ELTHAM JUBILEE BALL
SUCCESSFUL SOCIAL EVENT LIST OF THOSE PRESENT. The jubilee ball at Eltham was the most magnificent that has ever taken place there, the presence of the Prime Minister and Mrs. Forbes and the presentation of debutantes making the event one of unusual interest. The hall was strikingly decorated, and with bright frocks of the dancers made a spectacle that will long be remembered by those present. On the platform, converted into a large lounge, was the Ministerial party and specially invited guests. Betty Bridger presented a bouquet to Mrs. Forbes, who wore a black figured lace frock and cape, over which was worn a black fur cloak. Mrs. I. J. Bridger (Mayoress) wore a smartly-cut wind-swept satin frock and tangerine coatee. Lady Carncross wore a model frock of black chenille velvet, with silver beads and embroidered cloak. Mrs. C. A. Wilkinson was : in whit chenille velvet and scarlet cape. Mrs. J. Gibb (mayoress of Inglewood) wore wine panne velvet, Mrs. J. W. McMillan (mayoress of Stratford) was in black lace and coatee, Mrs. J. E. Campbell (mayoress of Hawera) wore midnight blue ring velvet, Mrs. T. B. Crump, black lace and black fur cloak, Mrs. W. M. Peacock (chairwoman of the ball committee) black georgette and lace and black velvet coat with white fur collar.
Others present included Mesdames E. Newland (black velvet), D. May (pink georgette), O. Manley (black lace), H. Marchant (black chiffon velvet), J. Cocker (black ring velvet), B. H. Linnell (apple green satin), W. Thornhill (black satin), all members of the ball committee, G. W. Peebles (gold lace), E. Forster (wine lace), R. Ritter (black georgette), W. Arthur (black satin), Sybil Pennington (turquoise blue satin), J. A. Rankin (lido blue marocain), R. Lee (melon silk taffetas), P. de Launay (parchment lace), R. Scown (silk georgette), D. Gy de (black georgette), R. A. McGarrigle (wine satin), S. W. Crawford (wine silk and silver coatee), J. H. Fake (wine lace), C. C. Stanners (fuschia georgette), R. S. Allen (gold sequins), A. Mitchell, Manaia (black velvet), R. Harrison (floral georgette), E. Dallinger (brown crepe), F. Coward (black lace), E. Butler (black lace, velvet coatee), A. L. Campbell (black silk lace), R. Coppiestone (tomato velvet), C. A. Belcher (flame satin), G. H. Brown (red lace), J. C. Best (pink satin and lace), E. Crabtree (black and white satin), L. A. Bluett (pink satin), M. Renai (blue silk), L. T. Quin (cherry crinkled crepe), F. Clemow (cyclamen velvet), M. Nightingale, Auckland (red, white and black check, tinsel coatee), J. H. Morton (electric blufe striped crepe), J. D. McKay (black georgette), R. J. Pepperell (black lace), A. J. McPherson (black satin), G. D. McGregor (lemon crepe suede), C; Green, Rahotu (lemon georgette), R. Webb, Kaponga (black lace), C. Maslin (black satin), G. Fleming (black lace), W. Gower (pink satin), G. Berg (white lace and net), M. Flynn, Hamilton (shell pink lace), B. O. Harris (blue taffetas), W. Norris (black satin), A. L. Picard (white lace), S. Dunbar (pink lace), Higgins (gold crepe), A. Stevenson, Manaia (pink lace), W. Josephson, Auroa (puce velvet), M. O’Connor (black lace), C. Pease (pink satin), D. Knuckey (black velvet and white fur), R. Watson, Inglewood (floral georgette), R. J. Belcher (black net and taffetas), G. H. Marsh, Egmont Village (pink crepe de chine), Hodder, N.P. (floral georgette), F. Rye (blue silk taffetas), A. McNeill, N.P. (flame and black ring velvet), C. Veale, Waitara (floral georgette), P. Harrison (deep red wool lace), Marsh, Stratford (floral chenille velvet), E. E. Carter (vieux rose georgette), Wills, Hawera (floral