SEAWARD DOWNS

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

SEAWARD DOWNS

There was a big attendance of parents at the break-up ceremony of the Seaward Downs school. Several items were given by the school pupils, the musical items being accompanied by Merle Bryant, a pupil. Algie Swain gave two mouth-organ solos. Mrs McCorkindale, president of the Seaward Downs branch of the Women’s Division of the Farmers’ Union presented prizes to the winners of the calf club competition. She said the division had given the prizes to give an incentive to the boys and girls to take an active interest in calves so that when they became farmers they would know the best stock.

In the British and Colonial Industries writing competition Annie Macdonald, Merle Bryant and May Ritchie gained prizes. Certificates won in the district school sports were also presented. Sports were held in the recreation ground. Following is the list of awards and prizes:— Form 2.—Dux of school, Merle Bryant, Edward Howden 2, Lesley Graham 3. Form I.—Phyllis Preston 1, Joyce McCall 2, John Welsh 3. Standard 4.--Annie Macdonald 1, Charles Frisby 2, John Hillis 3. Standard 3.—Bruce McCorkindale 1, Harry Drake 2, Hugh McCall 3. Standard 2.—Sarah Palmer 1, Malcolm Howden 2, William McNamara 3. Standard I.—William Drake 1, Herbert Martyn 2, Gair Munro 3, Leona McDonald, special mention. Primers.—Lois Rule 1, Norris Mawdsley 2, June McCorkindale 3. Attendance certificates were presented to Edward Howden, Merle Bryant William Martyn, Phyllis Preston, John Welsh, Jack Sutherland, Bruce McCorkindale, Harry Drake and Herbert Martyn. The prize-winners in the calf club competitions were as follows:— Friesian.— *ngus Mawdsley 1, Harry Drake 2.

Ayrshire.—Oscar McCorkindale 1, Bruce McCorkindale 2, Neill Welsh 3. Edward Howden 4.

Jersey.—John Welsh 1. Special awards.—Ronald Macdonald,, Garfield Munro.

Results of the sports races are as follows:— <

Boys.—l 3 and over: Oscar McCorkindale 1, Clifford Weir 2, John Welsh 3. 12 years: Malcolm McDonald 1, John C. Hillis 2, Harry Drake 3. 10 years: John Sutherland 1, William McNamara 2, Bruce McCorkindale 3. 9 years: Malcolm Sutherland 1, Malcolm Howden 2, Herbert Martyn 3. 8 years: Melvin Bagrie 1, Neill Welsh 2, James Macdonald 3. 7 years: Maurice Hodges 1, Norris Mawdsley 2. 5 years: Ronald McDonald 1, Archie McDonald 2. 6 years: Alan Bates 1, Owen McCall 2, Gordon Wylie 3. Girls.—l 3 years: Gwen McNamara 1, Lesley Graham 2, Merle Bryant 3, 12 years: Phyllis Preston 1, Margery Rumler 2, Joyce McCall 3. 11 years: May Hillis 1, Nancy Graham 2, Bertha Hillis 3. 9-10 years: Betty McGillivray 1, Leona McDonald 2, Sarah Hillis 3. 7-8 years: Lois Rule and Shirley Wylie 1 eq., Lorna Hardy 2, Margaret Palmer 3. 6 years: Olwyn McDonald 1, June McCorkindale 2. 5 years: Ruth Drake 1, Melva Hodges 2. Other events. —Boys’ high jump: Clifford Weir 1, Angus Mawdsley 2, Algie Swain 3. Cycle race: Algie Swain 1, Charles Frisby 2, Lindsay Welsh 3. Girls under 16: K. McGillivray 1, F. McGillivray 2, C. Bryant 3. Boys under 16: Lindsay Weir 1, Keith Martyn 2, Fred Martyn 3. Girls’ three-legged race: Gwen McNamara and Merle Bryant. Boys’ three-legged race: John Welsh and Clifford Weir. Pushing pram blindfolded: Messrs R. S. Weir and E. McCall 1 eq, Mr R. McCall 3 Women, Mesdames V. Richards and R. McDonald 1 eq., Mrs McCorkindale 2.

MATAURA ISLAND At the annual break-up of the Mataura Island school Mr A. Simpson, chairman of the school committee, presided. A short programme was presented by the pupils before the prizes were distributed. Mr Simpson thanked Mr and Mrs Currie for their work during the year and congratulated the children on the programme. The programme was as follows:— Mouth-organ band; song, M. Waters, J. Howden, D. Carnie, D. Rhodes, I. Rule, 1. Simpson; recitation, senior infants; mouth-organ solo, J. Morton; song, M. Waters and D. Rhodes; recitation, lower infants; band; song, E. Dunlop and A. Howden; recitation, lan Keach; _ accordion solo, J. Morton; drill, seniors; recitation, M. Rule; mouth-organ solo, A. Howden, piano solo, E. Dunlop; band. The prize-list was as follows:— Primer I.—John Campbell 1. Primer 2. —lan Dunlop 1, Russell Christie 2. Primer 3. —John Howden 1, Golden Davidson 2. Primer 4.—Ngaire Whyte 1, Allan Morton 2, Charles Carnie 3. Standard 1. —lan Keach 1, Bruce Howden 2. Standard 2. —Colin Morton 1, James Howden 2. Standard 3.—John Morton 1. Standard 4. —Russell Carnie 1, John Morton 2, Isabel Simpson 3. Form I.—Eric Dunlop 1, Allan Howden 2. Form 2.—Murray Rule 2, Joyce Howden 3. Dux of school. —James Morton. Special Prizes Primer 4.—Ngaire Whyte, spelling; Allan Morton, number. Standard I.—lan Keach, English. Standard 2. —Colin Morton, arithmetic. Standard 4.—lsabel Simpson, writing. Form I.—Eric Dunlop, Mrs J. Dunlop’s prize for arithmetic. Form ll.—Joyce Howden, drawing; Myrtle Waters, drill; J. Morton, Mrs J. Dunlop’s prize for English. Attendance prizes.—Joyce Howden, Iris Rule and Isabel Simpson. Mrs Dunn’s prize for sewing.—Myrtle Waters. Best lamb (Mrs J. Rule’s prize).— Murray Rule. Best kitten (seven entries). —Iris Rule. NIGHTCAPS CONVENT A sports programme was arranged for the break-up ceremony of the Nightcaps Convent School. The Rev. Father Fenton presented the prizes. Following are the results of the sports:— Running Events.—Boys, 5-6 years: B. Kelly 1, M. Murphy 2, H. Cappie 3. Girls, 5-6 years: O. Barnes 1, L. McCoy 2. M. Hoare 3. Boys, . 7 years: K. Klemick 1, G. Erasmussen 2, L. Boyle and J. McCoy 3 eq. Girls, 8-9 years: D. McCoy 1, A. Robb 2, M. Prendeville 3. Boys, 8-9 years: V. Boyle 1, D. Cochrane 2, B. Creedy 3. Girls, 10-11 years: A. Laidlaw 1, J. Ney lon 2, J.

Kelly 3. Boys, 11 years: F. Boyle 1, V. Booth 2, J. Klemick 3. Boys, 10 years: Z. Kelly 1, D. Dahren 2, P. Creedy 3. Girls, 12 years: T. O’Connor 1, T. Colligan 2, D. Dixon 3.