KENNINGTON SCHOOL

Southland Times, Issue 22489, 25 January 1935, Page 12

KENNINGTON SCHOOL

JUBILEE CONCERT. (From Our Correspondent.) A crowded house greeted the opening of the concert in connection with the jubilee celebrations of Kennington School. The programme, which was contributed by present and past pupils and ex-teachers, was as follows:— Community sing, conducted by Mr J. Alexander; piano solo, Miss Dunn; song, Mr R. Crombie; sketch, school pupils; tap dance, P. Waddell; duet, Miss A. and Mr A. Murphy; sketch, “Thirsty Travellers,” ex-pupils; mouth organ solo, Mr S. Greig; dialogue, “The dentist’s assistants,” school pupils; song, Mrs Warnock; nigger minstrels, expupils’ party; humorous item, Mrs Paisley; song, Miss Dunn; extracts from Shakespeare, Mr G. Day; recitation, Mrs Smith; song, Mr Murphy. Roll Call 1885-1895. The following answered the roll call:— Teachers: Miss Edwards, Mr Day. Boys: Robert Craig (oldest pupil being presented with a buttonhole by Master John McLennan), Richard Harris, William Crombie, R. Day, James Crombie, Christopher Dawson, Arthur Edwards, Robert Crombie, John Shand, Charles King. Girls: Emma Austin (Mrs Barraclough) oldest pupil being presented with a bouquet by Jean Crombie; Ida Bonney (Mrs Meikle), Laura Bonney (Mrs Cloughley), Edith Harris (Mrs Hay), Eva Witting (Mrs Botting), Elizabeth Dawson (Mrs Grindlay), Ethel Tressler (Mrs Payne), Mabel Dawson (Mrs Amos), Jane McLeay (Mrs Bums), Bessie Hibbs (Mrs Aylward), Selina Deer (Mrs Corbin), May McLeay (Mrs. Irving), Annie Fairweather (Mrs S. Henderson), Lilly Witting (Mrs Martin), Maggie Craig (Mrs Warnock), Mary Milne (Mrs Checketts), S. Hibbs (Mrs McDonald), Miss Pay (Mrs Wilson), Eileen Welch (Mrs Pemam), Edith Hibbs (Mrs Pont). Old School History. Mr W. Sutherland, who lived in Kennington before there was any school, relates how the original school glebe and schoolhouse were built on the section opposite the Bridge Inn, but on a vote being taken as to where the school should be built, the majority favoured Kennington and later the schoolhouse was built there also. A sawmill was then working about where the station is and a big flood that, according to Mr Sutherland, has never been equalled in 1878 covered the mill and floated logs from in the bush to about the mill site. Numerous other mills were working at Brunswick and Rimu and also a flour mill. A lot of the sleepers for the railway were cut by these mills, as well as shingles for houses.