. Russell, black and white ensemble with hat to tone; Miss M. Paterson, royal blue ensemble with hat to tone; Miss N. Fenwick, brown coat over a brown frock and hat to match; and Miss H. Fenwick, nut bi’own tailored suit and nut brown hat. Also present were Mesdames C. M. Greenslade, Garth Gallaway, Brewer, Chapman, Murphy (Wellington), Macandrew (Wellington). R. W. Brickell, A. Gamble, Arthur Hudson, and B. S. Irwin. Misses Farquhar, Ensor, Lancaster, L. Logan. I’. Stronach, P, Sahnond, Gow (2). Featherston, Murphy (Wellington), Puochegud, Pryde, Brickell. Garrett (2), and Irwin, Messrs P. R. Sargood. Donald Reid, Stewart Macpherson, W. F. Edmond, J. A. Cook, E. H. LougTi, J. Hutchison, Holland, D. Wright, A. Fisher, Douglas Brewer, Edmond (3), IT. W. Bundle, C. M. Greenslade, A. Gamble, and A. Hudson, Dr E. R. Harty. Dr Spedding, and Dr Walden Fitzgerald.

A very successful year’s work was brought to a close on Tuesday of last week when the students of the Octagon School of Business and Matriculation spent a very enjoyable evening at the home of the principal (Mrs Freeman-Greene), Moana crescent, Anderson’s Bay. Dancing and games were indulged in and during the supper adjournment the students presented the principal with a beautiful crystal fruit dish as a token of their appreciation. ¥ ¥ ¥ The engagement of Lord Jersey to Miss Patricia Richards, daughter of Mr and Mrs Kenneth Richards, of Sydney (Australia) is to be announced shortly. Miss Richards, who is barely 18, has been at school in England for some years, and was presented at court in June by Lady Ryrie, wife of Sir Granville Ryric, Higlx Commissioner for Australia. She is staying with her mother at Hertford street, Park lane. Her father, a sheep run holder, is well-known as a polo player in Australia. Lord Jei'sey, who came of age in Februax-y. is the ninth earl, and succeeded to the title when he was 13 years of age. His home is at Osterlcy Park, Isleworth. ¥ ¥ ¥ On Friday afternoon last a happy gathering took place at the residence of Mrs A. W. Mosley, Miller’s Flat, when some 30 friends assembled to bid farewell to Miss Jessie M'Kelvey, the popular school teacher, who is leaving to take a position at the Foi’bury School, Dunedin. Miss M'Kelvey, during her two years’ stay in the district, has entered enthusiastically into all activities, especially those connected with the school, the Women’s Division and the Gifl Guides, on the last two committees oj which she has acted as assistant-secretary and secretary respectively. The spontaneous tributes of affection and praise from the children, and the sincere appreciation of her work from the parents are sufficient proof of her gifts and ability as a teacher. She will long be remembered with happy thoughts in the district. During the afternoon Miss M'Kelvey was handed a small gift from those present as a memento of her stay among many friends. Afternoon tea was greatly enjoyed oxx the lawn, during which photographs of the group were secured. A competition resulted in Miss M. M'Nie being the winner;. Lawn tennis was played as a finale to an enjoyable afternoon, after which Miss M'Kelvey said good-bye and thanked Mrs Mosley for the opportunity of meeting all her friexxds and for their gifts. Items were given by Mrs J. Smith, Mrs S. H. Wingfield, Miss May Sheehy, and Mies Elvia Campbell. At the sclxool prize-giving the previous evening Miss M'Kelvey was the recipient of a handsome gift from the School Committee. A very picturesque wedding was solemnised on the evening of December 22 at St. Peter’s Church, when Lily, eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs D. K. Ferguson, of Warrington, was married to Edgar D., youngest son of Mr and Mrs A. E. Farrant, of Wellington. Canon A. C. Button officiated at the ceremony, and Miss Favell at the organ. The bride made a charming picture as she entered the church on the arm of her father to the strains of the “Wedding March,” followed by her two maids. Her gown was of ivory silk lace, cut on simple lines, and was completely enveloped by her beautiful and handsomely embroidered veil or Brussels net, which was worn cap fashion off her face, and held in place at the sides by clusters of orange blossoms. She carried in her arm a sheaf of lilies. Her two bridesmaids, Miss Emma Ferguson and Miss Mona Ferguson, wore dainty frocks of apricot and soft jade supple satin respectively, with shoes