NEW PLYMOUTH ITEMS

Taranaki Daily News, 6 December 1930, Page 6 (Supplement)

NEW PLYMOUTH ITEMS

J£r». S. .Warburton is now the ’guest ' ®f Mrs.' W. Humphrey.. ’•* • • _ Miss Frances -Nicholson visited Te Kuiti this week and returned on Thurs- ■ •• « • ■ Mrs. Rhyl Bennett has been visiting ■ Auckland and returns to. New Plymouth > to-morrow/- . '/ ■ '. ' *•’ ' .■ , v Mrs. J. W. McMillan, Stratford, vrnit- . ed New Plymouth this week..’ ' ft • Mns. J. Wilson, Miss Marshall and Helen. Wilson have returned from visit to Whangarei. . '/ J Miss Helen Atkinson entertained at ■ ; bridge on Tuesday in honour of bister ' Hobbs. • : ' • r ' * * ■?*. Mrs. E. J. Brock left jyeeterday by ear. for Dargavillo to take up her resi- ' deuce there. Miss Nona Dell was hostess at a delightful .bridge evening on Thursday in honour of Mrs.. Warburton and the • Misses Cholmeley. •• •_ , ' Miss . Eileen Blundell entertained- at bridge last evening in' honour of 'Mrs. ,/ Warburton.; . - , '•♦“ ♦ * . • . ■ Miss Moiya Ward, Martinborough, is visiting New Plymouth as the guest of < Miss Joyce Idle. ♦ * * * .

Mrs.: Papps and Mrs. Le May yr ere ■ hostesses at bridge this week in honour of Mrs. M.. Gray.: * v ■ *. ' * ' ■ ■ The nurses of the New Plymouth hosA pital had a very jolly fancy dress party last week as a farewell to Sister Hobbs. - Sister McGowan takes her place as .theatre; sister. . - . << Sister Hobbs leaves to-day <f or Kapon<*a, where she will spehd A the weeKend° before going on to Palmerston t North.', . - ' _ ' • •-' • K * ■ ■ • ■ ' • Miss 'Peggy Griffiths was hostess at a tennis party -on Thursday afternoon in •S honour of Mrs. Warburton. ■ * * ■ * Mrs. Cameron,-who has been the guest of; Mrs. G. Home for several weeks, returned to Wellington yesterday. ■ * . * ■ Miss Jean Stenhouse,, Hawera,. is the ■ glest of Miss Sy&it ’Thompson for-the week-end. '• •- ■■■•- * • * •'* / Mrs. Ken, Kirk entertained at bridge for Sister Hobbs on (Wednesday evening. ■ , ' ,' \ -J- « »■ * * ■ y ■ r . Mrs. R. W. Tate was hostess at tea yesterday afternoon. * •' Miss S. Marshall has returned from ■ her 'holiday ■in the country. . .. ? • ' . . lias left on a visit to Lower/Hutt. • • - i Miss Constance Leatham, who has been visiting Hastings, is expected to return this week-end. ' * • Mrs. H. 18. Lepper, who has 'been visiting Palmerston North, has returned to Le F rt °.“- . • • Mrs. Tom Wilson was hostess at bridge on. Thursday evening. • * * * . Mrs. Edmund ’Lash, who has been visiting her eon in. Wellington, returned to New Plymouth on Thursday. • ' . * '. * ' • j / • Miss Norma >shton, Wellington, is in New Plymouth anil is staying with her mother, Mrs. J. H. Ashton. • • • • Miss Doreen Rennell was hostess at bridge on Wednesday evening. : Mrs. S. Rundle and her daughter, Mrs. , i E. M. Giddy, are on.holiday at Wanganui. • ' * . •• - ' Mrs. W. D. Graham and Mrs./J. McLeod have returned from Palmerston North and Feilding.. ’-i\ z • * •,' At the Puniho School last Friday residents assembled to 'bid farewell to Miss J. MacGregor Smith, who has-been head teacher there since the beginning of the year. The children went through a short ijut much appreciated programme of songs and recitations. Mr. Brunsdon, the chairman, spoke bf. the good work done during the year, and aaid he voiced, the opinion of all in saying that Miss Smith’s stay among them had been all too short. Miss I. Callaghan, the assistant, spoke of the smooth running of the school during the year and the good progress made. Two of the senior pupils, Bethia Fleming and Walter Bell, asked-Mrs. Smith’s acceptance of a bouquet of cream roses, a ■ clock and a couple of vases. ' Miss MacGregor Smith responded and a pleasant Afternoon concluded' with' the serving ,15 afternoon tea.