FANCY DRESS BALL
ORMOND SCHOLARS VARIED COSTUMES (Herald Correspondent.) The Ormond Hall was the scene of much festivity on Thursday evening on the occasion of the Ormond School children’s fancy dress ball. Despite doubtful weather conditions, a large number attended and the children made a gay scene in their varied costumes. Miss .Gooch supplied the music, and Mr. Grayson contributed an extra. The children’s dances were under the control of the headmaster and Miss Hollis, while Mr. J. Winning acted as M.C. for the adults’ portion of the programme. At the conclusion of the children’s dances, Mr. P. Stephenson, chairman of the school committee, thanked the people for their attendance and the ladies’ committee for their generous help.
The.children present were: Joy Hope (holly), Mary Buckingham (pi-erretto), Janet Cook (Coster Bill lady), Ronald Cook (Coster Bill man), June Stephenson (night), Emma Kingi, Billie Stephenson (Dutch girl), Jean Atkin (early Victorian), Daphne Breingan (.golliwog), Sernadine Wawatai, Betty Davidson (violet), Freda Ro'binson (patches), Babsi Moore, John Cameron (cowboy), Fred .Kelso, Jim Keenan (Chinese), Ross Cameron, George Buckingham (swagger), Ivan Breingan, Rex iSinton, Dulcie Ball, Wiki Haronga, Trevor "Williams (Dr. Dafoe), John Ball, Billy Harcnga, Fraser Cameron (cowboy), Billy Bell (Red Indian chief), Sam King, Lucy Shears (Topsy), Joyce Parsons (June rose), Bruce Shears (.coster), Joan Buckingham (Japanese girl), Gwen Atkin (Herald), Pat Law' (cowboy). Audrey .Toll (Snow White), Pat Stephenson (fairy), Pat Shears (coster), Sydney James (clown), Jack Neenan (soldier), George Galloway (sailor). Rae Breingan (golliwog), Maud Kingi, Mary Wattle (Black and White whisky), Valerie Jo'll (Victorian lady), Janet Atkin (Irish cc.lleen), Brian Bell (cowboy), John Kingi (Indian chief), Ray James (Indian), Joy Grayson, Tilly Kitchener, Warren iSinton, Audrey Emitters (old English), Margaret Ward (flower gir.l), Patrick Ward, Pauline Parsons (sunflower'), Tod Parsons (Victorian), Rex Jones (sailor), and Barbara Ross.
Among the adults present were Mesdames P. .Stephenson, W. H. Jones, E. Caigou, B. Lister. W. Hope, F. Davidson, J. Gray sen, Q Grayson, J. Turner, Atkin, Norcross, E. Ward, O’Rourke, S. G. Jones, J. McKay, Pevreal, Love-
lock. White, M. P. Jamefa, D. Bell, J. Sinton, W. Hale, W. Morris, G. McKay, R. Proudfoot, W. L. Porter, Cook, Breingan, S. Smithers, Harvey, W. 0. Jones, Shears, L. 'Candy, E. Reichen•bach, A. Parsons. H. Parsons end Davis; Misses I. L. Jones, M. O’Rourke. B. Bell, Nancy Byrne, G. Parsons, I. and A. Olley, P. McKay, B. Smithers and P. Hale.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 19979, 3 July 1939, Page 6
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398FANCY DRESS BALL Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 19979, 3 July 1939, Page 6
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