OPAWA SCHOOL
ANNUAL PICNIC
After being postponed twice because of wetvWeather, the annual picnle of .the Opawa School was held at Quail Island recently in ideal weather, More than 500, persons attended the picnic. The pupils were transported free of cost and .were provided with fruit, cordials, and sweets.
The results of the races held were as follows: Boys' 60 Yards," tinder, seven—Derek Matthews 1, Derek Clay 2,.Ray Walker 3. Boys' 30 Yards, Under Fearce 1, Edward Bedford 3; Bruce Goodwin 3. Boys' 75 Yards, under 11—Gordon Garner 1, Maurice Faulkner 3, Gordon McGerty 3. Boys' 75 Yards, under 13—John Brooks 1, Edward. Wenmoth a, Milton Walker 3. Boys' 100 Yards, open—William -Waitho 1. Edward Wenmoth .2, Albert Nuttridge 3. Boys' Siamese, open—Sid Harrison and Edward Wenmoth. I, Milton Walker and Walter Brown- 2.
Girls* 50 • Yards, under seven-Beverley Cotton l.SWrleyßeswick a, Beverjey Fo* 3. Girls' 50 Yards, under nine—Enid Getamell 1, Lenore, Taylor 2, Barbara Davis 3.' Girls' 75 Yards, under 11—Joyce Bedford 1, Mary Dephoff 2, Dorothy Buckley , 3. Girls' 75 Yards, under 13—Dorothy' Faulk* n , er , 1. Ina Gibson 2, Frances Harrison 3. Girls 100 Yards, open—Dorothy Faulkner 1. Lena Sutton 2. Ruth Fuldseth. s. Girls* Siamese, open—Trances Harrison and Ina Gibson 1, Dorothy Faulkner and Shiriey■Fisher 2. Married' Women—Mrs RosaA ?£^ s ™ *' 3 £ r| L, A ?' Un S 2 > Mrs Fox 3. Married Men—R. Fisher 1, W. W. Laing 2
Meeting of School Committee The pupils of the Opawa School had more than £ll3 to their credit under the Savings Bank scheme, it was reported at the monthly meeting of the , Opawa School Committee, which was recently. Iflr V. Biakeley pireI The draft balance-sheet for the' year I was submitted ajid the secretaryr'was Shf e SJ^ draw *P p the ann ual report for 1 the next meeting. ! The headmaster said that -the* roll KiS 1 * a Y? r ?se attendance : had
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Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21728, 10 March 1936, Page 4
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