HEAVY ENTRIES FOR "S" COMPETITION.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 226, 23 September 1936, Page 22

HEAVY ENTRIES FOR "S" COMPETITION.

The Crocodile Swallows Careless Work Budgetites apparently found it an easy task to find the number of articles beginning with the letter S in the competition conducted in these pages recently. Entries continued to pour into the office until the last minute of the closing date, and many good efforts were submitted. Caryll von Sturmer, of Takapuna, who gains first place with 75 articles, had an original uncorrected list of 78. By the time the judge s blue pencil had gone through them, many lists were considerably reduced. In many cases an entry containing a mistake in spelling was disqualified, and this same rule applied to those who submitted '\jerbs instead of nouns. The following is the list of twenty-four prize winners in order of merit:— Caryll von Sturmer, Takapuna, aged 14, mouth organ. Ccilin Strachan, Mount Eden, aged 13, book rest.' Forbes Davies, Sandringham, aged 12, penknife. Shirley Jackson, Ellerslie, aged 12, draughtsmen. Rhoda Houston, Western Springs, aged 16, table tennis set. Alex Downes, Ponsonby, aged 12, monoplane kitset. Patricia Anderson, Auckland, aged 15, book rest. Richard Derby, Green Lane, aged 15, mouth organ. S. J. Walker, Mount Albert, aged 14, book rest. John Hollings, Takanini, aged 13, draughtsmen. R. Bullen. New Lynn, aged 12, table tennis set. Arthur Wilkinson, Brookby, aged 1 5, rubber printing outfit. Ivan Stewart, Remuera, aged 15, mouth organ. Janne Morton, Epsom, aged 13, monoplane kitset. Bryan Moulder, Takapuna, aged 12, table tennis set. Norma Langwell, Morningside, aged 14, fountain pen. Thelma Worsop, Mount Albert, aged 14, mouth organ. Elaine Satchell, Grey Lynn, aged 12, stationery box. Here are the under twelves who won prizes:— Margaret Bell, Grey Lynn, aged 10, stationery wallet. Valerie Craig, Kohimarama, aged 11, penknife. Jessie Laing, Ponsonby, aged I T, stationery box. Brian Ferguson', East Tamaki, aged 9, penknife. Jocelyn Park, Te Puke, aged 9, mouth organ. Doreen Bradburn, Epsom, aged 10, stationery box. Pink certificates go to the following:—Frank Davis, Westmere; Gwen Heywood. Parnell; Myra Davis, Westmere; Bernie Leonard, Waitakaruru; laobel Parker, Westmere; Patricia Woolley, Tomarata; Josephine Krause, St. Helier's Bay; Violet Tonkin, Takanini; Linley Harvey, Westmere; Stanley Hattaway, Grey Lynn; Audrey Williams, Ellerslie; Margaret Illingsworth, Sandringham;'Joan Clark, Grey Lynn'; Yvonne Jack, Pukekohe; Pearl Black, Mount Eden; Bryan Daisley, Mount Albert; Vivienne Johns, Papakura; Fred Goodall, Onehunga; Olive Sinton, Bombay; Ray Kelly, Weymouth; Richard Robb, Onehunga: Keith Cato, Auckland; Ronald Jones, Palmerston North; Richie Johnson, Ellerslie; Alfred Edmonds, Remuera; Gertrude Goodall, Onehunga; Joan Chester, Sandringham; Lionel Otto, Ponsonby; Maureen McGeehan, Mount Albert; R. Gilmour, Palmerston North; Marv Griffiths, Remuera; Dorothy Perkins, Devonportf lan Cotton, Epsom; William Wood, Avondale: Thomas Mitchell, Avondale; Allan Harper, Grey Lynn; Freda Harper, Grey Lynn; Nancy Prentice, Grey Lynn; Colleen Woolley, Wellsford; Shirley Hogg, Wanganui; Gordon Rawlinson, Onehunga; Eileen Hart, Otahuhu; Jean Griffiths, St. Helier's Bay; Sonia Garea, Thames.