Women's Section (Townsville Daily Bulletin, 13 Agustus 1960)

The Townsville Daily Bulletin (1960-08-13) - Women's Section Source: Trove, National Library of Australia - https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article294598673 Date retrieved: 2026-10-17 OCR text (uncorrected) follows. 13 Aug 1960 - Women's Section Townsville Daily Bulletin (Qld.: 1907 - 1909; 1912 - 1966), Saturday 13 August 1960, page 6 [?]Hngacument Notices and approaching marriages, also reports of Weddings, must be signed by contracting partiesand witnessed by a responsible person.. Engagement and Wedding Photographs subject to the above eon. dltiona, arc acceptable for publication. Any contribution to this column most be signed. with full nnmo and address. it ft tit The engagement is announced of Judith Lorrainne, second oldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Owen, 72 Abbott St. Oonoonba, to David George, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. G. D. McGowan 54 Mac-Allister St, Oonoonba.?? Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Cusack with their children —. Dcnisc, Paul and Jennifer, left Townsvillo during the week for the south. Mrs. Cusack and the children are returning home to Warwick. Mr. Cusack (Olympic swim coach) is 'going on to Sydney to make final preparations for his trip to Rome. While here the family occupied a C.WJL cottage at Kissing Point,. The Townsvllle Army Ladies' Auxiliary had a morning tea rendezvous on Tuesday in the officers' mess. North Ward, for the purpose of saying goodbye to one of their number, Mrs. Hadfield. Mrs. Hadfield is the wife of Major D. F. Hadfield, who has been posted to Enoggera where he will take up duties with the Third Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment. With their three small children, the major and his wife leave Townsvllle on August 19 after two and a-half years' residence here. The good wish party for Mrs. Hadfield was hostessed by Mrs. H. O. Allom, wife of Captain Allom, and attended by Mcsdames J. Hodge, N. Flohr, C. R. Rhead, J. M. Ball, A. Batchclor, G. O. Suthers, C. M. Johnson, P. C. Smearton, V. Edwards, S. Henderson, R. J. Conley and J. P. Shanahan. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Crow-ther, Gladstone Street, Pirn-lico, have taken their children, Kay, Geoffrey, Linda and Julie, to Arcadia, Magnetic Island, for the August holidays. The president. Mrs. F. N. Gillis, welcomed Miss Mary Summerfield as guest speaker to the Townsvllle Women's Club social afternoon held on Tuesday In the C.W.A. lounge. Miss Summerfield delighted with her talk on her recent Eastern tour, the accent being on femininity. What do the women wear? In Singapore (comprised of all nationalities), the Indonesian women (who walk so gracefully) wear form-fitting saris of beautifully embroidered nylon or silk; the Chinese women are smart in their chcong-s&ms (some split up the side to mid-thigh); the Malayan women are trousered in the s&msou. Although there is such a wealth of interesting things to buy in Singapore, Mary found the Hong Kong shops — although much more expensive — carried better quality goods.' The craftsmanship is really on its own. Anything— clothes, shoes, jewellery — can be made up in 24 hours. But that doesn't mean the workmanship is slipshod. When anything is wanted in a hurry the whole staff concentrates on it. In Bangkok, known as the "Venice of the East" (being built on canals), the women are small and neatly dressed either in a sarong with an overblousc or a sheath skirt and a blouse. Life is a happy blend of East and West. In Japan since the war the majority of young women in the cities wear western dress, use lipstick and have their hair permed. They get their jet black hair tinted reddish-brown, which is all part of an "expresso - coffee" make-up. Mary was surprised to see the skin of the Japanese women is often freckled. Old women in Japan BtUl work hard in the fields at back-breaking jobs. While on tour In Japan Mary admired the 1 rosy cheeks of the children. However, she learnt it wasn't a healthy sign but duo mainly to an intake of too much starch in their diet. Mary talked ' about the fascinating landscape gardens and the beautiful flowers. She saw pansies as big as an outslzed gerbera and llly-of-thc-valley growing wild everywhere. She was disappointed that she missed the best season — cherry blossom time. But she did see one late flowering tree. Every hotel the tourists stayed in were in the first-class luxury bracket, with 1 kimino clad girls in the lifts,: so quietly efilcient and cheerful. Anil what does one eat ' in Japan? Well you could | have sukiyaki. tempura, | served with