FRIENDS' SCHOOL

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 295, 14 December 1936, Page 2

FRIENDS' SCHOOL

PARENTS’ DAY. An informal afternoon was spent at the Friends’ School, St. John’s Hill, on Saturday. Some local parents were present and found much to claim their attention. There was an exhibition of the scholars' craft work in the school-room. Examples of the carpentry work, dressmaking, papiermache, rallia and clay modelling were attractively displayed. The visitors were shown the flower gardens which were a blaze of colour in the brilliant sunshine, and they also inspected the neat and business-like vegetable garden of the Middle School. There was a great deal of activity in the swimming bath, where life-sav-ing examinations were being held. Scholars were competing for the elementary, intermediate and bronze medal grades. The guests hSd tea in the diningroom and then joined the scholars in the schoolroom for the judges’ reports and prizes. Mr. Douglass introduced Mr. Lonsdale, who praised the work cone in the gardens and complimented the children on the amount of cultivation they had accomplished on the sandy soil to make such results possible. Mrs. Lonsdale then presented the gardening trophy to the Aotea Captain and a trophy to the Captain of the Tainui, which had gained most points for the craft display. Mrs. Baxter, who judged the crafts, was given a posy. Mr. Douglass, in introducing her, said that, on behalf of the school, he wished her and the family a pleasant sojourn in England next year. Terence and James were going on to the Friends’ School at Sibford, in England, and he felt sure they would have a happy time there. Mr. Congrieve then gave a short report on the life-saving work. He was heartily cheered by the scholars and Mr. Douglass expressed the indebtedness of the school to the officials of the Royal Lite Saving Society who so ungrudgingly gave up their time to conduct the exams, and who were so ready and willing to help the scholars with their advice and instruction. The leavers were then handed prizes by Mrs. Lonsdale, who also received a posy. The judges were cheered by the scholars and the short ceremony ended with God Save the King,

MAKIRIKIRI GOLF CLUB DANCE AND PRESENTATION OF TROPHIES The Makirikiri Golf Club recently held a dance to mark the closing ol the season, when members and tneir friends gathered in the Upokongarc Hall and spent a happy evening dancing to music playeci by Trussell's orchestra. Mr Dalgety spoke on the activities of the club, and Mr Newsham presented the trophies won during the year. The women’s championship was won by Miss 1. Hughes, and the men’s by Mr Reg. Lawrence. Among those present were: Mesdames Hammond, F. Smith, P. McDonald, Clutterbuck, G. McDonald, R. .Lawrence, Clemence, Jones, Newsham, A. Walker, Todd, Tasker, W. Penn. A. McNab, Moyle, G. Burgess, and Wilinshurst; Misses E. Low, M. Todd, P. Wylds, V. Healey, M. Mitchell, M. Blyth, L. Walker, P. Todd, B. McDonald, U. Sheild, E. Ford, E. Mackintosh, M. Simpson, M. Beach, N. Allen, E. Thomas, S. Wylds, K. Robinson, A. HorrocKs, A. Smith, H. Penn, G. Rice, Leydon, and M. Shelley. ——