ANNUAL PRIZE-GIVING

Colonist, Volume LVIII, Issue 14539, 17 October 1917, Page 3 (Supplement)

ANNUAL PRIZE-GIVING

October 4tb. In continuation of the celebration of the anniversary of the Nelson Baptist. Sunday School, the Scfcool of Music was again taxed to its full seating capacity last night. The meeting was presided over by Mr Thos. Pettit, the superintendent of the school. Tte Revs. J. Laird and F. Oldrieve and Mr P. A. Dickson were also on tie platform.

The chairman, in his opening address, expressed his pleasure at seeing so largo an audience, and spoke of th^ value of the work of the Sunday School, whicb he believed was second to no other phase of Christian work. Mr A. B. Emmett, the secretary, presented the annual report, reviewing t)iu work;of the past year. Tiere were on the roll 100 boys and 131 girls. The* teachers numbered 12 females and 3 males. The infant class was ably conducted by Mr H. "Wood. One of the scholars in this section l:ad not missed a Sunday for three years. The Christian Endeavour Society had a membership of 23, with an average weekly attendance of 21. Reference was made to the number of teachers and scholars who had responded to the call of King and country in the great war. Over £33 had been raised for missionary purposes.

j PRIZE LIST. The prices were presented to the winners by the pastor of the church. The list is as follows:— GIRLS. i Junior Bible Class: Doris Baker 1, i Gladys Cotton 2, Gwen Drake, teacter's special. Class I: vlda Holbrook 1, Mabel Thoni&on 2. Class II: Doris Jennens 1, Ajleen Burn 2, Rhoda Maden, special presented by Mrs Grimmett. Class III: Esther Robertson and Myrtle Mills (equal) 1, Jessie .Greenem 2, Iris Yon Stunner (teacher's, special). Class IV.: Mabel Dee 1, Isabella Lucre 2. Class V.: Netta Clung, Flossie Greenem, Lorraine Holbrook, Doris Miller, Frances Roberston (equal) 1, Frances Smith (special). Class VI.: Dorothy Holbrook, Bessie Robertson (equal) 1, Kitty Greenem 2, May Edridge 3. . Infants: Nellie Miller 1, Joyce Holbrook 2, Marjorie Simpson 3.

BOYS

i Junior Bible Class: Cecil Hammond 11, Morris Tait and Wilfred Cannington (equal) 2, Watson Tait, teacher's special. Class I.: James Robertson 1, Oswald Prebble 2, Norman Anstice 3. Class II: Noel Bartlett 1, Allan ■Richards 2. I Class III. : Wilfred Drake 1, Bernard Woixl i. ] Car.s IV: Ronald Wood 1, Jack Ricl> ardr; 2. i Co So V: Kenneth Hockey 1, Leslie i Chapman 2, Hoy Chapman 3. t Infants:. Stanley Day. 1, Gordon Holbrook 2, "Kenneth 'Wood 3. Wallace Robertson, special., '

Attendance

Dork Baker, Ida liolbrook, Esther Robertson, Myrtle Mi.il.?, Jessie Greenem, Flossie Groeuc-Jii, Netta Ching, Lorraine Holbroo!:, Doris Miller, FracceH Robertson, 'Frances Smith, Dorothy Ho)brook. Bosnia Robert-son, Jama-. Roberteon, Nod .ikiriiett-,- Wilfred DraLo, Bernard Wood,. Ronald Wood, Kenneth Hockey, Leslie CLapman, Roy Oh.;>p;ru!n, Stanley Bay.

Bible Stavcliiag. Grade I: 2-iy.iidr- Karv-ten I (presented by Messrs' Wood and Sun;.), Albert Hail 2j <p.ivK«7-i.fi by Mr Edmonds). Grade II: Netta Ch;ng 1 (presented by Miss Burton).