Kereone.

Matamata Record, Volume XIII, Issue 1109, 27 March 1930, Page 1

Kereone.

Picnic at Te Aroha. The .annual picnic of the Kereone .school was held in the Herries’ Memorial Hark, .Te Aroha, on Thursday, and proved an outstanding success. Many cars, supplemented by a large motor bus and a lorry lent by Mr. B. Harnett, conveyed the families to the picnic grounds. ('The arrangements, in the Rands of the Kereone School Committee, were perfect, and a body of workers under its supervision energetically attended to the details. Something new for the children, in the way of swings, shoots and revolving wheel's, occupied their attention for the greater part of the day, while many adults joined in the fun. During the day fruit, sweets and icecream were liberally distributed, and each child attending the school was given a book. The results of racing were as follows :

Girls, 5 and 6: Gwen Eynon 1, Rosie Forlong 2, Josie Orr 3. Boys: Boyd Reed 1, Maxie Port 2, George Heaton 3. .

Girls, 7 and 8: Beryll Cunningham 1, Pat Cameron 2, Teresa Orr and June Harnett (dead heat) 3. Boys : Fred Mortensen 1, Norman Wells 2, Doug Eynon 3. Girls, 9 and 10: Mary Orr 1, Marjorie Bennett 2, Hiliary Harnett 3. Boys: Buster Mortensen 1, Leslie Cunningham 2, Jack Eynon 3. Girls, 11 and 12: Lola Sowerby 1, Joyce Port 2, Kathleen Port 3. Bdys: Ivan Eynon 1, Lewis Kelly 2. ) Tiny Tots.—Girls No. 1: Molly Eynon 1, Judy Bennett 2, Yvonne Cunningham 3. Girls No. 2: Dorothy Days 1, Pat Wilhelm 2, Joan Devlin 3. Boys: Brian McMillan 1, Pat Orr 2, Bobby Cunningham 3. Single Ladies: Miss M. Norman 1, Misses E. and J. Eynon (dead heat) 2:- - "" Married Ladies: Mrs. E. Wilhelm 1, Mrs. J. Forlong 2. Three-legged Race. —Boys: ■ Percy Mortensen and Albert Days 1, Ivan Eynon and Reg Hopkins 2. Girls: Lola Sowerby and Kath Port 1, Joyce Port and Marjorie Bennett 2.