taffetas), J. C. Kelly (red floral georgette), M. Attrill (blue silk), C. Cooper (floral georgette), F. Fouhy (black satin), O. Orr (midnight blue velvet), S. Murray (wine crinkle crepe), A. M. Taylor (navy blue marocain), H. Kerr (black satin), H. Edgecombe, N.P. (black satin beaute), P. Walker, Tuna (pink satin), S. H. Richards, N.P. (black satin), E. Roberts (black satin), B. Clement (pink taffetas), A. McDonald (Wedgewood blue satin), P. Hickey (red satin, red coatee), E. Blair, Te Awamutu (floral chiffon), H. Mason, Hastings (black georgette), J*. McDougall (white satin, peach coatee), G. L. Perry (green satin), J. Rye (blue floral silk), Revell, ■Alton (floral georgette), V. Beere, Stratford (red satin), R. O’Keefe, Stratford (floral ninon), M. Beere, Stratford (rose lace), R. Mcßae, Stratford (floral silk), W. Carrington, Kaponga (blue georgette), L. Julian (green crepe de chine), W. Toogood, Kaponga (red satin), D. Payton, Stratford (wine lace), S. H. Death, Brisco, A. Beesley (rust lace), W. Sait (black lace), G. H. P. Fitzgerald, L. Phillips (wine lace), Armstrong, Stratford (green satin), E. Bailey (floral voile), R. Bourke (white angel skin lace), H. Allen (rose pink satin), H. Mason (black georgette), H. Robinson (floral georgette), W. Bootten (blue satin).
Misses A. McCullum, Hawera, Alison Smith, Opunake (purple velvet), T. Gibson (white, velvet), Mavis Gibson (floral silk), Marie Gibson (spotted crepe), P. Taplin (mauve silk), M. Bell, Puniho (black lace), N. Bell, Puniho (pink georgette), Wray Carter (gold lace), Mabel Carter (white lace), P. Valintine (pink taffetas), J. Welch (blue velvet), R. Bullock, Hawera (black lace), R. Phillips (wine lace), E. May (lemon georgette), A. Grant, Stratford (blue satin), F. Davies, Kaponga (flame velvet), Nita Melville, Stratford (red satin), H. Grant, Stratford (blue taffetas), L. McDonald, Stratford (green l satin), B. Villers, Stratford (pink lace), R. Childs, Stratford (blue satin), H. Femmell, Stratford (white georgette), J. Yarrow, Manaia (pink satin), D. Keightley, Stratford (blue georgette), Sanderson (floral georgette), Mavis Melville (floral georgette), D. Mills (pink georgette), N. Burton (floral taffetas), Lacey (white crepe), B. Mills (black velvet), C. Ruscoe (white net), H. Guy, Kaponga (blue silk), E. Gardiner, Kaponga (white satin), B. Whiting (wine satin), M. Gardiner (black satin and lace), D. Mann (pink georgette), J. Paterson (yellow wind-swept satin), A. Foote (black satin), L. Curtis (white silk marocain), G. Maslin (black lace), M. Kehely (flame satin), M. Madden (blue panne velvet), B. Mann, N.P. (blue crinkled crepe), 0. Hickey (magenta lace overdress), N. Morris (silk voile), G. Clifford Jones (black georgette), M. Gray, Stratford (white georgette), B. Wheeler, Stratford (black satin), F. Pay ton, Stratford (blue organdie), O. Marchant (black and red net), C. Peck, Christchurch (maroon angel skin lace), J. Jepp, Waitara (black marocain), S. Carncross (rust wool lace), V. Hall (white crinkled crepe), A. Arnold, Inglewood (black velvet), A. Huzziff, Tariki (black georgette), T. Wolfe (pink satin), D. Newland (white georgette), N. Reeve (white georgette), M. Kelly (apricot satin), B. A. Colledge (floral organdie), B. Mills, Stratford (black and gold lace), B. McCallum (orange satin), E. Rowlands (flame satin), A. M. Adlam (white georgette), B. Whiting (wiije satin), A. Carter, C. Prince (black georgette), E. Newland (rust lace), D. Atkins, Wanganui (black silk), M. Allen, Hawera (blue crinkle crepe), B. Hawkins, Hawera (blue taffetas), B. Campbell, Hawera (gold taffetas), J. Manners (pink georgette), R.
