SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 74, Issue 189, 12 August 1931, Page 2

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Mrs A. Pepper, of Aramoho, is visit- - ing Wellington. Mr and Mrs R. E. Cuthbertson have returned to St. John’s Hill from a visitj to Wellington. Miss Marjory Ellingham, who hasi .been visiting Mrs McAneny, Nelson| I Street, returned on Saturday to i Hawke’s Bay. Mr and Mrs W. Pryor, of Wellington, are spending a holiday in Wanganui. The* Rev. Golding, of Inglewood, who ; spent the week-end with his sister, Mrs i H. Alp, Wanganui, has returned. I Mr and Mrs J. Scarrow, Raetihi, who ; ! have been visiting Wanganui, are at < 1 Patea. * Mrs Harold Egley, of Palmerston’ North, is visiting her parents, Mr and • Mrs J. Calvcr, Aramoho. • ’ ’ * ” I : Mrs A. E. Carpenter is spending a I 1 short holiday with Mrs V. Hunter, Hawera. Mr and Mrs W. A. Lyon, of Wood- : ville, who have been the guests of Mr ■ and Mrs T. Blennerhassett. Wicksteed ■ Street, have returned. Mrs W. S. Glenn is visiting Auckland i and is staying at Hotel Cargen. Mrs Crutchley, wife of Commander V. A. C. Crutchley, V.C., D. 5.0., of 11,M.5. ■ Diomede, left by the Tofua on Saturday ; for Suva. Miss Janette Gilmore, the well-known ; American stage soubrette, passed : through Auckland on Saturday on her . return to America from Australia. The Gonville committee held a meet- ! ing yesterday to discuss future actiw ! ities in connection with the Plunket baby contest. Miss Linda Sheldon, of Samoa, who . is visiting Wanganui, is the guest of Miss J. Lilburn, St. John’s Hill. Mrs A. Pitt, Island Bay, after visiting Auckland, spent a few days in ■ Wanganui as the guest of Mrs Bourne, Victoria Avenue, before returning to | Wellington. Miss R. Jackson, of Rotorua, is visit- ■ ing her parents, Mr and Mrs R. J. Jackson, Victoria Avenue. Mr and Mrs L. S. Fowler, who with their small son have been spending a : holiday with the Misses Fowler, Glas- : gow Street, left yesterday on their re- ' turn to Dannevirke. ' The many friends of Miss P. Morton • Jones will be pleased to learn that she i has recovered sufficiently from her re- ; cent severe illness to leave for the ! country, where she is the guest of Mrs ' J. Craig. Miss Laird, of Wicksteed Street, Wanganui, Mrs Briant, of “Shirley,” ' Bonny Glen, and Mrs Menzies, of “Hillside,” Waverley, have been apI pointed judges for the forthcoming (“wool competition” organised by he ; Provincial Executive oi the Women’s i Division of the Farmers’ Union. I * * * * * j A surprise house-warming party visited Mr and Mrs ID. Higgle, Forded, last week to celebrate the completion of a new home. Cards, ping-pong and dancing passed a happy evening. Competitions were won by Mrs E. Herlihy and Mr J. Aiken. I Invitations have been sent out by the headmaster of the Wanganui Collegiate School for a dance, which will be held at the conclusion of the annual Rugby contest between teams from the Wanganui Collegiate School, Christ’s, Wellington, and Nelson Colleges. Miss Jean Plimmer, daughter of Mr and Mrs Harcus Plimmer, of Wellington, left yesterday by the Makura for San Francisco, en route to Milwaukee, Wisconsin. On arrival there she will |be married to Mr Harry Black, M.1.C.E., M.1.M.E., formerly of Christchurch, and an ex-student of Canterbury College, who is now connected with the staff of the research department of the A. O. Smith Corporation of Milwaukee. Mr Black left for America a year ago by the ill-fated Tahiti. States the “Southern Cross Log,” the Melanesian Mission magazine: “Miss Alice Wilson, known to many of our readers in New’ Zealand, and a daughter of the Rev. Digby Wilson, who has been in the mission field for some time, will be admitted to the novitiate of the little community known as The Sisters of the Cross, stationed at the Mission headquarters at Siota. Miss

i Wilson has been interested in the Mission since her childhood and has met many of the missionaries who have visited New Zealand. Not infrequently early enthusiasm, fed perhaps by the accounts of workers bravely minimising , their difficulties, and the faults of their ■ friends, are followed by disappointment j and discouragement when brought face ;to face with the reality. It is good, ; therefore, to hear that Miss Wilson has ! found the fruit of other’s labours in j the field far greater than she had ever i anticipated, while yet so much remains to be done.” Miss Wilson is a New Zealand M.A. and 8.A., of Oxford, and is well known to Woodville people also, her father having been vicar of Holy Trinity Church for some years. * * * «• * Engagements. The engagement is announced of | Linda, second daughter of Mr and Mrs Sheldon, of Samoa, to Robert, third son i of Mr and Mrs R. Lilburn, St. John’s Hill. | Country Club Dance. j Arrangements for the Country Club | Cabaret, which will be held in the Elrick Cabaret on Saturday next, are now completed. The evening promises to be a great success, and those attending are assured of a good time. The engagement of the River City Syncopators wil undoubtedly please the dancing set, and those playing bridge will also find that all arrangements have been made for their comfort. Further particulars will be found in the advertising columns of this paper. I Clever Wellington Musician. Mention is made in the Education! Gazette of the fine progress of Miss Thelma Willoughby, formerly of Wei- I lington, who has just won an extension ' of her exhibition which entitles her to j another year’s study in London. Miss' Willoughby was first instructed in music by her mother, and then went to Mr Gordon Short. She passed her first examination at the early age of six years, two before she was seven (one with distinction), and three before she was eight. At the age of thirteen she won a ten-guinea scholarship at the Wellington Competitions, where for several years she won the sight-reading tests.' When 15| Miss Willoughby gained an exhibition from the Royal Academy of Music, entitling her to two years’ free tuition at the London School. She won | two bronze medals in her first year, and ; passed all examinations, winning her : L.R.A.M. degree, being one of the youngest to gain such an hour, Lady Jellicoe Club. A very enjoyable evening was spent by the members of the bridge circle of the Lady Jellicoe Club last night when the weekly bridge party was held. Beautiful flowers were tastefully arranged and the rooms were cosy and warm. Among the players were:—Mrs C. W. ; (convener), Mrs W. Gibson, Mrs Uldhom, Mrs H. Bayly, Mrs Blennerhassett, Mrs U. Williams, Mrs F. Millward, Mrs > F. Lomas, Mrs Merewether, Mrs Collier, Mrs K. D. Tosswill, Mrs G. J. Adams, Mrs W. F. Jarvie, Mrs J. Rus- ■ sell, Mrs R. Brown, Mrs P. O’Neill, Mrs : Cullen, Mrs D. Mackintosh, Mr s C. Bignell, Mrs W. Willis, Mrs G. H. Bwan, i Mr. H. V. Haszard, Mrs J. J. O’Reilly, Mrs Minogue (Wellington), Mrs A. Dawson, Mrs J. T. Werry, Mrs F. E. Everett, Mrs T. Graham, Mrs 11. Paul, Miss E. Murray, Mis s Cowan, Miss E. Parsons, Miss Wilils, Miss Worry, .Miss Joyce. Miss Livingstone, Miss Mitchell, Miss yhaw, Miss Glenn, Miss Norman.