ANNUAL REUNION.

Waikato Times, Volume 114, Issue 19065, 2 October 1933, Page 5

ANNUAL REUNION.

HAMILTON HIGH SCHOOL.

SUCCESSFUL FUNCTIONS. The annual re-union of the Hamilton High School Old Girls was held on Saturday at the school. During the day. which was a beautifully line one, the following functions took place:—

ANNUAL MEETING. There was a large attendance of Old Girls at the reunion held at the school on Saturday. -Miss D. Clegg presided over the annual meeting. The annual report and balance-sheet disclosed a very satisfactory state of affairs. r lhe association has held several functions with -the view to keeping the old girls in touch with one another during the winter months. The annual tennis afternoon was a great success. Election of Officers. The following officers were elected: President, Mrs W. 11. Allen; vicepresidents, Mrs J. Standrin, Mrs R. Conradi, Mrs A. P. Nelson; lion, secretary, Miss D. Wilkes; assistant lion, secretary, Miss M. Houghton; committee, Misses D. Speight, D. Clegg, M. Langley. M. and ,J. Campbell, G. Hodgson, P. Sorbv, M. Shaw, G. MacMiken; country representatives: Auckland, Mrs G. Rowe, Mrs 11. “Ward; Momnsville, Mrs P. H. Baxter; Matamala, Mrs 11. G. Keelcy; Te Awamutu, Mrs Godfrey; Napier, Miss E. Storey; Wellington, Miss M. Cliff. Mr Eh-en Wilson, the principal of the school, addressed the meeting and outlined the activities of the school during the year. A very interesting statement was the reading of the rolls for tlie earliest years of the school. Mrs J. A.lan also spoke.

BASKETBALL. In the basketball games, past v. present pupils, School A defeated Old Girls seniors by 22 points to 12, while the Old Girls juniors won from School B by 10 points to 8. The following were the teams: — Old Girls seniors, Z. Holmes, M. Edmondson, E. Robinson, B. Armstrong, V. Gobbie, E. Burns. K. English, E. Davidson, N. llobbs; School A, S. Ladd, M. Reekie, 11. Clough, E. Brownlie, 11. Short, K. Ryan, E. McNicol, J. Redmond, A. Harris; Old Girls, juniors, M. Shaw, M. Cavill, -E. Pearson, P. Sorby, J. -Cliff, N. Woodward, N. Brown, J. Palmer, J. Ward; School B, M. Mackie, J. Mason, R. Gilbert, B. Brown, M. Thomson, N. Walders, K. Speight, E. Robinson, N. Martin.

ANNUAL DINNER. The annual dinner was held at the Centreway Tearooms and -proved a great success, over 100 old girls being -present. Musical items were rendered by Mrs J. J. Standrin, Mrs R. Conradi, Miss T. Norman, Miss R. Findlay and elocution by Miss C. Bee che. Among those present were: —Mes■dames Eben Wilson, W. Allen, J. J. Standrin, Baxter, R. Conradi, C. Bennett, P. 11. Saxton, A. P. Nelson, H. Ward, I. Hayward, E. Ewart, D. Kemp, H. D. Tait, Watkins. Svens-on, Mason, Carter, Bell, F. Powell, J. Allan; Misses Hogg, Wyatt, White, •Gordon, Callis, Griffiths, Barrowclough, Wilson, M- Campbell, D. Wilkes, D. Clegg, E. Newell, P. and E. Tombs, J. and M. Campbell, M. Langley, D. and 11. Speight, M. Houghton, D. Cliff, R. Findlay, B. McCracken, Y. Couper, Greville, G. Pope, Seccombe, Clough, M. Shaw, E. Dawson, V. Cann, N. Brown, J. Cameron, L. Sayer, Iv. Luxton, E. Davison, B. Armstrong, G. Simcock, M. Edmondson, I. Pratt, Thomson, E. Henderson, C. Beeche, E. Primrose, O. Wells, 0. Locke, K. Jenkins, V. Gobble, M. Sutton, N. Newell, M. Shields, G. Gifford, E. Burns, M. Hooper, N. 'Hobbs, B. Clark, N. Ward, M. Ambury, B. Foster, Stevenson, J. Davey, M. Sellar, D. Robertson, E. Saxton, V. Darrall, F. Robertson, Bell, L. and Z. Holmes, T. and K. Murtagh, M. Cavill, G. McMiken, D. Radford, C. Patterson, I. Leech, P. Wallace, T. Norman, V. Whitlock, E. Wilson, N. Jackson, M. Bruce, D. Stevens.

