“MR CAROLINE BAY”

Press, Volume XCIII, Issue 27861, 9 January 1956, Page 10

“MR CAROLINE BAY”

CHRISTCHURCH MAN WINS TITLE (From Our Own Reporter) TIMARU, January 8. Roger W. H. Luscombc. of 53 Matf South road, Upper Riccarton. w» awarded the title of “Mr Caroline Bay,” after the final parade of nine contenders in the sound shell, Timaru. on Saturday evening. The first prize was £l5. Mr Luscombe, who is married, is an employee of Motorways New Zealand, Lw Christchurch. He plays table tenna and is lock forward in the Menvalt second grade Rugby team. He is a boxer with experience m Australia, where he fought several bouts in and around Brisbane. Mr Luscombe was persuaded te enter the contest —his first—by hu wife. He was presented with Uw championship ribbon by Mrs L. T Green, wife of the president of the Caroline Bay Association. The contest, which was organised by the association, attracted 48 entries With the exception of three competitors who burlesqued throughout the preliminary parade, all other contestants took the competition seriously an® displayed muscles and torso to the best advantage before large crowd!. The judges were Senior-Sergeant J. Wilson and Sergeant F. G. Heyward. Wives Were Responsible Second prize of £ 10 was awarded w R. Bennett, a 27-year-old slaughterman, of Pareora. His wife was responsible for his entry also. AlthouP reluctant to appear at first he confessed at the conclusion of the judgini that it had been “lots of fun.”

Unlike the winner and runner-up-who promptly handed over their prixei to their wives. Maurice Richards, « single man aged 19 years, was able U keep his third prize of £5. An apprentice motor mechanic, lives with his mother at 100 Norte street. Timaru. An old boy of St. P»t* rick’s High School, Timaru, he i* • popular singer and appears regularly in concerts throughout South Canterbury. A member of the Caroline Baj Association, he appeared in the concert party during the Christmas-New Year carnival.