CARNARVON SCHOOL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 21, 22 December 1937, Page 2

CARNARVON SCHOOL.

BREAKING-UP CEREMONY. Despite inclement weather the breakingup proceedings at the Carnarvon School were very successful, a number of ftiends and parents braving the unfavourable climatic conditions to bo present. The pupils went through the following programme very creditably, the teachers, Mrs Brereton and Miss Sadd, playing the accompaniments for their respective pupils’ musical items; “Sing, Mother, Sing,” senior pupils; recitation, “Company,” Ruth Rowe; dance, “Pop Goes the Weasel,” seniors; duet, “The Two Dolls,” Ruth Rowe and Verna Carrington; playette, “One’s Enough,” Maud Vallender and Thelma Tew; Christmas song, juniors; recitation, “David and the Electric YVire,” Trevor Pearson : dance, “Reap the Flax,” juniors; song, “Slumber Song,” seniors; dance, “Lubin Loo,” seniors; duet, “Leander and Jennie Dix,” junior. Mr Burne. chairman of the School Committee, called on Mrs J. Dixon, the wife of the secretary, to present the prizes, each child receiving a very fine book, and special prizes going to the following children : Swimming prizes and certificates Gordon Gledhill Greta Schulz and Rona Vallender jattendance prizes, Gordon Gledhill and Greta Schulz; most progress during year (two standards each), Meryl Harris and Shirley Dixon. Primary leaving certificates,were presented to Gordon Gledhill and Singleton Rowe. Miss Sadd, assistant, who has been transferred to Parewanui, was the recipient of a crystal cruet from parents and scholars with best wishes for her future happiness. Miss Sadd expressed her regret at leaving. Little Zelda Schreiber presented her with a bouquet made at the school. YVhile afternoon tea was being prepared by teachers and older scholars, the parents racked their brains over a proverbs competition, the prize eventually going to Mrs Schulz, who was congratulated. The previous Monday a team of tennis players from Oroua Downs came to play the local school players, but a deluge of rain arriving almost simultaneously with the visitors caused the abandonment of the match, though afternoon tea was partaken of at the school. It was decided to play the postjxmed match on Friday morning, but again rain descended in torrents. The silver lining to all this rain (showers inopportunely fell during the “Learn-to-Swim” week) lies in the welfare of innumerable cuttings put in at the school last Arbor Day towards the Centenary celebrations in 1940. Despite the dry situation, some at least have a sporting chance of paradoxically “weathering the storm.”