SUNDAY SCHOOL UNION

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXVI, 11 August 1934, Page 2

SUNDAY SCHOOL UNION

SCRIPTURE EXAMINATIONS ' SUCCESSFUL NELSON CANDIDATES The forty-second annual Scripture examination of tlie Wellington Sunday School Union was held on 30th June, when 705 scholars from 70 schools competed. The number of schools was the same as in 1933, but there were 65 fewer scholars.- The percentage pf marks necessary to gain a prize is 80, and 154 scholars were successful in gaining this number or more. Second or third class certificates were won by 433 scholars, while 118 failed to gain the 40 per cent, of marks necessary for a pass. The following Nelson candidates gained passes:— Nelson Baptist.—A. G. Heslop 83, Eric V. Crooks 79, Beryl Woodward 70, Gwen Thomson 68, John A. Foster 62, Betty Hill 55, Gwen Carpenter 53, Masie Ransom 52, Joan Paterson 50, Gwen Chapman 45, Nola Chapman 42. Nelson Methodist.—Allan H. Andrews 86, Edith Parkinson 84, Marjorie Marks 83, Lorna P. Mitchell 82, Melva Andrews 81, Allen V. Burley 80, Trevor Ninnes 78, Ethel Pierson 77, Elsie Reaper 76, Dorothy Fleming 75, Margaret Newport 74, Jeannie Yuill 66, O. Mitchell 62, Winifred Newport 58, Pat Win 47, Walter Newport 42. _ Stoke Methodist.—Joy Robinson 87, Joyce C-. Gribble 77, Verna E. Ching 76, Audrey M. Edwards 67, Bessie Gribble 66, Nola Ching 62, Myra Joyce 56, Joan G. Harvey 56, Ada Stone 52, Jean McDonald 51, Elsie M. Longworth 48, Mary Corby 44.