HAWERA

Taranaki Daily News, 8 September 1934, Page 18 (Supplement)

HAWERA

Mrs. W. A. O’Callaghan has returned from Rotorua. Mrs. H. -M. Besley returned from New Plymouth on Monday. Miss M. Sladden, Marton, is Miss H. Wood’s guest. Miss B. Theed is visiting friends at Wellington. Mrs. G. A. Duncan returned recently from a brief visit to Wellington. Mrs. B. Higgs, Stratford, is visiting her mother-in-law, Mrs. E. Higgs. Sister Lewis, Wellington, is Miss B. Young’s guest for the week-end. Mrs. W. Fyfe has Mrs. Isted and her daughter Bobbie staying with her. Miss Prescott and Miss Brand, Upper Hutt, are Mrs. E. K. Cameron’s visitors. Miss Iris MacDonald, Invercargill, is the guest of Mrs. J. W. Velvin. Miss M. Enunins, Wellington, is Mrs. Seiver’s guest fox’ the week-end. Mrs. Gibbs, Upper Hutt, is staying with her cousin, Mrs. A. E. Morris. Miss W. Knight will return home at the week-end. Miss Marjorie Bethell, Wellington, is Miss Ursula Douglas’ guest. Miss O. Harding returned from Wellington last week-end. Mrs. S. A. Chisholm was hostess at tea on Friday last. Miss J. Patterson, Wanganui, has been staying with Mrs. A. K. Fyson at “Glenholm.” Mrs. Leslie Hamilton, Manutahi, left on Wednesday to visit friends at Auckland. Miss D. Corrigan spent a few days at Wellington last week, returning at the week-end. Misses Pat and Joan Murphy, Dawson Falls, returned from Chateau Tongariro early this week. Miss Evesta Olliver, New Plymouth, was Mrs. J. W. J. Harding’s guest during the week. Mrs. J. Ecksell entertained on Wednesday afternoon, when several were present at tea. Mrs. C. Stewart,'who has been visiting her mother, Mrs. Ashton, New Plymouth, returned home on Wednesday. Miss Joan Harding returned on Thursday after spending three weeks with friends at Christchurch. Misses B. and G. Humphries, Upper Hutt, are staying with Miss Joyce Nicholas. Mrs. T. R. Overton and Miss Maetel Overton returned last week-end after a week’s visit to Napier. Mr. "and Mrs. R. R. Denize left on Thursday to take up their residence at Palmerston North. Miss Teresa Bell, Hamilton, is spending a holiday with Mrs. J. Exley, Albion Street. Miss B. Ryan returned home during the week from a short holiday at Chateau Tongariro. Mrs. E. A. Pacey, Mrs. R. J. O’Dea and Mrs. W. Morrissey were hostesses at tea during the week. Mrs. W. G. Simpson has Miss Dorothy Truscott and Miss Venus Darragh, Wellington, staying with her. The Misses “Bib” Fleming, Cape Egrnont, and Tui Hickey, Ihaia Road, Opunake, were the guests of Miss Norah Rothery during the school holidays. Miss Elsie TwaddlA returned on Wednesday evening after spending a short holiday at Palmerston North and Wellington. Mfes Mary Bright left on Wednesday for Wanganui for the New Zealand badminton championships. She will be Miss Joyce Trewar’s guest. Mrs. A. F. Beck left on Thursday for Waverley, where she will be staying with her sister, Mrs. J. MacKenzie, for a few days. Miss Mollie Washer returned last weekend from a three weeks’ holiday at Auckland, Cambridge and New Plymouth. Mrs. Harvey was hostess at an evening’s bridge on Friday of last week, when Mrs. T. H. Underhill, Wellington, was the highest scorer. Mrs. A. K. North’s father, Mr. Dawson, Christchurch, has been visiting her. He returned to the South Island during the week. Mrs. E. A. Pacey returned last weekend from a week spent at Wanganui, where she was Mrs. Will Hutchins’ guest. Misses Sheila and Pat Lovell, Miss M. McKenzie and her guest, Miss Iris MacDonald, Invercargill, were visitors to Patea for the Victory ball on Monday night. Mesdames H. D. Cameron, W. B. Farquharson J. - Ogle, R. J. O’Dea, L. B. Lewis, W. G. Strange and Miss Cameron were Mrs. J. B. Murdoch’s guests at tea on Wednesday afternoon. Miss Ethel Murdoch assisted her mother. On Monday afternoon Mesdames Moorhouse, J. Ecksell, G. Wyatt, E. A. Pacey, W. M. Eggleston, A. C. Ross, J. B. Murdoch, D. Caplen and Miss E. Murdoch were guests at tea when Mrs. H. D. Cameron entertained. Mrs. W. M. Egglestone entertained on Thursday afternoon, when Mesdahxes W. Syme, H. T. Underhill (Wellington),' C. Whittington, J. B. Murdoch, Harvey, R. D. Speer and Miss E. Murdoch were present at afternoon tea. On Tuesday evening the Taranaki Plunket nurses met at dinner at the Women’s Club, when Miss J. McCall, Hawera, was hostess. The object of the meeting was to discuss matters in connection with their work. The visiting nurses included Misses Petersen, Cartwright and Poff (New Plymouth), Miss Thom (Opunake), Miss Tompkins (Patea) and Miss Mason (Stratford). Several teams are visiting Hawera to take part in the Collins Cup competition for home nursing to be judged at Hawera to-day. There are two teams from I Wellington, with Sister Lewis in charge, ' one team from Upper Hutt, with whom is the secretary, Mrs. Gibbs, a team from New Plymouth under Mrs. Southam and two teams of Hawera V.A.D.'s. A Hawera team is the holder of the cup. Blue grape hyacinths, yellow cowslips and narcissi blended well in mixed bowls in Mrs. D. G. Smart’s sitting-room when she entertained a number of friends at tea during the week. The hostess wore a black silk velvet gown with a jacket oriental motif to receive her visitors, who included Mesdames G. A. Burgess, L. Hamilton (Manutahi), L. J. Bull, C. Tonks and Misses Rawson, L._ Hay-MacKenzie, N. Watty and J. Lennon.

