FAMILY PARTY

Dominion, Volume 33, Issue 188, 6 May 1940, Page 4

FAMILY PARTY

Queen Margaret College Celebrations The twenty-first birthday celebrations of Queen Margaret College, 'Wellington, started on Saturday with a family party at the school, which was attended by old girls and their husbands and children, the last totalling more than 50. Members of the staff, past and present, also went to the party, which was arranged by the committee of the old girls’ association. Fifty of the present pupils up to form I were hostesses to the children of the old girls, and took part in the treats which had been arranged for the afternoon. The older children played games in the main hall, and watched a puppet show in one of the classrooms. A creche was arranged in one of the upstairs rooms, and was in the charge of two Karitane nurses, Misses Barbara Edie and Helen lorns, who are old girls and members of the committee. The nursery, for the children of two and three years, wag set u.p as a

kindergarten with miniature furnishings and playthings, and was in charge of tivo trained kindergarten old girls, Misses Esther Hoby and Audrey Newton, also members of the committee.

Tea was a memorable event. The largest classroom was used to accommodate one very long table, at which more than 100 small folk sat. There was a very large coloured birthday cake with candles, which was cut by the oldest child present—Robin Hopkirk, daughter of Mrs. Vivian Hopkirk. All the children wore caps in the school colours of black, blue and gold. | After tea, amusing sound cartoons were shown, the children all sitting on mats in the hall to watch the screen. One of the fathers, Mr. K. N. K. Huffam, worked the projector. Miss Menard was in charge of the children's party. The parents enjoyed the role of spectators at the party. They had a social corner arranged upstairs, where they exchanged the usual reminiscences and were served tea. Miss I. Wilson, the present principal, was hostess, with Miss Clachan and Miss Kersley, president of the old girls’ association. Others on the committee responsible for the arrangements were Mrs. C. Marchbanks, Mrs. John Oairney, Miss Menard, Miss Mary Sladden and Miss W. Wallace.

Among the old girls and their husbands were Mrs. Wallace (Miss M. Townshend), Mrs. John Oliver (Miss M. Nash), Mrs. M. Criven (Miss M. Levestan), Mr. and Mrs. Griffiths (Miss Mary Watson), Mrs. R. Hay (Miss Jean McLay), Mr. and Mrs. Bispham (Miss Phillips), Mrs. Russell Matthews (Miss Mary Brodie), Mrs. Pledger (Miss Gladys Meek), Mr. and Mrs. A. Akroyd (Miss Marion McCaw), Mrs. O. Turner (Miss McLean), Mr. and Mrs. E. McCarroll (Miss Dorothy Hay), Mr. and Mrs. M. de Woolf (Miss Maris), Mr. and Mrs. Keith Rowe

(Miss G. Hay), Mr. and Mrs. David Crombie (past staff), Mrs. Humphrey (Miss Tonks), Mr. and Mrs. Erie Mur.phy (Miss Mcllroy), Mr. and Mrs. F. Ramson (Miss Veitch), Mr. and Mrs. V. Hpipkirk (Miss Edna Gilbert), Mrs. L. Agar (Miss Edith McKenzie), Mrs. Neal (Miss Mary Scotland), Mrs. Mitchell (Miss Maxwell), Mrs. Alan Simm (Miss Pat Monro), Mrs. Forde (Miss Freda Line), Mrs. Brooke-White (Miss M. Murle), Mrs. Hardie (Miss Macdonald), Mrs. Simester (Miss Jean Weir), Mr. and Mrs. Hoare (Miss M. Fletcher), Mrs. Asboe (Miss Hazel Davies), Mrs. lan Bowie (Miss Nola Townshend), Mr. and Mrs. Morrish (Miss Jean Burden), Mrs. Lettey (past staff), Mrs. K. D. Wood (Miss Dorothy Hay), and-Misses Pat Wilson, J. Goodwin, Constance Clater, Munt and W. Wallace.

Yesterday a service was held in St. John’s Church at 3 p.m., followed by afternoon tea at the school for all past and .present members of the board, staff and the prefects form 1019 to 1940.

Today a back-to-sehool day will be held for all past and present pupils, and there will be basketball and tennis matches, followed by a buffet tea. lu the evening there will be an informal' entertainment and reunion.