Fancy Dress Ball

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 783, 2 October 1929, Page 4

Fancy Dress Ball

JOLLY CHILDREN'S GATHERING FOR FRIENDLY • SOCIETIES’ QUEEN

BIRKENHEAD FUNCTION Under a. canopy of the queen's colours, lincoln green, the Foresters’ Hall, Birkenhead, looked very gay on Monday evening, when a successful children’s fancy dress bajl was held in the interests of the Friendly Societies’ ciuecn, Miss L#. McPhail. The judges had a very busy time in choosing the winners. Mrs. J . Grade, the organiser, chose a lavender taffeta frock, relieved with sold lace. The judges were: Mrs. Hillam. in a frock of black net and crepe de chine: Miss A. Willis, who chose rose crene de chine, with gold trimmings; Miss J. Fert'usson. who was wearing white georgette, with uneven hem and diamente trimmings: and Miss Banks, who chose a frock of peach taffeta. The prize winners were: over 9. Best dressed girl: Joan Oldbury, ISth Century; best dressed boy: Colin McPhail, Flit; best dressed girl, under 1): Florence Mahoney, Bride; boy, Groom, Kirk Bogie; original, girl over Dorothy Thomas, Knitting; hoy, Fred Whitcombe, Fijian Chief; most original, girl under 9: Joyce Hark in and Betty Bark in, as Cake Cups; most comical, gjrl over 9: Eileen Fraser, Sleepless Knight; hoy, Vincent Ratridge, Bear; most comical, girl under 9: Betty Brown, Miss 1929; boy, Cecil Mills, Gnome. Special Prizes; Eileen Neben, New Zealand Bush: Vera Casey, British Goods; Joan Farrington, Boy Blue; tiny tots, Joy Clow, Powder Puff; Audrey Brown, Rainbow: Bllis Lytton. Shepherdess: Phyllis Thorburn, Court Queen: Ph.vlis Thorburn, Rainbow Dye; Bobby Banbury, Bittle Boy Blue. Special prize given bv judges; Zena Reads, Doll in Box. Those also in fancy dress included; Borraine Fitzgerald, Pierette; Miss Kellie Cameron, Powder Puff; Jessie McCreadie, Cobweb; Joan Oldbury, Victorian Bady: Patricia Old bur v. Blue Bag; Cecil trills, Gnome: Colin McPhail, Flit; Boraine Ripley, Pierrette; Owen Cross, Sailor; Joy Clow. Powder Puff; Ben Burgess, Cowboy; Alma Hutchins, Gipsy; Doreen Wrightson, Wedding Cake; Robert Brennan, Fireman; Stephen Spencer, Fireman; Robert Dil, V tor rice Dancer; Stan Dil, Red Indian: Dorothy Fraser, Harlequin; .Jessie Bowker, Yates Seed; Maud Huddleston, Butterfly; Marjory Stewart, JStli Century Gentleman: Bo uis Gulley. Hot Water Bag; Norma Campbell, Pink Fairy; Patty Darils, Wisteria: Percy Roebuck, Roller Mills; Robert Jones, Fireman; Freda Roebuck, vupid; Rowland Jones, Pride of tile Kayy; Ralph Walker, Sir Walter Ra»leigh, Charlie Staiulon, Clown; Jack standori Carnival; Kathleen Howarth Bournvill« Cocoa; Joyce Paltridge, Right: Audrey Tike, Hawaiian Girl; Robert Banbury, Bittlo Boy Blue: E. Robinson, R. u , Rhix Klan; Anita Smithson, Maori MiUcent Pugh, Mauve Dairy. Bileen JSrnwn Cornflower; Eileen Neben, New Zealand Bush; Patty OldfSn R u kett s Blue: Audrey Wilkins, I^f L ! U ‘ er: - £ ybll Mintzer, White hmr “is? r° ri f Stewart and Joan Oldbui3. l&th Century Pair; Jean Cross, Tt> r,Jr ] : Nellie Pugh. OldPashioned Boy; Baurenco Harkins, Green and YV Inte Pierrette,; Noel Ment.zer, Bluc7wurd: S, enr f e Banbury, Russian Boy; Dulcie Ihorburn, Polly; Alice Thorburn. rs' Bark ins, Window; Audrey ?Sn T y ' Ifawauan Girl; Joe Hutchins, at® l- ’ Tom Hutchins, Dutch Boy; Alpha V ictoriari Bady; Fay Reads. an > , lUorence Mahoney, Bride: Joan |£Ttans, Minties; Elaine Kelby, Rose: Iliylhs Thorburn, Friendly Societies' £S?It n V G,ad & s McCready, Fairy; Colin Cu To , m t, Tom > the Piper's Son; Owen Cully ami Verona Salt, Pair, "Help Our Ar.V, Sf i 1 J°un Farrington, Bov Bluerv^! 1 H orrls '» Pose; Eileen Brandon, Red uoss .\urs( ; Jennie Huddleston, FollyJ, 1 ”? Day, Hungarian Boy: Eileen Snow’ i T lorenee Gonlden, Columbine; Apel Hark m. lTick Whittington: Ethel Hobson, Knitting Bag; Ronnie Goulden! Bubbles; Norman Harkins, Fates Seed.