Mrs. Burt, Wellington, who has been staying with Mrs. W. Fendall for the past few weeks, returned home on Friday. Bowls of spring bulbs in mixed tones of yellow and cream attractively decorated Mrs. J. H. Sutton’s sitting-room at “Sunnydene” on Tuesday afternoon when she was hostess at an afternoon for her Australian visitor, Miss Elsa Holden, Sydney. Mrs. Sutton chose a model in white stiffened chiffon flower-patterned in hyacinth blue, with a blue ring velvet coatee, to receive her friends, and the guest of honour wore a coffee-beige lace robe, over which was a tortoise-shell brown chiffon-velvet jerkin tunic, with corded waist-tie. Mesdames C. S. Robb, H. Jones, W. B. Farquharson and Misses K. Coleman, M. Washer, M. Black, A. Wills, R. Pease, M. Bright, S. Lovell, N. Duckworth, G. Goodson, P. Lovell and J. Powdrell were among the guests at tea. CLUB PLAY-READING. The attendance at the play-reading circle’s evenings at the club continues to be encouraging, and on Tuesday there were about 40 present. The play, J. B. Priestly’s “Laburnum Grove,” was a happy choice, the committee being fortunate in securing such a new work. It was produced for the first time in London last November. The main part — of “George Redfern”—was well done by Miss Glenn, but the cast all through was a strong one. Those reading were Misses Glenn, D. Corrigan, E. Caplen and Mesdames A. K. North, P. O. Veale, H. R. Kemp, W. C. Fyfe, and J. Houston. Mrs. T. F. McKenzie read the stage directions. Others present included Mesdames C. G. Trotter, Andrews, L. A. Ablett, R. R. Henderson, A. K. Fyson, S. R. Veitch, E. Evans, M. R. Jones, O. K. Tennent, Anderson, S. A. Chisholm, Dickie, Stone-Wigg (Winchester), W. G. Simpson, W. Gibson, W. Thomas, A. E. Stevens, R. R. Henderson, C. Bayley, A. K. North, A. J. Corrigan, Wilson (Ararata), W. W. Thomas, G. Wyatt, and Misses L. Hay-Mackenzie, D. Richardson, I. E. R. McLean, J. Patterson (Wanganui), C. Reilly, Tennent (Masterton), M. C. Power, B. Theed, M. Crabb and Wood.