CURRENT NOTES

Press, Volume XC, Issue 27395, 7 July 1954, Page 2

CURRENT NOTES

Dr. E. H. Norman, High Commissioner for Canada, «&d Mrs Norman left Wellington on Monday for Auckland, from where they will sail in the Tofua for Samoa. Dr. and Mrs Norman will return to Wellington on July 27. Mrs F. M. Gibson (Fendalton) will leave by air at the end of next week for a visit to Australia. She will spend a short time m Sydney as* the guest of Mrs G. Oldham (formerly Miss Nancy Gibson, of Christchurch) before continuing on her journey to see her father in Melbourne.

Mrs T. A. Buckingham, of Quarry Hills, Southland, is the first woman to take her place on the Southland Education Board. She was elected unopposed this week to represent the southern ward on the board.

Miss Dianne Rhodes, of Auckland, a former member of the New Zealand Players, was married recently in Auckland to Mr Graham Norton, of Auckland. Mr and Mrs Norton left the day after their wedding for Sydney, where they will make their home. Mr Norton is to take over the Australian branch of his father’s business. Miss Julie Morrison, immediate Dominion past president of the Country Girls’ Clubs, has returned from Hamilton where she attended the sixth annual conference of Country Girls’ Clubs. At the conference, Miss Mary Hopping, of Tauriko, Tauranga, who has been a member of the Dominion* executive, was elected Dominion president. The next conference will be held in Christchurch in June, 1955. Miss Judith Percy, the Queensland golfer, who is well known in New Zealand as a*member of the Australian Tasman Cup team, recently beat Miss Joan Fletcher, a member of the team on more than one occasion, in the final of the Queensland golf championship played at Brisbane. Miss Pe-vgy Robinson, of Ohoka, will leave on July 15 for a 15 weeks’ tour of Queensland as the representative of the New Zealand Country Girls’ Clubs. She will be the guest of the Junior Farmers’ Organisation in Queensland. Miss Robinson has returned from Hamilton where she attended the annual conference of New Zealand Country Girls’ Clubs. Miss Maxine Bishop (Western Australia), who holds the present golf championship of New Zealand, recently won the Victoria State championship in Melbourne.

ivirs j. j/urcnas neiu a’reception in the lounge of the National Party Centre last evening. Songs were sung by Mrs Grace Blair and Mrs S. Hosking, for whom Mrs W. E. Olds was the accompanist. The programme also included a manequin parade. -Mrs W. Sanders presided at the monthly meeting of the Federation of Congregational Women. Films were shown and a health talk given by Mrs D. D. L. Borman, of the Health Department. Gifts for Christmas parcels for missionaries were contributed by members. The hostesses were Mesdames Blackwood, Mardon, and Holstein and Miss Willis. The July meeting of the Papanui Garden Club was- held at the home of the secretary (Mrs A. W. Leithead), Papanui road. Mrs H. W. Gourlay presided. Members enjoyed a question afternoon on the many garden problems during the year. Mrs Gourlay thanked Mrs Leithead for the use of her home, also the assistance of hostesses. The competition was for a garden arrangement. Results were:— A class, Mrs G. E. West 1, Mrs J. Moffitt 2, Mrs A. Nettleton 3. C class: Mrs E. T. Jones 1, Mrs Atkinson 2, Mrs V. G. Cameron 3. Open class: Mrs Atkinson 1. Open B class: Mrs A. H. Redder. \ Five new members were welcomed at the monthly meeting of the Junior Navy League at Elizabeth House last evening. The president (Miss Judy Mardon) nrr»fiirteri and read a latter

