The Social Round

Southland Times, Issue 23444, 26 February 1938, Page 9

The Social Round

The lady editor will be pleased to receive for publication in The Social Round” each day items of social or personal news. Such items should be sent in promptly and should be tully authenticated. Engagement notices must bear the signatures of both parties. Correspondence is invited on any matters affecting, or of interest to, women.

Miss Lois Douglas, Don street, has returned from a holiday in the north. Miss Egidia Menzies, who has been the guest of Miss L. F. Watson, leaves tomorrow on her return to Wellington. Miss M. Copland, of Timaru, is the guest of Miss Eileen O’Byrne, Dalrymple street. Miss Hilda Davies returns to Dunedin today after being the guest of Mrs A. O. Davies, Thames street. Miss Vera Gordon has returned to Oreti from a holiday at The Rocks, Riverton. Mr and Mrs R. Donaldson, Oteramika road, leave on Monday by the Maunganui for a tour of Australia. Miss Bettine Hogg, Wellington, who has been the guest of Miss Elizabeth Hoyles, Herbert street, leaves tomorrow on her return to the north. Mrs N. L. Watson, Wellesley avenue, was hostess at tennis yesterday in honour of Miss Egidia Menzies, of Wellington. Mrs Donaldson, Tweed street, and her 'daughter, Evelyn, have left for Auckland, where they will attend the Roman Catholic centenary celebrations. Mr and Mrs F. G. Hall-Jones, Lennel, return to Invercargill tomorrow after attending the conference of the fifty-third district of Rotary in Christchurch. Miss Beth Thomson, Dalrymple street, leaves today for Wellington. She sails from there on Tuesday by the Awatea for Sydney, where she joins the Orontes for an extended holiday in England. The Misses Sheila and Lorna Reid, Tweed street, were hostess at a gift evening during the week for Miss Beth Thomson, Dalrymple street, before her departure for England. Mr and Mrs T. Menzies Watson, Morven, Ohai, leave tomorrow for Dunedin, where they will meet Mrs W. Squires, of Nelson, who arrives by plane on Monday, and who will be Mrs Watson’s guest. On Wednesday evening the Southland branch of the Registered Nurses’ Association met in the Tudor Lounge to welcome Miss Lambie, Registrar and Director of Nursing in New Zealand. Miss Lambie, who has recently toured England, the United

States and some of the European countries making observations on hospital conditions and nursing education, and who was a delegate from New Zealand to the International Council of Nurses held in London last year, gave an interesting account of her tour from tourist and professional aspects. Before her departure for Christchurch, where she has been appointed producer for the Canterbury Repertory Society, Miss Nancy Nicholson was met by the members of the committee of the Invercargill Repertory Society and their wives in the Tudor Lounge. In presenting Miss Nicholson with a cheque and a propelling pencil and fountain pen, the president, Mr Denniston Cuthbertson, said that she would be greatly missed from the society where her work had been of outstanding value. He wished her success and happiness in her new position. Mr B. W. Hewat, vice-president, also spoke, and Miss Nicholson replied. Mrs T. A. Nicholson was also present.

COUNTRY NEWS BLUFF Miss Pat Hamilton, Foyle street, left last Saturday for Dunedin. Miss Dorothy Dumbleton, of Tapanui, who has been spending a holiday at Stewart Island, spent last week-end with Mrs O. F. Metzger, Bradshaw street. Miss Clover Lindsay, Bann street, is the guest of her sister-in-law, Mrs Lyall Lindsay, Auckland. Mrs Spence, Essex, England, who has been staying with Mrs N. Johnston, Marine Parade, left on Monday for Christchurch. Miss Shirley Owen-Johnston, Thomson street, Invercargill, spent last weekend as the guest of Miss Roma McKillop, Bradshaw street. On Thursday evening Mrs W. F. Cameron, Bann street, was hostess at three tables of bridge. On a recent evening a jolly dance was given by the officers and engineers of the Port Darwin, Surrey and Imperial Star. Mrs Horace Newman acted as hostess. Those present were Mr and Mrs H. Newman, Mr and Mrs A. C. McKillop, Mr and Mrs H. Burke; Misses N. Schofield, N. Macdonald, F. Parkinson, R. and M. Fletcher, R. McKillop, P. and J. Edwards, Z. Nichol, M. N. and J. Irwin, C. Lindsay, H. Lindsay, G. Wishart, C. Fowler and E. Crockett; Messrs J; Burke, J. Dixon, N. Polson and W. Robjohns. On Wednesday Mrs A. C. McKillop, Bradshaw street, was hostess at a kitchen afternoon in honour of Mrs H. Burke, formerly Miss Ivy Lindsay. Competitions were won by Mrs M. Fogarty and Mrs W. F. Cameron, and a song was sung by Mrs D. E. S. Mason. Those present were Mesdames H. Burke, Ansell (Wellington), Urwin, Waddel, W. F. Cameron, F. H. Pearce, M. Fogarty, O. F. Metzger, J. U. Smith, D. E. S. Mason and Robjohns; Misses H. Lindsay, G. Urwin and D. Young. Last Tuesday night the Foveaux Club gave a dance in Barbers’ hall. The hostesses were Mesdames A. C. McKillop and F. H. Pearce. Those present were Mr and Mrs A. C. McKillop, Mr and Mrs F. H. Pearce, Mr and Mrs H. Newman, Mr and Mrs W. F. Cameron, Mr and Mrs A. Riley and Mrs Carson; Misses G. Wishart, M. Wares, P. and J. Edwards, C. Fowler, F. ParKinson, M. and K. Fletcher, Urwin (4), R. McKillop, N. Schofield, H. Lindsay, G. Johnston and M. Newman; Messrs R. Urwin, W. Robjohns, J. Burke, J. Taylor, T. Fowler and officers and engineers of the Durham, Kent and Benledi.

