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"Mrs Nelson" Chosen
Mrs Anne Jones ("Mrs Stoke"), the mother of two sons and two daughters, was selected to represent the Nelson district at the provincial final of the "Mrs New Zealand" contest at Blenheim. Five contestants, all winners of section titles, paraded before a packed hall in Nelson.
Adelie Little (Tapawera)
Margaret Persson (Nelson)
Betty Thoroughgood (Dovedale)
Diane Higgins (Waimea)
Enjoying the sherry and cheese evening were Edna Bourne, May Mackenzie and Merlenn Bensemann
No need here to say "cheese" for Elsie Duncan, June Walling, Josephine Lauria and Italina Sowman