WHITIORA SCHOOL.

Waikato Times, Volume 110, Issue 18405, 12 August 1931, Page 5

WHITIORA SCHOOL.

FANCY DRESS BALL. On the occasion of the annual school Fancy Dress Ball held on Friday last, August 7, the Whitora Infant School was thronged with a gay crowd of pupils and friends in festive attire.

The decoration of the rooms was left in the hands of Mr G. Henderson, assisted by local residents, to whom great credit is due for the very pleasing results.

The teaching staff had charge of the floor arrangements and carried out their duties under the crowded conditions in a very satisfactory manner. A feature of the evening was the folk dancing and choruses presented by the- school pupils, the music being supplied by an electrical gramophone kindly lent by Mr C. W. Wycherley. Airs H. C. Ross, who so capably acted as judge at the last annual ball, tilled the position again this year, and expressed surprise and pleasure at the Ingenuity and variety of the costumes.

She was assisted by Mrs N. Ross, and the following list of prize-winners is a tribute to the impartiality of their choice, for these costumes were generally declaerd to be of outstanding merit.

Best costume, child under 6 years.— Girl: Shirley Trenery, Victorian Lady; Boy: Edmond Morrow, Black Cat. Sixseven years: Ada Cairns, Gipsy; Keith Fox, Micky Mouse. Eight and nine years: Joyce Snowling, Fairy; David Tudhope, Barrister. Ten and eleven years: Hilda White, Militaire; Sam Johnston, Cowboy. Twelve years and over: Elsie Cook, Pierette; Derek Bullock, Sir Walter Raleigh. Most original: Joan Cheeseman, Lily; Pat McDevitt, Ten Per Cent. Cut. Best Pair: Mona and Kathleen Nicholson, Hula Girls. Poster: Louise Riddell, Pole’s Arcade.

Supper was served to the young people by the ladies’ committee and judging by the hearty way In which it was partaken of, it proved a very popular part of the evening's enjoyment. After supper had been served dancing was carried on until midnight by the adults.

For several years it has been customary to hold the ball in the Frankton Town Hall, but this year the school committee on account of the present stringent times decided to hold It in the school buildings and thereby makty the cost of admission much lower. Judging by the crowds who attended the function on Friday night, this Is a popular innovation, and although the accommodation at the school was severely taxed it is doubtful whether the same number would have gone to Frankton Junction, and paid the higher cost of admission which would of necessity have been imposed.

Unfortunately, owing to the lateness of the hour, the prizes could not be presented on Friday night, the chairman of the 'school committee presenting them on Monday morning. The committee desire to thank all those to whose assistance the outstanding success of the function is largely due. Those in fancy costume were:— Joyce Cooke, Pierrette; Elsie Cooke, Pierrette; Valerie Grant, Rose; Lois Avery, Spanish Dancer; Peggy Hebditch, Summer; Kathleen Nicolson, Mona Nicolson, Hula Girls; Gladys Madigan. Marie Fraser, Pierrettes;, Phyllis Prince, Gipsy Boy; Derek Bullock, Sir Walter Raleigh; Leslie Voisey, Ten Per Cent. Cut; Pauline Buckley, Pierrette; Joan Cheesman, Lily; Alona Hyde, Gypsy; Lilian Jackson, ballet girl; Poppy McLachlan, Eastern Princess; Dorothy Waugh, Dutch Girl; Joy Webster, Alice Blue Gown; Harold Elvey, Dirt Track Rider; Forest McLachlan. Relief Worker; Dllys Williams, Fluffy Ruffles: Joyce Wilson, E-vening Star; Hilda White, Mllltaire; Vona Reekie, Hawaiian Girl; Margaret Hocking. Fairy; Freda Underwood, Gipsy Girl; Mary Burgess, Dutch Girl; Bernice Choat. Hollywood Stepper; Joy Cook, Pierrette; Elsie Smith, Gipsy; May Coutts, Pierrette; Mary Cox, Jack of Hearts; Peggy McKinley. Courtier; Phyllis Cliffe, An Old-Fashioned Lady; Lois Jolly, A Star Fairy; Margaret Stimson, Golden Fairy; Hilda Bray. Fairy; Maurene Hare, Coquette; Olwyn Derrick. Frivolity; Avis Winger, Gipsy; Joyce Coutts, A Japanese Lady; Ailsa Robinson, Billy Boy; Connie Buckley, Scarlet Pierrette; Iris McCrae, Edmond's Custard Powder; Joan Eastwell, A Rose; Iris Hinkley, Confetti Girl; Agnes Peagram, Gipsy Maid; Patrick McDevitt. Ten Per Cent Cut; Colin Porteous, Pirate; David Mead Nobleman; lan Burgess. Tramp; David Tudhope, Barrister; Larice Cullen, Cowboy; Joan Mathewson. Night: Shirley Tait, The Balloon Girl; Joan Jackson. Policeman; Mary Cairns, Shepherdess; Trevor Snell Relief Worker; Alex. Gall. Harold Lloyd ; Samuel Johnson, Cowboy; Jack Warrington, Jester; William Neil. British Wholemeal; William Taylor. Turk; William Hebditch, Dutch Boy; Noel McLachlan, Jester; Athol Winger. Pirate; Phillip Hare; Indian; Edward Pascoe. Scout; Frank, Redman, Cowboy; Tancrcd

