CALGARY HERALD

12 NOV 1926

H.M.C.S. “Alberta” is Novel Armistice Ball Decoration

Crossed Spears, Miniature Aeroplane, Bayonets and Flags

Also Feature in Colorful Decorations at Hotel Palliser

Popular Young Debutantes Make Initial Bow to Society

At Outstanding Function.

Boom! Boom! One could almost imagine the resonant discharge of the big guns on His Majesty’s ship, with the resultant shattering of the marble pillars in the Hotel Palliser – so real the scene was Thursday evening, November 11, at the seventh annual armistice ball, sponsored by the Military Institute.

The west end of the rotunda was entirely transformed into the prow of the warship, with guns in formidable position and a crew of sailors in uniform. A miniature aeroplane hung from the chandeliers in the dining room directly above the orchestra, flags decked the walls, crossed lances filled the window spaces and bayonets were also used as decoration.

It might have been war time! A ball celebrating the return of officers home on leave. Bugle calls, clanking spurs, military salutes, shining buttons, swords and medals, soldiers in red and khaki and sailor boys, in blue, officers and privates, quick commands. These things were a part of the annual Armistice ball!

Society turned out on mass for this outstanding function of the year and the bright uniforms of the officers gave an éclat that is decidedly lacking in a mere civilian affair. Graceful forms in chiffon, velvet laces and taffeta, many new gowns for the occasion swirled in merry time to the tune of Holden’s splendid dance music. It was composed of twelve pieces and many flattering tributes were paid by guests in regard to the entrancing dance music. Long tables were artistically arranged in the grill room and the east end of the rotunda, where supper was served.

Mrs. D.W.B. Spry and Mrs. D.G.L. Cunnington received the guests in the oval drawing room, the former choosing a smart gown of black georgette over black silk with silver trimming and fashioned with a silver panel down the front. Her flowers were bronze chrysanthemums.. Mrs. Cunnington wore a handsome model fashioned of flame brocaded velvet. It was made with a draped overdress held in place with a rhinestone ornament and a georgette pearl. The skirt was in two points in front and below the hemline. She carried white chrysanthemums. Miss Emilie Mason and Miss Muriel Dunlop were charming debutantes. Miss Mason appeared in white georgette with rhinestones. It was arranged in the popular tight bodice style with a panelled skirt. In contrast, the red Spanish shawl worn and a corsage bouquet of red roses were most effective. Miss Muriel Dunlop wore a chic flock of geranium georgette trimmed with silver beads and carried a geranium, fan from Paris.

Committees in charge of the affair, who are to be congratulated on its unprecedented success were:

Invitations – Major D.G.L. Cunnington, M.C., Major L.W. Miller D.S.O.,

Capt. A. N. Martin.

Finance: - Maj. L.W. Miller, D.S.O., Capt. A.N. Martin.

Printing: - Major D.G.L. Cunnington, M.C.

Decorations: - Major B. W. Ryan, Lieut.-Com. C.H. Bromley,

Lieut.-Col. F.M. Steele, D.S.O.

Mess and Cloak Room: - Lieut.-Col D. Ritchie, M.C. Lieut.- Col. T. J. Williams, M.C.

Programme and Music: - Lieut. H.H.W. Millican, M.C., Major W.H. McGill. M.C.

