NORTH BEACH SCHOOL.

Star (Christchurch), Volume LXIV, Issue 935, 4 December 1933, Page 6

NORTH BEACH SCHOOL.

Fancy Dress Party for Children. TIIE PRIZE-WINNERS. A successful children’s fancy dress party was held at the North Beach School on Saturday afternoon. The party was arranged by Mrs Neil M'Giilivray, who was assisted by the members of the School Committee, their wives and the school staff. The school drill ground provided ideal outdoor accommodation for the party. After the grand marea, a display of folk-dancing was given by the school children, the music being pi ovided by the radio gramophone. The judges of the costumes were the Mayor and Mayoress of New Brighton (Mr E. A. M. Leaver and Miss Leaver), Mr and Mrs W. P. Spencer and Mr and Mrs W. J. Walter. Mr D. G. Sullivan, M.P., and Mrs Sullivan were also present. Following the judging of the costumes, afternoon tea and sweets were served to the children. The proceeds of the party will considerably augment the school picnic fund. The prize-winners were: Most original costume—Five and under: Girls, Audrey Thomson (Tennis Girl); boys, La wry M’Gaven (No More Strikes). Nine years and under: Girls, Marie Hawkins (Plunket Nurse); boys, Phillip Lawson (Swagger). Thirteen years: Girls, Nancy Marker (Prime Canterbury Lamb); boys. Keith Norrie (scarecrow). Open: Girls, Doris Roud (Bridegroom); boys, Terry Hendren (Jockey). Cheapest costume—Under six: Girls, Doreen Partridge (Fragile); boys. Peter M’Keown (North Beach School Paper). Under ten; Girls, Doreen Jones (Wood’s Flour); boys, Brian M’Keown. Under fourteen: Girls, Betty Nesbit (Shop at North Beach), boys, Jim Read (H.M.S. Dunedin). Open: Girls, Winnie Burgess (North Beach School Weekly); boys, Edmund Thompson (Swagger). Fancy dress—Under six: Boys, Stephen Taylor (Chinaman); girls, Nanette Nesbit (Cupid). Under ten: Girls, Phyins Hale (Fairy); boys, Malcolm Cornish (Mexican). Under fourteen: Girls, Pamela Harris (Egyptian); boys. Doyle Maflfey (Pied Piper). Open: Girls, Betty Florance (Bride); boys, Jack Trolove (Rajah). Mother with most children in fancy dress—Mrs Nesbit (six). Besides the prize-winners, there were present—Dorothy Wilson (Paper Bag), Joyce Holland (Hollywood Fan), Joyce Wright (Paper Parcel). Heather Holland (Lupin Bush), Dawn Dutliie (Lost Luggage), Nola East (Powder Puff), Walma Duthie (Doll in Box), Gill Florance (Elizabethan Lady), Noreen Jones (Flour Bag), Allison Peppier (Spanish Lady), Shirley Kennedy (Daffodil), Winsome Colville (Shepherdess), Peggy Cramp (Early Victorian), Mavis Jones (Summer Breezes), Betty Hepplethwaite (Maid of Honour), Brita Hepplethwaite (Mary Queen of Scots), Edna Thompson (North Beach School Weekly), Madge Osborne (Harem Girl), Noeline Bultitude (Japanese Lady), Noeline Manson (Scotch Girl), Marie Nesbit (Christmas Parcel), Hilda Partridge (Work Bag), Doreen Partridge (Brown Paper Parcel), Ray Partridge (Father Christmas), Ruth Hammond (Brown Paper Parcel), Arthur Manson (Lupin Bush), Brenda Mahan (Fish). Mignon Whitford (Parcel), Ruth Toner ("Press”), Pat . Kirby (Grandma), Billy M’Gavick (10 per cent Cut), Martin Jones (Guy rawKesi, tioger Jones (“Dad” Cleaner), Doreen Gray (Balloon Girl), Daphne JacKson ("S ••.r Tootles ”), Raoy Hoare (Gipsy), Dorothy Hosking (Bedtime), vaimai Bduny (Bathing Girl), Trixie Hodgkinsoi) (Cat), Rosey M’Neill (Topsy), May Curtis (School Girl). Pam Henry (Mickey the Chimney Sweeper), Margaret Ryan, Betty Rouse (Little Miss Muff it t), Mary Rovse (Brasso), Audrey Foster ((Merry-go-Round), Pat Mardon (Picnic Girl), Irene Reid (Pierrette), Mona Smith (Gipsy), Betty Walls (Athletic), Noeline Hale (Haberdashery), Joyce Roud (Gipsy), Avonia Manson (Milkmaid), Sadie Wilkins (Dutch Girl). Joan M’Keown (N.Z. Industries), Bernie Margetts (Irish Stew), Peter Canons (Persian), Maurice Thompson (Nosey Parker), Tom Moreon (Robin' Hood), Tom Gibbs (Teddy Bear), Phillip Mawson (Swagger), Tony Maw son (Parcel), Ted Bunny (Bag of Potatoes), Jack M’Gilllvray (Pirate), Derrick Tfolove (Jester), Rex Thomas (Cave Man), Noel Walis (Painter), Bruce Bunny (Page Boy), lan Bunny (Relief Worker), Robert Norrie (Kingsford Smith), Maurice Henry (Indian), Ray Osborne (Record-breaker), Jack Ryan (Brownie), Walter Thomas (Mickey the Mouse), Ewan Heese (North Beach School Paper), Billy Christensen (Cowboy), Norman Reid (Mexican), Harold Foster (Lupin Time), George Stubley (N.Z. Railways), Geoffrey Mardon (Scott s Emulsion), Terry M’Keown (End of the Depression in Sight), Jack Florance (Cowboy), Bertie Potter (Guy Fawkes), Murray Reason (Indian), Peter Taylor (Chinese), John Taylor (Boxer), Walter Thomas (Mickey Mouse), Betty Kennedy (Victorian Lady), Gwen O’Neill (Gollywog), Miriam Peppier (Patchwork), Rhoda Margetts (Dutch Girl), Heather Killman (Nurse), Lorna Hendren (Cricketer), Noeline Osborne (Ice Cream), Daphne Jardin (Rose). June Clement (Daily News), Wendy Nesbit (Wasp).