MARTON

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 73, Issue 371, 15 September 1930, Page 3

MARTON

ST. FRANCIS CHURCH. FANCY DRESS BALL. There was a large attendance at the Marton Convent School’s fancy dress ball on Thurday evening. Prizes were awarded on the conclusion of the grand march by Rev. Father Lynch to the following:—Best girl, Patsy Oates; most original girl, Pamela Houston; best boy, Pat Watts; most original boy, Ray Webby. A special prize was awarded to Lydia Scott. Thanks are due to Mesdames Neumann and Ensom for acting as judges whose task was not an easy one, but their judging results were well received, Mrs Stevens (who supplied the music), and Miss Barker for superintending the children’s dancing. Following is the list of fancy dresses: Girls.—Patsy Oates, fairy; Pamela Houston, candestick; Lydia Scott, early Victorian lady; Shiela Foley, county girl; Joyce Webby, fairy;Violet Ehrhorn, pierrot; Bessie Fitzgerald, jollystick; Marion Rofe, poppy; Joan Frank, Spanish lady; Ngaire Williams, Dutch girl; Paddy True, jungle bells; Nola Sutcliffe, gipsy; Pauline Quittenden, folly; Moira Henderson, sunshine girl; Patricia Fitzgerald, Columbine; Margaret Daly, rosebud; Betty Kelcher, orange and lemons; H. Fowler, Spanish girl; Phyllis Rees, spirit of jazz; Kathleen Maike, goldfish; Kerry Hendra, Turkish lady; Kathleen Madden, swan; Esma Foots, forget-me-not; Jean Hill, chrysanthemum; Mary Quittenden, half and half; Mary Foley, pierrot; Yvonne Watts, bride; Mavis Smith, queen of clubs; Betty Downey, jockey; Olga Houston snowball; Joan Olsen, keep off the grass; Rosalind Bees, Hawaiian girl; Olga Williams, absent minded; Teresa Foote, powder puff; Rene Tassel], sailor; Jean Amer, mystery pierrot; Joan Foote, pompom; Yvonne Smith ballet dancer; Francis Adams, romper girl; Margaret Scott, Irish colleen.

Boys.—Maurice Fitzgerald, pierrot; Eric Henderson, sailor boy; Ray Webby, Chinaman; Eric Foote, elf; Douglas Scott, Russian boy; Maurice Henderson, pierrot; Cliff Stantiall, baggy breeches; Boyd Bevan, Maori chief; W. Watts, “Why did I kiss that girl?”; Gordon Wilkins,, cowboy; Neil Madden, farmer Mark Bailey, Dutchman; Arnold Button, Chinaman; Pat Watts, greengrocer; Joe Smith, Nigger; Billy Kaye, pirate; Lance Williams, lost luggage; Erie Harnish, Chinaman; Mick Gibbons, Indian; Laurie Larsen, Dutch boy; John Daly, cowboy; Ronald Larsen, lady fair.