The guest were : -

Mr. & Mrs.	D.	Anderson
Mr.	V.	Allen
Captain	H.H.C.	Anderson
Lieut.	W.G.	Allen
Mr. & Mrs.	E.J.	Anderson
Capt.	A.C.L.	Adams
Miss	J.	Ackland
Lieut.	C.G.	Anderson
Pilot Officer	C.M.	Anderson
Mr. & Mrs.	W.	Ardern
Mr.	W.T.	Armstrong
Lieut.	R.	Armstrong
Mr.	M.C.	Bernard
Mrs	R.L.	Boyle
Mr.	J.	Boyle
Miss	X	Bray
Mr	E.	Biaris
Lieut.	P.	Burton
Lieut. Commander	C.H.	Bromley
Mrs.	C.H.	Bromley
Mr.	R.	Boyce
Miss	F.	Brankley
Capt. & Mrs	W.M.	Brooks
Miss	J.	Brocklebank
Lieut.	W.E.	Braodley
Lieut. & Mrs	F.J.	Butler
Lieut.-Col. & Mrs	A.M.	Berryman
Mr. & Mrs.	R.	Besse
Mr.	F.F.	Byrne
Major & Mrs	A.P.	Bennett
Lieut.	T.	Belehiem
Miss	E.	Barton
Miss	A.	Burns
Mr. & Mrs.	T.	Ballis?
Miss	D.	Brooks
Mr. & Mrs.	J.B.	Corbett
Mr.	J.	Cross
Miss	M.	Cross
Mr.	J.	Cromarty
Mr. & Mrs.	C.W.	Chesterton
Lieut.	W.	Collins
Capt. & Mrs	W.	Congdon
Colonel	G.	Carlisle	(Crossfield)
Capt. & Mrs.	B.L.	Cooke
Mr. & Mrs.	H.H.	Cunningham
Major & Mrs.	D.G.L.	Cunnington
Capt.	N. A	Christie
Miss	V.B.	Christie
Mr.	J. M	Campbell
Mrs.	J.G.	Carson
Mr.	P. A.	Carson
Mr.	G.H.	Cook
Mr. & Mrs.	E.E.	Campbell
Lieut. & Mrs.	G.J.	Cummings
Lieut.-Col. & Mrs	C. F.	Connolly
Mr. & Mrs.	O.B.	Cloaksy
Capt. & Mrs.	R.C.	Carlfie	(Banff)
Mr.	B.	Clary
Major & Mrs	C. G.	Childs
Fleight – Lieut. & Mrs	R.	Collie
Flying Officer	A.P.	Campbell
Miss	M.	Chambers
Mr.	W.E.	Campbell
Miss	D.	Campbell
Miss	M.	Dunlop
Lieut.-Col. & Mrs	J.B.	Dunbar
Mrs.	F.G.	Denton
Mr. & Mrs.	G.A.	Dougan	(Airdria)
Miss	E.V.	Dawson
Miss	G.	Dynes
Mr. & Mrs.	C.H.	Dunbars
Mr.	J.	Dowling
Miss		Dowling
Capt. & Mrs.	R.A.	Darker
Mr.	H.R.	Dawson
Mr. & Mrs.	G.	Davies
Mrs.	C.W.	Devey
Capt.	D.W.	Davis	(Macleod)
Lieut.	G.R.	Davies
Miss	D	Davies
Major & Mrs	N.	Dingle
Mr.	A.R.	Dingman
Mr. & Mrs.	J.	Duma
Mr.	J.	Dunford
Mr. & Mrs.	A.A.	Dick
Flying-Officer	C.H.	Dickins
Mr.	De	LaVergne
Count & Countess		De Foras	(High River)
Mr.	W.S.	Davidson
Mr. & Mrs.	J.C.	Ellard
Mr.	R	East
Miss	M.	Evans
Mr. & Mrs.	G.G.	Farr
Mr.	J.M.	Forsyth
Lieut.	H.	Farthing
Lieut. & Mrs	L.R.	Flood
Capt. & Mrs.	E.T.	Fitzsimmons
Mr. & Mrs.	H.D.	Ferguson
Mr. & Mrs.	J.J.	Fitspatrick
