OUTSTANDING SUCCESS

Taranaki Daily News, 14 September 1934, Page 2

OUTSTANDING SUCCESS

BALL OF FITZROY SCHOOL LARGE NUMBER ATTEND EVENT. BRIGHT SCENE IN FITZROY HALL. There were 400 children in a school roll of 475 and nearly 300 adults in the Fitzroy Hall last night when the annual ball of the Fitzroy School was held. The ball again proved itself up to the expectation of the hundreds of children who talk of it for months beforehand, and something to look back upon in the interval before the next annual function. It is the function supreme of the school year—prize-givings, distinguished visitors and the half-holidays which mark their visits—are secondary in the school child mind to this annual ball. However the success was not achieved without a great deal of effort on the part of the headmaster (Mr. G. Lyle) and staff—who attended in full force to see the result of weeks’ training crowned by the children in a capable exposition of the varied dances—the school committee and helpers and the ladies’ social committee and helpers. Not a great deal of decoration was necessary in a hall resplendent with hundreds of varied costumes, but the supper room and tables were so creditably arranged as to have been fit for any function. Mrs. A. Lile, assisted by Mesdames L. White and S. J. Quickfall was responsible. The table decorative scheme was in the school colours of ted and black, camellias being used to excellent effect with crepe paper.

It was the first time the ball had been held in the district hall and its success justified the step. Since the holidays the teachers have put in extra time daily outside of school hours in coaching the children in the many dances of last night’s programme. The time was obviously well-spent. The net profit from the ball goes to the school sports’ fund which provides material for school sports during the year. Most of the supper was given by parents and friends. What is left over will be distributed to the children to-day. The headmaster and his staff controlled the dancers, and the ladies’ committee and helpers the supper arrangements, three sittings being necessary.

The ladies’ committee was: Mesdames C. Voullaire (convener), J. Burr, F. Brenmuhl, L. drivers, A. Nixon, S. D. Kibby, R. J. Kibby, C. Cook. L. Lethbridge, R. Milne, J. D. Robb, M. J. O’Donnell, R. Lowe, J. Buttennore, and G. Mack. The school committee assisted by Messrs. Priest and J. Putt carried out the general preparations of the hall. Uris committee consists of Messrs. J. D. Robb (chairman), C. Voullaire, S. D. Kibby, A. Nixon, R. J. Kibby, R. H. Milne, S. J. Quickfall, C. R. Cook, M. J. O’Donnell and B. Armitage (secretary). Those children present were:

Primer one: Lorna Read (Home Journal), Doris Waite (sailor boy), Bruce McKenzie (cowboy). Jack Dent (clown), George Koea (pierrot), George Huggard (cowboy), Rowland Burke (goldfish), Lottie Hill (Dutch girl). Primer two: Valda Willing (fairy), Don Shirley (chef), Maureen Smith (autumn), Sheila Huggard (flower girl), Barry Boniface (schoolboy), Bronwen Jones (Gipsy), Jocelyn Priest (beach girl), John Eriwhata (cowboy), Jack Rudd (black cat), Eugene Pentecost (sailor), Ken Taylor (golliwog), Pat Marsh (nurse), Brian Fulton (cowboy), Nyrie Alsop (pretty girl), Billie TiltonMist (Maori), Merle Foreman (pom-pom), Ray Gunson (baggy breeches). Primer three: George Sullivan (Indian), Jeffrey Gardner (sailor), Ronald Williams (cowboy), Don Oakley (cowboy), Graham Martin (Mickey Mouse), Rex Wooldridge (Chinese), Jack Campbell (Father Christmas), Mervyn Harris (Tom Mix), Jim Lewis (sailor), Roger John (elf), Lionel Johnson (jockey), Peggy Sorenson (jingle bells), Betty Sorenson (sailor girl), Beryl Mack (Charleston baby), June Steele (party frock), Jacqueline McGregor (“Vivandiere”), Doreen Coward (fairy), Avice Lightband (flower girl), Lily Eriwhata (night), Lynne Frederick, Joyce Ashle (pierrette), Coleen O'Donnell (sailor girl), Eileen Wyatt (flower girl), Margaret Reed (daffodil), Marie Jogers (crimsoning roses), Bob Low (jockey), Leonard Frost (sailor).

Standard I.: Elaine Smith (flower girl), Mavis Drury (fuschia), Betty Murch (moonstruck), Joyce Shirley (waitress), Jocelyn Joll (bush fairy), Doreen Elmes (jester), Elwyn Codk (old fashioned school girl), Edna Lewis (tennis girl), Pam Lehton (Chinese girl), Leta Boniface (school girl), Christine Brinsley (Japanese), Jocelyn Lovegrove (Maid Marion), Noeleen Strawbridge (fairy), Sarah Atkinson (a lady), Pat Smith (ballerina), Joy Rudd (afternoon tea girl), Claudia Russell (summer), Betty Locke (nurse), Colleen Harvey (dancing boy), Norma Storr (Italian dancer), Beulah Waite (Irish colleen), Pat Collinson (Dutch girl), Barbara Milne (fairy queen), Averill O’Reilly (powder and patches), Gwen Shirley (flower girl), June Tilton-Mist (jockey), Elaine Priest (beach girl), Ira Skipper (dairy maid), Keith Jones (cowboy), David Binns (toy soldier), Owen Kibby (pirate), Laurence Burnnand (sailor), Graham Winter (Indian), Jack Martin (jingle hop), Brian Huggard (Indian), Tere Smith (cowboy), Billy Gunson (little boy blue), Douglas Hopkins (fireman). Standard II.: Dawn Rowe (page), 01wen Jones (early Victorian lady), Eva Waite (red rose), Nola Linn, (frivolity period). Charlotte Andrew (matron), Gwen Buckley (ragamuffin), Betty Mercer (spring), Marie Wagstaff (Dutch girl), Natalie James (moonstruck), Nancy Davidson (fairy), Iris O’Donnell (prince in the tower), June McKenzie (spring), Nona Mason (Jack Frost on the flowers), Pamela Wilson (bridesmaid), Mollie Clow (evening dress), Peggy Russell (grass elf), Nancy Frost (pink rose), Pauline Eriwata (jazz pierrette), Pat Foote (evening dress), Joy Palmer . (Italian girl), Jeannie Rogers (skeleton), Jack TiltonMist (pirate), Harry Read (cowboy), Brian Hunt (“a corker”), Roger Humphries (huntsman), Alex Milne (court jester), Ernest Mosen (toy soldier), MacDaisley (engineer), Alf. Jones (Uncle Remus), Dermott Rowe (circus clown).

