The Social Round

Southland Times, Issue 24565, 14 October 1941, Page 7

The Social Round

The engagement is announced of Hazel Eileen, only daughter of Mrs E. Small, Morton street, and the late Alexander Small, Lumsden, to Darcy Pete, youngest son of Mr and Mrs R. L. Wilson, Yarrow street.

Mrs Angus Macdonald, The Plains, is visiting her mother, Mrs W. Cunningham, Christchurch.

Mrs W. Bell, Elies road, returned home yesterday after a holiday spent at Stewart Island.

Mrs A. T. Pettigrew, president of the Gore Plunket Society, has left for Wellington where she will attend the annual Plunket conference. She will later visit Wanganui.

Miss Joyce Mackenzie, who has been appointed junior female assistant at the Invercargill Public Library, began her new duties yesterday. Invercargill visitors to Dunedin for the conference of the Methodist Women’s Missionary Union, which opens tonight, will include Mesdames Stanley Brown, D. J. Wesney, V. A. Clark, H. Aitken, D. Brown, H. Pay, Gilmour, A. Noble, J. T. Sharp and Miss Williamson. There will also be delegates from the country districts.

In the Mitchell street hall an evening was given to Miss Phyllis Bailey and Mr James Grieve, who are shortly to be married. The function was arranged by Mr L. P. Dawson and Miss M. Bailey. One hundred and forty guests were present. The evening was spent in dancing. Items were given by Messrs R. Wilson, W. Canning, F. Rutherford, Wright and L. Smith. Miss Peggy Jenkins, daughter of Mrs C. S. Jenkins, Forth street, who' was nurse in charge of the Dunedin central schools clinic, has been appointed senior dental nurse for the Otago and Southland district and assistant to Mr J. S. Nicolson, senior dental officer of the school dental service, of the Health Department. Miss Jenkins is at present visiting Mataura. In Islington, England, are nine women who have taken over the men’s job of filling with oil, trimming, and keeping in order all the lamps which are placed at danger points in the borough. Every evening they take out in two vans from 1500 to 2000 lamps and place them at street, corners, on bends in the road, on damaged sites, where street repairs are in progress, and at entrances to shelters. In the morning the lamps must be collected and thoroughly cleaned. Now that we have been rationed long enough to have our small stocks of stockings wearing out, the problem of well-turned-out legs is very real (says a London writer). Actually, stockings are the principal difficulty in clothes rationing, for previously we bought them by the dozen and threw them away by the dozen, but now we buy them in pairs, wash carefully, and keep them in airtight bottles. With skirts creeping up and becoming narrower, stockings seem to become most essential just when they are most scarce, and how to cope with the problem is exercising all the ingenuity of elegant women. Stockings have been discarded for casual wear at home and in the country; we also wear sturdy stockings whenever suitable, and we let no one but an expert wash or darn the precious rayon.

OBITUARY

MRS FRANK TETT

The death occurred last week in New Plymouth of Mrs Frank Tett, wife of the art master of the New Plymouth Boys’ High School. Mrs Tett was well known in Invercargill as Miss Nan Swanson. Before her marriage she conducted art classes and taught at St. John’s School. She was a prominent member of the Invercargill Repertory Society and took many leading roles. She also did a great deal of work in designing costumes for plays and decorating stage settings and the frocks she designed for “She Stoops to Conquer” were a notable contribution and were used later by other societies. Mrs Tett relinquished her position at St. John’s School at the beginning of 1940 to join the staff of St. Margaret’s College, Christchurch, and her marriage took place later in the year. Mrs Tett, who was born in Scotland, studied art in London. She came of an artistic family, her great-grandfather having had some of his portraits hung in the Tate Gallery.

COUNTRY NEWS

BLUFF Mr and Mrs H. J. Thompson, Lumsden, are the guests of Mrs T. Boyd, Slaney street. Mrs A. R. Ross, Foyle street, has returned to Bluff. Mrs M. Hanley, Invercargill, is the guest of Mrs H. T. Hamilton, Foyle street. Mr and Mrs D. McKenzie, Lee street, are visiting their son at Clyde. Mrs F. A. Dawson, Foyle street, has returned to Bluff., Mrs N. Berndtson, Barrow street, has returned from Riverton. At the weekly flag 500 tournament in aid of the Ladies’ Bowling Club, the winning table comprised Mrs A. Donaldson, Messrs J. Vincent and N. Cooper. At the lucky table were Mrs G. Applegarth, Messrs W. Parry and W. Cooper. Winners at the weekly euchre tournament in aid of the Dominican Convent were Mesdames A. Gilson and A. Nightingale, Messrs R. Tipene, jun. and W. P. Butler.

