SOCIAL NOTES

Timaru Herald, Volume CXLVIII, Issue 21817, 21 November 1940, Page 8

SOCIAL NOTES

Miss Lynsky, Kaiapoi, Is the guest of Mrs W. W. Garton, Arthur Street. Mrs G. Hennessey, “Garryowen,” Morven, who was a guest at the Grand, has returned home. Miss Joyce, Wellington, is staying with Mrs F. J. Washbourn, “Wichenford,” Grant’s Road. Mrs Denis Cotterill, who was staying at the Grand, has returned to Christchurch. Dr. H. Knight and Mrs Knight, Burnham, and Miss J. Knight, Wellington, are the guests of Mrs j. S. orr, “Westfield Grange,” Seadown. Mrs Fleming, Auckland, is on a visit to Mrs Alan Fleming, Selwyn Street. Miss Ailsa Fleming is staying with Mrs Morrow, Mayfield. Miss Rose Winter, Christchurch, who has been staying with Mrs Arnold Winter, Albury, arrived yesterday to stay with Mrs W. G. Scott, Rosewill. Mrs F. Shields, Onslow Street, was hostess at a kitchen evening in honour of Miss Amy Shields, whose marriage took place on Saturday. Musical items, games and competitions contributed to a very pleasant evening. Sister C. Hay-Mackenzie, of the Greymouth Hospital staff, who will leave shortly to serve with the New Zealand Nursing Division overseas, was presented with a leather attache case by Mrs F. A. Kitchingham on behalf of the committee of the Greymouth Patriotic Society. On Monday night in St. John’s schoolroom, Highfield, the music pupils of Miss Sylvia Rudge gave an excellent programme to a large audience. Trios, duets and solos played with taste and accuracy were very much enjoyed. Miss Rudge who was presented by the pupils with a bouquet of rases and maidenhair fern, wore a frock of blue suede crepe patterned with chenille. A centuries-old remedy for soothing nerves has been revived by the women who spend their nights in shelters or standing by for duty. They are stitching elaborate tapestries like those worked by the women of medieval days, states a London correspondent. Hundreds are finding that embroidery makes the long hours of waiting pass more quickly, takes their minds off the sound of gunfire and enemy planes overhead. Queen Mary has just started work on two lovely old French fruit designs Df pomegranates, grapes, and pears. When they are finished the tapestries will be mounted as chair seats. The Royal School of Needlework, which is remaining in London despite the war has been supplying a number of clients with designs and materials.