ANNUAL DANCE. The annual re-union dance was held in the school hall in the evening and proved a very successful function. Mr and Mrs Eben Wilson received the many guests, the latter wearing a charming frock of saracen red Chantilly lace, worn with a small coat of the same material. The hall had been decorated with red and black flowers and streamers and the Old Boys’ badge hung from the wall at one end of the hall. 'Music for the dancing was played by Dave Shaw’s Melody Boys. During the evening a delicious supper was served. Midnight brought the dance to a close and marked the end of one of the most successful reunions held by the school. Among those present were:—Mesdames C. L. MacDlarmid, wearing a frock of blue shaded flowered chiffon; B. English, russet shaded georgette; A. M. Bisley, cherry satin and lace; P. Nelson, jade flowered georgette; G. Bagley, black georgette and lace; G. Taylor, ivory frilled lace and net; E. Gununer, primrose georgette and lace; J. J. Standrin, jade lace; B. Horton, cherry and white faille; G. Rowe (Auckland), black polka dot net; Conradi, leal’ green georgette; H. D. McFarland, jade fiat crepe; Alder McKenzie, deep blue georgette. Mesdames G. O’Connor, cream lace; 11, Ward (Auckland), deep blue moire; W. Allen, pastel shaded chiffons: J. Baxter, black lace; F. Mason, black georgette and lace ; D. Tate, black and beige lace. '.Misses Hogg, wearing jade lace: G. Wyatt, black and blue (lowered taffetas; E. Griffith, black laITo Ia s ; E. White, deep cream Hal crepe; B. Wilson, deep cream souplc satin; N. Callis, primrose fiat crepe; E. Barrowelougli, jade moire: K. Gordon, flame souplc sulin; D. Wilkes, Parma violet souple satin; Mary Gillies, primrose moire; Betty Manning, deep blue ring velvet; M. Bowman, flame, satin; J. Campbell, beige and cherry moire.

Misses N. Gwynne, flowered taffetas; Y. Gann, jade moire: M. Campbell, beige ami cherry moire; E. lteeelie. ivory sat in; S. Treston (Auckland), flowered ninon; C. Clayton Greene, peach souple satin; V. Griffiths (lloto-

ma), deep blue georgette; E. O’Neil Ivory satin; M. McGuinness, peach flowered dimity; E. Williams, pinna '‘blisses o Foster, parchment embossed georgette; Mary Watts, black potka dot net- I. Pratt, ivory organdie, 1 ■ Phillips.’ivory georgette; C. Buckland, jade satin; H. Hopklnson, rose satin bcaute; D, Speight, cameo pink taffetas; Beverly McCracken, partlirnent flounced organdie; Nancj Blown, champagne satin and lace; A. Howe, burgundy satin; P. borby, rose gcorgcttc and black lace; M. '-Hiesterman, jade taffetas; M. Taylor ■black « e. ii (flegsc petunia georgette, M. Bljtlie, cherry and white satin; A. Stevens •black lace; T. Gould, scarle lacc, C. Craig, ivory satin; -P. (iiifllths (Rotorua), primrose moire; Perliam, pink lacc and georgette. Misses N. Woodward, blue taffetas, E. Hope, primrose satin; C. llosking, apricot ring velvet: K. Hedwood, primrose laffeias: A. Harrison, sago green crinkled crepe; 11. Hallimore. hyaein.li hiue organdie: P. Tombs, black flowered laffeias; C. Hanna, sunset velvet; Holmes, sage green flat crepe; K. Penney, primrose violet, sal in; !*• | Rohicson, jade lace; A. Gaze, blue and white crinkled organdie; K. Englislt, rose sou pic satin; E. \\ hiteliousc, j ; iiic satin; G. limes, leaf green ring velvet; M. Grcvillc, cherry and white •organdie; .1. Johnstone, leaf green chenille georgette; i. I.eeehe, beige georgette and lace. Misses N. Cavil, red and while cheeked Bingham; M. Langley, ivory

satin; Y. Couper, black chiffon yeivet.; E Tombs, rose frilled chiffon; Clough, cameo pink angel skin lace; E. Neilson, black and jade flowered chiffon, Tomlinson, ivory satin; N. >\«»ti, parchment flat crepe; 11. Speight, black lace; P. Langley, black georgette and lace; J. Rountree, gold satin; J. Cameron, ivory crinkle crepe; K. Jackson, black lace; E. Saxton, flowered chiffon; R. Clark, ivory satin; M. Troutbeck. blue flowered dimity; J. Pope, ivory lace; .1. Morrison, flame souple satin; E. Clough, jade lace; L. gayer, flowered dimity; G. Foster, shell pink georgette; M. Anibury, parchment flat crepe; C. Gifford, leP green lacc: C. Harrow, jade souple