MAKARAKA NEWS

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 19624, 7 May 1938, Page 14

MAKARAKA NEWS

FANCY DRESS BALL SCHOOL FUNCTION (Herald Gaily bedecked with coloured streamers, greenery and clusters of balloons, the Makaraka-Matawhero Hall presented an animated scene on Thursday night, when the local school’s annual plain and fancy dress ball was held. The school committee had worked most assiduously and, together with a band of lady helpers, were congratulated on the success of the function. & The attendance was the largest for some years, there being many parents and friends present. The children's costumes were gay and varied and showed much forethought on the part of the parents. Folk dancing and games were indulged in and a gay time was spent, the children being capably supervised by- the headmaster, Mr. Harrison. A dainty supper was served by the ladies, after which the adults took the floor. During an interval national dances were contributed by Misses E. Livingston, M. Jonasen ana Betty Allan. The chairman of the school committee, Mr. McNee, expressed thanks to all who had assisted, while Mr. Harrison, on behalf of the teachers, all new in the district, said he was very pleased to see such a large gathering. The music for the dancing was played by Mrs. Ashdown, and the M.C. for‘the adults’ was Mr. Berry.

Some of the children present were: June Grayson, Pat Kent (pierrette), Jessie Dunlop (Romney maid), Marie O’Meara (Australian Tralesse), Lucy MOore (Gipsy), Darcy Redstone (early Victorian lady), Geoff Goodall, Peggy Hunter (night), Robert Goodall, Winnie White, Rex Carlin, Freda Marshall (pilot), Nancy Moore (rosebud), Eric Woods, Jocelyn Fuller (daffodil), Norman Allen (pirate), T. Halbert (pierrette), Judy Heaslip (rosebud), Janet Allen, Shirley Goodall (elf), Arthur O’Meara (Red Riding Hood), Brian Clark (drummer boy), Gracie Mclntosh (flower), Ena McMillan, Audrey Dunstan (tea for two), Betty Allen (Irish boy), Marie Grayson (gipsy), Mabell Allen (ballet dancer), Phyllis White, Betty Hunter, Lucy Moore, Margaret and Betty Woods (twins), Beth Jonasen (early Victorian), Iris McNee (ballet dancer), Wendy Harrison, Mary McIntosh, Reta Owen (little Red Riding Hood), Valerie Colman, Patsy Kent (pierrot), Margaret Allen, Sybil Chapman (Red Riding Hood), Pam Clarke (ballet dancer), Robin Heaslip (Peter Pan), Marie Stenner (lady) Norman Allen, Durstan (Irish colleen), Robert McDowell (Highlander), Roy Owen, Keith Saunders (sailor), Stan Durston (tin soldier), Ronald Durston (nigger minstrel), Barry Jonasen, Peter Fisken, Tesha Woods, Winton Annabaldi, Ron Smith, Bertie Annabaldi, Noel Howie (Mexican), Donald Mclntosh, Bill Turnbull (gudrd), Phillip Annabaldi, Mick Allen, Terry Jonasen, Des Kent (clown), Laurence Turnbull, Bill Berry, Noel White, John Moore (guard), John Dunstan (Silnta Claus), Flora McMillan, Ernest White, Ernest Kent, Shirley Saunders, Molly O’Meara, and Lorna Kent (ballet dancer).

The adults present included Mesdames W. Jonasen, G. Foster, Harrison, W. Livingston, Berry, A. Lange, Heaslip, J. Parker, W. Marshall, W. White, Stenner, R. Russell, 11. Grayson, R. Fisken, Ashdown, D. Woastall, Robb, Gibson, T. Mclntosh, W. Allen, G. Darton, Houghton, Chapman, Kent, Howie, Hawkins, TL Moore Ellis, Thompson, T. Moore, Smith, Houghton, jun„ Hunter, W. Dunstan, T. Dunston, Ellmers, Saunders, G. Coleman, Clarke, McKay, and L. Eadc; Misses Hamlin, W. O’Halleran, A. Eade, E. Livingston, M, Eade, R. Coleman, Russell, Buscke, I. Berry, J. Lougher, W. Fenton, L.. Houghton, R, Smith, M. Turnbull, J. Marshall, A. Heaslip, B. O’Meara, R. Kalman, L. Cameron, M. Moore, E. Dunstan, N. I-loughton, B. Parker, M. Heaslip, J. Brooking, B. Heaslip, and M. Jonasen.

Miss J. Mclntyre, Napier, is the guest of Mrs. J. Fuller, Bushmere road.