Huntly Schools’ Queen Carnival

Huntly Press and District Gazette, Volume 4, 26 November 1915, Page 3

Huntly Schools’ Queen Carnival

The Huntly Schools' Queen Carnival was brought to a most successful conclusion on Saturday evening last, when a grand bazaar was held in the Main Street. The Carnival was organised by the looal School Committee, with whom were associated, the teachers of the school, together with the Rev. Father O’Dogherty and Mr J. Robertson as a committee. This committee had the willing help of many ladies and gentlemen, too numerous to mention. The main item of the Carnival consisted of a Schools’ Queen Carnival. The partisans of each queen worked manfully to place her at the top of the poll, with the astounding result that the contest realised the handsome total of £202 9s 2d. The individual amounts and number of votes gained by each queen were published in these columns last week. On Friday last a Mock Court was held, and fines inflicted on various residents to the tune of £l6O-6-1. FLOWER SHOW. The room at the School, in which the flower show was held presented a very elegant appearance when all the exhibits were set out, and the various blooms and works of art housed there, were a credit to the producers. The results of the various competitions were as under : CHILDREN’S FLOW SHOW. 1- 6 roses, Ist, R. Faris; 2nd, H. Rayner. 2. 6 carnations, Ist, L. Brocklebank.

3. 12 sweet peas, Ist, C. Smith ; 2nd, J. McLean. 4. Collection of cut flowers, Ist, Z. Kasoof; 2nd, J. McLean. 5. Floral basket, Ist K. Porter ; 2nd E. Harlock. 6. Hand bouquet, Ist D. Burgess. 7. 3 button holes, Ist E. Skellern ; 2nd E. Harlock. 8. Lady’s spray, Ist D. Burgess 9. Decorated table, Ist D. Burgess. 11. Native flowers, Ist B. Paterson. 12. Fern, Ist G. Fraser. 13. 6 scones, Ist E. O’Connor ; 2nd M. Fraser. 14. Jam sandwich, Ist F. Brook. 13. Collection of home - made sweets, Ist O. Steele. 16. Dressed doll, Ist E. Russell. (Second prizes were given only in those classes in which there were more than four exhibits). CONTINUOUS CONCERT. One room w T as set apart as a concert room, and there Mr Carmody and his troupe of artists, kept good audiences well pleased with themselves and the performers throuhgout the afternoon and evening of Friday and Saturday, incidentally earning a substantial amount for the Fund. EXHIBITIONS.

In the school grounds at intervals the school children gave most creditable displays of club-swinging and the maypole dance.

A recitation competition resulted in Barbara Suttie being awarded Ist prize and N. Berry 2nd prize. On Saturday a procession was formed and went from the Convent to the Public School.

The procession was headed by three motor cars, kindly lent by Messrs Greenwell, Porter and Suttie the leading car carrying the four competitors in the Queen Competition and Mr J. P. Bailey. The following prizes were awarded in connection with the procession : Best decorated horse-drawn vehicle, Mr F. Cox. £ Best decorated baby carriage, Mrs A. A. Stewart. Best decorated animal pet, Mr R. Wesley’s dog. Best Dressed Comic Boy, Norman Berry. At the Public school there was a little speechmaking, and then the Queen of the Carnival, Miss Grace Berry, was crowned by Mr J. P. Bailey, amidst the cheers of the bystanders. Side shows anff competitions then went on as ion Friday, the Baby show resulting as follows: — Baby 12 months and under:Mrs Hilland 1 „ Rennie 2 „ Morris 3 Baby 18 months and under:— Mrs Payne 1 „ Brown 2 „ Neane 3 A feature of this competition was the evenness of the competitors. In the first competition only eight marks divided the highest from the lowest, and in the second only four marks. The cake guessing competitions resulted in Messrs Carmody and Tregoweth gaining the prizes. Street collections were made by Messrs T. Black and S. Scott, the former collecting £lB-1-8 and the latter £4-0-4d. As will be seen from the appended balance sheet the various stalls did very well indeed. Everything was sold,

a clearance being made by auction at 10 p.m„ Mr J. Elliot officiating as auctioneer. The stall holders were as follows: Art—Mesdames Richards, G. Shaw, W. Jolly, Misses Young and Skelton, assisted by pupils of schools. Plain and Fancy—Mesdames Harris, Elliot, and Miss Berry assisted by pupils of schools. Produce Mesdames Porter and Ruston assisted by pupils of schools.

At 9 p.m. Mr “ Spot Cash ” who in private life is Mr R. C. Roberts of Raynor’s Road, appeared on the street and managed to escape detection for only 15 minutes, Master Roy Sheeran being the persistent enquirer who unearthed him.

The net result of the Carnival is the collection of a sum of over £SOO, which is very creditable for a small place like Huntly, and says much for the strenuous efforts put forward by the various members of the different com mittees. We know a little about work of this kind, and recognise that the work and self sacrifice must have been enormous.

The work of getting out the charge-sheet in connection with the mock court, involving as it did, the making up of about 150 charges, must have been a heavy burden on somebody. Most of the charges were very original. Lack of space precludes our publishing them this week, but a selection from the sheet will be published in our next issue.

The balance-sheet below, require no comment. It speaks most eloquently for itself. In writing up the account of the Carnival, we have avoided, as far as possible, the mention of names, for the reason that so many people did yeoman service that it would be impossible to publish all their names, and therefore, we refrain, as far as possible from publishing any. BALANCE-SHEET. Statement of receipts and expenditure :

Queen’s and art union 202 9 2 Col. in Street, by Mr T. Black 18 1 8 Col. in St. by Mr S. Scott 4 0 4 Gate Takings 15 15 0 Programmes and other receipts ... 7 7 10 Stalls —Art ... 35 7 9 „ Plain and Fancy 27 3 4 „ Side Shows 22 10 6 „ Afternoon Tea ... 12 9 3 „ Produce ... 11 14 0 Continuous Concert 5 0 0 „ Mock Court 160 6 1 Proceeds Concert, held Ohinewai, per Mrs Muir 10 0 0 Total ... £532 4 11 Less amounts still to come in 32 11 6 Expenses 17 4 5 £49 15 11 Remitted to Iiuntly Town Board a/c £482 9 0