seaweed, salted ( fish roes, squid, octopus.. chrysanthemum leaves, etc. | At the end of their tour in Japan Mary said they were handling their chopsticks like veterans. The rest of the afternoon was given over to music. The artists were singers, Mcsdames J. Hempton and J. Dixon, and pianiste. Miss P. Whytecross. The tea hostesses were Mesdames L. Lewis. R. Boyland, E. L. Johnson and E. Rainbird. Visitors to the club were Mesdames N. Schaofer, J. Summerfield, E. White, B. Galten, C. Holmes, W. Hallinan. C. Strube and C. E. Cox..A. 1?Corporal and Mrs. Rod Lohse (formerly Carmcl Grosskreutz) with daughter Vicki, will shortly sail for Malaya where Rod will be stationed for two years with the R.A.A.F. After their marriage the couple lived in Darwin but more recently they have been living in Ipswich, Rod being attached to Am-herley R.A.A.F. The family llew south on Tuesday after visiting Rod's parents. Mr. and Mrs. E. Lohse, in Innlsfail, and his wife's brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. A. Whiting, Railway Estate, Townsvllle. Their stay here enabled them to say good-bye to all their relatives and friends in the district. Mrs. F. Coleman and her sister, Miss Maud Bell, of Charters Towers, will be guests at the Queen's Hotel until next Monday. They are here to farewell their aunt, Mrs. M. L. Audas, who is flying home to Melbourne today after holidaying with them in the west. Miss Jill Ostwald flew south on Tuesday to make preparations in her home-town, Monto, for her wedding with Mr. Jim Bass, of Cairns. Mrs. Ken Herbert, of Brisbane, who has been staying with her. father, Mr. M. Manski, Rose.Street, North Ward, is now holidaying at Magnetic Island with her sister, Mrs. W. Roberts, and her children, Paul and Mark, Stanton Hill. Mrs. Herbert Is accompanied by her 12-months-old daughter Karen. Mr. Herbert, a football coach, will be in Chinchilla until the end of the season. Miss Barbara Gardiner, on Icuvc from her duties at theI Townsvllle General' Hospital, flew home to Prairie oh Wednesday.. Miss Carmcl King, of Stuart, with her friend, Miss Beverley Green, has gone north by Sunlander to Cairns. The girls are en route to Georgetown on holidays.??,? Tuesday held special significance for the Cutheringa Bowling associates as they celebrated the 12th birthday of the club and the opening of the new club-bouse. Country women bowlers were present from the Ayr, Home Hill, Brandon, Charters Towers, Noorla and Mackn&de clubs and there' was representation from the other five local clubs. The office-bearers of the N.Q.-D.L.BA. were special guests. They included Mrs. J. Bun-tain (president), S. Green, of Ayr (senior vice-president), J. Lamont (junior vice-president) and S. Crellin (treasurer). The d&y-long function was favoured with beautiful sun-shino and the whole thing passed off with eclat. After morning-tea, interest was focusscd on a social bowling programme which was Interrupted for luncheon which was a sumptuous affair served In the club-house ballroom. A special cake made and donated by Mrs. V. Shannon (who was aSo responsible for the artistic flower arrangements) was cut. It was a miniature bowling green trimmed with red and white — the club's colours. All the speech-making was left till high tea when the captain, Mrs. G. Sugars (who has competently filled the office for almost three years) officially welcomed everyone before passing the proceedings on to the president of the club. Mr. J. Goodwin. He traced the history of tho club from its inception to its upward sweeping activities today and paid tribute to the teamwork of its members which gave them a most encouraging feeling. A complimentary speech by Mrs. Bun-tain gave extra warmth. She was supported by Mcsdames S. Green and J. Lamont. Then proceedings veered around to gift-giving. Souvenir tokens of the happy function were presented to Mcsdames J. Buntain (president of N.Q.-D.LJB.A.), J. Goodwin (wife of the club president), and F. S. Mclntyre (veteran bowler). After tea the function drifted along light-heartedly with community singing with Mrs. J. Leeds, of Ayr, at the piano. Results of play: Official rink, highest aggregate:, Mesdames D. Nielsen, D. Murphy, F. Robinson, D. McNeill; lowest aggregate. Brandon rink: Mesdames N. Kricker, E. Price, L. Toll and N. Phillips. Other rink competition winners were: highest aggregate: Mesdames Poul-scn (Subs.), Henley and Southward (Cuth.), Smith (Noorla); lowest agreg&te: Mesdames M. Heery (Cuth.), Pendreigh (Bowen), Riseham (S.T.) and J. Poole (Charters Towers). Mrs. Hansen, of Macknade, won the spider event. Indoor competition winners were Mesdames E. Mayes, Fudge, of Homo Hill, and Smith, of Noorla.