Evening Post, 17 February 1936
... the NATIONAL UNION, which is comprised of a large number of young people, who, it will be remembered, held many very bright, and often quite original dinners, dances and the dansants last year, commenced their 1926 season of gaieties very informally on Saturday night with a flannel dance.
Their activities were to have begun a fortnight previously, but on account of the King's death the party was postponed.

Their headquarters, the National Club in Featherston Street, looked as attractive as usual on Saturday night with flowers and shaded lights in the lounges and Chinese lanterns hanging in the dance room. Ices and cool drinks were served in between dances, and there was an excellent supper.

Those on the committee were:
Miss Marjorie ANSCOMBE (convener)
Mr Clive BROWN
Miss Paddy Hope GIBBONS (see photo)
Mr Ian GRAVES
Mr Selwyn Featherston TOOGOOD (1916-2001)
Mr Harry WILSON was M.C.

those present included:
Misses:
? June Shirley ALLISON (1917-2010)
? Lorna Desmond BAXTER (1916-2009)
? Joy GILL
? Trixie HARGREAVES
? Jill HAYMAN
? Zena Alma Annie HOLDEN (1916-2010)
? Ngaire Fulton HORTON (1913-2006)
? Dorothy KELLY
? Louis LITTLE
? Celia LUTZKY
? Claire MACK (1913-2004)
? Stella MASSINGHAM
? Valmai June MAUDSLEY (1917-2000)
? Joy McNEIL
? Pat MICHOL
? Rane MILLER
? Vera NOLA (Morrinsville)
? Ola Wynn PEARCE (1917-1942)
? D. PRICE
? Pat SMITH
? Mona Margaret ROBERTSON (1917-1976)
? Zoe Gordon TANSLEY (1914-2013)
? Natalie TARTAKOVER
? Lola Walpole TINGEY (1917-2004)
? Theresa Agnes von KEISENBERG (1916-1985)
? Nesta Jean WOODHOUSE (Masterton 1917-2006)

Messrs:
? Ross ARLOW
? I. BECKETT
? W. BECKETT
? George BENNETT
? Matthew BENNIE (1917-1995)
? Richard Waller 'Dick' BROOKMAN (1912-1941 WWII)
? Edie BUCKLIN
? Robert BUTT (Sydney)
? Bruce John CLARKE (1912-1972)
? Vivian George COTTLE (1911-1982)
? George DAVIDSON
? M. ELIAS
? F. GIBBONS
? Bruce Nathaniel GIRDLESTONE (1917-1992)
? Brian Bentley GRAVES (1918-1944 WWII)
? Ian Ivatt GRAVES (1915-2003)
? C. HUTTON
? John KEMBER
? Trevor Laurence LANE (1916-2003)
? Guy Wilfred SUISTED (1919-1941 WWII)
? Warren Featherston TOOGOOD (1911-1981)
? H. ZANDER
? B. WARD


PHOTO
At the races at Trentham yesterday (1941)
Left, Miss Paddy Hope Gibbons and Mrs. W. A. Simpson