CHILDREN’S FANCY DRESS BALL

Stratford Evening Post, Volume I, Issue 218, 24 August 1931, Page 5

CHILDREN’S FANCY DRESS BALL

The scene in the Stratford Town Hall on Saturday was gay with the colours of the fancy dresses worn by the children at the ball under the auspices of the Plunket Society, and the young people thoroughly enjoyed themselves. The committee, of which Mrs. Urwin is secretary, worked hard to make the evening enjoyable for the children. The committee are grateful for the donations of money for the prizes.

The following ladies wer present: Mesdames Dyer, Fredric, L. Curtis, O. Curtis, Pow;r, Blair, Grant (Inglewood), Hazelden, Vincent, Thorpe, Malone Beale, Tyrer, Mark, King, Urwin, Amess, G. Hall, Allen, R. Masters, Misses Malone, Close, Commans, Wilson, Kivell, Batten, P. Mann (Eltham), McCready, McKenzie, G. Hale, R. Femmell, E. Hazelden. The children and their fancy costumes were: J. Curtis, Pierrette; S. Curtis, Rose; N. Bradshaw, Irish Colleen; S. McCready, Spanish Dancer; J. Hale, Gypsy; E. Nowell, Monkey; P. Sanderson, Arabian Princess; J. Dyer, Night; M. Pickles, Dutch Boy; S. Blair, American Sailor; M. Sotheran, Grannie; limes Fredric, Kate Greenaway: Cora Fredric, Fairy; A. Healey, Nigger Minstrel; A. Hazelden, Jazz; M. Steven, Bell Boy; D. Nowell, Jockey Girl; P. Anderson, Gypsy: M. Allen, Spanish Girl: C. Hall, Cowboy; B. Lamplough, .Admiral; 0. Jones, Sailor; M. Power, Hawaiian Girl; S. Power, Cabaret: D. Power, Sailor; F. Richardson, Cow3T»y; D. Dyer, Cricketer; B. McAlister, Pierrot; G. Amess, Old English Gentleman; A. Beale, Brigand; D. Amess, Pan; H. Amess, Chinese; B. Amess, Flower Girl; P. Villers, Pierrette; Mrs. L. Curtis, Unemployed. The following children attended in plain costume: Shirley Jeffreys. R. Hathaway, M. White, R. Hale, J. Alger, W. Rawles, June Mark, John Mark, Josephine King, Vivian King and boarders from St. Mary’s School.

Prizes were won as follow;—Boys': First, “Admiral,” R. Lamplough; second, “Chinaman,” IT. Amess. Girls: First, “Grannie,” M. Sotheran; second, “Old English Gentleman,” G. Amess. Specials: “Pierrette,” Joan Curtis; “Bell Boy,” M. Steven; “Nigger Minstrel,” A. Healy.