Mr.	R.J.	Forbes
Miss	F.	Fraser
Mr.	J.	Fitzsimmons
Miss	D.	Fair
Mr.	H.C.	Farthing	(Standard)
Lieut. & Mrs.	N.	Forbes
Miss	J.	Fletcher
Mr. & Mrs.	H.J.	Ford
Miss	Maudis	Ferguson
Mrs.	P.A.	Fisher
Lieut.	W.S.	Fralick
Mr.	G.	Fraser
Lieut.-Col. & Mrs	J.N.	Gunn
Mr. & Mrs.	L.	Glidden
Miss	E.	Goodison
Lieut. & Mrs.	F.E.	Gully
Mr. & Mrs	R.V.	Grier
Mrs.		Goldie
Mr. & Mrs.	C.R.	Gail
Mr.	C.W.	Graburn
Mr.	H.W.	Gregory
Mr.	W.	Gross
Mr. & Mrs	C.	Grant	(Bowden)
Mr.	R.	Gass
Mr.	H.J.	Graham
Mr.	T.L.	Glendenning
Miss	M	Goodison
Capt.	G.A.	Gaherty
Capt. & Mrs	V.H.	Harvey
Dr. & Mrs.	W.	Heckney?
Capt. & Mrs.	T.B.F.	Hewett
Capt. & Mrs	E.	Harvie
Lieut. & Mrs	L.A.B.	Hutton
Lieut.-Col	W.H.	Hight?
Patient	J.A.	Hutchford
Lieut.-Col. & Mrs.	J.E.	Hanning
Miss	G.	Howard
Miss	P.	Henderson
Mr.	T.	Hurst
Supt. & Mrs.	R.V.	Heathcote
Mr. & Mrs.	W.R.	Henderson
Dr. & Mrs.	J.E.	Hesson
Miss	R.J.	Hennsey
Miss	E.	Hillard
Capt.	C.B.	Heniey
Mr. & Mrs.	C.P.	Hickey
Miss	V.	Humphreys
Mr. & Mrs.	G.F.	Harbert
Lieut.	H.	Harron
Mr.	M.	Hanselwood
Miss	M	Houghton
Miss	M	Hanson
Mr. & Mrs.	D.	Hardwick
Lieut. & Mrs.	D.J.	Hutchings
Major	R.D.	Harrison
Col.	J.D.	Henderson
Miss	M.	Henderson
Mr. & Mrs.	A.	Harris
Miss.	D.	Hart
Mr. Justice & Mrs.		Ives
Miss.	B.	Ives
Mr. & Mrs.	C.R.	Irwin
Lieut.	V.R.	Jones
Capt.	C.A.	James.
Mr. & Mrs.	N	Jacques
Capt.	J.J.	Jamieson
Mrs.	R.R.	Jamieson
Mr. & Mrs.	J.W.	Jarman
Miss	H.	Jarman
Mr. & Mrs.	R.J.	Jones
Mr. & Mrs.	K.	Jackson
Miss	E.	Jackson
Mr.	W. ?.	Kirkland
Dr.	S.	Killan
Miss	M.	Kirkland
Miss.	S.	Kitaley
Major & Mrs.	E.R.	Knight
Mr.	F.	Kennedy
Mr. & Mrs.	K.M.	Leach
Mr. & Mrs.	I.	Lewis	(Crossfield)
Major & Mrs.	J.W.	Littleton
Miss	F.	La March
Major & Mrs.	A.E.	Ladler
Capt. & Mrs.	E.	Lougheed
Lieut. & Mrs.	L.C...	Lane
Mrs.	C.	Lane
Capt. & Mrs.	P.P.	Littlewood
Miss	M.	Love
Mr. & Mrs.	H.G.	Love
Mr. & Mrs.	H.	Lusk	(Okotoka)
Miss	M.	Lamplough
Mr. & Mrs.	N.E.	Liersch
Pilot Officer	R.A.	London
Mr. & Mrs.	E.	Lautiysen
Mr.	G.	Lafferty
Mr. Justice	C.R.	Mitchell
Mr. & Mrs.	A.H.	Mayland
Mr.	F.	Marshell
Mr. & Mrs.	H.G.	Morrison
Mr. & Mrs.	W.A.	Mannix
