OKOROIRE NEWS

Waikato Times, Volume 128, Issue 21370, 14 March 1941, Page 3

OKOROIRE NEWS

TENNIS DANCE There was a good attendance at the Okoroire Hall this week when members of the Okoroire Tennis Club held one of their popular functions. Visitors were present from Matamata, Putaruru, Mamaku and the Tirau districts. Mr L. Breward was in charge of floor arrangements. Excellent dance music was supplied by a Matamata orchestra and extras were played by Miss Noeline Hirst and Mr J. De Willimoff. Novelty dances were won by Miss Lorna Julian and partner and Miss Lai Carswell and partner. Among those present were: Mesdames E. Gubb wearing a frock of floral cotelle, C. Bush (Matamata), blue' floral Hungarian silk, A. Almond (Wanganui), rainbow ribbon French silk, A. Bellamy, aqua crepe claire, Mrs J. W. Amoore (Tirau), floral silk.

Misses Lorna Julian, Vichy cire taffetas, Betty Parker, sky blue silk taffetas, Noeline Hirst (Te Poi), midnight blue sheer, Nancy Parker, wisteria novelty crepe, Dorrie Murphy (Putaruru), aqua blue georgette; Lai Carswell (Tauranga), floral crepe, Madge Carruth, flowered sheer romaine, Olive Sutcliffe, cherry red satin, Hazel Purdy (Piarere), blue floral moire, I. Murphy (Putaruru), navy cotelle, G. de Montalk (Putaruru), sky blue taffeta and black velvet cape, Eileen Diggers (Hinuera), Duchess blue net and taffetas, Andrea Petersen, navy sheer, E. Chandler, grey and red craquelle, Olive Bellamy, floral crepella, Dorothy Amoore (Tirau), grey and cherry metalasse, Connie Purdy, green floral marquisette, Phyllis Ross, crepe de chene a*la Paree, Jean Carruth, emerald green silk, Audrey Wiss, sheer romaine, Valerie Gubb, navy pin spot marquisette, Eve Bellamy, apricot floral silk. OKOROIRE RED CROSS MARCH MEETING There are still many people in Okoroire who are not aware that a branch of the Red Cross Society has been formed in Okoroire. A meeting is held in the Okoroire Hall each month, from where all activities of the branch are directed, and where a brisk trade is carried on in the sale of produce, etc., kindly donated by its many supporters. All the materials required are bought by the Okoroire branch and are given to members to knit or sew for soldiers overseas; the finished articles are collected at the meetings and forwarded to Hamilton headquarters for despatch overseas. Refugee clothing is also required and members and people of the district are asked to put aside any old clothes for this purpose. Mrs Brown, who is in charge of the reguee clothing parcels will gratefully receive these.

The support of the general public in both giving and buying is solicited by the Okoroire branch and donations of any kind will be welcomed. Any local person interested who is not a member of the Okoroire subbranch of the Red Cross Society is invited to get in touch with Mrs J. McLaren (president), or Mrs W. B. Hardwick (secretary), or to come to the next meeting to be held on April 4.

At the March meeting of the Okoroire Red Cross Ihere was an attendance of twenty-one members. Mrs J. McLaren presided.