PERSONAL AND SOCIAL

Otago Daily Times, Issue 23002, 3 October 1936, Page 25

PERSONAL AND SOCIAL

Mrs Herbert Elworthy. of Craigmore, is the guest of her parents, Dr and Mrs Stanley Batchelor. * ❖ # Dr and Mrs David Morrow, of Oamaru, will be guests at the wedding of Mr Burt and Miss Talbot. Miss Evelyn Oonaldson, of Invercargill, is paying a visit to her sister, Mrs Gorman, of Woodside, « # * Mrs Innes-Walker is paying a visit lo Invercargill for the wedding of Miss Elinor Jones and Mr Ronald Stewart. Miss Joan Fenwick, of Lower Hutt, is the guest of Mrs Edgar Hazlett, Mrs Oswald Garden is the guest of Mrs A. G. Brown, Raukapuka, Geraldine. Miss Dora Shirtcliff, of Highfield, returned to Timaru on Tuesday from a visit to Dunedin. * * * Mrs Wolsey Kain, of Central Otago, is paying a visit to Mrs W. T. Ritchie, Te Tawa. Timaru. Mrs W. G. Harbrow, of Temuka, who has been staying with Mrs H. Stewart, of Musselburgh, has returned home. Mrs P. L. Ritchie will leave to-day for Wellington to attend a meeting of the National Board of the Y.W.C.A. :1: * # Dr and Mrs Frank Fitchett and the Misses Rattray will stay at the Grosvenor. Timaru, next week, for the Rit-chie-Orbell wedding. Mr and Mrs Holden Mirams are visiting Invercargill for the wedding of Miss Elinor Jones and Mr Ronald Stewart. * * * Mrs J. A. Burt will visit Christchurch next week for the wedding of Mr Leslie Burt and Miss Margaret Talbot. * * * Miss Elizabeth Ritchie will leave today for Timaru to stay with Mrs C. L. Orbell for the wedding of Mr James Ritchie and Miss Nan Orbell. # * Mr and Mrs Fraser Edmond and Miss Helen Abraham will travel to Timaru on Tuesday to be guests at the wedding of Mr Ritchie and Miss Orbell. * * =l= Dr Russell Ritchie and Miss Joan Ritchie and Mr and Mrs G. R. Ritchie will leave on Monday for Timaru to attend the wedding of Mr James Ritchie and Miss Orbell. * * >l= Mrs Russell Ritchie and Miss Mary Ritchie will leave ,to-day for Timaru to be present at the wedding of Mr James Ritchie and Miss Orbell. Miss Mary Ritchie will stay with Mrs H. Jrbell. * ❖ V Members of the Kaikorai branch of he Home Economics Association met it the home of the president (Mrs Lnight) on Monday. Each member ;poke for two minutes, and all gave hanks for the help and inspiration rained from the various meetings.

* # On Tuesday evening the members if the staff basketball team were the quests of Mr and M’-s D. H. Blackie at a theatre party and later at the iavoy. During the evening Miss Alma Johnson presented the captain. MiSo .lelen Dyke, with a bouquet of spring dowers, with streamers of the club colours. Miss Dyke suitably replied and the successful season was brought •° a clos % * »

The final meeting of the year of the Mornington branch of the Home Economics Association was held on Monday last in the Presbyterian Bible class room. Mrs Digby Sm *th presided over a good at* mdance of mem bars. The evening was devoted to the making of lamp shades. Mrs Vanes gave an instructive demonstration of the art, in which members were keenly interested. A vote of thanks to the demonstrator was carded by acclamation.

A successful afternoon tea party was given by Mesdames M’Carten and Henaghan at the Bungalow Tea Rooms St. Kilda, on Wednesday, when the following were present:—Mesdames W J. Goughian, Columb, Sligo. Va ns. Bond. M’Mahon, Mahoney, Garside Mackenzie, Burke, Robinson Marlow Le Fevre, Fenton, Grant, D. Ross, Hall Porter, M’Bride, Gray. Cheyne Neave Proudfoot, Corcoran, Otto, Kennedy, Quirk, Gallagher, Ferguson. Wakelm, Armit, Carroll, M’Connell, Howley Dawson, Walsh. Rodgersom O Connor. Chetwin, Rea, Merchant, O Neil, Cull, Fraher, Hungerford, Whelan, Boyle, Hanley, Nelson, Connelly, Cardno, and Grey and Misses Columb, Kellehei (2) St. George, M’Bride. Tracy Hogan Dunford, and Whelan. Misses Joy Grey, Joyce Cardno, and Margret Collins rendered vocal items during the afternoon.

A social function was held on Tuesday in the King Georges Hall, bt, Leonards, to bid farewell to Mr and Mrs H M’Sloy before their departure for Tauranga. A presentation of a travelling rug was made on behalf of the residents by the chairman, Mr A Robb, who conveyed the good wishes of the Regatta Committee, Best wishes were conveyed on behalf of the Tennis Club (Mr Rawlinson), School Committee (Mr R. G. Buchanan), and residents (Mr J. B. Flynn) The musical part of the programme, directed by Signora Stella, was provided by Misses Mary Jamieson, Lucy MTntosh, Phyllis Blackie, Mr Ken. Murray, and Master William M. Robb, all of whom sang. Miss Joan Stewart, who played a piano forte solo; and Mr J. B. Flynn, who recited; accompanists were Signora Stella and Miss Joan Stewart. An enjoyable evening was brought to a close by the singing of “Auld Lang Syne.”

