MOSSTON SCHOOL

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXII, Issue 19477, 21 December 1925, Page 15

MOSSTON SCHOOL

A SUCCESSFUL CONCERT. DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZES. The Mosston School was crowded on Thursday evening for the annual concert and presentation of prizes, and the function proved most enjoyable, the ■ programme, almost entirely provided ' by the pupils, being an exceptionally ‘ good one. It comprised lhe following items: —Opening song, ‘‘Brighten the; Corner Where You Are,” School; piano : duet, “The Departure,” Winnie Rooty and Edith Sears; songs (a) “Monkey Land” (b) “Cuckoo,” Standards 1. and II.; recitations, Jessie Tagg and Phyllis Pedley; solo, “Just,” Ena Simpson; solo, ‘‘Tit for Tat,” Miss Astbury; part singing, “Come, Soft an! Lovely Evening,” Standards 111 and IV. girls; action recitation, “Medley,” primer classes; recitation, “Dish-wash-ing,” Helen Gould, rounds (a) “ J j>ng| it Over With all Your Might,” (c) “ Gone is the Hour of Sang,” Standards 111. and IV.; solo, “Little Coon’s, Prayer,” Ovvna Browne; dialogue, “Mrj Brown's Visitors.” Standard V. girL; | recitation, “Eastern Legend,” DorothyMcDonald; action song, “Father Laid’ the Carpet on the Stairs,” Standards | I. and. 11.; solo, “Till the Sands of the Desert Grow Cold,” Mr E. 11. Ast bury; coon songs, (a) “The Little Coon,” lb). ! “Good Aight, Lad.es,” senior boys; to- I citation, “On the Doorstep,” Isabella Greig; dialogue, “A Case of Toys,” Standard VI. girls; Mosston School i song; National Anthem. The concert was followed by the dis- I tri button of prizes by Mr F. Laing, chairman of the School Committee, who congratulated the pupils and staff on the success of the evening’s entertainment. Supper, provided by the parents, was dispensed by the members of the ladies’ committee, while Messrs Laing, Keir, Parkes, Macneil and McDonald, members of the School Committee, gave valuable assistance.

During the evening the pupils presented “surprise packets” to their teachers Mr Astbury and Miss Inder, each of whom thanked the children. , The prize list is as follows: — Mer.lt Prizes. Standard Vl.—Dux, Winnie Roots; , Ena Simpson 2, Muriel Parkes 3. I Standard V.—Eva Tawso and Ivy < Hammond (equal) 1, Marjorie McDonald 3, Gwen Whet ton 4. Standard IV. —Isabella Greig 1, Zeta Strack 2, Jean Hill 3. Standard 111. —Joyce Brooks J, Iris! Siddells 2, Frances Olsen 3. Standard 11.—Mary Casey 1, Mary Croom 2, Daphne McDonald 3. Standard I.—Douglas Laing J, Hoc- ' tor Tagg 2, Matthew Casey 3Primer IV. —Lawrence Parkes 1, Neil Olsen 2, William Smith 3. | Primer II. —Phyllis Pedley .1, Jessie! Tagg and Ellen Ardern (equal) 2, Gertie Croom 4. Progress Prizes. Standard VI. —Boys: Alex. Ham-1 mond, Chris. Reynolds, Andrew Gre.g,' Fred Laing. Girls: Edith Sears, Annie i Hammond, Elsie Mitchell. ' Standard V.—James Hammond. I Standard IV.—Boys : Maurice Mac-i neil, Norman Parkes, Leslie Vare,' George Twceddale. Girls: Owna Browne, May Siddells, Marjorie Allan, Dorothy McDonald. j Standard 111. —Tarrant Wan, Gor-1 don Laing, John Whetton. Standard 11. —Boys: Lauric Whetton, |

