WYNDHAM

Southland Times, Issue 23389, 22 December 1937, Page 15

WYNDHAM

The weather was beautifully fine for the annual break-up and prize-giving ceremony and picnic and sports of the Wyndham District High School. There was a big attendance of parents and children at the school grounds in the morning, Mr Lance Harper, chairman of the school committee, presiding. The chairman of the Southland Education Board (Mr S. Rice) addressed the children and presented the prizes. Mr Rice said that children were sent to school not only to learn how to read and write, but to learn how to be selfreliant, courageous and kind and how to be useful citizens in their adult life. It was necessary to have a thorough grounding in all school subjects if one was to be successful in these days. PRIMARY SCHOOL Dux of Primary Department.— Douglas Allison. Form 2.—lan T. Thomson, second , in class. Progress: Joyce Robson. Form I.—Class Prizes: Enid Irvine 1, Bruce Allison 2. Special for Progress: Ngaire Peacock. Standard 4.—Class Prizes: Ailsa Alison 1, Edwin Tall 2. Special for Progress: Donald Mcßae. Standard 3.—Class Prizes: Greta Tangney 1, Joyce Young 2. Special for Progress: Basil Irvine. Standard 2.—Class Prizes: Dulcie Heaps 1, Aileen Jefferis 2; Phyllis Jor.es, James Hopkins, Joyce Tall. Standard I.—June Townley 1, Ethel Peacock 2; Maisie Lobb, Mabel Burgess, Margaret Crighton, Ruby Woodley, Patricia Falconer, Ngaire Hopkins, Ngaire Crighton, Joyce McLennan, Betty Mitchell, Nita Stevens, John Robson, Clive Stevens, Ronald Cormack, Alan Stewart, Eric Crighton, Gordon Pedler, Stuart Woodley. INFANTS Primer 4.—Class Prizes: Margaret Bain, Eunice Jefferis, Seonaid Stewart, Eric Cormack,’ Stanley Milne. Primer 3—Class Prizes: Joyce Allison, Valmai Crighton, Isabel Mitchell, Valmai Shields, Margaret Simpson, Evelyn Traynor. Primer 2.—Class Prizes: Leslie Home, Russell Milne, Noel Young, Robert Bain, Valerie Jones, Merle Milne, Ethel Shaw, Elaine Traynor, Catherine Stewart, Dorothy Young, Dorothy McKenzie, James McCaughan, lan Hopkins, Oliver Gibson, Leslie Marshall, Jocelyn Burns. Primer I.—Class Prizes: Joan Barnett, Shirley Macpherson, Gloria Mackay, Joan Townley, Aileen Matthews, Edgar Allison, Murray Bennetto, lan McDonald, Raymond Henderson, Walter Cormack, Edward Matthews. SECONDARY DEPARTMENT Dux of School.—Marie Diack. Best Homecrafts Pupil.—Eileen Broad. Progress in General Course. —First year class, Nancy Hunter; second-year class, Lois Diack. Best First-year Commercial Course Student. —Audrey Pauli. Best First-year Agricultural Course Student. —Bruce Hunter. The following pupils of the primary department were awarded attendance certificates:— Form 2. —lan Thomson, John Stevens, Jean Smith, Dorothy Pedler, Gordon Pankhurst, Archie McKay. Form I.—Charles Gabites, Thomas Stevens, Valda Henderson, Grace Bain, Bruce Allison. . Standard 4.—Olga Milne, Nola Crighton, Joan Mclvor, Allan Young, Clifford Milne, Edwin Tall, Lloyd Heydon, Robert Winter, Osborne Hunter. Standard 3.—Joyce Young, Greta Tangney, Harold Gabites, James Young. Standard 2.—Dulcie Heaps, Joyce Tall, Ngaire Crighton. . Standard I.—Gordon Pedler, Ngaire Hopkins, Joyce McLennan. Primer 4.—Norman Bain, Ewen Stevens, Eric Cormack, Margaret Bain, Eunice Jefferis. SPORTS AND PICNIC

A programme of sports was held on the Wyndham Recreation Reserve. The following were the results:— Girls (5 to 7 years): Isabel Mitchell 1, Elaine Traynor 2, Valerie Jones 3. Boys (5 to 7 years): lan Hopkins 1, Oliver Gibson 2. Girls (7 to 9 years): Valmai Shields 1, Joyce Allison 2. Boys (7 to 9 years): Eric Cormack 1, Cecil Dimmock 2, Clive Stevens 3. Boys and girls (under 5 years): Ailsa Allison 1, Neil Gibson 2. Girls (9 to 11 years): Margaret Crighton 1, Betty Mitchell 2. Boys 9 to 11 years): Gordon Pedler 1, John Mitchell 2. Girls (11 to 13 years): Olga Milne 1, Joan Mclvor 2. Boys (11 to 13 years): James Young 1, Harold Gabites 2. Girls (13 to 15 years): June Woodley 1, Iris Stark 2. Boys (13 to 15 years): Charles Gabites 1, Archie McKay 2. Secondary School Girls Race: Lois Diack 1, Audrey Pauli 2. Secondary School Boys’ Race: George McKay 1, Edward Pankhurst 2. Consolation Races: Girls under 10 years, Nita Stevens 1, Joyce Young 2; girls over 10 years, Phyllis Burgess 1, Ttu Harper 2. Boys’ Bicycle Race: Edward Pankhurst 1, Bruce Allison 2, John Mitchell 3. WAIMAHAKA The picnic of the Waimahaka school was held on the school grounds. A programme of races was held, each child receiving prize-money. The prize-giving ceremony was held later. The chairman of the school committee, Mr A. Mitchell, congratulated the pupils on their year s work, which, he said, reflected great credit on the head teacher, Mr Kennedy, and the assistant, Miss Hamill. The chairman presented a prize to each child, and the dux medal, presented by the committe, to Irvan Templeton. In the evening the children were entertained at the pictures, each child receiving an ice cream during the interval. The results of the events are as follows:—Standard 5 and 6 boys: Stanley Adamson, Irvan Templeton 2, W. Brown 3. Standards 4 and 5 girls: Clarice Carlaw 1, M. Carlaw 2, F. Haslemore 3. Standard 4 boys: Jack Crighton 1, B. McGill 2, W. Valentine 3. Standard 3 boys: Robert Carlaw 1, Roy Smith 2, G. Crighton 3. Standard 3 girls: Lorna Crighton 1, R. Hazlertiore 2, C. Hazlemore 3. Standard 2 boys: Berry Mitchell 1, N. Valentine 2, B. Adamson 3. Standard 1 boys: S. Carlaw 1, R. Carlaw 2, Douglas Crighton 3. Standard 1 girls: J. Morton 1, Barbara Fraser 2, L. Mitchell 3. Primers, boys: Keith Baird 1 M. Morton 2, J. Hazlemore 3. Primers, boys: B. Marrah 1, M. Carlaw 2, Keith Kennedy 3. Primers, girls: Ina Smith 1, Joyce McKissock 2, D. Valentine 3. Primers, girls: B. Blaickie 1, S. Butterfield 2, D. Marrah 3. Tiny tots: Wilma Stirling 1, G. Marrah 2, I. Valentine 3. Married women over 21 years: Mrs Atkinson 1, Mrs McGill 2, Mrs I. Crigh--ton 3. Married women under 21 years: Mrs A. Smith 1, Mrs A. Mitchell 2, Mrs C. Carlaw 3. Young women’s race: Miss Jessie Crighton 1, Miss Mavis Crighton 2, Miss F. Crighton 3.