MR W. J. BENNETT

Otago Daily Times, Issue 27275, 29 December 1949, Page 7

MR W. J. BENNETT

RETIREMENT FROM TEACHING PROFESSION Mr W. J. Bennett, formerly assistant at Mornington and Forbury and headmaster at Winton. has retired from the teaching profession, having spent the past six years in charge of the Pleasant Point District High School. At a concert recently Mr and Mrs Bennett were presented with a cheque by Mr D. C. Kiaq, M.P.. who referred to their fine work m the community. The part-singing of Mr Bennett s choirs, the stimulus to agricultural education through the publication of an arithmetic book on farm problems, and his enthusiasm for athletic sports had been outstanding features in Mr Bennetts career, he said. Gifts of a c °F e^_, a and an electric clock were made by the St JJr Bennett was well known in Dunedin as a judge of athletic field ev .epts, after wide experience as 3 competitor, coach, handicapper, sports writer and administrator. He was captain of the Uni versity Athletic Club for five years, and in his last year in Dunedin he coached the champion team in both Rugby and cricket: Mr Bennett served as an elder of the Presbyterian Church at Roslyn, Caversham and other Places and was president of the New Zealand Bible Class union. On the death of his father-in-law, the Rev. Alexander Don. he edited •• Memories of the Golden Road, Mr Don’s history of the Presbyterian Church of the Patriotic Committee of the Winton zone, and a member of the Southland Patriotic Association.