GORE

Mrs J. Collet, Dunedin, is the guest of her daughter, Mrs L. C. Barron, Thomas street. Miss Marie McLennan, who has been attached to the Gore staff of H. and J. Smith Ltd., will leave Gore shortly for Dunedin, where she has accepted a position with the D.S.A. Mr and Mrs G. E. Glennie, of Invercargill, are the guests of Mrs Glennie’s parents, Mr and Mrs T. A. Fleming, Pomona street. Mrs E. McLeod, of Dunedin, and formerly of Gore, is the guest of her daughter, Mrs J. McKee, Waikaia. Before their departure for Wellington, where they will live, Mr and Mrs John Ward were entertained by the members of the Gore Repertory Society at a picture and supper party. Mr and Mrs Ward were prominent members of the society during their residence at Gore. A presentation was made to Mr Ward by the president (Mr E. H. W. Rowntree), and Mrs R. G. Stokes presented Mrs Ward with a dress spray. Mrs Ward was also entertained at a farewell party at the home of Mrs L. C. Barron, when the hostesses were Mesdames Barron, W. J„Tither and D. M. Dunnet. During the afternoon a presentation of a cameo was made by

Mrs L. E. West on behalf of those present.

WINTON

Mrs J. R. Todd is spending a holiday in Dunedin.

Mrs D. Fea is spending a holiday in Lumsden. Miss Mona Campbell recently paid a short visit to Invercargill. Miss D. Olive, Dunedin, is the guest of Mrs A. Hagerty, Park street. Mrs W. K. Walker, Clinton, is the guest of Mrs A. Nicolson, Deveraux road, Winton. Mrs A. McCurdy, Christchurch, is the guest of her mother, Mrs J. R. Hamilton, McKenzie street.

Miss A. Hewitt was a recent visitor to Invercargill. Miss L. Barrett, Invercargill, was the guest of Mrs N. Hamilton, Park street. Mrs Burns, Mataura, is the guest of Mrs J. H. Cox, Deveraux road.

WEDDINGS

McNEE- CUNDALL

The wedding took place at All Saints’ Church, Gladstone, of Eva, second daughter of Mr and Mrs A. Cundall, 466 Dee street, Invercargill, and William Albert, third son of Mr and Mrs W. R. McNee, Elies road, Invercargill. The Rev. A. J. Fraser performed the ceremony and Mrs Skelt was at the organ. The church was decorated by friends of the bride. The bride, who was escorted by her father, wore a tailored gown of deep cream satin, with two rows of shirring at the front and a heart-shaped neckline. The graceful skirt was fitting and had a scalloped train appliqued with flowers. Her bouquet, was of lilies and maidenhair fern.

The bridesmaid, Miss Marie Mabson, wore a picture frock of primrose organdie over taffeta. The bodice was gathered into a wide neckline, and the short sleeves were very full. The skirt had a pleated frill and was piped with velvet ribbon. Her string of pearls was the gift of the bridegroom and she carried a sheaf of daffodils. The best man was Mr Colvin McNee, a brother of the bridegroom, and the ushers were Mr R. McNee and Mr Harold Cundall.

At the reception, which was held at Elmwood Garden, the guests were received by Mrs Cundall and Mrs McNee.

For travelling, the bride wore a Lido blue model marocain frock under a grey edge-to-edge coat and a blue model' toque to match. She carried a red fox fur, the gift of the bridegroom.

Before her marriage parties were given for the bride by Mrs R. Wesney, the Rata basketball team, Miss Ethel Mortimer and Miss Marie Mabson.

VEGETABLE JUICE FOR HEALTH

From London comes some interesting advice from a well-known doctor about vegetable juice. Her opinion about the disappearance of apples—the last available “fruity” source of vitamin C—from the market there is informative. It seems that there is no need to feel that synthetic vitamin C, which can now be bought at the chemists, is the only way to maintain the children’s health. “As long as children get potatoes baked in their skins, or even boiled in their skins, they have a good source of vitamin C,” she said.

The doctor says that turnip and carrot juice is just as good for children as orange juice, and both give a plentiful supply of vitamin C. The best way to extract the juice from carrots and turnips without a press is to cover a bowl with fine muslin. Over the muslin grate the turnip and carrot finely. Then fold up the muslin and squeeze out the juice. The addition of glucose will add to the value of the juice. Like orange juice and all other fruit juices, vegetable juice should be used immediately. If this is .impossible, it should be bottled and corked tightly.