HAMILTON ORPHANS

Waikato Times, Volume 125, Issue 20918, 25 September 1939, Page 4

HAMILTON ORPHANS

FINAL LADIES* NIGHT JOLLY TIME SPENT Attended by a large number of members and' their wives, the final “Ladies’ Night” of the Hamilton Orphans’ Club, which was held in the Winter Show H&ll on Saturday, proved to be a worthy successor to many similar enjoyable functions. Masses of flowering currant were arranged about the stage and the tables were decorated with bowls of golden daffodils, shaded polyanthus, lilies, and purple irises. A canopy of gaily coloured flags was suspended over the heads of the guests and Union Jacks were draped about the walls. The club banner, in blue and silver, held pride of place above the president’s table. An atmosphere of friendship and joviality prevailed and novelty hats added a humorous note to the scene. The president, Mr H. Baker, in welcoming the guests of the evening, remarked that apart from a little advice to the ladies he would not address the gathering as he had exhausted his eulogistic references to the fair sex. The Programme . A very enjoyable and varied programme was presented and later a savoury supper was served. The programme was as follows: Orchestra selections, “The Tiger’s Tail,” “Wee McGregor’s Patrol,” and popular choruses; Mrs T. A. Edwards, songs with orchestral accompaniment, “Arise, Oh Sun,” and

“There is a Land.” Mr Rex Walden, songs, “Song of Song,” “Land of Hope and Glory,” “On the Road to Mandalay,” and “A Little Grey Home in the West”; Miss Mary Mackenzie, elocutionary items, “Mistress McForan’s Tooth,” “The Wife Who Sat Up,” and “The Post That Fitted”; the Aitken sisters, vocal duet “Where My Caravan has Rested”; Mr G. C. Tollerton (Auckland), humour and conjuring; Mrs Tibbett artd Miss Brighouse, vocal and instrumental duets, Hawaiian songs. The president’s wife, Mrs Harold Baker, was wearing a frock of dove grey chiffon with cherry coatee, and Mrs R. R. Paterson, wife of the Guardian, black panne velvet »and silver sequins. Among those present were:—Mesdames R. Lloyd, G. Boardman, W. King, C. Oxenham, S. Dabb, E. G. Rollo, W. Woodward, N. Fulton, L. C. Webb, L. B. Nixon, R. Jones, E. L. Watkins, R. McGill Brown (Auckland), W. A. Schultz, L. Winthrop, C. Keane, C. J. Sayers, H. E. Robinson, E. R. Reisterer, T. A. Edwards, J. Morris, L. Hammond, L. A. Power, Norman Day, A. Nye, S. R. Webb (Auckland), E. H. Tyler, F. R. Dunkley, Stephen Wilson, F. Gikens, H. D. Curling, J. Taylor, W. Short, R. Murphy, E. F. Lambert, F. Patrick, Tibbet, A. Wilkins, M. B. Munroe. L. D. Howden, J. H. Searle, T. Johnston, M. Speight, K. Henry, C. V. Nicklin, M. Mclntyre, T. C. Galloway, A. Redman, T. Mason, E. D. Tutchen, W. Hopkins (Huntly), J. D. Edgecombe, V. R. Kingdon, M. Kelly, A. E. Henry, R. G. Howell, A. Grant, W. A. King, F. Campbell, A. Cope, Fred A. Young, G. C. Tollerton (Auckland), C. R. Coates, Raymond Clare, H. McCoskrie, F. W. Course, M. Booth. Misses Joyce Adams, M. Lewis, G. Redman, J. Redman, M. Dick, A. M. Peterson, L. Dixon, M. Street, N. Campbell, V. Grant, Joan Sillar, E. Watkins, C. McLachlan, M. Coker, E. Coker, V. King, V. Fulston, N. Judge, C. Mitchell, P. Wilkins, M. Gwynne, M. McKenzie. Brighouse, I. Aitkem