Marton News

Wanganui Chronicle, 20 December 1950, Page 2

Marton News

Keen Competition At Marton Athletic Sports Last Night MARTON, Last Night (OC).—Good fields faced the starter at the sports held on Marton Park last night and competition was always interesting. Results were: CYCLING EVENTS. Half mile: D. Westwood (90) 1, R. Housman (145) 2, P. Waldron (90) 3. Time, Imin. ssec. One mile: R. Housman (260) 1, L. Simpson (130) 2, E. Hunt (190) 3. Time, 2min. 18sec. Two miles: R. Housman (370) 1, E. Hunt (240) 2, L. Simpson (200) 3. Time, 7min. 14sec. TRACK EVENTS. 100yds. (A grade): J. Veal (7i) and A. Palmer (76) dead heat 1, J. O’Connell (9i) 3. Time, 10 2-ssec. B grade: D. Webber (11) 1, J. Cozens (7i) 1, R. Webber (11) 3. Time, llsec. 220yds: J. Veal (17) 1, J. O’Connel (23)’ 2, W. Higginson (23) 3. Time, 24 2-ssec. One mile: S. Robertson (70) 1, R. Kendall (65) 2, J. McLeod (190) 3. Time, 4min. 25sec. Colts 100yds.: R. Housman 1, K. Saville 2, T. Poppe 3. Time, 13sec. Colts 440yds.: R. Brice 1, I. Housman 2, K. Saville 3. No time. Women’s 75: J. Coleman (25) 1, M. Martyn (6) 2, B. Marsh (9) 3. Time, * 9sec. Womens 100yds.: J. Coleman (35) 1, M. Martyn (75) 2, B. Marsh (10) 3. Time, 14 2-ssec. FIELD EVENTS. Men’s high jump: J. Veal 1, L. Dailey 2, A. Quittenden 3. Height, sft. 7in. Women’s high jump: B. Marsh 1, J. Coleman 2, M. Stafford 3. Height, 4ft. 7in. St. Stephen’s School End-of-Year Activities The end-of-year activities for St. Stephen’s School, Marton, began with the production in the Parish Hall ot two plays by the standards, all the children taking part. Parents and friends were invited to see Kiplings “The Cat That Walked By Itself’’ and a farce for children entitled “The Emperor’s New Clothes.” Both plays were produced by the headmistress, Mrs G. Morton, and a feature of the production was the careful memorisation of the actors’ lines and the clear enunciation. '*• The school sports were held on Marton Park, the senior championship being won by Ann Gardner and the junior by Tineke Gaisford. Hobson House finished one point ahead of Grey. In the afternoon a large congregation assembled in the church for the end-of-term service, which took the form of carols and lessons read by the children. In the hall afterwards, reports were read by the (Rev. N. Williams) and the headmistress, and the prizes were presented by Mrs N. V. Rix-Trott for games and Mr Williams for work. In her report, Mrs Morton referred to visits made to the school, especially two visits by the Bishop of Wellington, and to regular visits by groups of parents to see the school actually at work. Referring to games, Mrs Mor. ton thanked especially Mrs D. A. Parkinson and Miss J. Wigglesworth for their help with basketball. Special awards won were the handwork vase by Susan Willis, the A. H. Bill Memorial by Priscilla Wfiliams, and the Kitcat Memorial for Divinity by Brenda Briant. The vicar said the past year had been the easiest for some time with regard to the most pressing problem —staff. In Mrs Morton and Mrs O’Sullivan, Mr Williams said he believed that St. Stephen's had as good a staff as any school and a much better staff than any other school of similar size. In previous years the committee had been much concerned over reading. Mr Williams said he regularly visited three State schools and took Sunday school, and so was in a position to say that the reading of children at St. Stephen’s was very good. Referring to the committee’s desire to keep fees for teaching as low as possible, Mr Williams said they could not compete on equal terms with the State schools, but must always be dependent, in a measure, on the generosity of people like those who originally put up the money to build and equip St. Stephen’s, not because they expected to profit from their generosity but because they felt ic was a good thing that a church should have a school where not only was religion taught but where the teaching and common life were based on God’s commands, “Thou shalt love the Lord thy God, and thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.” Mr Williams said that maintenance work had been limited to the bare essentials, but obviously the committee could not go on indefinitely in this way. He appealed for loyalty to the school and to the church. NO SCHOLARSHIP AWARDED Because none of the eight candidates reached the required standard in the examination, no award of the Young Scholarship was made in Marton this year. This announcement was made yesterday by the Public I Trust Office, which administers the ' estate of the late Mr H. L. Young. , The scholarship is open to Standard 6 i pupils of the Marton District High ! and Marton Junction Schools whc.ii ; parents arc in receipt of an income below a certain amount. THE MODERN BOY A casualness about discipline, a disinclination to tackle anything hard or I unpleasant and resentment at correction were faults attributed to the modern boy by the headmaster of ' Huntley School, Marton, Mr R. P. ■ Shcrriff, when speaking at the annual | break-up. He agreed with those who ; :. id th? modern boy was as good as f his father, but ho was definitely more [averse to discipline, and as a consequence less obedient.