Notes for Women
Mrs C. McGrath has returned to Wellington after an extended visit to her daughter, Mrs A. H. Fitzgerald, Eye street. Miss Leary, who has been the guest of Mrs R. Lee, Dee street, has returned to Queenstown. Miss Nancy Rodger, Alice street, and Miss Betty Aspray, Dee street, have been spending the week-end in Dunedin. Mrs J. R. Hanan, Elies road, has been appointed acting secretary of the Women’s Metropolitan Patriotic Committee in the absence of Mrs A. J. Neil.
The Southland Travel Club’s social afternoon will be held this (Monday) afternoon in H. and J. Smith’s tearooms, when the speaker will be Mr J. S. Haywood. Members should telephone 2308 or 1282 for reservations.—(Advt.)
The open night of the Arts and Crafts Circle of the Southland Women’s Club will be held in the club rooms on Wednesday evening at 8 o’clock. Mrs F. G. Soper (nee Eileen Service), a member of the Otago Women’s Club, will be the guest speaker for the evening, her subject being "The History of Arts and Crafts in England.”—(Advt.) The members of the knitting bee of the Southland Travel Club were the hostesses at the Welcome Club last week. Informal evenings were held on Monday and Friday and a dance was organized for Wednesday night. On Saturday night a successful dance was arranged by the Territorial Forces Association acting on behalf of the Southland Provincial Patriotic Council.
There was a good attendance of members at a meeting of the Garden Circle of the Southland Women’s Club on Friday afternoon. The speaker was Mr W. Stapleton, who gave an instructive talk on the sowing of seeds. On behalf of the members Mrs J. G. Macdonald, chairman of the circle, warmly thanked Mr Stapleton for the helpful hints he had given them. The prizewinners of the competition, the most artistic display of floating flowers in a saucer, were: Mrs J. G. Macdonald 1, Mrs H. B. Burnett 2, Mrs H. A. Brumby 3. OBITUARY.—The death has occurred of Mrs Mary Spratt, one of the early settlers of the Lower Mataura district. Mrs Spratt was born in Victoria and came to New Zealand with her parents at the age of nine months. She was the eldest daughter of Mr Bedford Butler, who was engaged in gold-mining in Central Otago. She married Mr James Spratt and went to live at “Pine Terrace,” Mataura Island, in 1887. In 1919 they retired to live in Invercargill, where Mr Spratt died two years later. Mrs Spratt enjoyed good health until her death, which occurred suddenly at the residence of her son, Mr James Spratt, Bayswater, Otautau. She is survived by her family, Mr James Spratt (Bayswater), Mr John Spratt (Drummond), Mrs A. J. Townley (Ota Creek). Mrs W. L. Rubber (Heddon Bush) and Miss Spratt (Bayswater). ENGAGEMENT The engagement is announced of Ann Margaret, only daughter of Mr and Mrs H. E. Kennett, Hardwicke street, Sumner, to Sergeant-Pilot Neville John Callan, R.N.Z.A.F., elder son of Captain and Mrs F. J. Callan, Bluff.
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Southland Times, Issue 24824, 17 August 1942, Page 6
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504Notes for Women Southland Times, Issue 24824, 17 August 1942, Page 6
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