In and Out of Town

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20078, 26 October 1939, Page 11

In and Out of Town

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Mr. and Mrs. H. Heald, East Coast were recent visitors to Gisborne.

Mrs. Bernston and her sister. Miss E. Willis, Haronga road, have returnee, from a visit to Te Puia.

Mr. A. J. Brace, Wellington, is staying with Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Hall Palmerston road.

Miss G. Wheeler, Roslrcvor Private Hospital, has returned from a visit to Waihau Bay.

Mr. and Mrs. E. W. M. Wallis, “Busily Knoll,” Hangaroa, are the guests of Mrs. H. G. Wellborne, Kelvin road.

Mrs. 'F. Davis has returned to Wellington after spending a few days with her daughter-in-law, Mrs. G. A. McWh’rter.

Mrs. F. Bellerby, accompanied by her children, has returned to Kanakanaia after visiting Wainui Beach.

Dr. and Mrs. H. Angell, Clifford street, accompanied by their children, returned on Tuesday from a visit to Waihau Bav.

Mrs. G. A. Parr, Auckland, is the guest of her son-in-law and daughter, Dr. and Mrs. A. Murray Scott, Kaiti esplanade.

Miss Jean North, who has been the guest of Mrs. J. de V. Blathwayt, Fox street, returned to Hastings on Tuesday.

Mr. and Mrs. 'V. ..Arguson Lower Hutt, returned home "esterdny, after spending their honeymoon in the Waingake Valley.

Mr-, and Mrs. A. Khull have returned to Wellington after visiting their son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. L. Lunken, Harris street.

Mrs. R. Watson, who has been visiting tier daughter, Mrs. G. A. McWhirter, has returned to Devonport, Auckland, accompanied by Miss Cherry McWhirter.

Miss Alison West-Watson, youngest daughter of Bishop West-Watson, Bishopscourt, Christchurch, has joined the staff of the War Office in London. Before taking up her new appointment Miss West-Watson was engaged in V.A.D. work at Lydney Park, the home of Lord Bledisloe, which is being used as a hospital.

Mrs. C. E. Carter. Napier, a sister of Mr. P. Schwabe, Gisborne, who is a survivor of the ill-fated Athenia. has arranged to leave England almost immediately on her return to New Zealand, travelling via Australia. Mrs. Carter was in hospital for a time following her rescue from the Athenia, which was sunk or. the first day of warfare, but according to the latest advice she has recovered well enough to travel.

The wife of the new General of the Salvation Army is a literary woman. Mrs. Carpenter, when she lived in England with her husband during General Bramwell Booth’s lifetime, was solely occupied writing biographies of outstanding Salvationists, says the Daily Telegraph. London. When General Carpenter and Mrs. Carpenter went to South America in 1933, they travelled to many places off the beaten track and made contacts for the army. Th,e general’s wife plays a very important part in the army scheme. She goes everywhere with the general and she has her own office at headquarters and her own staff. Mrs. Carpenter is a woman of high ideals and has always been a leader of the army women.

Jolly Tea Dance The jolly impromptu tea dance given by Miss Mildred Hamilton at her studio in Gladstone road on Monday provided a pleasant finale to the Hunt Club races. Decorations of shaded Iceland poppies and marigolds formed an attractive setting for the guests, and refreshments were served from a flowerdecked bullet. Mrs. W. Thomson and Mr. S. Skeet were responsible for the music. The hostess was extremely smart in a frock of white faille printed in a bold conventional design in purple and red tonings.