Mr. & Mrs.	T.C.	Miller
Capt. & Mrs.	J.E.	Mackitm
Lieut.-Col. & Mrs.	E.G.	Mason
Miss	E.	Mason
Mr. & Mrs.	A.	Milar	(Crossfield)
Capt. & Mrs.	A.N.	Martin
Lieut. & Mrs.	E.	Moorehouse
Lieut. & Mrs.	J.K.	Miller
Mr.	C.	Millar
Miss	J.	Mapson
Capt. & Mrs.	S.W.	Metcalf
Miss		Mills
Mr. & Mrs.	R.W.	Milner
Mr. & Mrs.	R.J.	Miguelson
Mr.	J.	Martin
Mr. & Mrs.	A.	Munroe
Miss	G.	Marchant
Mr. & Mrs.	S.A.	Maddocks
Lieut.-Col. & Mrs.	G.W.H.	Millican
Mr. & Mrs.	S.L.	Miller
Major & Mrs.	L.W.	Miller
Mrs.		Mouk
Mr. & Mrs.	A.	Maybee
Mr. & Mrs.	A.A.	McGillivray
Mr. & Mrs.	J.D.	McMillan
Mr. & Mrs.	P.	McLennan
Capt. & Mrs.	F.R.	McCall
Capt. & Mrs.	R.R.	McIntyre
Col.	G.	Macdonald
Miss	N.	Macdonald
Miss	J.	McQueen
Miss	J.	McTavish
Miss	P.	Mackenzie
Mr.	M.D.	MacCarthy
Mr. & Mrs.		McKinley Key
Miss	A.	Macdonell
Miss	G.	MacMartin
Lieut. & Mrs.	C.D.	MacKenzie
Mr.	F.W.	McTeer
Miss	J.	Maclean
Mr. & Mrs.	W.R.	McArthur
Mr. & Mrs.	G.L.	McIntosh
Mr. & Mrs.	A.	McEwing
Mr. & Mrs.	H.J.	McLean
Major & Mrs.	H.W.	McGill
Mrs.		MacLaren
Miss	D.	Macallum
Miss	M.	McNeil
Capt.	J.A.	MacLean
Mrs.		MacLean
Mr. & Mrs.	G.	McIvor
Major	D.	MacLauchlan
Lieut.	J.W.	McClung
Miss	J.	Macleod
Major	G.	McManus
Mr.	Bartley	McDonough
Major & Mrs.	A.M.	Nalsmith
Mr. & Mrs.	R.L.	Nicholson
Capt.	H.	Nolan
Mrs.	P.J.	Nolan
Capt.	A.T.	Neale
Lieut. & Mrs.	T.W.	Neeland
Miss	K.	Nicholson
Mr. & Mrs.	H	Offerhaus
Miss		Olson
Mr.	G.L	Peet
Lieut. & Mrs.	G.S.	Purdy
Mr. & Mrs.	G.L.	Pratt
Lieut. & Mrs.	H.	Pryde
Major & Mrs.	J.D.	Pitman
Mr.	George	Park
Mr. & Mrs.	M.	Porter
Mr. & Mrs.	A.W.	Portland
Miss	M.G.	Potts
Mr. & Mrs.	C.W.	Peterson
Mr.		Palmer
Miss	D.	Parker
Mr. & Mrs.	P.A. G.	Plunkett
Capt. & Mrs.	W.S.	Quint
Mr	C.	Rutherfird
Miss	M.	Robinson
Major	C.C.	Richards
Miss	C.S.	Ross
Major & Mrs.	H.A.	Rhodes
Capt. & Mrs.	P.F.	Rhodes
Mr.	S.	Robbins
Major & Mrs.	J.A.	Reid
Mr.	T.C.	Rankins
Col. & Mrs.	D.L.	Redman
Miss	M.	Reid	(Macleod)
Miss	Merle	Reid	(Macleod)
Lieut. & Mrs.	W.P.G.	Reid
Major & Mrs.	B.W.	Ryan
Mr. & Mrs.	H.C.	Ritchie
Mr. & Mrs.	F.W.	Riddell
Lieut.-Col. & Mrs.	D.	Ritchie
Mr. & Mrs.	F.J.	Robinson	(Seebe)
Mr	W.	Wolfe
