CHRISTMAS DANCE.

Star (Christchurch), Volume LXIV, Issue 945, 15 December 1933, Page 9

CHRISTMAS DANCE.

Combined Staffs of C.A.A. and Motor Union. MANY GUESTS OF HONOUR. The happy spirit of goodfellowship which prevails among the staffs of the Canterbury Automobile Association and the South Island Motor Union Insurance Company led to an enjoyable evening being spent by the members in the C.A.A. hall last night at their first combined staff dance. With a year’s hard w’ork behind them and the spirit of Christmas in the air, the staffs and their friends were in festive mood, which even the humid conditions could not mar. Blue and white streamers (the union colours) formed a canopy in the hall, wdth a cluster of blue balloons and a gay Chinese lantern in the centre. Multi-coloured streamers shaded the other lights and bowls of blue and white flow'ers w'ere arranged in the corners of the room. Upstairs, where bridge was played by those who did not wish to dance, a similar colour scheme made an attractive decoration. Music for dancing was supplied by the Danielli Orchestra. The guests of honour w’ere: Mr P. R. Harman, general manager of the S.I.M.U. Insurance Company, Mr W. R. Carev, chairman of the South Island Motor Union, and Mrs Carey, Mr and Mrs H. C. Harley, Mr and Mrs F. W. Freeman. Mr ajjd Mrs C. G. Curtis, Mr and Mrs C. G. Hawkes, Mr and Mrs D. E. Wood and other members of the council of the C.A.A., and the directorate and executive committee of the South Island Motor Union. Among- those present, in addition to the guests of honour, were:—Mesdames Bernard M’Kenna, F. W. Johnson R. Wreaks and H. Beck, Misses Mary Bang, Patricia Moore, Iris Threlkeld, Alisoun Carey, Peggy Orr, Joyce Amy, Olive Scott. Brenda Wilson, Joyce Wakelin, Anne Pennicuick, Marion Hyde Wisha Ardagh, Moira Stringleman, Jean Waterston, Bois Bradshaw. Lorna Best, Stephanie Owens, Gwen Main, Jean Dykes, Ruth Bowker, Kathleen Highsted. Nellie M’Donald, Inez Kent. Bouise Shatford, Joan Meikle, Beryl Buxton Lance Maine, Joy Nicholis, Edna Clark, May Threlkeld, Barbara Bruce, Hilary Fryer, Joan Smith, Megan Williams. Margaret Hart, Betty Trewin. Bily Cookson, Dorothy Dixon, Jeane Bynch, Betty Thompson. Joy Bridgewater Gwynneth Hobbs, Elsie Barr and Althea Harley Slack.