GARDEN PARTY

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume 53, Issue 32405, 10 March 1944, Page 5

GARDEN PARTY

WEATHER MARS FUNCTION PAEROA HIGH SCHOOL INTERESTING PROGRAMME The Paeroa ‘District High School ■garden party, under the auspices of the Paeroa Parents’ Association, was held on Saturday, in the High c oo ‘building. The weather was at its worst and the attendance was small, ..but what the gathering lacked m numbers was made up in enjoymen , for a more friendly little party could not have been found. Unfortunately, the garden could not be seen at its best, but those who had the pleasure, a few days pieviously, of seeing the school sun-ound-ings in bright sunshine, could testify to the hard work scholars and teachers had put into the garden and lawns, to make them the picture they were. The borders were bright with masses of Egyptian daisies, asters and dahlias, most of the blooms large enough to satisfy the heart of any professional gardener. Bring-and-Buy Stalls The bring-and-buy stall and 1 the Stall were arranged at the end of the long corridor and afternoon tea was dispensed in the sciencelaboratory, people sitting on the comfortable stools at the benches. The stalls were patronised' to the full, everything being sold out in record time. The total amount taken, from stalls and door, was in the vicinity of .£l7. / Au entertainment of about an hour’s duration was rendered to an enthusiastic audience, and the items were of such excellent quality that one could have wished that a much large audience could have had the pleasure of hearing them. The singing was particularly sweet and true, especially the part songs, and those with humming accompaniments. Mian Wall was the soloist in two songs, The Peat Fire,” and “Eriskay Love Lilt. • Drill Display

The singing items were given indoors, the farther end' of the laboratory being used as a stage, but e weather cleared long enough for the military drill display by the boys, the physical drill by the High Sc oo o-irls and folk dances by primary and secondary girls, to be held outside All these items were of a very high standard. The folk dances were performed in splendid time and rhythm, andi parents might well be proud of the grace and physique of these adolescents. The items rendered were: Hebridean folk songs (3), “Rose of Tralee,” “Tales From Vienna Woods, folk dances (“Newcastle”), military drill and physical drill display by Secondard School. Folk dance ' (Dutch), part songs, “The Ash Grove”, “.Passing By”; choral speaking, “The Throstle,” by Primary School, Forms 11. Miss Murray Farewelled After the rendering of the items, the headmaster, Mr A. .E. Day, took the opportunity of thanking those present for braving the storm. Mr C. C. Webb, chairman of the Paeroa District High School Committee, and Mrs S. Wheeler, president of the Paeroa Parents’ Association, added their thanks.

Mr Webb introduced Miss Murray, infant mistress, and' informed the gathering that it was the unhappy lot of the school to have to bid “goodbye” to her, as Miss Murray was leaving at once to take up duty at the 'Richmond Road School, Auckland. Mr Webb said that, speaking as a parent, he knew he voiced the feelings of all those whose children had passed through Miss Murray’s hands, when he said that Paeroa School was suffering a great loss. But Paeroa s loss, he said, was gain to Richmond Road School, and on behalf of the parents of Paeroa, he wished Miss Murray happiness in her new sphere. Mr Day endorsed the remarks of Mr Webb, and enlarged l on the splendid' work performed by Miss Murray during her stay in Paeroa. Dental Display Mrs Wheeler, in endorsing the remarks of the previous speakers, said she did not think that the people of Paeroa knew one-half of what Miss Murray had done for the Maori children alone. She told her listeners that Miss Murray had moved the “powers-that-be” to give fitiedicinal supplies for the Maori children and when Miss Murray had a spoonful of physic in her hand, there was no saying “No.” •Set out in the library was a dental display, arranged by Nurse Blackwell, who is in charge of the Paeroa Dental Clinic. The display was both

interesting and instructive. In it were shown models, in plaster, of malformed mouths caused through thumb-sucking and overcrowding of teeth. There were different kinds of lunches on display—the perfect lunch of wholemeal bred with bone-forming and body-building fillings, and the lunches which, unfortunately, are all too popular, which are of no use to the body except for giving heat and energy. It was altogether a display on which piuch thought and time had (been spent.