WOMENFOLK

Star (Christchurch), Issue 18786, 15 June 1929, Page 8

WOMENFOLK

A CHRONICLE OF SOCIAL EVENTS.

By

“STELLA.”

Mrs Cairns (Spreydon) is spending a holiday with Mr and Mrs E. Fleming, at Hororata. Miss Margaret Ormerod. Fendalton, is visiting Mrs Buddie, Remuera, Auckland. Mr and Mrs R. L. Paterson, of Akaroa, left yesterday for Palmerston North on a fortnight’s holiday. Mrs R. J. Munro is leaving to-night to pay a round of visits in the North Island. Mrs T. E. Bowes, Springfield Road, has returned from a fortnight’s holiday in the North Island. Mrs Appleby, Papanui Road, has gone to Dunedin to stay with Mrs Cameron. Miss Dorothy Moore, who has been spending a holiday in Hongkong and Java, has returned to Fendalton. Mr and Mrs Youngman, of Christchurch, are spending a holiday with their daughter, Mrs F. C. Newton, Aylmer’s Valley, Akaroa. Mr and Mrs Alfred Clark will leave next Tuesday for Stratford, Taranaki. Mr Clark has been transferred to the managership of the Union Bank there. Invitations have been issued for the annual dance of the combined staffs of Booth, Macdonald and Co., Ltd., ami James J. Niven and Co., Ltd., to be held in the Winter Garden on Wednesday, June 26. The engagement is announced of Vera, youngest daughter of Mr and Mrs J. Dwyer, 555 Manchester Street, St Albans, to David Mitchell, youngest son of Mrs M. S. Lusk, 35 Hamilton Avenue, Fendalton. An enjoyable evening was spent on Thursday, by the Bluebird Fireside Circle, connected with the East Belt Methodist Church, when Mrs F. J. T. Grigg gave a paper, with elocutionary items, on the English women poets Christina Rossetti and Elizabeth Browning. A very enjoyable evening was spent recently when the Naomi Rebekah Lodge No. 6 entertained Sisters Wallis and Desmond, of Kowhai Lodge No. 23 (Feilding), who were visiting Christchurch in connection with the Golden Link celebrations. The Noble Grand, Sister E. Manson, welcomed the visiting sisters, who suitably responded After the usual business had been concluded. supper was served in the sup-per-room and a pleasant social hour was brought to a close by the singing of “ Auld Lang Syne.” The Addington Burgesses’ Association held a successful fancy dress car nival and social on Thursday evening in the Selwyn Street Hall. The hall was filled to its utmost capacity, nearly 300 persons being present. Musical items were given by Messrs F. Hale, L. Pegler, R. Lamb and C. Flaherty. Prizes for fancy dress were awarded as follows:—Most original, Mr W. Campbell; best fancy dress, Mr F. J. Wigg. The Indies’ fancy dress prize-winners were Miss Donaldson and Mrs Breitmeyer. The lucky competition winwere Mr W. H. Griffiths and Mr B. Sloan, Mrs A. Anderson and Mrs Grose. Mr M. Clark was M.C. An enjoyable evening was spent at the residence of Mr and Mrs N. M’Gillivray, Osborne Terrace, North New Brighton, when they entertained their friends at a Five Hundred Flag evening and dance. The games were keenly contested. The prize-winners were Mrs M’Donald, Mrs Prosper and Mr N M’Gillivray. A dainty supper was served. The central attraction was a surprise in the form of the presentation of a Kaiapoi rug to Mrs M’Gillivray on the occasion of her birthday. The Mayor of New Brighton, Mr Shaw, made a happy speech in making the presentation. Mrs M’Gillivray suitably replied. “ She’s a Jolly Good Fellow ” was sung. Music for the dance was supplied by Mrs Ross Smith. Among the guests wereMr and Mrs Shaw, Mr and Mrs N. M’Gillivray, Mr and Mrs Farrier, Mr and Mrs S. Freeborn, Mr and Mrs W. M. Beynon, Mr and Mrs Marriott, Mr and Mrs Prosper, Mr and Mrs Cramp, Mr and Mrs A. Jones, Mr and Mrs Truscott, Mr and Mrs Glasson, Mr and Mrs Osborne, Mr and Mrs W Smith, Mr and Mrs Hoaro, Mr and Mrs lan Smith, Mr and Mrs Munro, Mr and Mrs M’Donald, Mr and Mrs Wallburton, Mr Murray M’Gillivray, Mr Jack Glasson, Mr Robert Wallburton, Mr Colville Aston, Mrs M. Slater, Mrs R. Stringer, Mrs Scott, Mrs Clark, Mrs Hughes, Mrs Henry, Misses Gladys Fife, Ethel Freeborn, Betty Scott, Molly Instone, and Gwen Glasson.

