Woman’s World

Wanganui Chronicle, 6 January 1949, Page 7

Woman’s World

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL. Mrs. Dodd, of Christchurch, is the guest of Mrs. J. B. Jack, St. John's Hill. Miss Lynne O’Neill, who has been staying with her parents in Ingestre Street, has returned to Palmerston North. Mrs. G. C. Glenn, Victoria Avenue, has returned after a three months' stay in Wellington. Miss Shirley Edmonds was a Wanganui visitor to Dunedin for the Bramwell—Potter wedding. Mrs. H. V. Hammond, Glasgow Street, is visiting her sister, Mrs Phillips, Palmerston North. Mrs. F. K. Turnbull and Miss Jocelyn Turnbull, Bell Street, have returned after a holiday in Wellington. Mrs. F. Armour, of Wanganui, who has been visiting her mother. Mrs. J. G. Johnston, of Dunedin, left last week for Wanaka. Mrs. T. C. Laidlaw, of Wellington, formerly of Wanganui, is the guest of her daughter, Mrs. A. E. Mac Lean, Kauangaroa, Fordell. Miss Ruth Cummins, of Sydney, and Mrs W. C. Jenkins, of New Plymouth, are visiting Mrs. S. G. Dinniss, Young Street. Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Christie, who have been spending the holidays with Mrs. Page, Westmere, have returned to their home in Titirangi Road, Auckland. Mrs E. W. Tippins and Mrs. J. Donkin, of the United Tennis Club, Christchurch, are visiting Wanganui and are guests of Mrs. A. E. Tippins, Helmore Street, Wanganui East. Mrs. W. H. Simons and Miss Dawn Simons, “The Shrubbery,” Durie Hill, left at the week-end for Auckland, where Miss Simons’ marriage to Mr. M. Harris, also of Wanganui, takes place on Saturday. The Roman Catholic Hierarchy has approved of the amalgamation of the various Catholic Women’s Leagues in New Zealand. This has been announced by Miss K. O'Connor, of Christchurch, who has been appointed first Dominion president. The Dominion vice-president is Miss V. A. Walsh, of Auckland, and the Dominion treasurer Mrs. B. O’Brien, of Wellington. Well known for her work with the Y.W.C.A., Miss Ethel Law, of Wellington received the award of M.B.E. in the New Year Honours. Miss Law retired recently from the post of national secretary of the Y.W.C.A. of New Zealand, to which she was appointed in 1938 Born in Wellington, Miss Law stained her M.A. degree at Victoria College. She taught at the Southland Girls' High School, the Dannevirke High School and Wanganui Girls' College before taking up Y.W.C.A. activities. A Wellington woman who has given a lifetime of service to the community has been awarded the C.B.E. in the New Year’s Honours. She is Miss M. E. Richmond. At the age of 95 years, Miss Richmond can look back on a life devoted to the service of education and in matters that benefited women and children. It was through her efforts that Wellington now has a Free Kindergarten Association. She still holds executive positions on many Wellington charitable committees and women’s organisations For eight years Miss Richmond edited the League of Mothers Magazine and has written sonnets and “The Bindy Ballads.” Born in New Plymouth in 1853 shortly after her parents, Mr. Justice Richmond and Mrs. Richmond, reached New Zealand, Miss Richmond is the eldest of a family of nine. She was educated at home, in Geneva, at Newnham College, Cambridge, and in Florence. Mrs. Alex R. Kennedy (nee Miss O. Zeisler, of Wanganui) is now in London. News has been received that her husband has been promoted to the rank of captain in the Royal Navy.