PERSONAL ITEMS

Wairarapa Times-Age, 18 April 1941, Page 2

PERSONAL ITEMS

Her Excellency Ladj' Newall has graciously consented to be patron of the New Zealand Women's Institutes.

Mrs Brentnail, of Martinborough, is visiting Palmerston North.

Miss Joyce Cross, of Masterton, is the guest, of Mrs T. Teahan, Waione.

Mrs E. O. Matthews has returned to Pongaroa after a visit to Feild’ing. Mrs N. Fuller, of Wellington, is the guest of Mrs M. Pickett, “Kohiku,” Pongaroa.

Mrs V/. E. Davies is the guest of her daughter, Mrs R. M. S. Grey, Te Rehunga.

Mrs Cave, of Masterton. has been the guest of Mrs J. S. Nelson, “Rosedale,” Papatawa.

' Miss L. A. Crosby has returned to Woodville' after having visited relatives in Featherston.

Miss Joan McKenna, of Saint Bride’s Covent, Masterton, ■ spent the Easter vacation with her parents, Mr and Mrs John McKenna, Waione.

Mrs J. Kemp, of Petone, has returned home from Pongaroa,-where she was the guest at the Vicarage of Mrs F. Owen.

The marriage took place recently in New York of Frances Alda, the New Zealand-born soprano, and Mr Ray Virden, a New York business man. Frances Alda was born in Christchurch and is 56 years old. She has sung more than 30 leading roles at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York.