Standard III.: Fred Reid (Maori), Jock Hill (Chinese), C. Foreman (swagger), Gerald Taylor (cowboy), Jack Pickering (Don Bradman), Colin Lovegrove (Tom, the piper’s son), Murray Mander (tennis), Beryl Kibby (old-fashioned lady), Elsie Styles (early Victorian), Eva Rogers (pierrette), Mavis Farquhar ( a lemon). Jean Campbell (green butterfly), Mabel Rielly (bulldog), Mavis Martin (jingle bells), Ann Rogers (Christmas Fairy), Jean Davidson (Irish colleen), Phyllis Herdman (washerwoman), Veni Erb (fairy), Mary Fredric, Betty Taine (a Pierrette), Megan John (ruffles), Norma Hamblyn (shepherdess), Edwina Eriwata (Hawaiian girl).

Standard IV.: Pearl Mason (aoll for sale), Leila Pickering (flower girl). Mary Short (Reckitt’s Blue). Joan Hutchings (buttercup), Claire Weston (French student), Rae McDonald (Russian boy), Mary Pullen (Red Riding Hood), Avis Whiting (Dutch girl), Margaret Gardner (Dutch girl), Eleanor O’Donnell (prince in the tower), Mabel Neilson (height of fashion), Joyce Briggs (danger signals), Joan Shirley (Japanese princess), Josie Hellier (Japanese lady), Brenda Jones (flower girl), Joyce Hutchings (buttercup), Pat Warnock (flower girl). Alice Kinsella (Swiss girl), Tangi Graham

(Russian boy), Ola Lightband (boot black), Joyce Sister (Dominion fruits), Billy Russell (Mexican), Jack Burke (Mickey Mouse), Sydney Ingram (Indian brave), Bobby Martin (jester), Evan Lewis (Italian fisherman), Hector Voullaire (pirate), Alan Zorn (polo player), Alan Johnstone (Chinese), Ray Foreman (cowboy), Ray Harnish (golliwog), Victor Martin (pierrot). Standaid V.: Olive Blydc (pierrette), Gladys Jones (military suit), Margaret Crone (Dutch girl), Hilda Briscoe (spring), Keith Cook (pierrot), Jimmie Mackie (a girl), Morris Erb (cricketer), Gordon Mason (coon). • Standard III.: Eileen Bishop (Russian girl), Nola Paul (violet), Phyllis Person (flower girl), Nola Pearce (Query), Audrey Howart (rose), Nola Goldsworthy (pierrette), Shirley Lister (rosebud), Norma Todd (pierrette), Elvene Treeby (Irish girl), Stuart Hunter (forester), Freddie Pollock (little boy blue), Bryce Smith (cowboy), Russell Zorn (pirate), Len Bint (cricketer), Form I.: Sylvia Vincent (Irish colleen), Margaret Binns (Chinese), Gwenda Kibby (Prince Charlie), Jean Pe.attie (flower girl), Doreen Drury /• (Japanese lady), Elsie Crapper (pierrette), Margaret Brinsley (circus girl), Betty Person (little Miss Gingham), Nancye McKenzie (queen of circus), Mona Philp (Scotch lassie), Alison Taylor (Arabian sheik), Melva Paul (Spanish Gipsy), Noeleen Huxford (old English lady), Joan Corkill (pink lady), Hazel Smith (Dutch boy), Velma Luxton (pyramid, lady), Avis Lister (Bambalina girl), Vera Smith (baker), Jean Scot., (Arabian princess), Lola Quickfall (window), Maureen Hamish (Miss 1934), Hazel Houston (chick), Bobby Harris <1934 school boy), Trevor Rielly (the bad boy), Trevor Briggs (class model), Alf Pearce (Grimmett), Edward Pickering (Bradman), Joe Holden (Mr. 1934), Allan Wyllic (Tom Brown), Laurie Morns (Kilby), Fred Cameron (swagger), _ Arthur Collinson (Soccer), Roland Doidge, Pat Shirley (flapper), Stan. Florence (schoolboy), Wallace McLeod (Chinese), Vincent Hill (cricketer). Form II.; Gwen Blyde (spangles), Yvonne Gardner (Irish colleen), Irene Priest (aviatrix), June Burnand (Japanese lady), Josephine Lile (jockey), Dorothy Herdman (Josette), Joy Burke (Queen of Hearts), Dorothy Martin (Japanese lady), Mavis Cubbon (Lavender lass), Inez Cook (jazz), Lorna Lister (nurse), Darcy Crone (cricketer), David Howlett (cricketer), George Davidson (cowboy), Tim Foote (cricketer), Colin Weston (chef), Ron Paul (cricketer), Charles Adams, Ted Booth (cricketer).