PERSONAL AND SOCIAL

Otago Daily Times, Issue 24945, 18 June 1942, Page 4

PERSONAL AND SOCIAL

Mrs B. de B. Gates, of Pahang, Malaya, is the guest of Mrs W. W. Bridgman, of Waverley. Mrs M. Clark, of Christchurch,, is the guest of Mrs A. C. Forsyth, of Constitution street. Miss Lois White, of Queenstown, is at present visiting Dunedin; and is a guest at the Law Courts Hotel. Mrs R. D. B. Paterson arrived last night from Christchurch, accompanied by Major Paterson, who has returned from service in the Middle East. The annual reunion gathering of the D.L.F. Old Writers' Association was held recently in the Wilson Hall, and took the form of a social and dance. A large number of old and younger writers were ioined by their friends in celebrating the fifty-sixth anniversary of the foundation of the D.L.F. page, which has, unfortunately, through shortage of paper, been temporarily discontinued. The function was an unqualified success. Miss Jane Winstone, daughter of Mr and Mrs A. G. Winstone, of Durie Hill, Wanganui, left recently to take up an aviation appointment in England. Miss Winstone, who was a foundation member of the Wanganui Aero Club, flew solo when only 17 years of age, being the youngest avlatrix in New Zealand at the time. She flew the late Sir Charles KingsfordSmith's famous Southern Cross, and holds a licence for flying four types of aeroplanes. Members of the W.W.S.A. who had given their services to assist in the sale of Liberty Bonds during the week of the special appeal, were entertained at afternoon tea at the Savoy, on Tuesday, by the organising committee for the Liberty Loan campaign. Some 60 W.W.S.A. members in uniform attended the function, which was pleasantly informal, and Mr J. W. Dove, on behalf of the organisers, expressed appreciation of the valuable assistance given by the women. Mrs C. Mackie Begg spoke appreciatively of the response made by the auxiliary members to the appeal for help, and thanked the organising committee for arranging such a pleasant function.

The following delegates from the subcentres were present at the annual general meeting of the Otago Centre of the New Zealand Red Cross Society held yesterday afternoon: Mrs P. H. Matthews (Anderson's Bay), Mrs Bell and Mrs Miller (Balclutha), Mrs J. Cameron (Berwick), Mrs J. J. Ross (Broad Bay), Mrs W. Elliot (Clarendon-Milburn), Mrs P. Rouse and Mrs E. C. Cairney (Concord), Mrs J. H. Millis and Mrs Dryden (DalmoreOpoho), Miss Kirkland (Green Island), Mrs H. N. Urquhart and Miss A. Aitcheson (Kaitangata), Mrs R. R. North (Lawrence), Miss Spillman (Macandrew Bay), Mrs Pilling and Mrs R. L. Fairmaid (Mosgiel), Mrs N. E. Oakley (North-East Valley), Mrs Coutts (Owaka), Miss E. Jones (Port Chalmers), Miss Lois White (Queenstown), Mrs G. F. McKellar and Mrs E. L. Anderson (St. Clair-Caversham), Mrs Drain (Tomahawk), Mrs O. M. Cross (Warepa).