Notes for Women

Southland Times, Issue 25482, 30 September 1944, Page 6

Notes for Women

Mrs A. Tapper, Layard street, is visiting Dunedin.

Miss P. Gatehouse, Wellington, is the guest of her mother, Mrs C. H. Gatehouse, Don street.

Mrs R. E. Bennetts returned to Roxburgh yesterday after a visit to Mrs T. M. Rankin, Yarrow street.

Mrs M. J. Forde, J.P., president of the Wellington branch of the National Council of Women, is visiting Invercargill.

Mrs W. R. Mayhew and Mrs A. Tapper, Invercargill, were guests at the meeting of the Dunedin Travel Club on Wednesday. Mrs R. Miller, Junior Red Cross organizer for Southland, will leave today for Wellington to attend the annual meeting of the New Zealand Junior Red Cross.

Mrs M. Austin, Riverton, was welcomed at a meeting of the Southland Provincial Patriotic Council yesterday as the representative of the Southern Federation of the New Zealand Women s Institute.

Sir Thomas Beecham, foremost English conductor, married this month in New York Miss Betty Humby, pianist. This is his second marriage to Miss Humby. He married her last year, but due to some legal technicality the ceremony was repeated. A meeting of the business and Professional Women’s Club will be held in the Tudor Lounge next Tuesday at 5.45 p.m. Members are asked to bring parcels for the Lady Gal-, way Guild. e 240 The Travel Club Social afternoon will be held on Monday, October 2. in the Tudor Lounge. Speaker, Mrs F. J. Spurdie. Members ring 1497. 6225 ENGAGEMENT The engagement is announced of Sheila Anne, only daughter of Mrs and the late John Macdonald. Dunedin, to Ernest Evered, elder son of the late Mr and Mrs W. Guthrie, of Tuatapere, Southland. w RED CROSS NEWS The office of the Red Cross Society is situated in the H. and H. Motors’ Buildings, Don street, and is open daily from 10 a.m. till 2 p.m. Telephone 16825; P.O. Box 150, Invercargill. The executive and members of the society wish to thank the general public for their support to the various committees in the town, in the recent street day appeal. The copper collection box at the shop day, realized nearly £2O. . The names of the various competition winners will be published in Tuesday morning and evening papers. Will secretaries please send the names of the winners to the office not later than Monday afternoon. Recently donations have been received with thanks from the following: Mr H. Bellamy, £1; Mrs E. Coster, £1 (Limehills); Georgetown Committee, £l6; J.R.C. members Middle School, 10/-; Clifden W.D.F.U., £6l; Papatotara Branch Red Cross Committee, £lO 10/- for P.O.W. Fund; Winton Sub-Centre, £5; Thornbury Sub-Centre, £64/7/-; V. A. Detachment, £34/19/2; Five Rivers School, £1; Waimahaka Sub-Centre, £2O; same sub-centre, £lO and £5 for centre funds; Mr Watson, £1; Broad Small Ltd.. £5O; I Avenal-Northend Committee, .£47/15/-; North Invercargill Committee, *£42/10/-; South Invercargill Committee, £43/12/1; Central Committee, £l5/8/3; East Invercargill Committee, £44/16/3; Otatara SubCentre, £5; Tokanui Sub-Centre, £33/19/6 (all for special effort); Otautau Sub-Centre, £5O, and same sub-centre, £lO for centre funds; Waikiwi Committee, £44/14/-; and Gladstone Committee, £l6/16/6 for special appeal. Invercargill Stock and Woolbrokers’ Association, £100; Hobbs, Ltd'., £2/2/-; Southland Daily News, £5. Members of the Avenal-Northend branch will be in charge of the cafeteria next week. The hut will be open for soldiers on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday afternoons until further notice.

Refugee clothing has been received from the following: Central Committee (Miss Hanan), Otatara, Lumsden, Dipton and Riverton Sub-Centres. One padded patchwork quilt has been forwarded to Montecillo Home, Dunedin, on behalf of the Otara SubCentre, also one case of refugee clothing has gone forward to headquarters. During the week the following have sent in knitted goods: Tokanui Sub-Centre, Gorge Road Sub-Centre, Otahuti Sub-Centre, North Invercargill Committee, and Gorge Road SubCentre.

Biscuits for soldiers in hospital were received from the Winton Sub-Centre.

Georgetown Committee. —There will be a meeting of members of this branch on Wednesday, October 4, in the Presbyterian S.S. Hall, Centre street. The committee thanks all who helped in the effort on street day. Central Committee.—The guild will meet in the Red Cross Rooms next Wednesday, October 4 at 2 p.m. North Invercargill.—Members are asked to meet on Tuesday, October 3, at 2.30 p.m. in the Anglican Church 'Hall. King street. The committee wishes to thank the members and friends for their help in our street day effort.

East Invercargill—A meeting of the members will be held on Tuesday, October 3, at 2.30 p.m., in the Mitchell street kindergarten a v.A.D. Notes. —On Wednesday, October 4, the intermediate and first year home nursing class will be held at 7.30 p.m. On Thursday, October 5, an advanced home nursing class will be held at 7.30 p.m. The following are the results of the recent first aid examinations: Elementary, honours, Mrs Myra Baird, pass, Misses Imelda Robertson, Winifred Rabbitte, Ida Ackers, Lonie Taylor; intermediate, pass, Mrs Nina McKenzie, Misses Moira McGrath, Mollie Wills, Barbara Broughton, Feme Matheson, Jocelyn Broughton, Marea Horne; advanced, pass, Misses Florence Baxter, Lesley Stanley. Maisie Smith, Mrs M. Stirling. Mrs Irene Stoddart, Misses Gem Witt, Edna Sinclair and Heather Matheson.