ALL AT PUNGAREHU

Taranaki Daily News, 23 October 1930, Page 11

ALL AT PUNGAREHU

SUCCESS: OF ANNUAL FUNCTION.

The spinsters and bachelors of Pun-o-arehu laijnched their fi/st annual ball fast night with success. The committee succeeded ■in making it an ; event to be remembered. The hall was . a picture. Vari-coloured streamers festooned the ceiling and the walls, while picturesque Chinese lanterns diffused light. Coloured flood light,? threw into relief the beautiful dresses. Latest dance music was . .played by Boulton’s band. Mirrors on the walls gave a pleasing kaleidoscopic effect. • Messrs. George Gray and J. Young were masters of ceremonies; Paper hats lent an air of carnival to the scene, and this was heightened by the Monte Carlo, spot, : streamer and confetti dances, Supper extras were played by Messrs. J., Hooker (Opunake),. and L. Davidson and Miss A. Duggan.

The. supper room was decorated in keeping with • the .mam scheme in ■ yellow, bine and red relieved with vases of. lilac,, roses and camellias. Mesdames E. H. Cyay, EL Ehrhorn, F. E. Grenlinton, J. W. Root and P. C. Smith were the hostesses. The committee responsible for the success of the ball comprised Misses B. Fleming, P. Smith, M. Haskell, I. Gray, M. Neilsen, A. Neilsen, K. Shaw, H, Harkness, M. Doody, N. Doody, E-. Doody, Messrs. J. Duggan, Geo. Gray, A. Roots, I. Neilson, A. Newport, J. Smith, K. Elun, S. McFaul and D. Dudley, with Miss A. Duggan and Mr. R. B. Fleming secretaries.