Notes for Women

Southland Times, Issue 24839, 3 September 1942, Page 3

Notes for Women

Mr. C. A. Stewart, Ythan street, leaves today for Central Otago. Mrs Arthur Hamilton and family* street, are spending a holiday at the Rocks. Mr and Mrs P. B. Witt, Duke street, are visiting Dunedin. Mrs H. W. Paterson, Gore, has returned from a visit to Timaru. her Mrs W. Given, Ryal Bush, Is visiting Her mother, Mrs D. Moore, Gore. Miss Jessie Falconer, Crinan street, is spending a holiday at Queenstown. Mrs T. A. D. McFarlane and her small daughter, Mitchell street, are visiting tne R °Leading Aircraftman A. Angus. Mrs Angus and Miss Alison Angus, Lumsden spent the week-end in Otautau as the guests Oi News has received by Sir Harry and Lady Batterbee that their niece, Mrs Derek Chidell, who was well known In Wellington as Miss Isobel Biggar, has given birth to a son. She is now living J at _,., B . ul ? l 74rpr Rhodesia, where her husband, Pilot Officer Derek Chidell, is stationed. The Bridge Circle of the St. Catherines Ex-Pupils’ Association held another successful evening in the Tudor Lounge on Tuesday. There were 28 tables at play and the prize-winners were: Contract. Mrs A. M. Fitzgerald; auction, Mrs W. McMillan, 500. Mr W. Lenihan; euchre, Mrs J. Black, hidden number. Miss D. Deegan. Mrs M. M. Barclay, of Dunedin, who has been infant mistress of the Havelock school, Marlborough, for the past four years, and acting head teacher during part of that time, has been promoted to the position of Infant mistress at the Riverton District High School. Before leaving Havelock, she was entertained at a social gathering and presented with gifts from the te ache , rs ; pupils, and school committee, and also from the parishioners of St. Peter’s Anglican Church, and from the children of tne Sunday School, of which she was superintendent. . OBITUARY.—Mrs Louisa Malcolm, who died at Riverton recently, was the only daughter of the late Mr and Mrs- James Collie. She was bom at Dunedin es years ago and came to the Winton district as a girl. She was educated at the Winton School, and was married to Mr Francis Malcolm 42 years ago at Waikouro. The young couple took up residence at Bayswater, where they had lived ever since. Mrs Malcolm took a keen interest in the Presbyterian Church and W.D.F.U., and for many years was an active member of the Otautau branch of St. Andrew’s Scottish Society. Years ago she was an exhibitor and prize-taker in the baking section at the Wallace and Winton shows. She leaves a husband and five sons, Messrs Leonard Malcolm (Wallacetown), James E. Malcolm (Bayswater), Wilfred Malcolm (Drummond), Ronald Malcolm and lan Malcolm, who are both in camp.