Mr.	J.	Robertson	(High River)
Miss	E.	Robertson	(High River)
Pilot-Officer	W.I.	Riddall
Lieut. & Mrs.	H.H.	Ross
Mr. & Mrs.	H.K.	Reed
Miss	E.	Russell
Miss.	L.	Ross
Lieut.	L.W.	Randall
Lieut.	W.	Rice
Mr.	P.	Rinn
Miss	Marjorie	?
Mr. & Mrs.	S.	Savage
Mr. & Mrs.	A.L.	Smith
Mr. & Mrs.	W.J.	Snaddon
Mr. & Mrs.	G.F.	Strong
Mr.	L.C.R.	Souter
Mr.	G.	Van Stockum
Mr. & Mrs.	P.D.	Sprung
Capt. & Mrs.	J.F.	Scott
Miss	C.	Stewart
Mr.	F.H.	Sterling
Lieut.-Col. & Mrs.	F.	Shouldice
Capt. & Mrs.	A.C.	Scott
Miss	G.	Smallpiece
Miss	H.	Smith
Col. & Mrs.	G.E.	Sanders
Lieut.-Col. & Mrs.	E.H.	Selby
Miss	P.	Smith
Mr. & Mrs.	E.G.	Sick
Capt.	C.J.L.	Sanderson	(Lloydminster)
Mr. & Mrs.Dr.	P.L.	Sanford
Dr.	T.A.	Skinner
Capt.	H.	Sawley
Lieut.-Col. & Mrs	D.W.B.	Spry
Miss		Sterling
Major	H.	Strachan
Lieut.-Col. & Mrs.	F.M.	Steel
Mrs.	N.	Scott
Major & Mrs.	O.L.	Spencer
Lieut.	J.B.	Smith
Miss	C.	Spry
Major & Mrs.	H.G.L.	Strange	(Fehn)
Mr.	H.	Smith
Mr		Spence
Miss		Spence
Miss	E.	Spence
Miss	R.	Sexsmith	(High River)
Mr. & Mrs.	C.W.	Smith
Capt.	R.B.	Strange
Mr.	J.G.	Sutherland
Mr. & Mrs.	M.J.	Scott
Mr. & Mrs.	O.L.	Stevens
Mr. & Mrs.	J.H.	Smith
Miss	R.	Stephens,
Major & Mrs.	A.E.	Shore
Inspector	J.	Spalding
Nursing Sister		Taylor
Major & Mrs.	D.H.	Tomlinson
Lieut.	A.L.	Turney
Mr.	W.R.	Raprell
Mr. & Mrs.	Dawson	Turner
Mr.	C.R.	Toomba
Miss	Virginia	Tapcoll
Mr	C.	Taylor
Mrs.		Vowels
Lieut.	J.C.	Valentine
Mr.	T.W.	Valentine
Mr.	G.	Valentine
Mr.	V.	Valentine
Miss	J.	Vaher
Major & Mrs	G..	Webster
Mr. & Mrs.	F.R.	Webster
Major & Mrs.	W.J.	Walker
Mrs.	?	West
Miss	M.	Whitehorne
Mr.		Watson
Mr. & Mrs.	C.B.	Whitney
Mr.	C.W.C.	Wilson
Mr.	R.R.	Williams
Lieut. & Mrs.	J. T.	Whiteoak
Nursing Sister		Wedick
Miss	I.	Woodhouse
Lieut.-Col. & Mrs	T.J.	Williams
Mr.	W.P.	Williams
Miss	W.	Williams
Lieut.-Col. & Mrs.	J.H.	Woods
Miss	W.	Williams
Miss	T.	Williams
Mr. & Mrs.	W.G.	Wilkkinson	(Midnapore)
Miss	N.	Wilson
Flying Officer	C.C.	Walker
Col.	James	Walker
Mr. & Mrs.	T.O.A.	West
Lieut. & Mrs.	B.E.	Wilmet
Mr. & Mrs.	C.J.	Toreth
Miss	J.	Young

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