PERSONAL AND SOCIAL

Otago Daily Times, Issue 26957, 17 December 1948, Page 2

PERSONAL AND SOCIAL

Miss Yvonne Stevenson returned yesterday from Havelock North. Mrs E. M. Holmes will leave to-day for Auckland.

Mr and Mrs J. Sutherland Ross left yesterday for Wanaka. Dr W. H. Adams and Mrs Adams, of Heriot row, left this week for Wanganui. ,

Miss Marjorie Taverner left yesterday to spend a holiday in the North Island. Miss Brigid Denniston, of Alexandra, is the guest of Mrs R. H. Evatt, of Fairfax street.

Mrs W. C. Bright, with her niece, Miss Valerie Westland, left this week by plane to spend the holidays in Auckland. Dr Irvine Cowle and Mrs Cowie are the guests of Mrs I. W. Cowie, of Musselburgh rise.

Mrs M. Adamson, of Christchurch, is the guest of Mr and Mrs C. W. Adamson, of Lynwood avenue. Mr and Mrs J. G. Green left this week for Wellington, where they will take up residence in Khandallah. Mr and Mrs W. Stevenson, of Manuka street, have left for a tour of Central Otagp and the Queenstown district.

Misses Winifred and Margaret Gardner, of Roslyn, will leave by plane on Monday for Auckland, where they will in future reside. \

Mr and Mrs James Hogg, of Wallace street, Dunottar, gave a 5 o'clock party yesterday for their daughter, Mrs Martin White, of Auckland. Miss Jean E. Nelson, who for the last two years has been music specialist at the Cambridge District High School, has now been appointed assistant lecturer in music at the Ardmore Training College.

Miss Ruth Herrick, 0.8. E., of Hastings, chief commissioner of Girl Guides in the Dominion, has been awarded the Silver Fish. This is an Imperial honour, and the highest for good service to the movement *that can be given to a uniformed Guide member. Mr P. G. Connolly, M.P., and Mrs Connolly will return to Dunedin by air today. Mrs Connolly has been the guest of her sister, Mrs A. H. Court, of Auckland, during her husband’s absence overseas.

Dr Helen Thomson and Miss Sylvia Thomson have left for Wellington to attend the Stanford-Drummond-Hay wedding. They will spend Christmas in Christchurch and will return to Dunedin after the New Year. Mrs J. Sutherland Ross, secretary of the Navy League, requests that no goods be sent in until February, as she is convalescing in the country after her recent indisposition.

Miss Flora Fleming, who is a member of the staff of the High Commissioner for the United Kingdom in Wellington, Sir Patrick Duff, is spending her leave with relatives in Dunedin and Balclutha.

Mr and Mrs D. Kennedy of Dunsandel, who will be spending six weeks in Dunedin, will take up residence at 6 Littlebourne crescent. Mrs David Smith, of Alva street, returned home on Saturday after flying from Sydney to Auckland on Thursday. Mrs Smith spent three months in Australia visiting members of her family in Melbourne and Brisbane. On Tuesday night Mrs Noni Masters held a break-up party for her pupils and their parents, and, in addition to the singing of Christmas carols, the following contributed items:—Mrs Jean McLean, Misses Audrey Yates. Marjorie Smith, Mae Rivers, Pat White. Vida Johnston, Catherine Poulter and Master Bryan Allpress: The accompaniments were played by Mrs Masters.

On Saturday last an enjoyable Christmas party was held by the Punga Croquet Club. Outdoor competitions were played and late afternoon tea was served to the members who were the guests of the president and committee. The president asked the most recent member to cut the Christmas cake which was decorated as a miniature croquet green. Prizes were presented to the winners of the competitions.

The final meeting for the year of the National Party executive of the North Dunedin electorate was held in the party centre rooms on Monday. The electorate chairman, Mr R. S. McKenzie, presided. Members were afterwards entertained at supper as guests of the chairman and Mrs McKenzie. Items were given by Miss Averil Stephens, the accompanist being Mr C. R. Nicolson, chairman of the Maori Hill branch. Mr F. O. Smellie, electorate vice-chairman, expressed thanks on behalf of those present, and reciprocated Christmas greetings from Mr and Mrs McKenzie.

To celebrate the coming of age of their elder daughter, Merle, Mr and Mrs A. C. Begg, of St. Clair, entertained 100 guests in the RSA Hall, where on enjoyable dance was held, interspersed with musical and elocutionary items. The guest of the evening wore a frock of powder blue cloche over which was worn a fox fur cape. Among the guests were friends from Invercargill, Clinton and Balclutha. Supper was served in the RSA dining room where the traditional key was presented and the two-tiered birthday cake was cut. The toastmaster was Mr John Lawson.

The Red Cross VAD Choir, and its conductor, Mr G. Wilkinson, received an enthusiastic welcome from Dr Bennett and the patients of the Orokonui Hospital, whom they visited on Monday evening. The audience was delighted with the part songs and carols, and with the solos and duets sung by Mrs Brown, Mrs Hamer, and the Misses R. Shrimpton and P. Moore. Miss Ramsay was the accompanist. Later in the evening, the patients joined with the choir in community singing, with Mrs Brown at the piano. Miss Ramsay thanked the matron and Dr Bennett for their hospitality.