BIRKENHEAD CARNIVAL.

Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 268, 12 November 1928, Page 12

BIRKENHEAD CARNIVAL.

Though opened in pouring rain by the Mayor, Mr. E. G. Skeatee, the children's fancy dress and poster carnival, promoted by the Birkenhead School Committee, to raise fund* for the lay-out of a school sports ground, was largely attended on Saturday afternoon, and was a great suocess. At the invitation or the chairman (Mr. J. McDonald), the three Parliamentary candidates, Mr. H. G. R. Mason, M.P., Sir Jajnes Gunson, and Mr. G. R. Allen briefly addressed the gathering, all wishing the project every success. The Birkenhead Borough Band enlivened the proceedings with a musical programme. The Northcote Fire Brigade, under Captain W. P. Roberts, gave an exhibition of wet and dry practices. Much interest was centred in the baby show, judged by Dr. Gladys Montgomery. The prize winners'were: Under six months, Peter Anderson, Ist; Roger Joy, 2nd; oversix months, Hon* West, Ist; Robert Morrison, 2nd. Mesdames H. Harrison and J. Gardiner, of Auckland, awarded the prizes for boys' trolleys to Ray Verran (4-bear aeroplane) and Merlyn Chappell (Santa Claus). The same judges selected Milli- | cent Pugh as the best of the decorated pram*, with Hilda Booklass next. Other very creditable displays in this class were made by June Rom, Sybil Norton, Joan Gill, Evelyn Pugh, Shirley Norton, Joyce Harkin, Zena Neads, Pay Neads, Gladys Milne, Vera Hart, Marjorie Hum, Verona Salt, Joyce Turvey, Joan Farrington and Naomi Adamson.

The fancy costumes were judged by Mesdames E. G. Skeates (Mayoress), Mervyn Campbell and C. M. Burton. The winners were;— Tiny Tote: Best dressed girl and boy, Elaine Kelly and Desmond Pennell (bride and bridegroom); most original, Joyce Harkin (Yates' Seeds) and Merlyn Chappell (Old Woman who Lived in a Shoe); paper dresses, Ivy Brown and Shirley Murphy, five yeans to ten years; best dressed girl and boy, Florence Mahoney and Kirk Loggie (bride and bridegroom); most original, Joyce Paltridge (Indian girl) and Bobbie Dunn (Father Christmas); paper costume, Tudor Roebuck (Cupid) and Ronald Da vies (Bumble Bee); poster, Joan Farrington (safety matches) and Clifford Fitzgerald (Champion Flour); best dres% home-made. Naomi Adamson (Irish Colleen); paper dress, Gwen Souster and Doreen Wrightson; poster, Laura Fitzgerald and Louie Roberts. The intended fancy dress parade through the street, from the Post Office to the scbool, had to be abandoned owing to the heavy rain, but this was held at the school. Included in those participating were: Doreen Wrightson, flower girl; Florrie Mahoney, bride; Kirk Logie, bridegroom; Theo. Elia, cook; Alice Munce, Three Caetlec-Cigarettes; Jessie Bowker, Yates' Seeds; Willie Carson, Dutch boy; Percy Roebuck, Northern Roller Mills; Cissie Davis, Mary Had a Little Lamb; Truda Roebuck, Cupid; Kathleen Roebuck, rose; Fay Price, Miss Muffitt; Pat Price, Mistress Mary; Sam Mason, Sam, Sam, the Dirty Man; Cecil Cook, Little Man Had a Little Gun; Louie Roberts, poster; Roma Boyle, Alice Blue Gown; Elva Thorpe, parlour maid; Rita West, "Ladies' Mirror"; Merle Taft, Butterfly; Ronald Davis, bumblebee; Matthew Swinburne, Chinaman; John Davenport, Robin Hood; Peter Davenport, elf; Mary Davenport, fairy; Eileen Brandon, Red Cross nurse; Marjorie Hum, Welsh' girl; Verona Salt, Ox-eye Daisy; Russell j Elia, sailor boy; Ray Verran, aeroplane 4-bears; Nonie Speed, roses; Betty Menaces, flit; Victor Purdy, pirate; Frank Power, pierrot; Eileen Frazer and Eema Hailoran, Maggie and Jiggs; Loraine Fitzgerald, Brown, Barrett's and Co.; Betty Brown, Thomson Hills, Ltd.; Ethel.Davies, Irish colleen; Athena Elia, old-fashioned lady; Audrey McKinstry, Scotch lassie; Joan Farrington, No More Strikes; Jessie McCreadie, Red Cross nurse; Elaine Kelly, flower girl; Roma Moon, Dunce; Joan Harkin, Ox-eye Daisy; Joyce Harkin, Yates' Seeds; Joyce Turvey, with decorated pram; Merlyn Chappell, Old Woman in a Shoe; Hilda Booklass, pram, decorated with green grapes; William Goodajl, peanuts; Paltridge, Red Indian-. Stanley Dill, Red ' Indian. The following were dressed in Dutch costumes for the tea room:—Ethel 'Walker, Val.' Walker, Frances Tothili, Graham Walker, Mollie Lunny, Bill Carson : and M&isie Edwards.