SOCIAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 32, Issue 151, 22 March 1939, Page 7

SOCIAL ITEMS

Farewell To Taita School Headmaster The Taita Hall was filled on Saturday night when a farewell social was given for Mr F T. Vaughan, who has been headmaster' of the Taita School for 19 years, and is now retiring. Air. 11. B. Hutchison, chairman of the Taita Schoo, Committee, presented Air. Vaughan, on behalf of the school staff, pupils, and Taita residents, with a chiming clock, and Mrs. Vaughan with a silver teaservice. Air. Hutchison paid tribute to Mr. Vaughan's untiring services to the school, and introduced the newly-appoint-ed headmaster, Air. N. Taylor. Mrs. Vaughan and Airs. Taylor were presented with posies The official party comprised Air ami Airs. AV. B. Hutchison, Mr. and Mik F. T. Vaughan, Mr. and .Mrs. N. Taylor, Mr. AV. Dyer, chairman of the education board, and lAlrs. Dyer, the mayor of Upper Hutt, Mr. P. Robertson, and Airs. Robertson, Air. and Airs. \\- Burgess, Air. and Airs. J. Stonehouse, Air. and Airs. V. Pemberton, Airs. V. A. Draper, and Alessrs. F. Westbury, A. Patterson, and F. S. Hewer, Mrs. It. Westbury, Miss Yvonne AVyper and Air. Wyper played ii piano trio, Aliss Shirley Barnes gave vocal items, and pupils of Miss Stupples a tap-dance. Airs. N. Taylor was the accompanist. Air. B. Kitchener played for the dancing. Airs. Taylor played extras, and Mr. AV. B. Hutchison was the AI.C.

Comuig-of-Age Party. Airs. J. B. Tustin, Taita. was hostess recently at a coming-of-age party for Ali&i Kathleen Tustin, given at the home of Mr and Mrs. G. N. Tustin. Avalon Crescent, Taita. Mrs. O. N. Tustin wore a frock of magnolia embossed ninon; Airs. J. B. Tustin, floral crepe de chine in blue tonings; and Aliss Tustin, pastelshaded floral taffetas. Many-hued hydrangeas were used in decoration of the rooms. Air. E. Taylor, who gave ukulele items, and Air. Al. Haugh, mouth-organ items, also played for a community sing. .Among the guests were Mr. J. B. Tustin, Air.

G. N. Tustin, Airs. W. Drewitt, Mr. and Airs. J. C. Grieg. Air. and Airs. E. Taylor; Misses Al. Adams. Phyllis Gray. Muriel Gray, Verna Kitchener, Alice’ Nicholson, Olive McMillan, and Thelma Whitcher.

Sacred Concert. A well-attended sacred concert wag held in the Grand Theatre, Petone, on Sunday night, in aid of the Petone Plunkct Society. Alesdaines Millward, Corkill and Millar, and .Messrs. 11. Cairns, L. Kevin, McDonagh and Wilkinson sang, and Aliss Rainsford recited. Items were also given by the Ropu Maori Choir, with Mrs. Parata-Olsen as soloist, the Petone Citizens' Band, which was conducted by Air. G. A. Booth, and Taylor’s Novelty Band, Airs. Al. Smith and Airs. L. Boyd were the accompanists. The president of the society. Airs. J. C. Burns, thanked the performers. Personals.

Airs. AV. Smith, Waterloo Road, Dower Hutt, left Auckland by the Niagara on. Monday for three months' holiday in Vancouver and Los Angeles. Aliss Heather Wright, Lower Hutt, has returned from a tour of the North Island with a theatrical company.

JAIL FOR THEFT OF MONEY

"You seem to be heading for prison for all your life the way you are going,” said Air.' J. T. Benge, J.P.. in the Magistrates’ Court. Upper Hutt, yesterday when sentencing Lionel Strong, aged 22, to three months’ imprisonment for stealing £5/5/- belonging to Thomas Albert Harlen. Air. J. O. Duff, J.P., was associated on the Bench with Air. Benge. Detective-Sergeant H. C. Mureh, prosecuting;. said Strong was recently released from prison and went to live with Mr. and Airs. Harlen. Whiteman’s Valley Road. On March 16 he attempted to force the lock of a wardrobe in Air. I-lar-len's room in which there was money, but failed. He then forced a panel off the back of the wardrobe and took the from a butter-box in it. He had a number of previous convictions.