Pupils returning to Phillipstown

Press, 22 February 1977, Page 7

Pupils returning to Phillipstown

More than 1200 former' pupils will answer the roll! call on Saturday at the centennial celebrations of the; Phillipstown School. They will come from as | far away as Perth and Suva; for the week-end. The centenary will start I on Friday evening with a' get-together and on Saturday former pupils from out of Christchurch will be welcomed by the Mayor (Mr H. G. Hay) and Mr D. Wilson, a former pupil and chairman of the Canterbury Education Board. The member of Parliament for Christchurch Central (Mr Bruce Barclay) iwill also speak. The school bell will be; rung and the centennial cake; iwill be cut bv the oldest; 'male and female pupils, Mr' ! and Mrs Dawber.

■j Mrs Dawber attended the 11 school from 1895 to 1900 ■ and Mr Dawber attended in 'l9Ol and 1902. Two other women. Mrs Ivy: J Warren and Mrs E. Lewis, J are the next oldest pupils, i after Mrs Dawber. They at-; /tended the school in 1897. I ; On Saturday night there; will be a ball in the Town ' Hall. A church service will be held at the Church of the; ' Good Shepherd in Phillips! ’ Street, which is next to the: 1 school, on Sunday. 1 The organisers are not confident of fine weather. A ' month ago a former pupil. 1 Mr Barry’ Alcock of Hamil-: 'ton, who has his weather; : i predictions printed in seven viral newspapers in the North' /Island, sent in his weather ■iprediction for the weekend, lit was for rain.