HAWERA ITEMS

Taranaki Daily News, 30 August 1930, Page 6 (Supplement)

HAWERA ITEMS

Mrs. Vaughan Hastings, returned homo last week after spending a few days with her daughter, Mrs. Geoff. Powdrell. ' - ft ft * ft Mrs. Walter Syme, who has been spending a few weeks in Wellington 1 with her daughter, returned home last week. ‘ • # * >■»••••■• Mr. and Mrs. G. M. Meuli, Manaia; and the Rev;?'and Mrs. Solomon, also of Manaia, were visitors to Wanganui recently for the Huntley school’Vl St. George’s school football match. #-• ft ft # Mr. G. W. Stubbs, New Plymouth, is the guest of Mrs. Woodward. gt # # Miss Evelyn Buist returned home during the week-end after spending a few days in Wellington. # ft ft ft Miss Mavis Tapp, pupil of Mrs. W. 11. Strange, received word yesterday, ' that she had been successful in gaining her examination as associate to the Trinity College London in elocution, ft i-t Sf ft Miss Dora Hawken spent a few days in Wellington last week. ft ft ft Miss Irene Power, Kaponga, Miss Evelyn Buist and Miss Frood (Kaponga) were among a small party of Mount Egmont Alpine. Club members who left for the Chateau Tongariro during the week to join the Ruapehu Ski Club’s annual winter sports. ft ft ft ft The Rev. W. G. Carpenter, Wellington, better known as “Uncle George” of 2YA, intends spending a few days in Hawera next week. He will arrive on Monday evening and will be the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Shepherd at. The Savoy, and probably many of his little wireless friends will have the opportunity of meeting him, as he is arranging to set one afternoon aside for this purpose. # # # Misses K. Brown, M. Peters and D. Howell left Hawera for Hastings on Thursday morning as members of the Taranaki bastketball team to take part i in the New Zealand basketball tournai ment. ft ft ft - ft Mr. and Mrs. J. Henery, Christchurch, who have returned from a holiday spent at Tahiti, have been staying a few days at Hawera. »• « * Mesdames Flam well and Buckley, Wellington, are the guests oi Mrs. M. Steiiing, Hawera. * Mrs. E. T. Simon, Hawera, is spending the week-end at New Plymouth. o Miss T. Renowden, Hawera, is spending a few days in New Plymouth. » # * Miss M. McCormack is at Chateau Tongariro and will later visit Wellington. * * * ® Mr. and Mrs. J. IV. Bailey, Auckland, are in Hawera. for the competitions festival, where Mr. Bailey is acting as elocutionary judge, with Mrs. Bailey as his associate. ■ 4= # => * Miss Madeline Vyner, Wellington, the judge of the dancing section at the competitions, arrived in Hawera on Wednesday evening. Miss Vyner for some time was a member of a Russian ballet in England, and she has had the benefit of Russian,- French and English train- ' imr. * * * i Mrs. J. N. MeQuin and Mrs. C. O. : Pratt will kave td-day to spend a week’s ; holiday in Plimmcrton. * » ■* * * On the past two meeting nights, the Hawera Ranger den has been the scene of much activity. Several individual instructions on handicraft have been given and Mrs. Stevens has given demonstrated instructions on raffia work. Everyone began new articles under her tuition and these are well on the way to completion. During the work a Galsworthy play “The Show” read by four rangers not taking the raffia course, and this kept everyone very interested while not in any way lessening industry. * Among the many visitors to Hawera during the week for the competitions festival were Mrs. Blennerhassett (Eltham), and Miss M. Blennerhassett, Mrs. Rankin (Eltham), Miss Broadhead (Wanganui), Mrs. Barber and Miss Muriel Barber (Wanganui), Miss Rhoda Phillips, Miss Iris Carlson, Miss Jean Peacock, Miss Jean Campbell, Miss Joy Campbell (all of Eltham), Miss Myra Wilson (Eltham), Miss Marion MeBrearty, Miss Gwenda Wilson (Wanganui), Miss Irene Brewer and Miss Dorothy Robertson (Kaponga), Miss Doris Gatenby (Mangatoki), Miss Margot Towes (Stratford), Miss Marguerite Legge (Mokoia), Miss A. Hall (Kakaramea), Mrs. E. D. Mcßeth (Stratford), Miss E. O’Dea (Auroa), Miss Gwen Harcourt (Normanby), Miss Lucy Knight (Tataraimaka), Miss Vera Davis (Eltham), Miss Mara Mackie (Otakeho), Miss Eileen Harvio (Manutahi), Miss Flora Davies (Manaia), Miss Eila Gundeson (Inalra), Miss M. Evans (Eltham), Miss Phyllis Claris (Auckland), Miss Longstaff (Stratford), Miss Constance Cooksley, Miss 1’ lossie Pierson, Miss Patricia Edwards and Miss Nancy Edwards (all of Palmerston North), Miss Grace Benton (Manaia), Miss Aitken (Stratford), Miss McDonald (Kaupokonui), Miss Peebles (Stratford), Miss Wilcox (Eltham), Miss Audrey Betts and Miss Bonnie Tonkin (Kaponga), Miss Jean Sheild (Patea), Miss Beech and Miss Thelma Jones (Eltham), Misses Thelma Dandy, Carol Graham and Eva Matthews (Wanganui), Miss V. Ferguson (Stratford), Miss T. Jones (Kaupokonui), Miss G. Hall (Kakaramea), Mrs. Pauling (Patea), Mrs. P. Bourke and Miss Bourke (Whenuakura).