Woman’s World

Wanganui Chronicle, 6 September 1950, Page 7

Woman’s World

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL. Miss Norma Scott, Hawera, has been spending a few days in Wanganui. Miss Rona North, of Wellington, was a week-end visitor to Wanganui as the guest of Miss Betty Parsons, of Gonville. Miss Joan Husband, of Hunterville, who visited Invercargill for the Collins—Rowley wedding last Thursday, was the guest of Mrs F. C. Rowley. Mrs. Daphne Ellwood, of Levin, set a record for a Wellington Competitions Society festival by gaining the possible number of championship points. Victoria League Conference. The Dominion conference of the Victoria League, held every second year, will be held this year in Wellington from September 16 to 19. It is expected that 30 delegates representing the league branches throughout New Zealand will attend. Her Excellency, Lady Frey berg, who is patroness of the New Zealand League, will open the conference at a reception in the Victoria League rooms on the night of Saturday, September 16. The president and secretary of each league, will in most cases, be delegates. Mrs. F. H. Wilkie, president of the Wanganui Victoria League, will be unable to attend, and Mrs. Frank E. Smith, a vicepresident, and Mrs A. F. Stevens, secretary, will represent the Wanganui league. This year the conference will be a preliminary to a London conference of the league to be held in 1951. Success Achieved By N.Z. Girl. A 19-year-old New Zealand girl has achieved considerable success in Britain since leaving the Dominion three years ago. She is Miss Lenor Barry, of Rotorua. She has been in pantomine with the Espinosa Dancers, in television in a series with Cyril Fletcher and has visited France, Switzerland, Italy and Belgium. She recently was engaged as a member of the famous* Windmill chorus and ballet, succeeding where at least 2000 girls fail every year. Like other girls engaged by this famous little theatre, Lenor is receiving a first-class training in singing, dancing, elocution and deportment, while she is also being given the best of grooming at leading West End beauty and hairdressing establishments. She is one of several New Zealanders doing well on the London stage. Missionaries From Belgian Congo. In New Zealand on furlough for a year are Mr and Mrs F. E. Rout, missionaries from the Belgian Congo. With their 16-months-old son, they arrived last week by flying-boat. They live and work among backward natives in the heart of Africa, 350 miles from Elizabeth town. They are stationed at Kiola, a small village in the Katanga Province, a rich mining area. Mr Rout's work extends over an area of 10,000 miles. With the help of native teachers he conducts a boys’ school and his wife is responsible for the education of a number of native girls. Many of the students in the boys’ school are married. The humid climate was very trying, and such diseases as malaria, sleeping sickness and hookworm many deaths among the natives. Mrs Rout said their foodstuffs were ordered from a trader 40 miles away and that butter costs 7s a lb. and sugai Is 3d a lb. Born in the Belgian Congo, Mr. Rout spent much of his life in New Zealand. He returned to Africa with his wife in 1945. Catholic Women’s League. The monthly meeting of the Wan* ganui Catholic Women’s League was heldin St. Joseph’s Hall, a good attendance of members being presided over by Miss E. Roche. This being the first meeting of the financial year, Miss Roche took the opportunity of thanking the past president, Mrs Bellringex, for her efforts during her term of office and also on behalf of herself and the members, extended a hearty welcome to Father Kingan after an absence of some months on military duties. The usual routine business was discussed after which Father Kingan gave a talk. Vocal items were contributed by Mrs P. Luxford and Mrs Bellringer and a community sing was held.