Woman’s World

Wanganui Chronicle, 6 May 1948, Page 9

Woman’s World

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL. Mrs. John Giblin, of Danneyirke, is on a short visit to Wanganui and is staying with her mother, Mrs. A. H. Collins, “Letham." Mrs. M. Hunt, of Auckland, is the guest of Mrs. W. McElwain, Bell Street. Mrs. Lorna McDonald, of the Economic Information Service; Wellington, will visit Wanganui to address a meeting of the Housewives’ Association and friends to be held this afternoon. Dr. Phyllis Haddow, who has been with the Kwang-Chi Hospital, Hangchow, China, for 25 years, and has been on holiday in New Zealand, will shortly resume her duties in China. She was farewelled this week by the Overseas League in Auckland. Miss H. Iris Crook, commandant of the New Zealand Red Cross Voluntary Aid Detachment, left Auckland on Saturday by the Port Hobart for London. She is one of the delegates to the conference of the League of Red Cross Societies, whichis to be held at Stockholm. Mrs. George Hennessy and Mr. C. W. White, who will also attend the conference, left New Zealand some weeks ago.

Party For Brides-to-Be. The Voluntary Aids of the Wanganui Sub-Centre of the Red Cross Society on Tuesday night held a very jolly ’pantry’ evening for two of their trainees who are being married this week. The guests or honour were Miss Eileen Carmody, and Miss Naomi Domney (who served overseas as a V.A. in Italy and Japan) and they received many useful and varied contributions for their future homes. Mrs. G. Palmer and Miss Shirley Keown entertained with vocal solos, and some very bright and amusing competitions and games made the occasion a very happy gathering. Mrs. Currin, sub-centre commandant, presented floral sprays to the brides-to-be, and to the artists. Women’s Section R.S.A. The Women’s section of the R.S.A. met again on Tuesday evening for their monthly packing of parcels of food for Britain. They made up and dispatched 18 parcels of varied and useful foodstuffs to individual addresses of people in the United Kingdom. They have “adopted” six exservicemen of the British Legion, who receive monthly parcels, and the others were sent to old folks, and to sick and blind people they have been glad to help.