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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 692, 17 December 1909, Page 4

V|jMrsi.; Jordan, ;who';ttis;. been /for; many, years ;in; charge'.Of. the;lnfant"'Department -at:, tho ;Newtown: School,; and J.wh.qsb; resignation was accepted 'by tlid;Board, some! mobths ago, took her), fnrbwbll''•'of '): the '-, school yesterday. .' Mrs; Jordan''.has;'been-V teaching ,for-. thirty-seven years;"having'-received. her Hirst appointment in 1873;'when,'she:went'.to' the Marton School. Shortly afterwards she'was appointed teacher in'sole chnr'ge^-df'■ the .Waitotaru' School, wliero isHe 'remained..for 1 twov'y'e'ais.; arid 'from there >she > went ,: 'tb•'•tu.ktP:the/josition of ■ assistant .at. itKe'"Xrpp.or'' ; Hutt'ScH'oo'li-, ; -In,lßßo'she was/dp'.; 'p'bititod'lteachiiPiii soP'bhtifgo .of the;Kai-Iwi Sfcubolrriear £ Wflnßiimii/-a'tid;in.lsß2'was., mistress ,: at''Newt'owii,' wnile: : Mr.' Lillington ..was headmaster*y ;There-.wo're 'at 'that time only. 300.= 'ohildrenyatJ.Newtowri,. and ; there .were np schools nearjv and: now .there; tire; 800 .pupils...at. Newtown, r-and'.-twb.'.large'iischobls;,are: qiiito near.'.'.oj'br:;the' past ..'twentyrsix. years 'Mrs. Jbrdan'htts teen teaching.at Newtown; 'It. lS.'n. ■•'record:!of long, 'service: of'which ;any ;:teacher, ; might:be.';prbud. :4. .';y'y : yiyy^- : - '■ ■ -Mrs!':Morris.:Fox-arrived:.at' Fremahtlej: by. the-Omrah :am 'Wednesday, en route: ■ for ■.WollingtonV-;.,':/;•■''.■;:••,':' v^yx:.' 1 ' : .'.;'-..:/.-v,:v.«.. ; , : .'•Mr;'and ; Mrs.V.Will.''liaws6ri i ;haVe; let:,their, house-'ift : Qbldie's."Brae,;and. ; WiU;be. at Island ■ Bay Hoi' .'the summer ■• months. , '•■ ; :-:•' - • ■'. ■: ■;'.'■?■■ V.; ■'"Mrs; •Macdougall;:'whb;ias;.neen stayingV'at tbp' Hotel Cecil: for;two or three days, returns v;:,:.r : ::;:; ,'■;.:'•■' ■-..:'.:. ," "Mrlv-and :<; MrsK %,. -'Keb^ell,'"'from Ngarata,' and Vara oX^Mrs.'rKebfeU;;;:;:.;^;'. 1 ;^i;';.:':. ■';'.'', .;:.";.=.:': /■■'3^rV.ahditrs; ; Ernest Hadfield; leave by.'tonighfs M.aih:Trink';oxpress.fqr Rbtonia; Taupo, ■and'.'jN'ttipier:'-:",;':''...;■:■■;';■,;.;;.;::=';;;'.'.,,.•'.;.■...'•'..;:;':.%-Vi-". •■ i ?br. : -' : Nisbeti^^s;.'--Nisbet,-';and ; 'Miss': : Nisbpt: are iWellirigtbn' oh; their, way; to Pic-, ton; where "jthey -''will..'ipend::some.;week's.: '. .;. '■VCanoii-Hooper and Mrs. Hooper, of Mussoorie, India;:"are .visiting their ,soh : and: daughtbr-in-; 'law/ : VJIr.* and-Mrs;;R.., H.-. Hooper,;, at-Miss Ankbtell's,'; Fitzherbert Terrace..;: ~.,;.;. •.;•; : ;;:: Mrs; : AV;;H.-Morton and ;Miss'iMarjorie,.Morton, have;.returned;'' to: 'Wellington;.. after '.-;a'n absohco;bf : thtbormonths,-: spent ; in ..visiting, relatives tin,. Adelaide;-'' Melbourne; :and Sydney. ■■:Mrs; = Mortbn;..of.:Melbo'urrie; smother., of=;Mr. •i.'W.-'-H; -Morton,: city /engineer; isV:visiting Wei-. lingtoh.'ah'd'is.thegubst of,Mrs'.: W. H;';Morton, :Sa;lamniica''Rottd;;;, ':;;;;■';;;'':.';-;; v ;;•; v ;^'.>; i.-S'i : '■'- : Dr.;i?iatts-Mills leaves'io-hight '. for' Dunedin,.whbroVsho will:-do a fortnight's:work,.in.the. .Dunedin 'Hpspital. prior;: t'o':rccOmmehcing; her, practi^b":in L : ICarori.:--;.'-,;:'/':=;!-.; :• ;/list,knight:Mrs;;,'BurneH ijjave .ah; '-'evening • party; in.;honbuf,pf.:J[iss;Edithßendall, whose, 'marriage tak«i:placo : nert, week'.,■';',•'■ ';;'',:;:,;■; ;':Mrs.'-Butts-?has let. her;hou'se> in; .Grordon ; Street,'for ; the; suaiiner; holidays. V;; •; ,y=:;.; -r ■:;.. U.iThrbughVthe. kindness '..of- some 'ladies ,of .'St. John > 3':CMurch; ' Sister Mabel-.was '.enabled "'to take^the'imembors-'of,,.'the:::Boys ".Institute mothers'; meeting for -a picnic ; to Pprirua; ■. On Tuesday:ideal :.weather' prevailed, ah.d.::the;,out- ■ mothers ;and 'i:yi/ v.:Mrs;..Firth : t : r -w thb .'committee,.-of! the = St.: John. Ambulance Fair) has recbived' from! them' & handsome gift, which -was: accompanied • by, a very ;kind letter. Mrs;'Firth'desires : tb;thuiik:the various:members of .thel'cpmlhittee:for ;the;gift, ivllioli,;.she yaiiios.Vprj;;highly. ,";' V;''j, :'/';;" ' : . '■J: (Tsls '■■■ evening;.:tho".-inemberb ..'of-'.-.the ' .Young Women's Association; wiU-welcome, thb'mew goneral •:sboretary,,;Mi'ss : .Shaw,-:jit; a &cial-''lrf;;,thV ;: ibp^^^