HOLY TRINITY CHURCH

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LXVIII, Issue 12917, 12 December 1939, Page 4

HOLY TRINITY CHURCH

KIN DERGA RTEN PARTY Everyone must have a party for Christmas, and no one looks forward to one more than the little scholars of Holy Trinity Church Kindergarten. This year the party was held at the home of Mrs. Baigent, of Devonport Road, and no less than between fifty and sixty children were present. After a game on the 6th Avenue beach, the little ones trundled up to Airs. Baigent’s, where the tea taules were set on the lawns amid natural lloral decorations which could not have been prettier. The flower beds were a mass of bloom, and the brightly coloured jellies, fruits, and iceci cakes were no less attractive in colour in their places on the long tables. Paper caps soon came to light, and such eating, such laughing, and such happiness has seldom been seen. The birthday cake with its twenty-six candles was the gift of Mrs. J. J. Standrin, and the candles were lit by the youngest student Sally Mark (3 years old), and the first slice commenced by Helen Standrin. The first student of the Kindergarten, Mrs. E. Bowyer (formerly Kitty Kennedy) blew out the candles, and Mrs. Baigent, one of the first teachers cut the cake into a myriad pieces. It is .interesting, to note that the first Kindergarten was opened in 1916 in a ropm in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Freeman Potts, now belonging to Mr. and Airs. D. H. Corrigan, and the teachers were Miss Dorothy Samuel (now Mrs. Guy Mannering, of Christchurch) superintendent, Miss Ila Potts, the late Mrs. G. Humphrys (then Miss Bessie Butcher), and Mrs. Baigent. There were twenty scholars, and it was the first year of the Ministry of the Rev. Eric Rice, later Canon Rice, ..whose death occurred last year. Tea over; there wer§more ; games and races, and then about sixty balloons were let go from the balcony to the garden below. There, was a great scampering, and let it .be said to the children’s credit that not one balloon escaped to the sea. After the little ones had departed, happily tired, and’ each with a bag of sweets, Mrs; Baigent entertained the Kindergarten teachers and several helpers to tea. Those present included Miss. Taylor ■ (superintendent), Mrs.* Smeddles, Mrs. Bowyer, the Rev. H. Irving, Misses Rita Gamble, Mary Hawkins, Ena Davis, Lucy Moore, Rae Andrews, Eileen Snowden and Thelma Peace.