CHILDREN’S PARTY

North Canterbury Gazette, Volume I, Issue 20, 23 December 1932, Page 3

CHILDREN’S PARTY

Folk Dances and Fancy Dress HAPPY GATHERING AT OXFORD The children of Oxford School from infants toi Standard 11. were given a fancy dress party in the Town Hall on Wednesday afternoon, December 14th. The first part of the programme consisted of folk dances by the children: then Father Christmas arrived •and every child received a gift from a well-laden Christmas tree. Refreshments were served to the children and parents by the Ladies’. Committee. At the conclusion of the party, Mr Rycle, on behalf of the School Committee, thanked the school staff for their efforts to give 1 the children such a happy ending to the year’s work. Children present were: Joan Thompson (Daffodil); Ruth Mehrtens (Elizabethan Girl); Patsy Garlick (Buttercup) ; Betty Handley (Fairy) ; Betty Storer (Fairy) j Violet Ivory (Fairy); Muriel Squier (Bird); Daphne Smith (Doll); Enfys Roberts (Doll); Joan Bennett (Honse-to-Let); Monica Garlick (Doll); Valmai Reed (Bird-cage) ; Pauline Gillespie (Page) ; Shirley James (Fairy); Emma Dolirman (Dutch Girl) ; Joyce Cross (Cinderella) ; Shirley Garlick (Night) ; Eileen Wells (Violet) ; Patty Youngman (Rose); Elsie Henderson (Soldier) ; Marjorie Reed (Milkmaid) jPeggv McGrath (Fairy); Jean Youngman (Dutch Girl); Joyce McKay (Leaf); Rae Bowman (Anemone) ; Dorothy Virtue (Beach Girl); Iris Pateman (Kewpie); May Osborne x Japanese Girl); Mabel Barret (Fairy) ; Ivy James (Strawberry); Rex Garlick (Fireman) ; Bryan Gainsford (Indian) ; Bryan McGrath ( Footman) ; Cyril Thompson (Red Indian) ; Lester Paget (Swagger); Jack Osborne (Union Jack); Robert Reid (Butcher) ; Leslie Radcliffe (Pierrot); Johnnie Sharplin (Spider) ; Frank Dorofaeff (Red Indian) ; Noel Dailey (Flag) ; Clifford Parvis (Cowboy); Royce Garlick (Engine Driver) ; Jack Gillespie (Chinese Boy) ; Qyril Metrtens (Soldier) ; Denis Garlick (Cowboy); Maxwell Henderson (Cricketer); Bryan Mahoney (Clown); Warwick Witty (Union Jack); Jack Frampton (Savage); Neil Frahm (Page); Murray Frahm (Page); Ronnie Dorofaeff (Gipsy Boy); Ray Mehrtens (Elf); Bertie Nelson (Page); Louis Garlick (Maori); Ray Reed (Duck); Hector Quinn (Prince); Bryce Frampton (Indian) ; John Bell (Page); Bobby Hazelton (Little Boy Blue); Jim Reed (Baker); Horace Ivory (Maori); Leonard Young (Chocolate Box); Jack Reese (Cowboy); Don Farr (Cowboy); Tom Dixon (Court Gentleman); John Johnson (White Rabbit); Marcia Boocock (Japanese Lady); Melva Frahm (Canterbury Bell) ; Myrtle James (Rosebud); Marjory Meyers (Maid); Pearl Pawsey (Papanese); Cassey Reid (Japanese); Jean Squier (Fairy) ; Peggy Young (Milkmaid); Dulcie Marsh (Milkmaid) ; Merle Fantham (Daisy); Freda Holder (Fairy); Nellie Newell (Bo Peep); Neita Marsh (Cornflower) ; Ross Higginson (Swagger) ; Alan Ivory (Union Jack); Allan Thompson (Cockyolly Bird) ; Derek Graham (Call Boy); Colin Winter (Cowboy) ; Lorna Dailey (Daffodil) ; Frances Garlick (Danger); Emily Meyers (Poppy); Joan Oldman (Dairy Maid) ; Ngaire Quinn (Japanese) ; Shirley Reid (Cinderella); Betty Young (Dutch Girl); May Reeves (Britannia) ; Winnie Brown (Fairy); Nessie Farr (Milkmaid); Kathleen Mahoney (Housemaid); Keith Boocock (Indian) ; Lester Reid (Nigger) ; Cl ame Stubbs (Plough Boy) ; Russell Thompson (Pierrot) ; Gedrge Wells (Maori). Miss Ailsa March (Loburn) will leave after Christmas, to visit Mrs J. E. T. Cameron, Ben Oban Station, South Canterbury. Mr and Mrs S. Ayers and Mis« Thelma Ayers (Rangiora) left on Tuesday evening for a trip to the North Island. Miss Dorrie Gillett (Mount Guardian, Hundalee) is the guest of Mrs A. Mclntosh (Flaxton). The choir hoys of St. John’s Church were recently entertained at the home of Miss Rose Horrell, when they took the opportunity of presenting her with an enlarged photograph of themselves jm recognition of the trouble she had taken in training them.