Bullock, Highwayman; Desmond Pratt, Shepherd; John Stimson, Cowboy; Vivian Rogers, Scout; Jean Crowhurst, Coster Girl; Ronald Crabb, Lord; Joan Pinfold, Rose; Felicia Taylor, Dutch Boy; Ethel Hocking, Fairy; Peggy Hildreth, Powder Puff; Olive Goodall. Spring; Joy Duff, Pink Fairy; Nancy Jackson, New Zealand Shipping Company; Elsie Revel, Fuchsia; Joy Snowling, Pink Fairy; Betty Pinfold, Egyptian Princess; Betty Hebditch, Carnival Bells; Helen Robinson, Flower Fairy Margaret Crabb, Don Bradman; Valda Hyde, Dutch Boy; Mary Scown, Butterfly; Alan Irvine, Austrian Courtier: Mervyn Hinkley, Indian; Edward Collier, Girl; Maurice Elvey, Black Cat; Trevor Goodall, Clown; Robert Taylor, Gipsy Pierrot; lan Johnston, Footballer; Stanley Honeybun, Cowboy: Harold Newman, The Levy; Tom Cooke, Baggy Breeches; Ron. Hyde, Swagger; Bryan Lutman, Scarecrow; Jack Waters, Brigand; Beryl Menzies, Spanish Girl; Helen Hollinger, Rose; Molly Thomson, Rose; Alleen Waugh. Ruffles; Eileen Parsons, Night; Joyce Ferguson, Moth; Moyna Grylls, ToySoldier;, Mary Evans, Springtime; Nancy Holman, Goblin; Louise Riddell, Pole's Arcade; Valerie Nicolas, Duck; Merle Parrish, Rose; Isobel George, Parma Violet; Shirley Pheasant, Policeman; Bruce Smith, Texaco Pump; Kenneth Morse, Bed Time; William Cliffe, Pierrot; Joseph Porteous. Girl; Owen Gibson, Pierrot; Nelson Holman, Indian; John Clark, Pierrot; -Roy Marsh, Pirate; Harold Waters, Pirate; June Choat, Golliwog; Joan Packer, Jill; Phyllis Waugh, Briaf Rose; Nola King, Black Cat; Ailsa Senior, Fairy Princess; Nola Graham, Waffles; Melva Barr, Flower Girl; Shirley Slade, Columbine; Edna Hines, Old English; Francis Denny, Ribbon Fan; Olive Johnston, Our Zoo; Joan Gall, Winter Time; Margaret Stevenson, Dutch Girl; Brian Whineray, Cowboy; Maurice Choat, Cowboy; lan McKinley, Chinaman; Neil Church, Clown; Gordon Johnson, Halequin; Rex Hollinger, Tin Soldier; Harry Shaw, Cowboy; Ronald Vause, One Way Street; Claude Nicolson, Charlie Chapline; Sidney Sedgwick, Buy N.Z. Goods in Hamilton; Owen 'Hedge, Pierrot; Raymond Waters, French Student; Alan Taylor, Nigger; Max M-c Gerty, Dairy Farmer; Stephen Webster, Little Boy Blue; Leslie Street, Golfer; Robert Elliott, Indian; Peter Beange, Page; Jack Ofsoske, Man; lan Bamford, Indian; Roy Cramp, Page; Keith Fox Mickey Mouse; June Newman, Food's Gone Up; Mabel Norman, Washerwoman; Mavis Coulston, Red Riding Hood; Hope Burgess, Daffodil Fairy, Norma Bailey, Rose-bud; Tul Anderton, Clown; Marion Sweeting, Red Riding Hood; Alma White, Bouquet; Hazel Grant, -Rose; Violet Taylor. South Sea Rose; Ada Cairns, Gypsy: Winsen Parrish, Bluebell; Beveline George, Queen; Keith Louden, Indian; Theola Malsey, Little Miss Muffet; Zeala Lofthouse, Earl Victorian Lady: Gwen Shirley, Dutch Boy; Roy Roblin. Elf; June Watson, Queen; Bett' Crabbe, Golliwog; Zonie Anderton, Nurse; Doreen Packer, Joan Packer, Jack and Jill; Yvonne King, Doll; Helen Crabb. Dancing Girl; Edmund Morrow, Cat; Malcolm Hughes, Gipsy. Brian Aitken, Little Boy Blue; George Hinton. Pierrot; Walter Pitcalthley. Pierrot; Gwenda Choat, Starlight: Arnold Cliffe, Alsatian Girl; Olga Hod son. Red Riding Hood: Alison Smith, Powder Puff; Peter Nisbet, Cricketer; J Dorothy Hinton, Fairy; Arthur Hinton, | Toy Soldier; Shirley Trenery, Victorian i Lady. *