BROOKLYN SCHOOL CARNIVAL

Evening Post, Volume XCIV, Issue 109, 5 November 1917, Page 3

BROOKLYN SCHOOL CARNIVAL

A SUCCESSFUL GATHERING The big carnival held at Brooklyn on Saturday afternoon and evening, in aid of funds to improve the school grounds, is another evidence of the thoroughness of the Brooklyn people in organising affairs of the sort. The carnival was a, success in every way, and the promoters were well repaid for their labours. Visitors to Brooklyn on Saturday afternoon might woll be pardoned for thinking that the whole of the district had turned out to join in the carnival. The fair waa held in the Brooklyn School, which had been specially decorated. Staid class rooms ! were transformed for the nonce into stalls of various kinds, tearooms, etc. Following is a list of the various stalls and those in charge:—Afternoon tearooms, Miss Fitehett, Miss Thompson, Mrs. Hill, Miss Steedman, Messrs. Tebbs. Gallavan, Trueman, and assistants. Golden fountain, Miss Andrew, Miss Ensor, Miss M'Vicar, and assistants. Sweets, Mesdames Kennedy and Look, Misses Willis and Pringle, and assistants. Bran tubs, Messrs. Holcroft, Murphy, and Dayman. Produce and flower stall, Mesdames White, Hendrikson, Miss Cook, Messrs. H. Roberts, M'Dowell, Slade, and assistants. Bookstall and jumble, Messrs. Manning, Evans, and assistants. Surprise packets, Messrs. F. A. Hempleman and C. W. P. Howe. Procession Marshals, Messrs. A. Turner and W. Webb. Side shows, Sgt.-Maj. Lightfoot and L. Shaddick. Competitions committee, Mesdames Hopkirk, Seddon, Mann, Gittings, Strange-Mure, and Miss Gore. Executive, Messrs. D. Kennedy, J. B. Hopkirk, F. A. Hempleman, E. B. S. Hill, and A. J. White. Good business was done throughout the day at all the stalls. At 2.30. p.m., a big procession led off from the foot of Helenstreet and inarched along Ohiro-road to the Washington-avenue entrance to the school grounds. Two bands, Jupp's and the Boys' Institute, enlivened the line of march. The procession was an unusually long one, and included mounted men, Boy Scouts, several Charlie Chaplins, girls in the various national dress of the Allies, cowboys, Indians, kewpies, and other guises dear to the juvenile heart. Large crowds lined the streets en route. On arrival at the grounds, the carnival was declared open by the Mayor, Mr. J. P. Luke, C.M.G., in a few well-chosen words, ! in. which he expressed the hope that the fair would come up to all the expectations of the promoters. Mr. Luke also remarked that he thought the carnival was one of the best of its kind he had even seen. The fancy costumes were then judged by Mrs. Strange-Mure • and Messrs. Mather and Frost. Following is the result of the fancy dress competition: Girls' best fancy or original costume, Venice M'Annally 1 I Mary Cowley 2, Mary Rowland 3; boys' I best fancy or original costume, Albert M'Creo 1, W. Suteh 2, L. Hammer 3; ladies' best fancy or original costume, Miss Newton 1, Miss Lowe 2; gentlemen's best fancy or original costume, Mr. F. Anton 1, Mr. H. Meyer 2. A special prize for fancy dress was awarded to Misses Edna Purdy and Marjorie Allinghani. Cooking—Judgo, Miss Una Carter: Best plate of cakes (open to Brooklyn school boys and girls), Colin M'lntosh 1, Doris Hill 2; best plate of biscuits (open to Brooklyn school boys and girls), Rita. Boddy 1, Doris Seddon 2; best glass jar home-made marmalade or jam (open to boys and girls attending Brooklyn School), Colin M'lntosh 1, M. Hood 2; best dish sweets (open to boys and girls attending Brooklyn School), M. Roberts 1, Edna Holcroft 2; best pate scone 3 (open to boys and girls attending Brooklyn School), Doris Seddon 1, W. Dormer 2. Open to all residents: Best plate cakes, Mrs. Smart 1, Mrs. Dixon 2; best layer 6andwich, Mrs. M'lntosh 1, Mrs. Cockroft 2; best glass jar homemade marmalade or jam, Mrs! Boddy 1, Mrs. Mitchell 2; best dish sweets, Mrs. Tonks 1 and 2. The fair continued in the evening, when special electric lighting effects were put on, and the Watersiders' Band was in attendance. A feature of the proceedings was the appearance of the Dodger Bros., two clowns^ who added much to the merriment. A concert, arranged by the Natives' Association, will bo given in Fullford's Hall this evening in connection with the carnival. It is expected that the carnival will bring in the sum. of £200, -which will be used in improving and beautifying the grounds of the school.