POINTS OF INTEREST

Taranaki Daily News, 4 March 1935, Page 9

POINTS OF INTEREST

HEAD TEACHERS AND CHAIRMEN. ' PERIODS OF APPOINTMENTS/. . Head teachers: Miss Lydia Shaw, 18841900; Mrs. Mary Dowling, 1900-1919; Mr. D. P. Evans, 1919-1923; Mr. J. W. Thomas, 1923-1929; Mr. J. E. Shimmin, 1929-1933; Mr. W. A. Brown, 1933 to date. ‘ ’ Miss Laura E. Mynott joined the permanent staff as infant mistress in 1897 and retired in January, 1927. .

Up till the time the . school was raised to full status, in 1902 it was administeredby the town school committee, which had general control of the Central and subsidiary schools. The chairmen of the committee were:—Mr. James Bellringer, 1884-1892; Mr. E. Dockrill, 1892-1893; Mr. W. A. Collis, 1893-1902. - The first committee of the full school was:—Messrs. C. L. Gilbert (chairman), Garner, Mander, Simmons, Asher, G. Blanchard and J. Hurle (secretary).- Mr. Gilbert remained chairman until his death in 1912. After that the chairmen were:—Mr. J. Morrison, 1912-1913; Mr. A. K. Smart, 1913-1919; Mr. W. W. Thomson, 1920-1922; Mr. J. S. S. Medley, 1920-1922; Mr. J. Garcia, 1922-1925; Mr. J. A. Hawker,' 1925-1928; Mr. W. H. Jones, 1928-1933; Mr. C. O. Berg, 1933 to date. Members of the present committee are:—Messrs. C. O. Berg (chairman),’ F. Brunton, F. Hooker. F. E. May, H.-L. Hay, S. D. Jury, W. H. Jones, E. V. Tingey and H._ J. Abram (honorary secretary).