STAFF DANCE

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 727, 29 July 1929, Page 4

STAFF DANCE

Enjoyable Function at Hamilton FLOWERS AND BRIGHT STREAMERS On Saturday ngiht the vestibule *• and passages of the Farmers’ Auctioneering Company’s buildings in Hamilton were gay with multi-col-oured streamers and flooded with light for the annual dance Excellent music was played by the i Regent Orchestra. The board room was utilised for the supper room, and there the tables were bright with yellow spring flowers. Mrs. W. H. Hume was hostess, and was wearing a handsome frock of black georgette embroidered in gold. Committee members were:—Miss M. • Gwynne, in rose pink taffeta, shot with ; lavender, and big lavender tulle bow; ; Miss Frost, wearing sunset ring velvet; Miss Gillies, in lemon-shaded taffeta; and Miss C. Buckland, who wore a shaded briar rose frilled tulle frock. Others present were:—Mrs. Reece, in black chiffon velvet and pink shawl; Miss Cunnold, wearing black georgette embroidered in white; Mrs. Bert Hume, Auckland, in black georgette embroidered in silver; Miss N. Capper, who chose sapphire blue chiffon velvet; Miss Mclntosh, in a turquoise shot taffeta period frock; Miss N. Frost, wearing rose pink taffeta. Mrs. Jenks, in a picture frock of shrimp chenille velvet and tulle; Mrs. Adlan, in shell pink satin and tulle; Mrs. D. Speight, who wore lotus rose pink geoi'gette; Miss Dixon, wearing a picture frock of shrimp georgette with deep hem and medici collar of gold lace; Miss M. Mercer, in shell pink satin and tulle; Miss V. Saunders, who wore primrose georgette and cherry scarf; Miss Kirkman, in nile green georgette; Miss V. Kirby, who was in black petalled satin opening over pink lace; Miss O. Kirby, in jade georgette, with deep vandyked skirt. Mrs. Wrigley, wearing orange taffeta and gold lace; Miss D. Dobson, in georgette and gold lace; Airs. Thompson, who wore turquoise blue taffeta over silver lace; Miss D. Henry, in flesh pink taffeta. embroidered in deeper tones; Miss E. Upton, who chose black lace and georgette over pink; Miss E. Hall, wearing pale lemon geoi'gette and silver lace; Mrs. T. Simpson, in flowered chiffon made with small frills. TULLE PICTURE FROCK Airs. Rhodes, who wore a picture frock of ivory tulle made with long frills: Miss Z. Dowd, in orchid taffeta; Aliss Af. Dowd, wearing shell pink taffeta and tulle; Alies L. Hume, who chose lettuce green soft satin and georgette; Aliss Peggy Hume, Auckland, in shell pink geoi'gette with deep uneven hem of spotted pink net; Miss K. Fisher, in periwinkle shot taffeta; Mrs. L. H. Fisher, wearing spotted pink net over taffeta; Aliss J. Gillies, whose frock was of hyacinth blue taffeta; Aliss H. Speight, who wore deep rose georgette. Aliss J. Donnelly, in ivory georgette with silver relief; Aliss AI. Richards, who wore a period frock of black taffeta and tulle, petalled in pink roses; Aliss L. Wilson, in ivory crepe de chine; P. Clapham. who chose turquoise taffeta; Aliss I. Pollock, in black satin and scarlet; Airs. Harrison, wearing musk pink crepe de chine; Aliss AI. Perham, who wore daffodil georgette made with vandyked skirt; Aliss J. Perham, in soft green taffeta: Aliss AI. Wilson, wearing cherry crepe de chine; Aliss Rowntree, in cinnamon georgette over lace. PHLOX.PINK LACE Aliss Thompson, who wore phlox-pink lace over white taffeta; Aliss Eileen Ritchie, in briar rose georgette and taffeta; Aliss Ethel Ritchie, who chose ivory lace and diamente; Aliss Alary Barber, in deep rose ninon and silver lace; Miss Aluriel Barber, wearing powder blue frilled chiffon with shaded blue shawl; Aliss AI. Bourne, in silver lame and white satin; Aliss Luks, who chose shell pink lace over ivory; Aliss P. Langkilde., wearing black crepe de chine; Aliss V. Langkilde, in a black georgette and satin gown; Aliss S. Layne, Te Awamutu, who wore primrose lace over orange taffeta. Aliss Froude, in sunset taffeta and net; Aliss Hayes, wearing embroidered ivory georgette; Aliss Troutbeck, iri ivory satin and georgette; Aliss P. English, who wore jade georgette and silver; Aliss P. Langley, wearing willow green tulle and satin; Aliss G. Richards, who chose briar rose georgette and silver; Aliss G. Jane, in flowered georgette; Aliss A. Turley, who wore geranium pink hand-painted geoi'gette; Aliss J. Alasters, in mist grey georgette embroidered in roses. Aliss L. Hepburn, wearing black velvet and mauve taffeta; Aliss N. Hepburn, in black georgette sequined in bronze and silver; Aliss P. Bullock, in hyacinth blue net over deeper shade and taffeta; Aliss B. Johnston, wearing picture frock of black lace, with deep jade shawl; Aliss H. Phillips, who wore fuchsia shaded georgette; Aliss D. Alawson, in jade chenille velvet georgette; Aliss A. Johns, who chose turquoise blue taffeta and net; Aliss Fitzgerald, who had on vieux rose georgette, vandyked over silver lame. Aliss R. Capper, in georgette banded in primrose; Aliss J. Thompson, wearing black satin; Aliss E. Clough, who wore orange satin and lace; Aliss I. Pratt, in buttercup satin with floral lame bodice; Aliss D. Wilkes, in nile green taffeta; Aliss E. Wilkes, wearing primrose taffeta and cherry; Aliss Hickey, who chose cyclamen sequined georgette; Aliss Hopkinson, who wore delphinium blue georgette. ,

