ASHHURST.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LIX, Issue 71, 21 February 1939, Page 13

ASHHURST.

(From Our Own Correspondent.) ASHHURST, Feb. 30. 3 The annual picnic of the Ashhurst School ' was held on Friday, when the parents and li children gathered at the Domain. The woal tier was sunny throughout the day, but I late in the afternoon a cold wind was blow- [ ing. There were plenty of amusements for r the children. Races were run and after the ’ tea had been provided -good prizes and j I toys were presented by Mr R. D. Davis, . secretary oi the School Committee. Mr ’i Davis thanked all the willing helpers who ’ had assisted in any way with the work or 1 donated towards the picnic fund. The re--1 suits of the races arc as follow:—Girls, aged 1 4, 5 and 6: Iris Walker 1, Dawn Flowers ' 2, boys, Mervyn Maunder 1, G. Story 2. , Girls, aged 7 and 8: Maureen Callahan 1, i Aiiccn Walker 2; boys, Billy Hewitt. 1. ! John Brockio 2. Girls, aged 9 and 10: Nola i Walker 1, Nola Tremewan 2: boys, Peter . j Brice 1, Maurice Hickey 2. Girls, aged 11 land 12: Nola Wood 1, Barbara Ralph 2. jGirls’ race: June Patou 1, Dulcio Hacked .'2. Three-legged race, boys: Neil Jones arid John Sumner 1; girls, Dulcie Hackctt jand Nola Walker 1. Pick-a-back race: Herbert Bowyer and J. Sumner 1; girls, Joan Hyndman and Dawn Flowers 1. Wheelbarrow race: Bruce Walker and John Smith 1. Rosalie Annear and David Voting 2 Catch the train race: John Sumner 1, Herbert Bowyer 2. Skipping race: Joan Hyndman 1, Dulcio Hackctt 2. Married ladies’ race: Mrs Faulk 1, Mrs Fox 2; single, Miss N. Mclsaae 1. Miss Marshall 2; married men, Mr Schncll 1, Mr A. Currie 2; single men, Mr R. Little 1, Mr G. Annear 2. Ladies’ chain-stepping: Miss Doris McKinlav 1. The friends of Miss W. Harris, formerly of Ashhurst, and sister of Mrs J. E. Hewitt, of Ashhurst. will bo pleased to learn she has passed her senior examination for singing with merit at the Taihapc Covvent, where the examination was held last November. I