KOPUAWHARA NEWS
FANCY DRESS DANCE HAPPY SCHOOL FUNCTION (Herald Correspondent.) An ideal night for dancing drew a large crowd of parents, children and adult dancers to the school dance held in the No. 3 Y.M.C.A. Hall, Kopuawhara, on Thursday night. With music supplied by Messrs J. Olene, J. Worsfold, J. Puriri and W. Nathan, the proceedings went with a swing, the children and adults alike thoroughly enjoying the night out. Mr. W. B. Nathan made an able M.C. for the adults’ programme. The school life-saving team, including the winners of the Knapp Life-saving Shield, gave a demonstration of land drill. Among those present were:— Girls. —Merle Bradley (Queen of Clubs), Rewa Pemberton • (Minuet), Rae Goodwin (flower-girl), Lorna Peryer (fairy), Pat Ilighct (Dutch boy), Lefty Pemberton (ballet girl), Noeline Doyle (soldier girl), Marie White (cordials), Pam Elliot (Columbine), Audrey Hunter (sailor girl), Josephine Rolfe (huntslady), Winnie Crab be (Question), June Scott (sailor girl), Huia Ferguson (gipsy), Lois Judd (Irish washerwoman), Phyllis Gordon (Chinese girl), Fay Ferguson (red, white and blue), Doreen Fairlie (a pink jug), Jean Taylor (Lady of the Rose), Fay Elliot (early Victorian lady), Annette Peryer (thistle), and Alice Gaffey (Question). Boys.—Fred Hilliard, John McEnnis (Russian), Tony Martinac, Keith Doyle (Father Christmas), Rae Harris' (tin soldier), George Cumming (Mexican don), Ken Gordon (Bold Bad Buccaneer), Tom Cumming (Mexican don), Bill Pemberton (Question), Tom Scott (swagger), Dick Gordon (Lone Ranger), Jim Gibson (Question), Stephen Le Gros (sailorman), Jim Doyle (black cat), Leslie Harris (sailor), Ron Elliot (drummer boy), Raymond Roll'e (cricketer), Keith Peryer (Question), Lex Gordon (cook), and Gordon GafTcy (Question).
There were also present the following children from the Paritu school:—Martha Rangi, Ivy Osborne. Mavis McCahon, Pat Quinn, Roy Osborne, Len Osborne and Peter Qu inn.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20002, 29 July 1939, Page 8
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287KOPUAWHARA NEWS Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20002, 29 July 1939, Page 8
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