TUATAPERE NOTES

Southland Times, Issue 22208, 28 December 1933, Page 3

TUATAPERE NOTES

SCHOOL BREAK-UP.

(From Our Correspondent)

The annual break-up ceremony of the Tuatapere school took place on Wednesday at the school grounds. The weather was ideal and quite a number of parents and friends attended. During the afternoon races for the children were held, afternoon tea was handed round and a pleasant time spent. Mr Brooks, chairman of the school committee, addressed the gathering and presented the dux prize, a gold wristlet watch, to May Winter. Mrs McDonald a very old resident spoke a few words and presented the certificates. The prize list is as follows:—

Form 2—May Winter (dux), Catherine Cook 2, Mary Muldrew 3. Form I—Nancy Benneworth 1, Mervyn McKerchar 2, Ellen King 3. Std. IV—Alma Stuck 1, Allan Higgins 2, Frederick Skipworth 3.

Std. Ill—Joan Windlcburn and Jim King equal, 1, Florence Lemon 3. Std. ll—Desmond Simms 1, Colin Skipworth 2, Peter Scott 3. Std. I—Allan Campbell 1, Elma Walker 2, William Rodgers 3. Primer 4—Joyce Baldwin 1, Mervyn Bennett 2, Liela McKerchar 3. Attendance Certificates: Cathie Cooke. Mervyn McKerchar, Eileen Payne, Mavis Coughlan, Emily e Sutherland, James Muldrew, Phyllis Payne, EdithBeer, Ada Cook, Joan Chilton, Mavis Sutherland, Gwen Simms, William Ridgers, Donald Glendinning, Joy Chamberlain, James Catto, Allan Campbell, Ronald Alexander, Arthur Sutherland, Gwen Evans, Jean Campbell, Ivan Cotton, Essie Norman, Nessie Chamberlain, Donald Campbell, Frederick Skipworth, Hazel Catto, Stanley Scott, Florence Lemon, Robert Duff, Rita Donaldson, Mervyn Muldrew. John Duff, Rutha Benneti, William Faulkner, Gillies Sutherland, Maureen Lee, Mervyn Bennett.