SOCIAL NOTES

Timaru Herald, Volume CXL, Issue 20261, 9 November 1935, Page 20

SOCIAL NOTES

Mr and Mrs W. N. Brooker, Invercargill, are guests at the Dominion. Mr and Mrs S. L. Nicolson, Balclutha, are staying at the Dominion. Mr and Mrs Coleman, Balclutha, are staying at the Empire. Mr and Mrs T. H. Baker, Christchurch, are staying at the Grosvenor. Mr and Mrs Hanson, Wellington, are guests at the Grosvenor. Mr and Mrs Sydney Bowron, Christchurch, are staying at the Grosvenor. Mr and, Mrs J. H. Cook, Dunedin, are visiting Timaru, and are at the Grosvenor. Mr and Mrs G. N. McLean, Wai-iti Road, left yesterday for Christchurch for carnival week. Mrs Sholto Douglas, who has been staying in Geraldine has left to spend a few weeks in Christchurch. Mrs Barry Morehouse, Nelson, is staying with her mother, Mrs W. G. Taylor, Selwyn Street. Mrs H. B. S. Johnstone. “Springbank,” Otaio, is on a visit to Wellington. Mr and Mrs Rowland Guinness, Geraldine, will leave on Monday for Christchurch for the races and show. Mrs H. H. Fisher and Mr J. Fisher, “Shenley,” Albury, are visitors to Christchurch for the races. Mr and Mrs R. S. Goodman, Wai-iti Road, returned yesterday from a visit to the North Island. Mr and Mrs H. W. Lister returned yesterday from a trip to England, the Continent and the U.S.A. Mr and Mrs Jas. W. Ashby, Geraldine, who have been visiting Dunedin and Waikouaiti, have returned home. His Honour Mr Justice Johnston, and Mrs Johnston, Christchurch, are visiting Timaru and are staying at the Grosvenor. The engagement is announced of Grace, elder daughter of Mr and Mrs W. Darling, “The Meadows,” Washdyke, to Douglas Albert, younger son of Mr and the late Mrs G. F. Walker of Temuka. The engagement is announced of Doris L., youngest daughter of Mrs E. J. Baikie and the late Mr John Baikie, Pike’s Point, Waimate, to Charles Jack, younger son of Mr and Mrs C. C. Rawlinson of Dunedin. Round, golden limes from the West Indies are fashionable with the hostesses who like to plan cool-looking dinner-table schemes (states the London “Daily Telegraph”). The fruit is arranged effectively with green leaves in modernist fashion on a plate or very low bowl. The bowl of fruit has come back to favour as a table decoration. Many women copy the arrangement seen in Old Master paintings. Though some things grow old-fash-ioned if kept by the engaged girl f or many months, there are some essentials of the bottom drawer which never go out of date, states a writer in an exchange. These are really the foundations of the whole stock of house linen. Here they are: —For each bed: Three pairs white sheets, three pairs pillow-cases, two bolster-cases, one bedspread, one under-blanket, two topblankets, one eiderdown. For the kitchen two kitchen hand-towels or roller-towels, six dusters, three glasscloths, six tea-cloths. For the house: Six bath-towels, six face towels, three breakfast-cloths, three damask tablecloths and 12 napkins, a few afternoon tea cloths and traycloths, doyleys, and runners for dressing tables. A very enjoyable surprise gift evening by neighbours and friends was held at the residence of Mr and Mrs Phillips, Washdyke, on the occasion of the approaching marriage of t'heir daughter Thora The evening was spent in playing games and community singing. Two solos, given by Miss Dorothy Gibb, were very much appreciated. Mr Sievwright proposed the health of the future bride and bridegroom, and Mr J. Topp suitably responded. At the conclusion Mr Phillips returned thanks on behalf of his daughter for the many useful gifts presented to her. Those present included—Mesdames McDuff, McGillivray, Schieb, Gilmore, Brown, Doak, Sievwrigrt, Darling, Aitken, Phillips, Applegarth, Misses K. Connolly, D. Gibb, D. Doak, R. Sievwright, i A. Aitken, N. Applegarth, N. Best, A. Phillips, T. Phillips, Messrs L. McDuff, W. Darling, C. Best, D. Anderson, R. Sievwright, A. Phillips and J. Topp. Apologies were received from Mr and Mrs McPherson, Mr and Mrs Dawe, Mr and Mrs Topp, Mr and Mrs G. King, Mr and Mrs Cloughley. The following is a list of the guests who have registered at The Hermitage during the past week: Sydney—Mr A. Jewell. Melbourne —Mrs J. O. Coop, Miss U. Harvey, Mr J. H. Coop. Christchurch —Miss D. McCully, Miss D. McIlwraith, Mr D. Lyon, Mr R. McCarthy, Mr and Mrs J. Hawke, Mr and Mrs S. A. Clark, Mr O. Crutchley, Mr Fitzhenry, Mrs A. Walton, Mr H. C. Coggen, Miss N. F. Newburgh, Miss M. O’Brien. Auckland—Mr J. M. Unswith, Mr P. J. Bowater, Mr J. Morton, Mr W. G. Macindoe. Timaru—Misses Shewan and E. Robertson, Messrs W. Berry and J. Koller, Mr and Mrs E. B. McGregor Wamsley, Mr and Mrs J. Hunt, Nurse Hardie, Miss M. N. Hardie. Temuka—Mr R. Lee, Miss Prattley, Miss E. Dale, Mr R. G. Simpson. Dunedin—Miss C. Bain, Mrs M. Bain, Miss C. Tillie, Mrs S. McQueen, Mr and Mrs E. A. Gibson. Fairlie —Miss Paterson Miss Meldrum.

Mrs Geoffrey Myers, of Hampstead, London, is keeping up the fine record as a lawn tennis player which she began when she was still Miss May Andrew, of Christchurch. In letters to her mother, Mrs A. W. Andrew, of Cashmere, she describes the enjoyable times she has had at English tournaments in the season that recently concluded. She applied to the New Zealand Lawn Tennis Association for its nomination to compete in the AllEnglish championship tournament at Wimbledon, but this was not forthcoming. She proved that she is a player to be counted with by playing her way into the fourth round of the open snigles at the qualifying tournament for Wimbledon, the jubilee championships at Beckenham in Kent. She W'as defeated by Mrs M.® W. Moss, a Wimbledon player, 6-4, 6-4. With Miss Barbara Gould, of Christchurch, as her partner, Mrs Myers won the women’s handicap doubles, 6-1, 6-4. On this year’s play she won her colours at the Cumberland Club, losing her semifinal of the club championship to the holder (Mrs Broadridge), reaching the semi-final of the women’s doubles and winning the combined doubles championship with Mr W. Phillips, a master at the Mill Hill School.