FANCY DRESS BALL

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume 58, Issue 4119, 30 March 1949, Page 8

FANCY DRESS BALL

FUNDS FOR IMPROVEMENT MERCURY BAY SCHOOL An all out effort was made to raise funds to improve the grounds at the Mercury Bay School, and teachers and children have been busy during the last week. On Monday a children’s fancy dress ball was a great success, both socially and financially. The costumes were tnany and varied and the judges must have had a difficult task to choose the winners. A special prize was given to Johnny Walker, a beautifully brown one-year-bld Tarzan, dressed in a girdle of fig leaves. A dignified Queen Elizabeth (1603) rubbed shoulders with pirates and gypsies while a ghost and a skeleton added to the fun. Games and dancing for the children filled the early part of the evening, followed by a dance for the adults. Spike Wells and his Wacketeers supplied the music, free of charge. Mrs L. V. Smith, Mrs R. R. Smith and Miss McCarthy were in charge of the children and Mrs J. S. Bongard was M.C.

The judges were Mrs D. L. Hamilton and Kirs Moore (Christchurch). Supper was served by Meadamee W. Oxley, Meyer, A. Chaney, F. Lee and Miss Betty Robinson. The children enjoyed a balloon dance while a Monte Carlo was won by Raukawa Winiata and Ruby McLean. Prize winners were: Special, John Walker, Tarzan; tiny tots, Rosemary Thom, “ Buttons and Bows junior girls, below standard 111, Dorothy Lee, “ Queen Elizabeth junior boys, John Wood, .“Robin Hood”; senior girls, Patricia Edwards, “ Bathing Time ”; senior boys, Robbie Simpson, skeleton.

Others in costume were: Dridre Crabb, Dutch boy; Desda Crabb, Dutch girl; Margaret Buckton, Red Indian; Adrienne Smith, Victorian girl; Lynette Lowe, ice cream; Janet Lowe, flowergirl; Janet Whitten, rose; Carol Whitten, daffodil; Margaret Moss, Gypsy; Rosemary Thom, “ Buttons and Bows ”; Robin Smith, orange tree; Raukawa Winiata, butterfly; Jillian Smith, Red Ridinghood; Mary Wood, Maid Marion; Sharon Meyer, early Maori; Judith Tunnicliffe, jungle girl; Christine Heald, Victorian lady; Ruby McLean, drummer; Heni Tawhara, bridesmaid; Isobel Simpson, bride; Gladys Buckton, cigarette girl; Gloria Buckton, Egyptian; Rosalie Buckton, black cat; Jennifer Smith, folly; Patricia Edwards, bath time; Margaret Crawford, Dolly Varden; Rosalind Simpson, boy; Rosemary Oxley, Hawaiian; 'Margaret Oxley, Hindu woman; Anne Wotherspoon, Maori girl; Daphne Robinson, four leaf clover; Dorothy Lee, Queen Bess; Laurene Kelly, Valentine; Sonia Lee, fairy; Lily Pakinga, evening in Paris; Jiudith Jackman, shepherdess' Hairlean Lowe, cowgirl; Lynette White, bedtime; Fay Chaney, Spanish lady; Paddy Foster, Cossack dancer; Peter George, pirate; Kerry Lee, Daniel Boone; Neil Bowers, storm trooper; Bob Kelsey, baker; Martin Smith, Indian prince; Dale Peachey, Gypsy minstrel; Gary Kelly, clown; Rex Kelly, cowboy; Bill Lee, pirate; Peter Clark, Chinaman; Philip Crabb, drumffier; Bruce Kelsey, buttons and bows; Graham Lee, rajah; William Heald, Santa Claus; Errol Howard, Robin Hood; Daine Simpson, girl; David Hughes, Indian; Ted Hughes, rajah; Robbie Simpson, skeleton; Jeffery Bendall, Neptune; Gary Bendall, Turk; John Walker, Tarzan; peter Taylor, Cupid; Graham Hooker, Indian; Ross Niccol, toy soldier; Rena Wells, bedtime; Douglas Wood, Friar Tuck; John Wood, Robin Hood; Warwick Lowe, Sinbad; Neil Chaney, pirate; Boy de Meyer, Haiawatha; Douglas Simpson, girl; Jeffery Sharpies, old man; Colin Crisp, cowboy; Stephen Hughes, nigger; Ted Wotherspoon, cricketer; Pine Tawhara, early Maori; Philip Simpson, cowboy; Bruce Arnold, clown; Michael Jackman, ghost; Bruce Smith, boxer; Don Ransome, cowboy; Wayne Meyer, Indian; Walter Russell, theatre boy; Jim Jackman, Mexican; Brian Hughes, Dutch boy; Alan Dyson, Tyrolean; Grant Simpson, blonde girl; Graham Russell, (tapper; Tom Arnold, Pop-eye.