School Breaking-Up Function At Whangarei Heads

Northern Advocate, 20 December 1939, Page 9

School Breaking-Up Function At Whangarei Heads

A most enjoyable children's fancy dress and Christmas tree was held in the Taurikura hall on Friday evening. The fancy dresses were of a very high standard and the awards were made by popular vote. During the evening numerous prizes for progress during 1939 were distributed amongst the scholars.. A beautifully decorated Christmas tree was presided over by Santa Claus, who distributed a Christmas gift to all children present. He also handed to Mr and Mrs D. S. Kerr a lovely cushion as a mark of appreciation from the children of the Whangarei Heads School. Prize-winners were:

Senior girls: Joyce Coe (old fashioned lady); senior boys: Avon Ryan (Lady Godiva); junior boys: Selwyn Coo (Sitting Bull); junior girls: Josie Bird (Hawaiian gii’l); tiny tots, boys: David Kerr (knave of hearts); tiny tots, girls: Greta Robinson (old fashioned lady); best original dress, boys: Avon. Ryan (Lady Godiva): girls: Marie Ryan (The Stork). Other dresses included: Christie Munro (.bridesmaid), Dorothy Robin* son (window), Joy Going (hockey results), Alice Harvey (gipsy), Eileen Cossey (New Zealand), Dale Harvey (witch), Marion Strugnell (peasant girl), Helen Strugnell, (Order of the Bath), Ruth Vinson (brer rabbit), Josie Wright (little old lady), Pam McGregor (strawberry), Edna Thorturn (lady violets), Lorna Fleming (Hawaiian girl), Lyn McKenzie (starlight), Leslie Bird (picador), Ron Davison (the beach), Rex Ryan (wild man from Borneo), Jim Cossey (pirate), Lorna Ryan (Belle of New York), John Cossey (cowboy), Brian Thorburn and Pat Ryan (effigies of Hitler), Don Clyde (clown), Peter Cossey (pirate), Neville Crook. (Uncle Scrim), Eric Jagger ("cowboy), Geoff Potter (dwarf), Neil Robinson (cowboy), Jack Saul (Chinaman), Jim Cossey (bath night).