SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Te Awamutu Courier, Volume 63, Issue 4486, 6 October 1941, Page 4

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Miss Buss has returned to Te Awamutu after visiting Taupiri and Mata mata.

Miss Patsy Brett, of Fencourt, is visiting Te Awamutu, and is the guest of Mrs Walter Pollard.

Mr and Mrs W. J. Sneller, of Auck - land, are visiting Mrs F. K. M. Cobb, of Mahoe Street.

The Rev. M. G. Sullivan, of Te Awamutu, has been appointed Anglican chaplain at the Rotorua military camp.

Mr T. F. Annear has, according to last week’s Gazette, been appointed deputy-registrar of birth, deaths and marriages at Te Anga.

Mrs Ivy Collins, of Norton Road Extension, Frankton, who is wellknown in the Te Awamutu district, has been appointed a Justice of the Peace.

Mr and Mrs Harry Fear and Mrs Bothwell, of Ohaupo Road, who have been spending a fortnight at Parakai Springs, Helensville, returned home on Friday last.

Pilot-Officer J. D. McVay, of Hastings and lately of Otorohanga (in which district he worked for a number of years), has been appointed as instructor in the Royal Air Force in England.

Mr and Mrs Percy Ellis returned to town yesterday after spending a fortnight’s vacation at Whangamata. They were accompanied by Sergeant Jack and Mrs Ellis, who are now their guests at the Commercial Hotel.

Among those “mentioned in despatches” is Flying-Officer T. O. Walker, who was reported missing in March, 1941, and who was accepted for a short service commission in 19J7. His brother is Mr D. G. Walker, of Kihikihi Road.

An engagement of local interest is that of Mary, daughter of Mrs Campbell, Wellington, and the late William Campbell, Te Awamutu, to Malcolm J. Charteris, of the Royal New Zealand Air Force, son of Mr and Mrs D. J. Charteris, New Plymouth.

Mr and Mrs S. J. Nobes, of Mandeno Street, announce the engagement of their only daughter. Betty Patricia, to Radnor Bruce, Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force, overseas, elder son of Mr and Mrs W. Morrison Miller, of Jackson Street.

At the Niho Niho hall last week footballers and resident of the Matiere, Niho Niho and Ohura districts gathered in strong force to farewell Mr C. A. Crossman, the popular King Country Rugby Union captain and five-eighths, who has been transferred from Tuhua School to the Awakino School.

The death occurred in Auckland on Saturday of Mrs S. C. Mathews (senr.), mother of Mr W. C. Mathews, of Mahoe Street, and of Miss Margaret Mathews, of Auckland and formerly of Te Awamutu, and eldest sister of Messrs W. J. and Charles North, of Te Awamutu. The deceased lady, who was in her 79th year, was well-known and highly respected by a large circle of friends and acquaintances. To the sorrowing relatives profound sympathy will be extended in their bereavement.

The first news that has been heard of Second-Lieutenant Ernest Hope Bishop, of Te Kuiti, since he was reported missing from Greece some five months ago, was received on Tuesday evening of last week when he broadcast from “somewhere in Italy.” Second - Lieutenant Bishop stated he was well and happy and sent greetings to his mother, Mrs R. Marden, Auckland, his brother-in-law and sister, Mr and Mrs Leo Evans, his sister, Miss Gwen Bishop, and his nephew, Master Leon Evans.

Squadron-Leader G. R. Magill, D.F.C., has been “mentioned in despatches.” He was born in Cambridge in 1915 and educated at the Te Aroha District High School. Prior to his acceptance for a short service commission in the Royal Air Force in 1936 he secured his “A” license at the Auckland Aero Club. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross in the early part of 1941. His father is Mr R. W. Magill, of Te Aroha, and a sister is Mrs J. J. Bailey, of Te Awamutu.