SOCIAL NOTES

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXIX, Issue 20095, 30 April 1935, Page 10

SOCIAL NOTES

Mrs Louis Cohen, Wellington, is a guest at the Grosvenor. Mrs C. F. Hamilton, Fairlie, is staying at the Grand. Mr and Mrs Burns. Masterton, are registered at the Grand. Miss A. B. Hewett, Cambridge, is a guest at the Grand. Dr and Mrs J. Hight, who have been visiting Waimate have returned to Christchurch. Miss Irene Horton, who was the guest of Mrs D. Murchison, Fairview has returned to Blenheim. Mr and Mrs Hector Scott, Nile Street, have returned from a visit to Mrs Hanan, Invercargill. Dr and Mrs F. Bowe, Hart Street, will leave to-day to spend the winter months in Nelson. Mrs A. McCormick, Moana Crescent, Dunedin, who was the guest of Mrs Geo. Simpson, Waimataitai, has returned home.

Mrs Egerton Reid, who has been staying with Mrs W. E. Gibson, Elizabeth Street, has left on a visit to Wanaka.

Mr and Mrs McAlpine, North Canterbury, will be the guests of Mrs E. C. Studholme, Waimate, for the MartinJohnstone wedding.

Miss Tripp and Mrs Blakiston, Orari Gorge, who were the guests of Mrs A. Hope, “Tumanako,” Wai-iti Road, have returned home.

Mrs Dyer and Miss Kathleen Dyer, who have been staying with Mrs H. A. Innes-Jones, Sefton Street, have returned to Wellington. Mrs A. A. Scott, Bidwill Street, who has been on a visit to the North Island, is the guest of Mrs Wilford Scott, Maltby Avenue.

Dr and Mrs R. H. Baxter, who were the guests of Mrs Mitchell, “Kenwyn,” Studholme, have returned to Christchurch.

Mr and Mrs J. Norton Francis. Christchurch, will be the guests of Mrs Harold Elworthy, “Craigmore,” for the Martin-Johnstone wedding. Mrs Percy Cox and her two children, Persia, are on their way to New Zealand to visit Mrs Cox’s parents, the Rev. F. Dunnage and Mrs Dunnage, Douglas Street. Miss Effie Studholme, Auckland, Messrs J. Ritchie and M. Sidey, Dunedin, will be the guests of Mrs H. B. S. Johnstone, Spring Bank, for Miss Catherine Johnstone’s wedding. Mrs Hugh Macfarlane, “Waikora,” is the guest of Mrs Westmacott, Nile Street. Miss Carlisle Studholme, Waimate, will be Mrs Westmacott’s guest for the Martin-Johnstone wedding.

Guests registered at the Balmoral include Mr and Mrs L. G. Willis, Mr J. Hawke, Mr R. A. Brooks (Christchurch), Mrs G. Cleland (Waihao Downs), Mr W. T. Murphy. Mr H. J. Reidy (Dunedin), and Miss C. Thomson (Winton).

In the dinner table competition at the Mackenzie Highland Show, one of the tables was worthy of mention for its original setting. To typify the Highland show, the table was decorated with a vase of thistle and heather, while the Mackenzie tartan ribbon was also displayed. The candle shades and menu card were also beautifully painted with Scottish emblems. The garnishing, too, was well carried out with a thistle design, and was much admired.

Yesterday afternoon, Miss Margaret Rolleston’s home in LeCren’s Terrace, was charmingly arranged with chrysanthemums and autumn leaves when she was hostess at a tea party in honour of Miss Catherine Johnstone whose marriage takes place to-morrow. Miss Rolleston was wearing a frock of delphinium blue tweed trimmed down the front with buckles, and Miss Johnstone wore a dew-green frock, a black beret and fox furs. The guests included Misses Catherine and Jeanetta Johnstone, Mrs Basil Unwin, Mrs Douglas Barker (Kaikoura), Mrs D. Unwin, Mrs K. de Castro, Mrs E. S. Johnstone, Mrs H. Sinclair-Thomson, Misses Diana and Nan Orbell, Sylvia, Janet and Molly Orbell and Denderah Rhodes.