ST. MARY’S CHURCH

Timaru Herald, Volume CXLVIII, Issue 21588, 26 February 1940, Page 10

ST. MARY’S CHURCH

SUNDAY SCHOOL PICNIC Pupils of St. Mary’s Sunday School, Timaru, accompanied by their parents, spent a most enjoyable day in the Temuka Domain on Saturday. The picnic, the first to be organised by the Vestry and teachers for some years, was such a success that it may well become an annual event. With the asistance of the congregation it was found possible to provide an abundance of food for the children, the task of handling the meals being undertaken by the teachers, to whom every credit is due for the able manner in which they carried out all the arrangements. Members of the Vestry also assisted in conducting swimming and athletic events, treasure hunts and so on, and generally the day’s programme was as full of interest as it could possibly be. The Domain itself proved an ideal spot for the occasion, the many adults present being greatly impressed with the attractiveness of the surroundings, which are a credit and an undoubted asset to the town. Results of sports events were:— Standard 1, girls: Betty Blaikie 1, Freda Gudsell 2, Gwen Hassall 3. Boys: Arthur Head 1, Cecil Blaikie 2, Colin Pugh 3. Standard 2, girls: Gaynor Whisker 1, Rona McCor 2. June Castle and Rosemary Peck (dead heat) 3. Boys: Leith Power 1.

Standard 3, boys: Bernard Bragg 1. Jack Whitehouse 2, Walter Gudsell 3. Standard 4, girls: Margaret Meyer 1. Margaret Sykes 2, Shirley Grey 3. Boys: Max Pullin 1, Trevor Wadsworth 2, Norman Castle 3 Standard V, girls: June Ellis 1, Joan Metcalf 2, Betty Cummings 3. Boys: Robinson 1, Harold Bragg 2, Max Rooney 3.

Standard VI, girls: Chrissie Castle 1, Edith Richardt 2, Betty Clausen 3. Boys: Tom Myers 1, Robin Thomson 2. Robert Manning 3. Girls’ sack race, standards 1 and 2: Betty Blaikie 1, Freda Gudsell 2, Audrey Pearce 3. Standards 3 and 4: Margaret Myers 1, Marion Manning 2. Margaret Skyes 3. Standards 5 and 6 girls: Chrissie Castle 1, Betty Clausen 2, Ruth Williams 3. Bible class sack race: Lois Segar 1. Joan Fitzsimmons 2, June Blaikie 3. Teachers’ sack race: Ngaire Williamson 1, M. L. Hamilton 2, Ina Shipman 3.

Sack race, junior boys: Norma Castle 1, Cecil Blaikie 2. Senior, Tom Myers 1, Harold Bragg 2.

Pickaback, girls: Chrissie Castle and Ngaire Wordsworth 1. Boys: Bill Pullen and Evan Blaikie 1, Rex Roberts and Cecil Blaikie 2.

Girls, three-legged race: Chrissie Castle and Chrissie Clausen 1. Lois Segar and June Blaikie 2. Marion Manning and Margaret Skyes 3. Boys: Peter Morgan and lan Shipman 1, Colin Pugh and Arthur Head 2. Married women’s race: Mrs Hayman 1. Mrs Peebles 2, Mrs Power 3. Girls’ cartwheel race: Freda Gudsell 1, Margaret Bennett 2, Audrey Pearce 3. Boys’ wheelbarrow race: Rex Roberts and Maurice Pentecost 1. H. Ford and Geoff Castle 2. Girls: Betty Clausen and Chrissie Castle 1, Joan Castle and Gaynor Whisker 2. Senior Bible Class race: John Sterricker 1, Rev. Perkins 2,