MILITARY BALL

Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21188, 10 August 1940, Page 17 (Supplement)

MILITARY BALL

BRILLIANT FUNCTION QUEEN OF SOUTH ATTENDS The Cambridge Town Hall, so often the scene of spectacular and brilliant functions, was once again the setting for a pageant of gaiety and colour when the Cambridge Returned Soldiers’ Association held a military ball on Thursday night. A reception to the Queen of the South provided added sparkle to the entertainment for the entrance of Her Majesty and hep Maids of Honour caught the imagination of many present. Members of the executive of the Returned Soldiers’ Association and their wives, the Deputy-Mayor, Mr A. H. Nicoll, and Mrs Nicoll, and military officers were presented to the Queen. Lieutenant-Colonel E. M. Mackersey, Officer Commanding the 16th Waikato Regiment, addressed the assembly, explaining how the funds raised at the function were intended for recreational facilities lor the regiment. The Queen of the South, Mrs Gordon Matthews, was robed in her coronation regalia and was attended by Mrs A. A. Lockett (Cambridge), Mrs Moody and Mrs McDonald (Hamilton), Mrs H. Wills (Te Aroha), Miss Lois Ryan (Matamata), and Miss B. Larner (Morrinsville), all of whom wore ivory satin frocks and coronets and carried bouquets of red and gold flowers. Four trainbearers, Barbara Richardson, Judith Hanna, Gay Rishworth and Helen Ariell, were frocked in period frocks of cream taffeta.

Patriotic decorative effects predominated among the background of greenery. Flags were draped on the stage and the walls of the hall, or fluttered in banner array overhead.

The supper tables were outstanding in their patriotic motifs. Red. white and blue candles glowed in floral “candle-sticks” of red camellias, white heath and blue flowers. Mrs E. J. Nickle and helpers were responsible for the floral decorations. ; The Women’s Committee Members of the women’s commit- ! tee were:—Mesdames R. Newcombe, j wearing claret cotelle; J. W. Jeans. | fuchsia georgette; R. S. Hanna, black j lace; E. J. F. Kennedy, Naples blue j pleated faille; H. B. Rishworth, floral ! organza; D. J. Lundon, black and silver lame; A. J. S. Richardson. ! black taffeta embroidered in gold; • W. A. Fisher, Campbell tartan taf- , feta; F. H. Green, turquoise blue georgette; D. W. Ariell, petrel blue cotelle; J. V. Richards, black and gold satin; A. J. Gwayne, cherry georgette; F. M. Oliver, black taffeta; C. Russo, black sheer; F. Vosper, black embroidered Anglaise crepe; T. H. Hampshire, fuchsia taffeta; F. H. Anderson, black velvet; Mervyn Wells, black taffeta, cycla-men-shaded train; G. G. L. Taylor, autumn floral crepe; E. J. Nickle, black slipper satin. Those present were: Mesdames M. V. Halford, black velvet; E. D. Dallinger, black taffeta; R. Waite, Marina blue chiffon; lan Oliver, gentian blue shot taffeta; Henry Mayston, navy velvet; W. K. Scott, black net; Gordon Vosper, navy taffeta; Roy Fisher, Saracen red satin; St. John'Wells, flowered ninon; S. Lewis, clover lame; M. Sauter, deep clover lace; A. H. Nicoll, black sheer; C. Meredith, black net; H. P. Nelson, midnight blue lace; D. L. Falls, white sheer; R. MacDonald, cyclamen taffeta; M. Pierce, tartan velvet; B. R. C. Townend, emerald organdi; J. M. Allan (Morrinsville). black and cyclamen taffeta; S. Haines, green taffeta Mesdames R. S. Alford, black taffeta; A. P. Robinson, storm blue lace; F. M. Oliver, black taffeta; Seton Otway, white sprigged organza; Miles Otway (Te Awamutu), tinsel striped lame; Ball (Te Awamutu), flotilla blue crepe; Colin Taylor (Hamilton), black cotelle; J. D. Clemow, clover sheer; R. J. Neely, black lace; Kelson Butler, floral ninon; H. C. Tod, blue lame; W. R. Fea (Hamilton), prune velvet; E. M. Mackersey (Te Kuiti), vintage red sequinned velvet; C. R. Haworth, fuchsia lame, violet relief; J. R. Haworth, multi-striped organza; D. M. Bourke, black charmeuse; A. G. McClean (Wellington), black lace; Willoughby Horne, cherry crepe; Bruce Bromwich, black and gold taf-

feta; Gavin Reid, dusky pink ninon; W. Cub is, plaid taffeta; Allan Goldsmith, gold taffeta; J. flotilla blue taffeta; J. W. Ross, black sheer. Chiffon and Lace Misses Jessie Thompson, autumnprinted chiffon; Faye Nickle, harmony pink chiffon; June Boulton, valley green lace; S. Grimes, gold taffeta; Dorothy Lochard, geranium red lace; Noeline Petersen (Hamilton), beige lace; Amelia Nicholson, blue lace; Betty Ross, checked taffeta; Lorna Walker, cascade green satin; Lois Amyes, Tyrol blue taffeta; Joan Ross, black and Oriental satin; Joyce Lewis, buttercup taffeta; Gwenda Nickle, opal blue lace; Erica Hardy, cherry georgette; Mary Peake, ivory satin; Coralie Foster, ivory net; B. Davy, black taffeta; Joyce Ambury (Hamilton), rainbow chiffon; Susan Banks, ivory net; Nora Reese, gold taffeta; Mary Turney, oyster flowered satin; Heather Pierce, Alice blue organdi; Kit Stowell (Napier), chalk white embroiderie Anglaise. Misses Joan Meredith, black taffeta; June Maisey, gold taffeta; Sheila Richardson, clover taffeta; Beryl Prendergast, black and white net; Cynthia Hewett, maize Jgeorgette; Muriel Chamberlain, black lace; Freena Clayton-Greene (Hamilton), black net; Audrey Hewett, ecru lace; Betty Hill, blue flowered satin; Jean Robinson, flowered crepe; Lynsie Lewis, ivory selfstriped satin; Barbara Gane, fern green shot taffeta; Laura Browne, harmony pink chiffon and lace; Thelma Browne, harmony pink chiffon and lace; Rhoda Brown, nut brown velvet; Myrtle Holmes, olive green taffeta; Olwyn Taylor, robin red shot taffeta; C. J. Ellis, blue lame; Joyce Ambury (Hamilton), black net; Gwen Brunskill, green satin striped taffeta; Shona Bourke. black taffeta lace; Sybil Wallace, cyclamen taffeta; Clare Garland, clover ninon; M. Keen, ice blue French brocade; S. Richardson, cyclamen taffeta; P. Nickle, clover georgette; Elsie Robinson, blue and cyclamen chiffon; B. Brown, tan vel- * vet.