ONEKAKA

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 76, 17 May 1941, Page 2

ONEKAKA

MR AND MRS LIDDICOAT FAREWELLED lOnekaka ladies gathered at the school on a recent afternoon to farewell Mr and Mrs L. V. Liddicoat and j their small daughter, who will be 'leaving the district shortly. Mr Liddi-I coat. who has been head teacher at the Onekaka School for the past seven j years, has been transferred to Lower ! Moutere. At the beginning of the afternoon. (Thelma Thomas presented Mrs Licldi- ! coat with a posy of chrysanthemums I and rosebuds and Mr Liddicoat with a i buttonhole. When afternoon tea had been served ! by the ladies, Colleen Walker, on be--j , half of the pupils of the school, in a | brief speech, expressed regret that Mrj I and Mrs Liddicoat were leaving, thank- j en them for their past help! and wished them health and hap- j j piness in their new school and home, j !Sh asked them to accept a small gift | 'for themselves and one for their daughter. lanthe. from the pupils. J Mr A. H. Scadden, chairman of the ' (Onekaka School Committee, apologised f } fo • the absence of other committeemen. 1 ; ; and asked Mr Liddicoat to accept a| small gift from the committee in ' appreciation of his outstanding services j 1 the school. ! Both Mr and Mrs Liddicoat suit - I ably responded, acknowledging the I gifts and good wishes. . J The afternoon was brought to a close with the singing of “For They are Jolly |Good Fellows” by all present and j“Po-ata Rau” (“Now it is the Hour”) by the senior pupils.