FANCY DRESS BALL

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 11, Issue 92, 24 October 1947, Page 7

FANCY DRESS BALL

OTAKIRI SCHOOL FUNCTION EVENT OF SCHOOL YEAR The School Ball again turned out to be the most popular event of the school year. The programme of folk dances and ballroom dances prepared by the staff was carried through without a hitch. Mrs A. V. Gilbert and Mrs A. Armstrong provided the music and at 10 p.m. supper was provided by the committeemen and their wives. The judges for costumes were Mr and Mrs W. Green who had a difficult task placing the winners. Junior prizes were won by Claire Wallen, Fay Trumper, Bruce Ewan, The Ranson Twins and Mark Briggs. Senior prize winners were: Shona Lord, Helen O’Rourke, Ross Blair and Kerr Aird. The Costumes The complete list of costumes was as follows: Primers (Girls) Cleo Campbell, Dutch Girl; Ngaire Dodunski, He Loves Me He Loves Me Not; Irene Woodberry, Flower Girl; Daphne King, Peach Blossom; Edna Campbell, Flower Girl; Marion Kirkwood, Strawberry; Annette Bateson, Flower Girl; Dolly Hunt, Plain; Leslie Patterson, Nurse. Boys Donny Campbell, Elf; Colin Bunn, Sailor; Leon Bunn, Pirate; Mark Briggs, Dutch Boy; Keith Thomas, Witch; Stewart Goodfellow, Santa Claus; Tony Ranson, Cowboy; Bruce Mackrell, Indian; Jimmy Johnston, Plain; Albert Hunt, Plain; Philip Mcßride, Departed Spirit; Des Caulfield, Postman; Leslie Hammond, Soldier.

S.I Girls Barbara Hodgson, Flower Girl; Meryl MacDonald, Patriotic Rosette; Betty Moir, Witch; Fay Trumper, Christmas Card; Clair Wallen, When Winter Comes, Spring be Far Behind It; Rosemary Hammond, Paint Box; Vernal Peck, Gypsy; Susie Hunt, Rainbow; Kathie Leslie, Chinese Boy; Kay Briggs, Dutch Girl. S.I Boys Keith Smith, Sylvia Starch Nigger; Bruce Doidge, Chinaman; Nelson King, Paper Parcel; Colin Campbell, Pirate; 'Perry Cristall, Peter Pan; Robert Gardiner, Schoolboy; Graham Thomas, Footballer. Sd. 2-3 Girls Eileen' Mark, Plain; Betty Bunn, Flower Girl; Thelma Hodgson, Sonja Henie; Joan Leslie, Comic; Audrey Mackrell, Bumble Bee; Joan O’Sullivan, Peasant Girl; Margare Dignan, Bride; Connie Moir, Sailor; Allison King, Pierette; Rochelle Aird, Egyptian Princess; Dawn Peck Duch . Girl; Louise Goodfellow, Brownie; Rosemary Hogg, Bridesmaid. Std. 2-3 Boys Fred Rouse, Red Indian; Peter Goodfellow, Scarecrow; Colin Dodunski, Pleasure Cruise; Jimmy Revell, Jockey; Bruce Swan,. Benzine Bowser; Syd Woodberry, Cowboy; Jack Rouse, Swagger; Ron Wallen, Arab; Tui Hunt, Plain; Bruce Thomas, Ghost; Ron- Foote, Clown. Std 4 Girls Valerie King, Pierrot; Peggy Minchin, Bride; Patricia Patterson, Half Boy-Girl; Helen O’Rourke, Music Goes Round; Rita Smith, Goddess of Spring. Std. 4 Boys Gary Bunn, Chef; Colin Hammond All Black; Roger Peck, Mad Hatter; Roy Winter, Dutch Boy; Ross Blair, Cave Man; Allen Reid, Cowboy. F.I. Girls Doreen Barton, Absent Minded Professor; Aldyth Hill, Chinaman; May Tukaki, Clown; Pgt Jones, l 7 t.h Century; "Val Linwood, Arabian Piincess; Tina Hunt, Plain; Noe line Andresen, Queen of Hearts; Anne Goodfellow, Clown; Edith Mayo, Gay Nineties. F.I Boys Ron Smith, Bridesmaid; Lindsay Sandilands, Robin Hood; Sandy Eivers, Plain; F.2 Girls Shona Lord, Eastern Lady; Jill Jessup, Early Victorian; Marjorie Mayo,' Welsh Girl; Heather Watson, Moon; Beryl Leslie, Blackmarket. F.2 Boys George Simon, Plain; Kerr Aird, Arab; Peter O’Sullivan, Hungarian; Alan Hill, Red Indian.