YOUTH AND LAUGHTER.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXVI, Issue 4874, 7 September 1925, Page 3

YOUTH AND LAUGHTER.

CHILDREN’S FANCY DRESS BALL FUNCTION AT TURUA. A sound of noiise and merrymaking, a tumult of shrieks and laughter, akaleidoscopic whirl and blaze of colour, an endless variety of costumes, a pushing and jostling, the continuous patter of little feet—it was a children’s fancy dress ball at Turua on Friday last. It was a children’s night, and parents—unable to find seats, so great was the attendance—were content to stand and look on. Youth held sway, youth with its shyness and troubles forgotten, and assuming the characters of the dresses they wore. There was a brilliant setting for the scene. A variety of coloured streamers were (suspended from wall to wall, and from ceiling to ceiling, and coloured lights were cunningly hidden. The crowd was tremendous. — never before' was the need for a new and larger hall so apparent—and it was a late hour before there was room to dance in comfort. Special items there were, including a tambourine dance by a bevy of small girls, featuring Miss Flossie Reid and Miss Nellie Truelove, and a delightful stepdance by Miss K. Barribal. The function was arranged by Mrs Bell and others- to raise funds for the Church of England organ account, and prizes were donated for the costumes worn, the judges, Mrs Averill, Mrs Haywrad, Mrs Terrill, and Mrs J. M. Thompson, having a difficult task. The Rev. W. W. Averill, vicarelect of the parish, presented the prizes, and the awards, were as follows : Under 6 years: Prettiest girl, Miss Audrey Wood (Balloon)'; boy, Master G. Henry (strawberry). Most original: Girls, Dorothy Mules (Dutch girl) ; boy. Master Victor Booth (swagger). Seven to ten years : Girls, prettiest, Miss Ida Schmidt (butterfly) ; most original, Miss Dorothy Davies (bathrobe) Ten years and over: Girls., prettiest, Miss Nellie Taylor (Eastern costume) ; most original, Miss Gladys Hamilton (cross-word puzzle). Boys, most original, Master K. Hamilton (Maori), 1, Master A. Henwood (Hauraki Plains), 2.

' Among the others in fancy dress were the following: A. Henry, balloon pierrot; F. Griffiths, butcher •_ Stan. Schmidt, policeman ; Lorna Roberts, rabbits; G. Henry, strawberry; R. Henry, Charlie Chaplin ; H. Johnston, sailor; A. Lord, “After the match” ; G. Olsen, Chinese; K. Truelove, jester ; A. Urquhart, Chinese ; G. HamiL ton and I." McCormick, cross-word puzzle H. Green, Lord Fauntelroy; L. Aberhadt, What am 1?; J. Lord, Dutch bey ; W. Gray, sailor ; A. Hen wood, Hauraki Plains; Hilda Dagger, chocolate box; D. Mules, Dutch ; E. Dagger, rolled oats; D. Booth, daffodil; V. Lord,, styles; D. Mules, Poppy; B. Sutton, danger signals.; E. Reid, Little Girl Blue; R. Dagger, Christmas tree ; J. Elvin, hearts ; M. Gray, Sheig; F. Griffiths, biscuits ; D. Davies, bathroom ; K, Davies, daisy ; A. Dale, ragtime ; C. Green, moth ; K. Lord, tulip ; N, Charteris, apple blossom , G.' Wallace, clown; C. Davis, danger; G. Selvyn, drummer; W. DaggeY, clown; G. Fisher; Eastern dancer; I. Schmidt, bat; U. Gi ay, evening star ; P. Jones, Japanese ; M. Williams, queen of diamonds.;, F. Reid, Spanish girl ; Joy McKenzie, star fairy ; G. Lord, mad -hatter ; S. Lord,. Gipsy girl; A. Earle, snowdrop ; Marie Pearce, fairy ; A. Bowen, Turkish maiden ; D. Pearce, Chinese; R. Tait. Indian; V. Booth, navvy; J. Middletan, Indian ; J. Lord, Mr Baggy Breeches ; Dorothy Pearce, daffodil; Rangi Heberly, autumn fairy ; Ruth Boxall, crossword puzzle ; G. Biddle, carnation; A. Henwood, Hauraki Plains; N. Taylor, Eastern dancer; T. Pearce, bridesmaid; R. Gardener, Japanese; I. Griffiths, fancy work; W. Johnstone, French clown ; B. Johnstone. sailor; F. R. Griffiths, Old Mother Gobse; C. Elvin, clown; T. Sutton, ■brigan’d; R. McMillan, sailor ; W. Gray, sailor; T. Brown, nigger; B. Madgwick, pirate ; J. Grebn, magician ; C. Madgwick, Indian ; L, Cre.an, chinaman; K. Hamilton, Maori; C. Hamilton, bat; G.. Olsen, chinaman ; Joyce Rowntree, lily; Jean Gardener, Ace of. Diamonds ; Jim Braithwaite, Indian; Ethel Candy, rose; Ada Candy, rase; Evelyn Hegh, Gipsy; Cecil Hegh, tennis ; Alice Truelove, Spanish boy; F. Reid, Spaniard; G. White, peasant; E, Heaseman, Early Victorian,; T. Middleton, Indian; P. Frecklington, rainbow; Iris Middleton, Gipsy; J. Trethown, oranges and lemons ;. Lily Clot worthy, Harem queen; Edna Stevens, confetti; H. Doige, Highland dancer; V. Schofield, Pierrette ; Marjery Grary, autumn ; E. Aberhal’t, window; Dorothy Madgwick, apple blossom; Daphne Sutton, candlestick ; Doreen Tait, Red Riding Hood; Joan Tresitor, Japanese; Margaret Pearson, Hawaiian; Myra Pearce, dewdrop fairy ; Thelma Pearce, bride ; Dorothy Clifton, poppy; Babs Barribal the sun.

There were others, but in the crush it was difficult to pick them out.