OTAGO LICENSED VICTUALLERS’ BALL

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22986, 15 September 1936, Page 15

OTAGO LICENSED VICTUALLERS’ BALL

The Concert Chamber of the Town Hall was charmingly decorated last evening when the Otago Licensed Victuallers’ Association held its annual ball. The colour scheme was red, blue, and green, enhanced with pearshaped coloured lights, a thick fringe of red, blue, and green streamers, interspersed with lights hung around the gallery, below which were suspended hanging baskets of fern. Pot plants formed a frieze around the entire hall, with banks of greenery here and there adding to the green note. From the centre of the roof hung ? huge red paper bowl from which red, green, and black streamers, lit with coloured lights, radiated to all sides of the room, with similar streamers in a giant tassel hanging below. -The orchestra sat on the stage, which was attractively banked with gumtree boughs, and had a row of pot plants across the footlights. Below was a lounge for the chaperones, with carpets and brown furniture similar to one arranged before a buffet in the entrance hall. The guests were received by Mr and Mrs J. W. Young, Mrs Young wearing a black French crepe model, with sleeves of embossed georgette, and a smartly-cut skirt with a waterfall at one side, and carrying a bouquet of spring flowers, the gift of the committee. The Mayor and Mrs E. T. Cox were present, the latter dressed in black lace and georgette, with a posy of red flowers. Members of committee present were Mr R. Bews (vicepresident) and Mrs Bews, Mr A. Ferguson with Mrs Ferguson, Mr F. Fay with Mrs Fay, Mr M. H. Dawson with Miss Dawson, Mr A. Sibbald, and Mr H. F. Payton (secretary), with Mrs Payton. Among those present were Mesdames H. F. Payton, black lace and georgette; A. Ferguson, powder blue lace; Archibald Ferguson, black tulle and pink hyacinths; D. C. Watts, Gloucester green lace and blue net; J. de Courcy, floral silk; J. M. Ford, peacock blue, with cream streamers; Crowther, Marina blue, with spots; E. W. Chandler, black velvet and silver lame; Maider, blue and black beaded georgette; J. A. Galbraith, pale blue floral georgette, with net applique; Mark Rodgerson, green satin; K. C. Green, gold lame; D. Middleton (Port Chalmers), red velvet; F. Carter (Port Chalmers), black satin and crystals; J. Metcalfe, blue embossed velvet with lame; J. P. O’Brien, red windswept satin; O. Hansen, brown satin and lace; Sarsfleld Flood, black georgette with sequins: W. G. Winefield, mulberry velvet and gold lame; M’Pherson, black velvet and silver lame; * F. Griffiths Paape, claret chiffon velvet; T. Gallagher, black and gold lame; Pat Rhodes, parchment satin with gold trimmings: A. Wilson, black velvet; D. C. Jolly, blue crepe de chine with lace cape sleeves: G. E. Warnock, midnight blue with scarlet accessories: A. J. Andrews, pink chiffon crepe; V. Gillespie, black, knife-pleated ninon; W. Prince, pale blue satin faconne with silver trimmings;, J. Richardson, silver lame with cyclamen: W. J Gray, brown and gold taffeta; Alf. Barrett (Christchurch), mulberry satin - with diamante: L. Moore (Christchurch), flame lace with a spray of freesias; S. T. Harrington, lemon lace and net; R. Watts, moss rose georgette and spangles; and R. Berry, black taffeta, with crimson accessories. Misses M. Wining, black and* white velvet: D. Lockhart, floral French silk; R. M. M’Donald, white taffeta and tulle: Campbell, flame velvet; Gaynor Paape. parchment georgette and scarlet sash; Imelda Richmond, turquoise shot silk; A. Shearer, green figured taffeta with white dahlias; W. Hogan, navy floral gown; A. Bourdent, oriental lame and brown velvet; Isa Blair, black skirt floral top: Olive Arnold, brown georgette and gold lame; Agnes Wilson, dull crepe diamond and diamante trim-

mings; Ngarita Murphy (Palmerston North). pink taffeta; Isobel Hinchcliff, black satin; Beatrice Hamer, black crepe; Rona M'Kewen, white floral taffeta; Ivy Baxter, cherry silk velvet and silver; Ima Dawson, Gloucester green cloque and silver diamante; Freda Cubitt, magnolia satin; Isabel O’Driscoll, black silk velvet; E, M. Lawson, Marina green tinsel and lace; Joan Hollamby (Waimate), wine windswept velvet; Ann Paget, black tulip satin; Daphne Allan, turquoise blue lace and pink camellias: R. Lockhart, black taffeta; A. Banwell, scarlet crepe; M. Hastie, pink taffeta and gold trimmings; and I. Barron, pink georgette and silver lame.