The Social Round

Southland Times, Issue 24460, 13 June 1941, Page 7

The Social Round

Miss Joyce Gulliver, Christchurch, is spending a holiday with her parents, Mr and Mrs Arthur Gulliver, Kelvin road.

Donald Budge, the tennis champion, is to be married this month to Miss Deodre Conselman, of Eagle Rock, California.

Miss E. Tennent, Commandant-in-Chief, V.A.D., who has been visiting Invercargill in the course of a tour of New Zealand, leaves this afternoon for the north.

Mrs Nicholas Fitzmaurice, of Amoy, China, whose husband is in the British Consular Service there, has arrived in Dunedin, and is the guest of Mrs S. M. Park, Garfield Avenue. Thousands of young girl parachutists armed with machine-guns and hand grenades are ready to attack the Nazis if Turkey goes to war, writes a correspondent in a London paper. They are called the “Flying Amazons.” At the monthly meeting of the Winton Women’s Division of the Farmers’ Union, the president, Mrs J. Scobie, referred to the death of one of the foundation members, the late Mrs Polson. Members stood in silence as a mark of respect to her memory. Nurse M. Ramage, a daughter of Mr and Mrs T. Ramage, of Mataura, has received notice to proceed to Wigram aerodrome, where she will be attached

to the ground staff. The appointment will take effect from June 28, but Nurse Ramage has not yet been informed of the nature of her duties.

An opportunity was given yesterday afternoon to 63 registered nurses of Southland to meet Miss E. Tennent, who is a member of the Dominion executive of the Registered Nurses’ Association. In the absence of the president, Miss I. D. Buchanan, Mrs L. W. Hemmings, vicepresident, extended a welcome to Miss Tennent and presented her with a spray of flowers. Miss Tennent, who is Com-mandant-in-Chief, V.A.D., briefly spoke about the Voluntary Aid Council in wartime.

The Countess of Normanton, anxious to play a part in the national war effort, converted a horse box into a mobile canteen which she has stocked with everything a soldier could need (except beer), and is doing good business with local Australians, states The Queen. She is just clearing expenses for outlay on stock, but expects to be able to contribute to a seamen’s charity very soon out of the profits. Most of Lady Normanton’s customers have become her personal friends. They help to decorate the inside and outside of the canteen, and oblige by doing odd jobs. English titles, however, mean nothing to Australians, and to most of them she is known as “Blondie,” though all are most respectful and grateful for Lady Normanton’s good effort for their comfort.