Fred Scars, Noel Guy, Charles Tagg, William Karton, Albert Cooper, Trevor Brooks, Raymond Vare. Girls: Helen Gould, Doreen Barnes, Freda Cann. Standard I.—Boys,: Keith Brooks. Girls: Dorothy Pedley, Noeline Grubb. Myrtle Ardcrn, Dorothea Campbell. Primer IV. —Boys: Mervyn Wan, Erie Mass, Maurice Roots. Girls: Joy <5O Compbell. Primer II—Boys: John Cooper, Douglas McDonald, Terence Casey, Sydney Cooper. Girls: Eileen Birchall, Dorothea Gould. Primer I.—Boys: Alfred Birchall, Eaward Gould, Ivor. Gould, Allan Selby, Francis Croom, Graham Strack, lau Selby. Girls: Audrey Ardcrn, Joveo Siddells, Miriam* Wan, Jean Bulliff, Dorothea Blythe, Olive Sears, Margaret Hammond, Joan Siddells, Nancy MeAnulty. Special Prizes. Sowing—Standards V.-VI.: Eva Tawse 1, Muriel Parkes 2. Standards 111.-IV.: Frances Olsen 1, Zeta Strack 2. Standards 1.-IL; Mary Croom 1, Daphne McDonald 2. Prizes donated by Messrs 11. T. Jones and Son.—Dux boy, Alex. Hammond General excellence and helpfulness, Eva Tawse. Attendance Certificates. Standard Vl.—Annie Hammond, Elsie Mitchell, Muriel Parkes, Andrew Greig, Alex. Hamomnd, Ficd Laing. Standard V.: Ivy Hammond, Marjorie McDonald. Eva Tawse. Stiudard IV.: Owns Browne. Isabella Greig, Dorothy McDonald, May Siddells, Norman Parkes, Maurice Macncil, Le«he Vare. Standard IL. Joyce Brooks, Iris Siddells, Gor-. dor. Laing, I arrant Wan. DURIE HILL SCHOOL

BREAKING-UP DAY. MEMBER DISTRIBUTES PRIZES. X’- the Doric Hill School on Friday afternoon the prizes for the year’s work w. .c presented by Mr W. S. Glenn, M.P., who spoke words of encouragement and congratulation to the children. He paid a tribute to the work of the staff, expressing appreciation of the children’s behaviour and praising all concerned for the way the school and grounds were kept. The pupils thanked the headmaster, Mr Haydon, for his care of them during the year, the girls presenting him with an eversharp pencil, while the boys gave him a fountain pen. The prize list is as follows: Class Prizes. Dux girl, Mary Scandlyn. Standard Vl.—Nancy Gannaway, Isabel Glover, Kathleen Duncan, Marcello Purser, Frank Hay. Standard V. —Viola O’Hara, Meg Cimino, Iris Thompson. Standard IV.—Mary Scandlyn, Tom Scrcombc, Olive Glover. Standard 111.—Russell Nelson, Beryl Haydon, Jean Signal, Cyril Her in. Standard ll.—Brian Verry, Walter Read, Douglas Broadbent. ■*-* adaru 1., Upper.—John Sloggett, Keith Burtt, Nancy Brownlie. Standard 1., Lower. —Stella Robinson, Lillian McGrath, Phyllis Grainger. Special Prizes. Essay, Standard II. —Nancy Poynter. Drawing, Standard 11. Willie Xloneyfield. ‘ Special, Standard lll.—Tan Spence. Woodwork. —Standard VI.: Harold Frew. Frank Hoy. Standard V.: Kay Guildford, Tom Rowe. Cookery.—Standard VI.: J. Glover, Marcello Purser, Joyce Heinold. Standard V.: Nancy Baylor, Miller Brown, Mcg Cimino, Mavis Signal. Sewing.—Standard L: Lindsay Barstoy; Standard II.: Patty Crane; Standard HL: Beryl Haydon; Standard IV.: Mary Scandlyn; Standard V.: Isabel Duncan; Standard VI.: Nancy Gannaway. Painstaking and Conscientious Work. —Joyce Brennan (Standard VI.), Arnold Zinsli (Standard VI.) Attendance Certificates. Primers. —Eileen Thompson, Irene Walker, Jacob Hiroti. Standard I. Keith Burtt, Halford Meyer, John Sloggett, Reg. Joblin. Standard ll. Ella Walker, Douglas Broadbent. Standard lll.—Russell Nelson, Norma Honeybun, Willie Hoy, Willie Honeybun, Avis Raisey, Frank McGrath.

TV.—Alfred IToy, Arnold Dickey, Mary Scandlyn, Ngaire Howe, standard V. —Ronald Parser, Viola O’Hara, Winnie Maxwell, Isabel Duncan, Nancy Bayler. Standard Vl. Joyce Brennan, Leslie Zinsli, Nancy Gannaway, Arnold Zinsli, Francis Minnell, Joyce Tcinold, Kathleen Duncan.