Ward (pink satin), N. Hamilton (white satin), R. Walker (black lace), M. Mumby (orange velvet), G. Ruscoe (red satin), M. Brown (gold crinkle crepe), Naomi Ennis, Stratford (scarlet georgette), E. Peacock (ivory ring velvet), M. Fraser (blue check taffetas), W. Baylis (blue satin), M. Whittle, Stratford (white satin), L. Curtis (white satin), K. Brown, Manaia (maroon velvet), H. Phillips (black marocain), U. Mitchell (pink angel skin lace), A. Dodunski (jade georgette), 6. Bootten (.green satin), G. Bootten (pink satin), P. Whiting (white satin). E. Bootten (gold satin), R. Duggan (scarlet satin), B. Yarrow, Manaia (rose pink satin), M. Hansen, J. Hansen, Manaia, A. McLean (check organdie), D. Gower (green organdie), P. Evanoff (black panne velvet), J. Nicholls (blue georgette), C. Kent, Masterton (figured georgette), Nancy Kent, Hawera (chiffon velvet), F. Hutchinson, Kaponga (rose georgette), G. Hutchinson, Thames (beige lace), N. Davis (black velvet), J. Yarrow, Manaia*' (black charmeuse), M. Kerr (apricot celanese), N. Crozier (scarlet velvet), F. Millar, Stratford (black satin), V. Dodunski (black satin), R. Millar (green satin), J. Dudding (black and white crinkled crepe), E. Prestidge (floral voile), E. Hurley (pink crinkled crepe), L. Kelly, , Te Roti (mauve organdie), B. Allen, Wanganui (blue satin), M. Hurley (blue satin), E. Pepperell (green satin), M. Chisholm, England (blue floral georgette), A. Mulligan, Auckland (green ninon), M. Gower (floral crinkled crepe), B. Morris (floral voile), U. Morris (silk voile). L. Ritter, J. O’Hagan (green satin), R. Gibb (red velvet), M. Benton, Auroa (Lapis luzali blue velvet), S. Mellor, Kaponga (eau de nil taffetas), E. Morrison, H. Wood, Hawera, M. O’Neill, Kaponga (pink satin), A. Deegan (white suede satin and scarlet cape), K. Long, Manaia, M. Burke, Manaia, Josephson (2), Riverlea, E. Foote (floral silk), B. Pease (blue floral satin), J. Burdekin (white lace), Smith (black lace), D. Langston (lemon organdie), E. Mehrtens (jade check satin), Netta Campbell (pale pink organdie), W. Weir (white lace), H. Stewart (white spot net), K. Fake (white georgette), N. Fake (white georgette), Hill, G. Maulder, S. Mullally, N. White, O’Dowda, N.P., M. Brooker, Hughes, Awatuna, Jean Stewart, Auckland, E. Sheehy (floral georgette), M. Duckett (pink velvet), L. Hamilton
(flame velvet), Lippingwell, I. Thurston, M. Thurston, Hawera, B. Frost (floral taffetas), P. McCready (lemon velvet), R. Potts (green velvet), P. O’Connor (green lace), D. Robinson (blue georgette), N. O’Connor, Stratford apricot satin), B. Chatterton (floral georgette), N. Brown (brown lace), J. Campbell (floral georgette).
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Taranaki Daily News, 23 May 1934, Page 8
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