SUNDAY SCHOOL PRIZEGIVING

Otago Daily Times, Issue 21827, 14 December 1932, Page 13

SUNDAY SCHOOL PRIZEGIVING

ST. CLAIR METHODISTS The closing ceremony of the St. Clair Methodist Sunday school took place on Sunday afternoon, when the children rendered a number of carols to parents and ‘friends. An offering was taken up on behalf of the funds of the South Island orphanage. The Rev. W. H. Greenslade briefly addressed the children, and distributed the prizes. Air Reed, on behalf of the school, presented to Miss Marion Quartermain, who is leaving Dunedin, a special prize as a mark of the esteem in which she is held. The following is the prize list:—Miss B. FowelTs class: Doris Browett, Joyce Coomer, Isabel Eadic, Pat Lowery; Miss W. FowelTs class; Lcnna Bramwell, Eileen Lambie; Miss Smith’s class: Marion Quartermain, Edith Sutherland, Ellen Patterson; Mr ATNcilTs class: Ernest Reed, Norman Reed, Pat Griffon. Each child in the infant department received a book, and at the close of the service greetings were exchanged between children and teachers. Credit is due to Miss L. Kec who trained the children in their singing. MORNINGTON PRESBYTERIANS A large attendance of scholars and parents attended the annual prize-giv-ing demonstration on Monday evening, on the occasion of the break-up of the Mornington Presbyterian Sunday School. Air 11. Booth, superintendent of the Sunday school, presided, and after the usual opening exercises, the prizes were presented to the scholars by the Rev. W. Watson and Airs Watson, assisted by the loaders of the various departments. Air D. Craigie’s Broadcasting Choir rendered carols, while solos were sung by Alisses Annie ATKenzie and Nancy Robertson, and Alisses Winnie Wilson and Jean Stewart presented a duet. At the close of the ceremony the Rev, W. Watson briefly addressed the children, congratulating them on their attendance and the work done by them generally during the past year, and appealed to them to bo loyal to their Sunday sehool. Air Watson also addressed the parents, thanking thorn for their interest in the work of the Sunday school teachers, and expressing his appreciation of the large attendance of parents on tins occasion. MAORI HILL PRESBYTERIANS The closing functions in connection with the youth work in Alaori Hill Presbyterian Church took place on Sunday last. At the morning service the members of the League of Young Worshippers were presented with their certificates of attendance and shields for the completion of another year’s unbroken attendance. Nancy ATHugh, George Wadsworth, and Lex Craighead, having gained a perfect attendance over a period of seven years, were each awarded a handsomely-inscribed Bible from the session. In the afternoon the children of the Sunday school, together with parents and friends, gathered in the church, and items appropriate to the Christmas season were rendered by the children of the different departments. Dr North, superintendent of the Sunday school, presided, and spoke of the work of the Sunday school and the need for more teachers. Gift books were distributed to the children of the beginners’ and primary departments, and the names of those comprising a merit list in junior and intermediate departments was read out. The “ bine ribbon ” of the Sunday school, in the shape of the John Reid Alemorial Prize, was presented by the minister (the Rev. A. C. W. Standage) to Enid Hogg, of the intermediate department. In the course of his remarks the superintendent made reference to the life of the late Professor Hewitson and his interesting addresses to the children. Speaking to the children. Dr North asked them to accept from him (in imagination) a sword which would be to them an emblem of bravery and courage in their Christian life. The closing function in connection with the Young Women’s and Young Alou's Bible classes took place in the class rooms in Sim street during the morning.

JUNIOR ENDEAVOUR The break-up party of the Junior Endeavour branch of the St. Andrew Street Church of Christ was held on Friday evening. The prizes were presented by Mr J. Ledgerjvpod on Sunday afternoon following the Sunday school break-up. The prize lis£ was as follows: —Unbroken attendance: Kenneth Russell (10 years). Edith M'Donald (four years), Russell Aitken (three years), Betty Imrie (two years), Daphne Aitken (two years), Eileen Edgar (once absent two years), Gwen Rowe (one year), Anita Birchall (one year). Margaret Chettlcburph (one year). Good attendance: Thelma Rowe, Marion Rowe, Violet Glengarry, Daphne Barton. Susie Donaldson, Joyce Bennett. Gordon Grigg. Ralph Birchall. Scripture verses; Kenneth Russell, Betty Imrie, Gordon Grigg, Margaret Chettleburgh. Violet Glengarry, and Eileen Edgar. New members: Violet Glengarry. Motto prize: Daphne Aitken.