HILLSBOROUGH SCHOOL

Taranaki Daily News, 16 December 1932, Page 3

HILLSBOROUGH SCHOOL

■SUCCESS IN CALF-REARING;..- ■; The school year, at .Hillsborqugh. W^ 1 concluded last night with a prize-giving ceremony; concert and. .dance, in. the; /WHillsborough halt There was a large attendance, of parents and children. The hall and supper room were attractively decorated with green foliage./and flowers, the work having been carried . out by the teachers, Mrs. Balsom and Miss A. Sheat, and the children. .. / The chairman' of the school cqmmit-. tee, Mr. A. Anderson, who presided, pre-' sented' each. child; with a book ;and<?j\ awarded, the. following children special;./H? prizes for good attendance: Primer, Eiv« Smellie; primer IV., Violet Smellie; ... standard 1, Daisy Hikiera; standard' 2, Eric* Bapriball, Len Barriball, Maurjct / Smellie; ' standard >4, Roy Upson, Eric; • Anderson,/ Ernie Coleman; standard-.K •V. Pat Locke, Myrtle Stanley; standard 6, . ' Noel . Barriball, Eileen Upson, Florrje Stanley. Proficiency certificates w^ri' alsQ presented.. ; . ’.On’.behalf of tire bbys’;and girls’ clubs* / . organisation Mr. H. C. Sampson. pis*- > b sented prizes won during the previous' ■ se? e on in the North- Taranaki finals. ■■■?; T yse succesrfifl , were Florence‘ Stanley (2nd in condition, pedigree/ Ayrshireij). > and Newton Sampson (2nd in condition, /-O pedigree Jerseys;and 2nd in type,.. pedj^, ; / gree Jerseys). Club badges -.for; finished in the competitions were gained . by Newton Sampson, Florence- Stanley,-'r Cyril Hale, Richard Marsh and . Stanley.. Myrtle, Stanley won: first ? priw -i / and Pat Locke second in a competition ' conducted by the / Hillsborough;: hriijch . of the Fanners’ Union for rearing th» '• best grade Jerseys. ”- The Hillsborough children were< to hjk/ ■ congratulated on the success achieved ~ . in the present year’s competitions, which had concluded at the Waiwakaiho- show- 1 . grounds the previous day, said. Mr. • Sampson. Of four calves taken to ;.the - finals three had gained championships. . The whole district should :be such success, when it was remembered that such a small school was competing fej against all the rest of North Tard^iki./bs: ; Commenting on the work of the boys! and girls’ -clubs, Mr. Sampson deprecated the giving of large money prizes. To . give big money prizes, was to .give wrong kind of . encouragement. The •. “ practice' had continued for a.: time when the movement was introduced into North ’ Taranaki, but the financial burden had ■ soon become too great and the: Taranaki Agricultural Society,had had toicomt to . the rescue. The society -was to: be congratulated on its efforts. The work during the past year had shown a great, improvement • and judges had .reported that ..m»y<childr«n>knfeWj/|| as much as they themselves, especially '.;' in regard to dairy type. Mr. Sampson ; 1 -./ urged the necessity of’.cheating/ terest in the farms amongst the - ren and emphasised that every endeavour must be made to kiee'p the, brhtoy. / children on the farms to stop the drift to the professions of the towns. The concert given by the children -ip* eluded the following items: Crow, song, ' infants; pianoforte, -Betty.. 'Greenway; ‘.7 song, “When the Moon Comes Over th*, Mountains,” standard' 3; recitation, '‘“The; /I/ Fly and the Doormouse,” Lois Locke; I skipping dance, seniors; song, “O, Hush! :| My Baby,” juniors; pianoforte... ■ “Dance of the Dewdrops,” Nancy song, “I Don’t Like the Lions,” infant?; dance, “Gathering , Peascods;” juidior girls; song, “The. Rowan. Tree,” seniors; action song, “O Monday is .Qur ;/ Day,” juniors; dance, “Russian Skipping " Dance,” seniors; recitations, “Fairy; . Mwc,” Winnie Bishop; part song, “Who ■> Killed Cock Robin?” . seniors; ribbon dance, juniors. . Supper was provided by a . committee fi";:. of ladies. Mr. E. Barriball was ..^ ; of ceremonies for the dancing.