BLACKBALL SCHOOL

Greymouth Evening Star, 23 December 1913, Page 3

BLACKBALL SCHOOL

DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZES. [OUE OWN CORRESPONDENT-] The annual distribution of prizes took place at the Blackball School on Thursday. Owing to the present industrial crisis, tho committee were unable' to present each child with a prize and bag of lollies as has been the custom in former years. The only prizes presented were those for good attendance, sortie '75 children receiving these rewards for the year’s work.

It was pleasing to note the good spirit that the remainder of the 155 children appeared in, after continually, receiving prizes in previous years.

r J’he Chairman of the School Committee (Mr Algie) addressed the children for a few minutes, and in the course of his remarks stated how sorry the Committee felt at not being able to give every child a prize. He could honestly assure them, he said, that the Committee felt just as disappointed as many of the children for r ot being in the financial position to Procure rv’V-'s for them l? orue of ,M might ask why d ; d s•>»•> :’Vc p; A - ;<■ those who had atle..b; : .he whole of the year. His answer was that the headmaster, Mr A. J. Wickes, had made a promise that prizes would be given for good attendance for the year, and bo wished to impress upon them that when a promise was made it -should always be kept. Ho further stated that to supply every child with a bdok would have cost something like £2O. For the prizes that were given that afternoon Mr Wickes hud found the money, Messrs C. Hilton, Jus. Irving, C. R. Davis and himself standing as guarantors .'that he (Mr Wickes) would be repaid. On behalf of the Committee he wished to tender his most hearty appreciation of the excellent manner in which the headmaster and his staff of teachers had worked during the year in the interests of the pupils attending the school. (Cheers from the children.) The speaker went on to refer to the splendid average attendance that h"d been maintained during tho year. The attendance had an average of 208 per day for the whole year. This, the Chairman stated, would entitle them to another teacher. In conclusion he, on behalf of tho Committee, wished the teachers and pupils a Merry Christinas and Happy New Year.

“God Save the King’’ was then sung hv the children, after which the distribution of prizes took place. The following was the prize-list:— Infants, one year.—Ralph Glasson, Alfred Wootten, Fred Rcinhcimer. Alex. Ontram. George Nuttall, Fdward Leitch, Allan Algie, William Ba’hy, Herbert Christie. Doris Leitch, Maud Kells, Lillv Nuttall. Mav Daly, Winnie Jamieson, Eileen Wickes, Cecelia Stevens.

Good Attendance, Standards I. and 11., boys and girls.—Earnest Christie, Adam Clark, Robert Hall, Arthur Pendleton, Arthur Roger..®, Harry Tavlor, Charles White. Colin Algie. Leslie Kinsella, John Mori, Madeline Smith, John Smith, Agnes Glasson. Grace Good all, Josephine Irving, Agnes Jamieson, Jean Kells, Myrtle Moore, Freda Wickes, Darren Daly, Rena Algie. Good Attendance, Standard 111., boys and girls.—Lawrence Christie, Thomas Hall. William Kinsella, Arthur Moore, Waller Rogers, Sydney Tavlor, Clarence White, Mavis Falconer. Kate Ooodall, Doris Classuti, Mav Haistv. Annie Kells. Helen Stevens, Lila Sneddon, Margaret Sneddon, Bella \\ Into. Myrtle Wootten. Good Attendance. Standards TV.. V.. VI., and Vll.—William Oerraghty, Colin Leitch, James Walker, Martha Jamieson, Ivy Glasson, Elsie Leitch, Kate Mori, L. Rogers. Florence Tnylo**, Edith 'J ruidle, Amelia Goodall, Lily Haistv. Jessie Kells, May Pendleton, Myrtle Thompson, Christina Patterson.

Five Years’ Coni in nous AMemlanor.rAmelia Gnodall, Kate Mori. William (■(“'- nighty. William Kinsella. Kate Ooodall, Walter Rogers. Svdney Taylor. Six Years’ Continuous Attendance. — D 1 ironco Tavlor.

Seven Years’ Continuous Attendance. — T --v rtlasson, Martha Jamieson, and Lucy Rogers.