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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 20 August 1924, Page 8

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— —*— (.from Our Own- Correspondent.) lavoured with an .almost perfect night, the children's Ltucy dress hall, held on Friday, ivas a great success. About 100 children took part, the larger majority in fancy dress. The music was provided by. Mr, Mrs'and Miss Collins, and Mr Spooner, extras being played by Misses Gatenby, Street, .and Coupe. Mr Coxhead acted as M.C. In the ■supper room Me:--dames H. Huiwiler, Memyss, Coxhead, Morgan. Gilbert, Hughes', Miss Richards, Messrs Palmer ami Templeton worked hard to cater for the large crowd. Favourable comments were heard on every side of the improved supper rooms. The tables looked very nice decorated with daffodils and violets, and the bountiful • supper was done full justice to. The prizes were awarded to Cyril Matson, “Old Villager,” and little Claude Thomas as “Big Ben,” with 48 votes and 71 respectively. Ollie Thomas as “Bride” took, the little girls' prize with 23 votes, Chrissie McKinnon the next, “If winter is here spring is not far behind,” with 27 votes, and Eva Gilshnan the big gilds' as “Niglit,” with lb votes. All looked so well it was very hard to know how to vote. The following went in fancy dress: Bully Hughes, “Irish Colleen”; Grace Hughes. “Welsh Girl”; Ada Watson, “Nurse” ; Rita Watson, “Little Miss Vanity”; [vv Watson, “Registered Letter” ; Hilda Tindie, “Red Tulip” ; Rita Julian, “Spirit of Dance” ; Annie Coxhead, “All that- glitters is not gold”; Kathleen Coxhead, “Stars and Stripes”; Myrtle Coxhead, “Granny Chamberlain”: Edna Coxhead. “Starlight”; Ethel Crawford, “Powder Puff”; Ina Stockwell, “Registered Letter”'; Dossie Corbett, “Hawaiian Maid”; Rene Corbett, “Red Rose”; Ruth Corbett, “Daffodil”; Connie Hailey, “Sunbeam”; Florrie Bailey, “Lost '-Luggage”; Phyllis Spooner, “Yes! We have no bananas”; Gladys Tynan, “Wirth’s Circus’’ ; Edie Gilbert, “Gipsy”; Peggy Templeton, “Nurse”; Annie Templeton, “Fairy”; Bessie Allen, “Evening Star” ; ‘ Mabel Morgan, “Riverian” ; Audrey Weymss. “Poppy”; Myrtle Malic, “Evening Star”; Grace Parkes, “Yellow Poppy” ; Ngaio Parkes, “Miss Muffet”; Given Huiwiler, “Teacup”; Gertie Huiwiler, ‘Rosebud”; Mavjerv Gilshnan, “French Clown”; Minnie Thomas, “Hatbox”; Ethel Thomas, “Mother Goose” ; Doreen Street, “Irish Colleen”; Hazel and Ollie Thomas, “Bride and Groom” ; Mollie Thomas, “Flower Girl”; Nola Gilshnan, “Apple (Blossom”; Ivan Gilshnan, “Ghost”; Kelvin Gilshnan, “Shavings”; Jim Thomas, “Dick Whittington”; R, Morgan, “Yes! We have no bananas”; Grahame Parkes, “Court Jester”; Jack Palmer, “Dick Whittington”; Lynne Palmer, “Punchinilla”; Neil McKinnon, “Father Christinas”; Hector McKinnon, “Nigger”; John McKinnon, “Clown”; Willie Allen, “Jack of Diamonds”; Willie Coxhead, “Pierrot”; Percy Coxhead, “Robin Hood”; Don Coxhead, “Sailor”; Hector Coxhead, “Winter”; Willie Crawford, ’ “Puck”; Norman Jones, “Indian Prince”; Ray Mahe, “Jack of Diamonds”; Jim Tynan, “Cigar”; Roy Corbett, “Brownie”; Dave Hughes, “Comic Song”; Charlie Watson, “Clown”; Bill Parkes, “Swagger” ; Archie Parkes, “Tennis Player.” The main hall was decorated with the school colours, black and white streamers radiating from a fern in the centre, from which was suspended a red shaded light. The other lights had black and white striped shades, and the walls had greenery and flowers put up by the hoys and girls. Thanks are due -to those who came to teach and play at the practices, and also to the secretary, Mr Palmer.