to tone, and picture hats of crinoline straw, trimmed with a wreath of tiny flowers beneath, worn off the face. Their frocks were made with tight-fitting, sleeveless bodices and skirts befrilled to the waist, with long sash ends falling to the hems, finishing with dainty posies fif flowers. They wore amber necklaces and ear-rings, the gifts of the bridegroom. Bouquets of deep apricot-tinted roses, with wings of net to tone, completed their toilettes. The bridegroom was attended by his brother. Mr Leonard Farrant, as best man, and by Mr Peter M. Dick as groomsman. Following the ceremony, a reception am! supper was held at the Strand Salon, where Mr and Mrs Ferguson, assisted by the bridegroom’s parents, received tin 50 guests. Mrs Ferguson wore for the occasion a gown of black celanese relieved with beige georgette, and a black hat. and carried a bouquet of deep red x-oses. Mrs Farrant wore an ensemble of biscuitcoloured lace and georgette, with hat to tone, her bouquet being composed of golden pansies and orchids. The bride and bridegroom left later for the north, where the honeymoon was to be spent, the bride wearing a navy blue ensemble suit, flecked with white, with hat an 1 shoes to tone. A very pretty wedding was celebrated at the Port Chalmers Memorial Methodist Church on December 23, when Miss Alice Eleanor, youngest daughter of tiic late Mr G. H. Carey, of Pulling Point, Port Chalmers, was married to Mr William Henry, youngest son of Mr W. H. J. and Mrs Ledgerwood, of Deborah Bay. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. T. A. Pybus, assisted by the Rev. W. E. Moore. The bride, who was given away by her brother (Mr A. Carey) was handsomely attired in a gown of white satin adorned with diamante buckles, the orthodox veil and orange blossom. She carried a beautiful shower bouquet. Miss Ena L. Carey (sister of the bride) was the bridesmaid, .and Miss June Pickering attended as flower girl. Mr N. Thompson acted in the capacity of best maxi. The bridesmaid wore a pretty pink and blue floral silk voile frock and pink felt hat to match, the flower girl being attired in a frock of pink georgette and a Bandeau of flowers round her head. The mother of the bride wore a navy suit, while the bridegroom’s mother was gowned in black xelioved with white trimmings. The service was fully choral, the choir rendering appropriate music. Miss Shahks presided at the organ. Before pronouncing the benediction the Rev. T. A. Pybus presented the happy couple with a beautifully bound Bible. In doing so he mentioned that the bride’s grandmother (the late Mrs D. Carey) years ago had presented the congregation with its first hymn book, which was also the first Wesleyan Methodist hymn book to be used in Otago. He now had the pleasure of presenting the newly-wedded, couple with a copy of the Scriptures, to eommemoi'ate the fact that their’s was the first marriage to be celebrated in the new memorial church. Some 80 guests were present at the reception and wedding breakfast held in the Druids’ Hall after the X’eligious ceremony. The Rev. T. A. Pybus presided, and in proposing in felicitous terms the health of the bride and bridegroom, stated that the bride’s grandparents, the late Mr and Mrs David Carey, arrived at Waikouaiti in the ship Magnet in 1840, the same vessel ixnd the sanfe year as the Rev. J. Watkins, the pioneer missionary. After working for several years for Mr John Jones they decided to make their home at Otakou. Mr Carey followed the occupation of a farmer, and at the same time doing considerable trade with the whalers. Like all the early settlei’s, the Careys had had to endure many hardships owing to the primitive conditions then in existence. Later they resided at Carey’s Bay and at “ Pulling.” The speaker, in the course of his remarks, stated that the bride came from a family which had helped to found and establish the Otago settlement References were also made to the Ledgerwood family, who are highly respected in the district. The bridegroom suitably responded and proposed the health of the bridesmand, on whose behalf the best man (Mr N. Thomson) made a brief reply. Mr Marshall proposed the health of the bride’s mother, Mr J. Carey responding. The health of the bridegroom’s parents was proposed by Mr N, C. Thomson and responded to by Mr E. Ledgerwood. Miss D. Thomson then contributed a vocal solo, Mrs Thomson presiding at the piano.