PAINTING COMPETITION

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 388, 23 June 1928, Page 29

PAINTING COMPETITION

THE quaint old balloon woman in th& painting competition for smaller children, inspired many little artists who must be congratulated on the high standard of their work. The prize has been won by Esme Quick, whose picture is very realistic, the balloons gleaming with light, and a ray of sunshine striking across the old lady’s hair. The entries of Jim Middleton, Melville Middleton and Lilian Gibb are worthy of special mention. The results are as follow: First: Esme Quick, 7 Ewen Street, Takapuna (aged 9). Highly Commended: Jim Middleton, Buckland; Melville Middleton, Buckland; Lilian Gibb, Archhill; Carol Dale, Ellerslie; Beryl de Berry, Richmond; Hilda Jarvis, Mount Eden; Victor Taylor, Grey Lynn; Len Mig- ‘ ounoff. Matakana; Cedric Gerlach, Brown’s Bay; Bernice de Berry, Richmond; Tressie McCormick, Pukekohe; Billy Bullough, Huntly; Dorothy Scott, Auckland; Phillip Mies, Mount Eden; Lorna Johnson, Kingsland; L. Arundel, Thames; Dick Stevenson, Ellerslie; Jean Mclntosh, Opotiki; Maudie McClean, Ngatea; Audrey de Berry, Richmond: Marjorie Alderton, Cambridge; Cherre Fraser, Claudelands. Commended: Marthe Nalder, Devonport; Betty Anderson, Mount Eden; Bryan Thompson, Waihi; Myrtle Gibb, Archhill; Kathleen Ricketts, Edendale;, Archie Hugiil, Mount Albert; Florrie Holmes, Te Awamutu; Zena Walton, Ngaruawahia; Betty Jackson, Morrinsville; Dorrie Wilton, Ngaruawahia; Thelma Stott, Hamilton; Doris Hindman, Papatoetoe; Joyce Kerr, Auckland; Doris McNamara, Waiuku; Marjorie Harvey, Takapuna; Fred Crooks, Otahuhu; N. Francis, Wanganui; Gordon Stewart, Point Chevalier; Aileen Tornquist, Onehunga; Marion McNeil, Mount Eden; James Taylor, Dargaville; Frances McKenzie, Whangarei; Charlie Appleton, Claudelands; Vera Sommerville, Mount Eden; Allan Keesing, Ellerslie; Mary Anderson, Mount Eden; Margery Grant, Portland; Jean Anderson, Mount Eden; Leslie Waller, Manurewa; R. Olsen, Otahuhu; Gladys McAulay, Auckland; Jean Sullivan, Grey Lynn; Marie Bell, Auckland; Dallas Northmore, Huntly; Edna Davies, Ruakaka; Harry Clark, Onehunga; Beulah Knowls, Edendale; Nan Blue, Tahua; Zilla Molesworth, Ngaruawahia; Norman Naylor, Raurimu; Maisie Norris, Ponsonby,