OTAUTAU

Southland Times, Issue 23693, 16 December 1938, Page 15

OTAUTAU

PRIZES PRESENTED AT SOCIAL

PRESBYTERIAN SUNDAY SCHOOL PUPILS There was a good attendance at the annual prize-giving social of the Otautau Presbyterian Sunday school. The Rev. H. B. Burnett presided. The following programme was given by the children under the leadership of Miss C. Jellyman, who also acted as acco._ x .anist: Solos, Misses Joyce Thomson, Mary;Brash and Dorothy'Jellyman; recitations, Miss E. Jellyman, Masters Kenneth Paterson and Murray Fisher; duets, Misses F. Lindsay and E. Jellyman, Sheila Campbell and Rowena Morton, J. Thomson and Beth Gould, Dorothy Jellyman and Joan Chandler, Masters D. Maxwell and D. Turvey; quartette, Misses Lesley McCrostie, M. Brash, Sheila Campbell and R. Morton; trio, Misses Mary Brash, Sheila Campbell and R. Morton; part songs, pupils of Standards 3 and 4, and the senior girls; hymns, infant boys and girls; play, “The Last House,” with Joan Chandler (mother), Beth Gould and Margaret Fisher (daughters), G. Sutherland (Father Christmas), Ron Brash (toy maker), and Misses McCrostie (2), Brash (2), Lindsay, Morton and Chisholm (fairies). Before presenting the prizes, the chairman thanked the superintendent and teachers for their work during the year. Following was the prize-list:

Infant girls (Miss C. Jellyman’s class): Attendance, Mavis Brash 1, Winsome and Shirley Fisher 2 eq., Isobel Morton 3. Special prizes, Lindsay Morton, Barbara Lindsay, Vida Sutherland, Heather Paterson, Fay Laing, Marjory Coomb, Margaret Hawkins, Jean Sutherland ' and Barbara Robson. Infant boys (Miss M. Jellyman’s class): Attendance, Raymond Lee 1, Murray Fisher 2, Bruce Sutherland and Graham Lee 3, • William Thomson and Lindsay Gallop 4. Specials, Hugh McCrostie and Kenneth Paterson (memory work). Prizes, Joseph Dickson, Keith McCrostie, Laurence Butler, Walter Butler, Russell Officer, Ronald Mackie, William Dickson, Cecil Hawkins, Ross Brown, Peter Millar, Alan Millar, Edward Morton, Ronald Leckie and Leslie Turvey. Standard I girls (Miss D. Humphries’s class): Lessons, D. Simpson 1, S. Campbell 2. Special, memory work, Sheila Campbell. Standard 1 boys (Miss A. Thomson’s class): Alan Chandler first in lessons, second in attendance; Neil Sutherland, second in lessons, first in attendance; James Lindsay, third in | lessons. Special, memory work, William Newson. Standard 2 girls (Miss N. Maxwell’s class): Alison McCrostie, first in lessons and attendance; Mary, Brash, second in lessons and attend-; ance. Special for conduct and excellence, Rowena Morton. Standard 2 boys (Mr A. Low’s class): Lessons, Howard Gould and Stewart McCrostie (equal) 1 1, Gordon Dickson 3. Attendance, Howard Gould 2. Standard 3 girls (Miss Evelyn Lang’s class): Lessons, Eunice Jellyman 1, D. Brash 2, Fay Lindsay 3. Attendance, E. Jellyman, F. Lindsay, Jenny Lee (equal) 1. Specials, conduct, Margaret Fisher and Sally Chisholm/ Eunice Jellyman was also presented, with a special for not having missed a Sunday -since starting Sunday school. 1 Boys’ lessons, Ewen Sutherland 1, George Maxwell 2, Richard Hodges 3. Attendance, Ewen Sutherland 2. Standard 4 girls (Miss A. McGregor’s.class): Lessons, Rowena James 1, Leslie McCrostie 2, Beth Gould and Morven Low (equal) 3. Attendance, Rowena James, Leslie McCrostie, Beth Gould and Morven Low 2. Standard 4 boys (Mr A. D. Brash’s class): Lessons, Peter Chandler 1. R. Maxwell 2, G. Turvey and lan Hodges (equal) 3. Special for good conduct, Peter Chandler. Senior girls (Miss J. Burnett’s class): Lessons, Joyce Thomson and Joan Chandler (equal) 1, Marion McCrostie 2. Attendance, Joyce Thomson and Joan, Chandler (equal) 1. Memory work, Marion McCrostie.

Standard 5 and 6 boys (Mr J. Campbell’s class): Lessons, Graham Gould 1, Graeme Sutherland 2, Ronald Brash 3. •Attendance, Graeme Sutherland .1, Graham Gould, Ronald Brash and Edward Coombes (equal) 2. Prizes to Raymond Wesney, Alan Simpson and Edward Coombes. The superintendent donated Bibles as special prizes to Alan Simpson and Joan Chandler. Special prizes were awarded as follows: Eunice Jellyman (poster making), Dorothy Jellyman (roll marker) and E. Jellyman (for selling the most tickets). Cradle Roll prizes, girls: Joan Insall, Sheila Sutherland, Laura Sutherland Mavis Gallop, Nancy Lee, Grace Willis, Daphne Paterson, —. McGregor, Dorothy Willis, Shirley Thomson, Janet Burnett; boys, Fred Willis, John von Tunzelman, Bevan Brown, Peter Campbell, Alister Broad, Donald McCrostie, John Dickson, John McKenzie, Hugh Mclvor, Kenneth McKenzie, William Harrington and David Broad.

REDAN SCHOOL CONCERT At the annual concert of the Redan school there was a good attendance. In his opening remarks, the chairman of the school committee (Mr A. Greenlees) thanked the audience for their attendance. The children gave the following items:—Pirate scene with a recitation by Roger Humphries; recitation by Jean Greenlees “Washing Day”; folk dance by the senior pupils; Brighton camp play, “Their Visitor,” Roger Humphries, Jean Greenlees, Norman Mcßae; recitation by Kitty Greenlees, “The Willow Pattern Plate”; song and dance by the junior pupils, “Ten Tin Soldiers”; duet by Kitty Greenlees and Douglas MacKenzie, “Indian Song”; “Golliwog,” recitation by the junior pupils; folk dance by senior girls; circle dance by senior pupils; solo and recitation by Anne McEwan, with chorus by the school; play, “No Fear,” Roger Humphries, Jack Hopkins, Neil McEwan, Fergus McEwan and Douglas MacKenzie; dance by senior pupils; recitation by Douglas MacKenzie; action song, “The Little Dutchies”; play, “The Bald-headed Man”; dance, Barn dance with variations; song “The Widow”; Maori songs by the school. During the interval Mr T. Skinner thanked Miss McEwan for her gift o( a knitted cushion which was raffled, the proceeds going to the school fund.