A party of about 50 nurses gathered at St. Helen’s Hospital on Tuesday afternoon as the guests of their old matron, Miss Holford, to celebrate the thirty-first anniversary of the opening of their training school. A happy incident was the arrival of Miss Gow. sub-matron of the hospital with Miss Holford for a period of 22 years, who appeared suddenly from the blue, having come from Napier, and in order to reach St. Helen’s in time for the party, flown from Christchurch. Miss Gow (Presented Miss Holford with a handsome basket of flowers, the gift of her trainees in Napier, Wellington, and Christchurch. The hostess wore her well-known uniform, which made her nurses feel they were really being entertained by their “ old matron.” Miss Joyce assisted Miss Holford in receiving and welcoming the guests. As each guest wore a badge representing either a flower, a book or a New Zealand town, everything soon became informal, and laughter was the keynote of the afternoon. Mrs Gordon, the first trainee, cut the cake, which was decorated with 31 candles. Dr Siede-berg-M’Kinnon, in a few bright words, thanked the hostess for her invitation and for the opportunity of meeting so many of the ex-nurses, and all joined in singing “ For She’s a Jolly Good Fellow,” Among the guests were; Mrs Beaumont (associated with the opening day at St. Helen’s), Mrs Hanan (the convener of the first meeting held in connection with Invercargill St. Helen’s), Mrs Fraser (the first trainee of the Dunedin General Hospital), Miss Jeffreys (representing the Health Department), and Mrs and Miss Vallis (the latter the loyal secretary of all the St. Helen’s matrons). All these had been closely associated with St. Helen’s Hospital and each of its matrons. A visit to the wards was included in a delightful afternoon’s activities.

Mrs I. W. Cowie left on Thursday on a holiday visit to Auckland. Miss Adams left yesterday morning on a visit to Invercargill and Birchwood. Mrs R. Campbell returned to town from “ Inverteil,” Balclutha, on Tuesday. # # * Miss Isobel Reid is the guest of her sister (Mi’s I. Mac Lean Stewart, of Glen Fae, Waitane). * * * Mrs J. Gorman, jun„ of Woodside. West Taieri, has returned home after spending a holiday with her parents in Invercargill. * * Miss Mary Reeves will be the guest of Mrs Leslie Orbell at Timaru next week for the wedding of Miss Nan Orbell and Mr James Ritchie. Mrs Thomas Muir, of Glasgow, who arrived in Wellington by the Maunganui on Monday last, is now staying with her sister, Mrs M’Kenney. sen., Tiverton street, Palmerston. * * " Miss M. M. Reeves, of “Roseneath,” Sawyers’ Bay, has been appointed to the nursing staff of the Wellington Hospital, and will leave for the north on Monday. Miss Nettie E. Ockenden, who is to give an extended series of public lectures in the Theosophical Hall, arrived from Auckland on Thursday. She is the guest of Miss C. Dalziel, Caverl;ham - * „ * Mrs C. R. Chilcott was hostess at a pleasant evening at her home on Tuesday, in honour of Miss Nell Bartn, who is to be an October bride Some novel and amusing competitions were played and Miss Barth was the recipient of some dainty handkerchiefs. Those present included Mesdames Brydone, Arnott, Cornford, Caldwell and Chilcott, and Misses Nell Barth, M. M’Kinnon, M. Armit, Q. Sainsbury, A. Simmons, Bardie (3) and Chilcott (21. A pleasant surprise party was held at the residence of Mr H. L. Gibson, at Cavell street, Tainui, on Tuesday evening. Amongst those present were Mr W. M. Cole and Mrs Cole, Mr F. J. Raines, Mr C„ L. Pope, Mr R. J. Stirling, Mr C. D. M’Kenzle, and Mr R, Gow. During the evening congratulations were extended to Mr and Mrs Gibson on their acquiring a home in which they intend permanently to reside. Four one-act plays, well contrasted, were given by the Little Theatre on Thursday night. “Thirty Minutes in a Street,” by B. Mayer (produced by Mrs O. C. Stephens), had a large cast of promising newcomers to the stage This amusing play was followed by “ Little Glass Houses,” by Philip Johnston (produced by Mrs W. J. White) In this the characters gave a very good picture of the scandal and fuss of a past age. “Marriage in Fancy Dress, the winning play of the Dunedin Drama League Centre, written and produced by Russell Reid, was the second street scene of the evening. “ Recoil,” a dramatic glimpse into an officer’s sleeping hut in an Indian out post, was an extremelv effective play excellently acted, with which to end the evening. It was written by Eric Logan and produced by Claude Gray Mrs A. C. Stephens in a talk concern ing the Little Theatre’s first birthday party to-night in the Victoria Hal) mentioned the hope that the fund for the new stage curtains (which are artistic and helpful in the setting of atmosphere) would bo helped by the social and dance.

The Milton branch of the League of Mothers held its “ Daughter’s Evening, on Monday evening. Mrs J. Sinclair presided • over a large attendance of mothers and daughters and welcomed the daughters, who were suitably and instructively addressed by Mrs Dodds (president of the Mornington branch of the League of Mothers). Mrs Dodds stressed the importance of improving the mind by reading good literature and also by applying oneself to suitable hobbies. The choir, under the leadership of Mrs H. Brown, sang two items, and vocal solos were contributed by Miss Phyllis Martin and Miss Eunice Stewart. Miss Lowery also gave an elocutionary item. Mrs A. E. Stewart, on behalf of the mothers, and Miss M Gray, on behalf of the daughters moved a vote of thanks to Mrs Dodds for her able address. Miss Gray expressed a wish that the daughters would soon again have the pleasure of attending a similar function.