The Social Round

Southland Times, Issue 23953, 20 October 1939, Page 9

The Social Round

The lady editor will be pleased to receive for publication in "The Social Bound” each day items of social or personal news. Such Items should be sent In promptly and ,Bhould be fully authenticated. Engagement notices must bear the signatures of both parties. Correspondence is invited SB *nv matters affecting, or ot interest to. women.

Mr and Mrs Norman Facer, Merivale, Christchurch, are spending a few days in Invercargill.

Mrs V. A. Mehaffey, Grey street, will spend the week-end with her daughter, Mrs R. Shand, Centre Bush. Mr and Mrs J. S. Macßae, Ohai, are the guests of Mrs C. Cockroft, Leet street, for the Pringle-Cockroft wedding.

Mrs P. B. Witt, of Duke street, and Miss Gem Witt leave today by car for Dunedin, where they will spend the week-end.

Misses E. and M. Mehaffey, Grey street, will motor to Te Anau Downs at the week-end to stay with Mrs J. Chartres.

Mrs Brian Hewat, Russell street, who has been visiting her sister, Mrs G. I. Tait, Christchurch, will return home this evening. Miss Vivian Gray, of Dunedin, who has been the guest of her sister, Mrs Ulric Smith, Wellesley avenue, leaves today by car for Dunedin. Mr and Mrs John Macdonald, Avenal, will be the guests of Dr Garfield Crawford and Mrs Crawford at The Rocks, Riverton, for the week-end. Miss Hilary Jones will arrive from Dunedin this evening to spend the week-end with her parents, Mr and Mrs C. F. A. Jones, Earnslaw street. Miss Dorothy Paul, daughter of Mr J. T. Paul, Dunedin, is visiting Invercargill and is the guest of Miss Margaret Warwick, Hardy street. Mrs D. W. Milne and Miss W. Milne, Louisa street, are spending a few days in Dunedin, where they will be guests at the Milne-Williams wedding today. Miss D. I. Buchanan, matron of the Southland Hospital, was welcomed by the chairman (Mr T. Golden) and members of the Southland Hospital Board yesterday. Miss D. G. McLeod, B.H.Sc., home science mistress at the Southland Girls’ High School, has resigned, and her place will be taken until the end of the year by Miss Isabel Carman, B.H.Sc.

Sister M. E. Mclvor, who has been a member of the staff of the Lorne Hospital for the last five months, informed the Southland Hospital Board yesterday that she would resign her position on November 12 because of her approaching marriage. Sister M. S. Robertson advised the Southland Hospital Board yesterday that she would be leaving the board’s employ on October 31 to get married.

Sister Robertson has been a member of the nursing staff of the Southland hospital for four years, the last two of which she was in charge of the outpatients’ department. It was the crisis of September last year that made the people of England realize that there was a Mrs Neville Chamberlain. Before that she was known to only a small circle. Of halfEnglish, half-Irish descent, Annie Vere Cole, as she was then, met her future husband at the wedding of his brother, Austen. Not until five years after their first meeting, when Mr Chamberlain was 42, did they marry.

The wife of the new General of the Salvation Army is a literary woman. Mrs Carpenter, when she lived in England with her husband during General Bramwell Booth’s lifetime, was solely occupied writing biographies of out-? standing Salvationists, says The Daily Telegraph, London. When General Carpenter and Mrs Carpenter went to South America in 1933, they travelled to many places off the beaten track and made contacts for the Army. The General’s wife plays a very important part in the Army scheme. She goes everywhere with the General and she has her own office at headquarters and her own staff. Mrs Carpenter is a woman of high ideals and has always been a leader of the Army women.

COUNTRY NEWS

RIVERTON Mr and Mrs G. Copland, of Waimumu, Gore, were the guests of Mr and Mrs J. W. Martin, Havelock street, for the week-end. Mrs R. Neame, of Auckland, with her son, is at present staying with her mother, Mrs C. De Clifford. Miss B. Trembath, Gore, recently visited Riverton, where she stayed with her father. Miss M. Cussens, Napiers, is visiting her mother, Mrs W. Trembath. Mrs S. Cooke, Invercargill, has been staying with Mr and Mrs J. Dawson at The Highlands. , , , Mr N. Berndtson has left for the Sounds. Mice D. Cloughley, Oamaru, spent last week-end with her parents, Mr and Mrs L. Cloughley. Mr and Mrs McKay, Gore, have been visiting Mr and Mrs E. A. Trail. Miss E. Bulman, Queenstown, is staying at Riverton and Ringway. Miss E. Marshall, Queenstown, is staying with her parents, South Riverton.

Mr and Mrs A. McGregor, Invercargill, are holidaying at The Rocks. Miss M. Sayers, Dunedin, has been visiting her sister, Mrs D. M. Tweedie.

QUEENSTOWN

Mr and Mrs M. N. Hyndman, of Dunedin, are at present spending a holiday at their residence in Queenstown. Mr and Mrs A. N. Mac Gibbon, of Mataura, are at present staying in Queenstown. Miss Wallace, of Kaiapoi, is a visitor to Queenstown. Miss Finlayson, hostess on the Wanganella, is a visitor to Queenstown. Miss Mavis Nelson, Christchurch, is paying a visit to her parents, Mr and Mrs W. H. Nelson.

Mrs B. Humphries and Miss B. Humphries are visitors to Queenstown. Mr and Mrs T. Hoskins, Port Chalmers, are visiting their daughter, Mrs A. Short.

OREPUKI

Visitors to Orepuki to the WilliamsFinnerty wedding included Mr and Mrs W. Ryan, Mrs Cleghorn, Misses Eileen Moylan and F. Robertson (Invercargill), Mr and Mrs. T. Bryan, Mr and Mrs J. Williams, Mr and Mrs C. Williams, Mr and Mrs Diack, Mr and Mrs

R. Erskine, Mesdames McClymont and Mouat, Misses Williams (3), Messrs G. Bennett, V. and B. Norman, T. Bryan, J. Mangan and T. Perniskie, all of Tuatapere.

Miss E. Bulman, Queenstown, is the guest of her sister, Mrs N. H. McNay. Mrs Auld has returned to her home in Wanganui after spending an extended holiday with her parents, Mr and Mrs W. Herrick, sen. .

Mr and Mrs C. Gillan, Otautau, were week-end visitors to Orepuki.

Mrs F. Turnbull was a recent visitor to Invercargill. Mrs Taylor, Mataura, is visiting friends in the district. Mr and Mrs Wrather have returned to their home at St. Clair, Dunedin. Mrs H. Cox, Invercargill, visited her mother, Mrs G. McPherson, recently. Mrs Watts, Mataura, is the guest of her parents, Mr and Mrs W. Herrick.

Mr and Mrs C. Gillan and her small daughter. Bluff, were the recent guests of Mrs W. Gillan.

Mr and Mrs A. Suddaby, .Tuatapere, were the week-end guests of Mr and Mrs M. Moylan. Mrs F. Egerton, Tuatapere, is staying at her home in Orepuki. Mr and Mrs J. Williams are spending their honeymoon in Central Otago. Mrs V. Daley. Tuatapere. is the guest of her sister, Mrs T. Latchford. Mrs J. Fitzgerald was a recent visitor to Riverton.

Mr and Mrs C. Skeggs paid a brief visit to Invercargill recently. Miss Theda Wolfe, Invercargill, was a visitor to her home during the weekend.

Mrs Bctteridge has returned from Dunedin.

Mrs A. Lennon has been visiting relations in Tn verrn refill