ividruon; presiaea ana reaa a letter from Lieutenant-Commander F. J. Glanville, thanking members for two donations of £lO each, one to the Sumner Sea Cadets and the other to the Chrystall street cadets. Members have sponsored an English child, the daughter of a seaman lost during the war, and it was reported that a parcel was being sent to this child. Preliminary arrangements for a tea dance to be held during Grand Natiafial lyeek were made at the meeting. Mrs C. Butterfield conducted square dancing and games at the July meeting of the Belfast Plunket Mothers’ Club. Competition winners for winter decoration and for a jar of marmalade were Mrs I. Halligan, Mrs Cassidy, and Mrs Molyneux. The July meeting of the Cashmere Garden Club was held in the Methodist Schoolroom, Mrs W. K. Blow presiding. The guest speaker was the patron of the club (Mr A. McNeil), who spoke on the cultivation of small shrubs. Competition results were:— Dried arrangement, Al class: Miss Salmond 1, Mrs Blow 2, Mrs Prebble 3. Posy, Al class: Mrs Blow 1, Mrs Bowren 2, Miss Salmond and Mrs Harman (equals 3. Dried arrangement, A class: Mrs Woodward 1, Mrs Olds 2, Mrs Salkeld and Mrs Carter (equal) 3. Posy, A class: Mrs Carter 1. Mrs Woodward 2, Mrs Salkeld 3. Dried arrangement, B class: Mrs Young 1, Miss Roberts 2, Mrs Taylor 3. Posy, B class: Mrs Boyd-Wilson 1, Miss Clucas 2, Mrs Cullens 3. Best shrub: Mrs Salkeld 1, Miss Clucas 2, Mrs Inwood 3. Best bloom: Mrs Hollis 1, Mrs Blow 2, Mrs H. Jones 3. Members of the club brought posies for all the patients in the Cashmere Sanatorium. Speaking at the national conference of the Hairdressers’ Federation in London recently, the president said it had- been found that 46 per cent, of Britain’s women had not had a permanent/wave during the last year. Britain’s hairdressers, he said, were clearly not on top of the job. If they were they would be attracting these potential customers. The executive council’s annual report, however, thought that this reduction might be due to the increased use of “home devices.” Some women, however, think that it is all just a matter of the shortage of cash. The death is announced in Invercargill of Mrs V. H. Freeman, a member of the teaching staff of the South School, Invercargill. Mrs Freeman, who was formerly Miss Gladys Dickson, of Christchurch, had been a specialist teacher at the school for the last 10 years. The matron of the Cashmere Sanatorium gratefully acknowledges the following gifts received for patients during the month of June, 1954: magazines, fruit, and parcels from the Tuberculosis Association* sweets, soap, and magazines from the Friends of the Hospital; tobacco, sweets, magazines, and fruit, and flannel capes from the Hew Zealand Patriotic Fund Board, sweets and .fruit from the British Sailors Society; winter woollen comforts from the British Sailors’ Society; magazines from Mr Slade, anonymous donors, Mrs Graham, and the Catholic Women’s League: books from W. A. Yates: posies from the Cashmere Garden Club. The following gifts were received at the Fresh Air Home:—magazines and books from Mr Bambury; cake, fruit, drinks, sweets, and icecream from Mr and Mrs Bradley; bird in cage from Mrs Young; cordials, sweets, cake from Mr and Mrs Glover; books and magazines from anonymous donors.

A young Melbourne woman, 19-year-old Ellinor Blennerhassett, is giving cooking demonstrations—esnecially for girls. Miss Blennerhassett," who has a regular job with the Melbourne Corporation in the home service department, has been in charge of the cooking demonstrations since they began. She has a 17-year-old assistant, Joan Mac Cormack. Arranged by the Gas and Fuel Corporation in Melbourne, the demonstrations are timed for school holidays. They have been so successful that it is planned to give demonstrations in schools as an extracurricular subject, and also to give a series on camp cooking for boys only. Most of the girls who attend say they want to add to the knowledge - they gained in the kitchen at home, while others want to be able to cook a meal for all the family and give their mothers a rest.' The boys who enrol in the classes say they like cooking and consider “it’s a useful thing to know.

Navy • Street . Appeal for WELFARE AND SEA CADET FUNDS TODAY, Wednesday. Offer your help as a collector. Call at the appeal headquarters, Ist Floor, 53 Cathedral square (next to Chancery lane), or ’Phone the Organiser, 77-995. —Advt. Last Week of Sale—Bargains in all colours and styles. Hats from 9s lid each. Be in early to secure a bargain. Georgette Millinery (Christchurch) Ltd., Ballantyne’s Building, 122 Cashel street. Advt. “TWENTIETH CENTURY GROUP, OVERSEAS LEAGUE." CARNIVAL NIGHT. Fancy Dress Dance. Deans Homestead, Riccarton. Friday, July 9, 8.30 p.m. Tickets 12s 6d, from the Secretary, Whitcombes Buildings. Net proceeds towards funds for new rooms.

, Advt OVERSEAS LEAGUE, CHRISTCHURCH BRANCH. REMINDER. Dr. H°g er Duff will show coloured slides and speak to members on his recent trip to the Philippines in the League Rooms, second floor, Whitcombes Building, 115 Cashel street tonight (Wednesday), at 7.45. E. M BRIGHTLING, Secretary. Advt CHOCOLATE DOUGHNUTS. Entirely new this week. . . . Our Apricot and Cream-filled Doughnuts have always been very popular, and these really new Chocolate-coated Doughnuts need to be tasted to be appreciatsL . . . They are wonderful with Coffee and, though made with pure Chocolate, are only 4s 6d per dozen at OLGA MILES, LTD., The Choice Food Specialists, 95 Cashel street Advt