CHILDREN S CARNIVAL FOR CANCER CAMPAIGN

Star (Christchurch), Issue 19109, 30 June 1930, Page 10

CHILDREN S CARNIVAL FOR CANCER CAMPAIGN

A kaleidoscopic scene was presented to the onlookers at the Winter Garden on Saturday afternoon, where a children’s fancy dress carnival was organ ised by Mrs W. J. Hunter in aid of the Cancer Research Campaign. The effort was a great success. The hall was filled with tiny tots and older children dressed in pretty and fantastic costumes which vied in gaiety with the clusters of multi-coloured balloons and streamers that were suspended about the hall. Later these balloons were distributed amongst the children each of whom also received a toy. On their arrival, Miss Muir and Miss Mulvany Gray, the judges, were each presented with a bouquet by Master Bryan Hunter. With the Grand March came the judging and presentation of the prizes, after which a variety programme was received with shouts of laughter. Included in the programme were items by Kotz, the conjurer, Barnado, the magician, and Cardel, with his talking dolls. A ballet, “The Wedding of the Painted Doll,” by Miss Iris Edmonds’s pupils, and “ The Staircase Ballet,” by Miss Bessie Macdonald’s pupils, made an interlude. In one corner of the room “ Winnie the Pooh,” “ Scatterjoy,” and “Aunt Pat” (Mrs 11. Wales and Miss May Brown) did a roaring trade with their bran tub and fish pond, while in another the Queen of the Gypsies and her attendants (Misses B. Guthrie, G. Maling, K. Hoare and P. Wynn-Williams) dispensed ice-creams and soft drinks. Following were the prize-winners:—Prettiest girl, Daphne Benson (Victorian Lady); prettiest boy, Bryan Hunter (Beau Brummel); most original girl, Betty Blair (Washer Lady) ; most original boy, Ernest Gibbons (Test Match) ; prettiest little girl. Fay Benson (Marigold); prettiest small boy, Joe Wiles (Brer Rabbit); special prizes, June Hill and Marie Wright. Bert Lamport’s orchestra was in attendance and Traffic Inspector Peake organised the grand march. Afternoon tea was served in the supper room for parents and children.

In the large crowd of children were the following:—Betty Aston (Bride), Wilders, M’Mullan, Betty Wikes, Doris Todd, Lorna Wilson, Russell Church (Pied Piper of Hamelin), Dorothy King (Jester), Joyce Matthews (Ballet Dancer), Audrey Dickinson (Eskimo), Edith Worrall (a Itose), Glorie Owen (Gipsy), Rema Spinks (Eskimo), Ronnie Spinks (CoAvboy), Walter Duggan (Hoover), Grace Nixon (Early Victorian), Violet Spiers (Gipsy), Marie Wright (Cancer Campaign). Patricia Wright (Wasp), Teddy Wright (Baggy Breeches), Gwen Smith (Columbine), Daphne Buchanan (Harlequin), Romney Tracy (Posy), Terence Tracy (Puck), June Hatherley (Victorian Bride), Shirley Mulhane (Ballet Dancer), Marjorie Wilson (Japanese), Catherine Dymond (Soldier), Peggy Gee (Soldier), David Campbell (Canterbury Rep. Footballer), Mary Burns (“ A Little Lady”), Peggy Hall (Pack of Cards), Marie Hall (Red Cross Nurse), Joy Wyles (Pink-eared Bunny), Bryan Hunter (Beau Brummell), Judith Wood (In Her Old-fash-ioned Garden Border), Felix Wood (Pirate), Betty Wales (Sunflower), Jessie Barbour (Spanish Gipsy), Maurice Steer (“Bobby Jones,” Golfer), Betty Blair (Washerwoman), Barbara Blair (Lavender Lady), Avril Cummins (Waitress), Audrey M’Nish (Tally-ho), Margaret Causar (Lamp Shade). Shirley Scott (Patches). Natalie Benson (Early Victorian), Fay Benson (Marigold), Ken Buchanan, Vonnie Whall (Dutch), Inez Woodcock (Elizabethan), Joan Edwards (Queen of Fire Fairies), Pat Chamberlain (Jazz Pierrot), Shona Kincaid (Old King Cole), Joy Woller (Mimosa), Patricia Wright (Dutch Girl), Elizabeth Mathews (Fairy), Helen Mathews (Fire Fairy), lan Mathews (Gentleman), Marie Grey (Daffodil), Betty M’Caskey ("All Black”), Joyce Scarf (Folly), Etta Clarke (Bear), James Clark (Showman), Priscilla Taylor (Soldier), Patleve Sheffield (Red Riding Hood), Sylvia Scott (Russian Peasant), Shirley Buchanan (Fairy Godmother), Kathleen. Newton (Nigger), Dorothy Perkins (Gipsy), Nevili Pef*klns (Page),. Joan Joyce (Old Fashioned Gentleman), Leonora Sorrell (Pierrot), Ruth Goodland (Pierrot), Isabel Pearson (Pierrette;, Ka.thleen Evaps (Gipsey), Royce Queree (Coster Boy), Kath-. leen O'Toole (Miss Amy Johnson), Merle Roberts (Gold Leaf). Ngaire M'Menamin (Gipsy), Natalie Cocks (Mexican Girl), Moya Rodgers (Balloon Girl), Phyllis Threckeld (Japanese), Gertie M’Cormick (Rose), Margaret M- Condiiffe (Japanese Child), Florence Brydon (Chinese Child), Joan Stammers (Cupid), Clare Williams (Spanish Dancer), Othlev Smith (Lamp-shade), Gertrude M’Cormack (Rose), Phyllis Tln-el-kold (Japanese), J«bn M’Queen (Highlander), Valda-Quinn (Jolly Stick), Berwyn Frye (Buttei-fly). Beryl Baggs (Gipsy), Joy Younger (Carnation), Claire Wilson (Folly), Marjorie Hill (Bunny Rabbit), Cecile Fryer (Old English Girl), Barbara Jamieson (Victorian Lady), Hugh Adams (French Student), Ruth Adams (Daffodil), June Hill (Bee), Audrey Bailey (Old Fashioned Lady), Marjorie Nicholson (Chinese Girl), Harry Smith (Indian Eoy), Noela Smith (Powder Puff), Valerie OAvens (Shepherdess), Betty Horne (Dutch Girl), Sybil Gumming (TwoFaced Old Woman). June Cumming (Rose-bud), Leona Blaklcy (Pieretfe), Patricia Hobbs (Little Lady), Frances Clarke (Housemaid), Winnie Hawker (Bell Boy). Betty Hawker Housemaid), June Bassett (Flower Girl), Peggy Gee (Soldier), Nelson Bassett (the Best Man), Elizabeth Taylor (Tin Soldier), Ernest Gibbins (Off to the Test), Anthony Gibbins (Keeping the Doctor Away), Berwyn Frye (Butterfly), Beryl Baggs (Gipsy), Margaretta M'Kenzie (80-Peep), Mary M’Kenzie (Old Fashioned Lady), Joan and Billy Pilcher (Indians), Marie M’Farlane (Early Victorian), Judy M’Farlane (Red Cross Nurse), Helen Thomas (Gipsy), Evelyn Poison (Japanese Girl), Teddy Poison (“Why Did I Kiss That Girl”). Avice White (Carnival KeAvpie), Merle Forward (Golltwog). Joyce Turnpenny (Rosebud). Nerva Barton (Star Fairy), Jack Harris (Pierrot), Pat Hylndman (“No,” Boy), Laurie Barton (“No,” Boy).