Mr and Mrs W. Taylor left for Dunedin this morning. Mrs A. R. Wallis (Dunedin) is staying at the United Service Hotel for a week. Mrs R. Acton-Adams and Miss A. Acton-Adams are guests at the United Service Hotel. The Rev W. and Mrs M’Ara, of Bury Street, Sumner, returned yesterday from a month’s holiday in the North Island. The South Canterbury Jockey Club’s ball, which will be held next Thursday night, after the first day’s racing at Timaru, will be an attraction to many visitors. Miss Nancy Gard’ner, Miss Eleonor West-Watson, and Miss Joan Maling, assisted by the members of the Girls’ Diocesan Association, were in charge of the stall in the vestibule of Everybody’s Picture Theatre this morning. A ready sale was found for home-make cakes, fruit, vegetables and flowers. So popular are these sales in aid of St Saviour’s Orphanages that sympathisers are regular customers. Orders may be booked in advance at the office at Church House. Lady Frances Balfour, who is best known through her work in the women’s suffrage campaign, is writing her memoirs. In them she will have much that is interesting to tell about Queen Victoria, Dame Millicent Fawcett, who was her colleague in the campaign also about her uncle, the great Lord Salisbury. She describes her memoirs as “an old-fashioned woman's book, giving a picture of her time and the people who came into it who were great in themselves.” Mrs Stephen Parr held the first of a series of musical parties at the Grammar School yesterday afternoon in aid of the funds of the various sewing meetings which have been organised to help in the big effort for St Saviour’s Orphanages. Songs were sung by Mrs Parr, Mrs R. J. Maclaren, Mrs M. G. Spuckey recited and Miss Eileen Hughson played a pianoforte solo, and also accompanied the singers. Afternoon tea was served. There were present: Mesdames Todhunter, Kelly, Blackley, Sydney Lawrence, Cargill, Samuel, Booker, B. Wright, Parkinson, P. J. Agar, N. S. Davidson, Adam, Sandell, J. P. Purchas, Brown, F. Inwood, W. D. Lawrence, Patterson, Misses Stoddart, Hodgson, and Preston. It is proposed to hold a grand carnival at the Art Gallery in November in aid of the St Luke’s School Building Fund. The old school, in which hundreds of Christchurch citizens received their educations, is well nigh seventy years old and must shortly pass away. The parishioners hope to get £IOOO this year and to start the work of demolition and rebuilding early in 1930. The carnival committee met on Thursday evening and set on foot many activities in connection with the carnival. A finance committee was appointed consisting of Messrs Booker, Stewart and Worthington, with the vicar, Archdeacon Taylor, Mr J. E. B. Lynch is the secretary. The Mothers’ Union will be in charge of the catering department, and the other parochial organisations have undertaken to organise stalls, while a strong committee was appointed to arrange for side shows. Preliminary festivities have been arranged. An enjoyable evening was held on Thursday at the residence of Mr and Mrs T. Patton, Bishop Street, when the East Christchurch Amateur Swimming Club held one of its series of socials organised to bring the members together during the winter months. The evening was spent in cards and dancing. Prizes for the cards were won by Mrs Patton and Mrs Estall and Messrs C. Bryant and A. L. Taylor. During the evening Mr N. Harbutt gave a number of banjo solos and Mr Greenwood gave a number of monologues. Among those present were: Mr and Mrs C Bryant, Mr and Mrs D. Coulter, Mr and Mrs L. Ogden, Mr and Mrs Glasson, Mr and Mrs T. Thomson, Mr and Mrs F. Collins, Mrs Estall, Misses E. Edmonds, N. Clarkson, D Brown, E. Davey, J. Stokes, D. Laby, M. Neate and E. Truby, Messrs G. Shadbolt, A. L. Taylor, R. Neate, L. Clarkson, N. Harbutt, Greenwood, A. E. G. Rogers, F. D. Stokes, A. T. F. Stokes, B. Davey and L. Caldwell.