STRATFORD NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, 23 December 1924, Page 4

STRATFORD NEWS.

CHRISTMAS EVE PREPARATIONS. SHOPS GAILY DECORATED. (From Our Own Reporter.) Stratford,'Dec. 22. ±f attractive window displays count for anything, Stratford will be well worth visiting on Qhristmas Eve. Without exception, retailers are concentrating upon their windows and many effective designs have been worked out. While it would be invidious to single out any particular premises, it is only fair to state that efforts in this direction are appreciated, and the remarks of shoppers as they 'hurry hither and thither show that the time, thought and material spent in dressing windows have not gone unnoticed. If the approaching season may be regarded as the harvest of shopkeepers, it must also be acknowledged that they go to no little pains to spend no small amount of money in making the town as pleasing and attractive as lies within their power. PEMBROKE ROAD SCHOOL. The breaking-up ceremony of the Pembroke School was held on Friday evening, and despite the stormy weather a large number of parents and children assembled. The children were first entertained at a sit-down supper by the ladies, after which each child received a toy by fishing in the fairy pool. Prizes were awarded to the top child in each class. Mr. E. Aldridge (chairman of the school committee) thanked all who had assisted in making the evening's entertainment the huge success it was. Special praise was due to the ladies, who under considerable difficulty had provided such a splendid supper. Children's dances were indulged in till near midnight. 1 Following was the prize-list: Merit prizes: Top, standard IV, Ronald Simmons. Top, lower standard TV. Reginald McCracken. Top, standard HI. Amy Aldridge, second Harry Wiley. Standard IE Sylvia Roycroft. Standard I, Mary Kemsley. Top, primer 111, Darcy Roycroft, second Si in ait Mander. Primer I, Allen Kemsley, Andrew Aldridge, Nesta Belcher and Gladys Boyce. A special prize presented by Mr. Cuthbert for the most popular child 'by vote of his companions was won by Albert Davidson. Mrs. Cuthbert’s prizes for progress I were won by Isabelle Sharpe and Thomas Brumby. I Full attendance. —Albert Davidson I (standard VI) ; R. Simmons. Reginald McCracken (standard IV); Edna Goldup, Mollie Gibson. Amy Aldridge, Harry Wiley. Donald McCracken (standard Illi, George Boyes, Frank Davidson (primer III). PERSONAL ITEMS Mr. A. N. Davies, son of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Davies, of Stratford, was on Thursday, on the motion of Mr. P. S. K. Macassey, Crown Prosecutor, admitted by His Honour Mr. Justice Hosking as a solicitor of the Supreme Court of New Zealand. Mr. A. Coleman, of Stratford, will leave shortly on a motoring tour over the Main North Road to Auckland.