FANCY DRESS BALL MAY ROAD SCHOOL PUPILS On Thursday at a children's fancy dress ball held in the May Road school in aid of the school funds, many parents, scholars and friends attended, and the evening- was thoroughly enjoyed by all. The prize winners in the various sections were:—Tiny tots: Little Patty Fletcher, as a Twinkling Star. Best fancy dress (girls) : Lorna Radford, as Frolic. Best fancy dress (boys): Jimmy Paterson, as a Drummer Boy. Most original (girls): Joyce Allen, representing a black cat. Most original (boys): Norman Pratt, as a sack of potatoes. Special prizes were awarded to Dulcie Vickers as Big Orange Drink, and Brian Booker, as a Golliwog. Among others present were:—Doreen Jones, as Black and Yellow Pierrette; Joyce Marmont, Butterfly; Ellice Drinnan, Spanish Dancer; Grace Brown. Butterfly; Gwen Brown, Queen of the Harem; Myrtle Winstone, Keep off the Grass; Nita McMillan, Old Maid of Lee; Kathleen McMillan, Parcel Post; Jean Kerr, Dolly Varden; Audrey Booker, Waitress; Barbara Walker, Shamrock; Peggy Walker, Folly; Olwyn Thompson, Mistress Mary; Evelyn Patterson, Night Fairy; Phyllis Patterson, Great Grandmother; Fay Wakelin, Princess Elizabeth: Joan Hammerick, Rose; Hazel Hinton, Fairy. Blanche Weston, Gipsy; Betty Attwood, Black and Red Pierrette; Myrtle Russell, Rose; Jock Hinton, Tom Heeney; Graham Drinnan, The Boy with the “Noes”; Lester Drinnan, Petrol Tax; Keith Marmont, Sailor: Alf Brown. Golliwog; Roy McMillan, Little Boy Blue; Brian McMillan, Pom-pom Pierrot; Ron Brown, Witch: Billy Oxley, Sheik: Herbert Oxley, Bumble Bee; Bennie Oxley, Pierrot; Trevor Allen, Toy Soldier; Jim Patterson, Drummer Boy; Don Patterson, Indian; Maurice Walker, Hawaiian: Brian Booker, Golliwog; Dennis Fitzpatrick, Tom Heeney. GAY TEA PARTY YOUNG FOLKS ENJOY BIRTHDAY A birthday tea for her small daughter, Joy, was given by Mrs. I. Allen, Grafton Road, at the Domain Kiosk on Saturday afternoon. Decorations, favours and toothsome dainties gladdened the hearts of the juveniles. Among them were Peggy Lewis, Geraldine Nicholson,- Dulcie Crimp, Jean Hughes, Joyce Oeorgetti, D. Tornquist. J. Shackelford. Marjorie Reid, Joan Goodwin, Neville Good* win. A. Hughes. The little maid honoured by the party was frocked in shell-pink frilled ninon.