Dr and Mrs A. R. Ross, Foyle street, are spending a holiday at Arrowtown. Mrs W. Urwin and Miss Dorothy Urwin, Point road, have returned from a holiday in the North Island.

Mrs B. C. Basstian, Tweed street, has returned from a holiday in Wellington with her daughter, Mrs E. K, Bremner.

Miss Hilda Nichol, Castle Downs, Dipton, who has been the guest of Mrs E. C. Tapley, Conisborough, Duke street, returns to the country today. Mrs W. E. Hazlett, Filleul strefet.and Mrs E. C. Tapley, Conisborough, Duke street, were joint hostesses at a tennis party during the week. Mr and Mrs T. R. Taylor, Herbert street, and Mr and Mrs F. Lange, Tay street, leave by the Maunganui on Monday for a holiday in Australia. Nurse Hume, Herbert street, reaches Invercargill on Monday after travelling to Dunedin by plane from a holiday in the North Island.

Miss K. O’Brien, who has been the guest of Mrs Leonard Webb, Albert street, and Miss Loo Cartwright, who has been the guest of Mrs W. E. Hunt, Waitoru, Wallacetown, leave today on their return to Timaru.

The engagement is announced of Eleanor Marguerite, only daughter or Mr and Mrs R. J. Cotton, Waipori, to William Russell Asquith, second son of Mr and Mrs W. Reid, Yarrow street, Invercargill. Mr and Mrs A. S. Russell, Herbert street, who have returned from Central Otago, leave this morning for Queenstown, where Mr Russell will attend a meeting of the Southland Progress League.

The engagement is announced of Imell, eldest daughter of Mr and M’s E. P. Chambers, Ettrick street, to Victor John Clyde, second son of Mr and Mrs G. G. Wells, of Te Aruhe, Pelorus Sound, Marlborough. Mrs J. Drake, Dominion president of the Women’s Division of the Farmers’ Union, and her daughter, who have been touring Southland, leave Invercargill today on. their return to Dunedin.

The engagement is announced of Kathleen Elizabeth (Betty), th * daughter of Mr and Mrs W. A. Edwards, Wellington street, to Keith Trevor Stokes, of Mount Somers Station, North Auckland, only son of Mr and Mrs A. L. Stokes, Auckland. Yesterday afternoon a number of members of the Southland Womens Club and of the Garden Circle of the club visited the president, Mrs Ritchie Crawford, at her home at Otatara. They were taken through the bush garden by Mrs Crawford, and bright flowers in a setting of native bush were greatly admired. Tea was served on the lawns and veranda, and on behalf of those present, Mrs G. H. Uttley, in the absence of the chairman of the circle, Mrs J. G. Macdonald, thanked Mrs Crawford for her hospitality and for the opportunity of seeing her garden. An event of interest to the women of Invercargill will take place next Saturday, when the committee of the Invercargill branch of the Plunket Society will hold a garden party in the beautiful grounds of the KaritaneHunt hospital, Waikiwi. It is now two years since a similar function was held as last year it was postponed on account of the infantile paralysis epidemic. An entertainment will be provided, also putting and other competitions. There will be pony rides and a treasure hunt for the children. Afternoon tea and ice creams will be obtainable, also stalls with produce, flowers, etc., for sale at reasonable pricesThe committee is taking a great deai of trouble to provide a really enjoyable afternoon, and asks all friends of the society to take the opportunity to visit the hospital.