END OF SCHOOL YEAR

Waipa Post, Volume 43, Issue 3391, 22 December 1931, Page 5

END OF SCHOOL YEAR

TE MAWHAI DISTRICT CELEBRATES. The annual fancy dress dance, held to mark the end of the school year at Te Mawhai, took place on Friday last, and was a great success. The hall was beautifully decorated, and presented a very festive scene. The attendance was a record in the history of the distinct; never previously has any function attracted such an assembly, and the space of the hall was taxed to its capacity. Supper, provided by the ladies of the district, was in keeping with the other arrangements, evidencing the extensive preparations made. It was in every way a notable district event.

Dancing and games commenced early in the evening, and the time passed all too quickly. Prior to the supper adjournment Mr J. Murtagh, chairman of the School Committee, congratulated Mr Ching (headmaster) and Mrs Sinclair (assistant) for the record of the scholars at the recent term examinations. He then proceeded to present the certificates and prizes won during the year at the school.

The fancy costume prizes were awarded as follow: Under five years: Girls, fancy, Powder Puff; original, Waitress. -Boys, fancy, Pierrot. Five to 6 years: Girls, fancy, Arabian Princess; original, Beach. Boys, fancy, Jester; original, Captain. S*Sven to eight years: Girls, fancy, Pompom Girl; original, Violets. Boys, fancy, Bluebeard; original, Hay-maker. Nine to ten years: Girls, fancy, Water Sprite; original, Good-night. Boys, fancy Cowboy; original, Maori. Eleven years and over: Girls, fancy, Circus; original, Chinese. Boys, fancy, Rickshaw-wo-man and Gollywog; original, Grandma and Robinson Crusoe.

Special prizes: Peacock, Scotsman, Miss Two-face, Eastern Princess. Details of all fancy costumes are as follow: : <

Girls: Rosie McDonald, Holly; Averald Brabines, Arabian Princess; Jean Stephenson); Bunch jof Violets ; Zoe Cruickshank, . Japanese Lady;, Naido Sinclair, Waitress; Kajthlden Kirkham, Water Sprite):',[Daisy Kirkham, Pompom GirJ; Nafficy, Pearce, Chinese; Alma Ching, Japanese Lady;, Amy Unwin, Eastefn Princess; Elsie Unwin, Gondola;' Phyllis ' Ratjiborie,, Things of the Past;/ Bdtty Smart, Beach Pyjamas; .Pat Smart, Powder Puff; Noeline . Perrott, Rose; .[ Hilda Nye, Good-night; ■ Marjorie Pascoe, Circus Kid; Betty Corlett, Fairy;..pulh eie Corlett, Ponder .Bowl; Betty Short, Miss Two-face; [• P.eggy Richardson; Shamrock; Ng.ajrfe' . Crpickshank; Peacock; Mary. Gray, Bathing* [Doris. Lowry, Circus' 1 ' 1 Girl;Gwen Martin,: Carnival; .and Valerie; Kirk--ham; .Babes in / Boys: Colin McDonald,;Red Ridhig Hood; Alan Lawr^Cbwb’6y.j4G L qf3pn f ) Watson/ Ranger; Bob Stephenson, Golliwog; Rex Daniel, Grandma; Jack Howie, Robinson Crusoe; Bill Kinnaird, Irish Gentleman;/Bob [Ferguson, Captain;' Roy dßlerguson, African * Rickshaw-woman; Dick - Murtagh, Skippy; Jack Ching, Bandit; George Martin, Bluebeard; AHem>,Mathews, Sylvia Starch; Keith Oatfes,.Billiards; Athol Murtagh; Ching, Rhubarb; Bill^Ghingfi^kipekp /Mur-* ray p&jiiel, j ChinbseyVr-Te&ly-- Nye, Scotsman; Graham Corlett,/Snapper; Jack Lawrence, Maori; Charley Unwin, Bandns?».ster;;, Graham : Martin, Pierrot; John 3 ’ Sinclair, King’s Jester; Nevin Gray,-' Hay/piakef; •Ra Takari, Maori;'lan Chinffighidian. / ’