OTOROHANGA SCHOOL.

King Country Chronicle, Volume V, Issue 348, 29 March 1911, Page 5

OTOROHANGA SCHOOL.

PRESENTATIONS TO MR. AND MRS. LOWE. Mr F. E. Lowe, who for the past olf von years has been associated with Iho Oturehanga school us headmaster, was on Thursday last tendered a farewell social on the occasion of leaving the district for Frank ton. The residents of the district also took the opportunity to present him with a set of four bowls, and gave to Mrs Lowe a silver sugar scuttle and a salad bowl. There was a numerous gathering in Turner's Hall, which was prettily decorated for the occasion and the presentation was made by Mr H. F. Forster, chairman of the school committee. Mr Forster, in the course, of a happy speech, said they all knew the reason why they were gathered together —to bid farewell to Mr and Mrs Lowe, on the eve of thendeparture for Frankton, after eleven years residence at Otorohanga. They would all realise that a schoolmaster's lot was not always a bed of rosea, and when they remembered that he had perhaps 200, 300 or 400 parents to please, all of whom thought their own particular "John Willie" or "Sarah Ann" was the finest child in the world, they could imagine a schoolmaster had a pretty hard row to hoe. During Mr Lowe's tenure at Otorohanga he had always done his best to bring the children forward in the best way possible, and judging by the work exhibited by numerous pupils at the Waikato Winter Show and at Hnntly, they would agree with him Mr Lowe had met with great success. In making the presentation, he felt sure he expressed the sentiments of all present when he wished Mr Lowe every success, prosperity and happiness in his new sphere. Mr Forster then called on Messrs John Ormsby and H. Burnand, two former chairmen of the school committee to say a few words, to which Messrs Ormsby and Burnand duly responded. Supper was provided by the ladies, and ample justice done to it by all present. Another presentation was made by Mrs Wayne, on behalf of the members of the choir of St. Bride's church, to Mrs Lowe. This took the form of a pair of silver vases, at an "at home" at the residence of Mr and Mrs Burnand. The ladies of the Church Guild are giving Mr 3 Lowe a prayer book, and on Friday last the children of the state school presented Mr Lowe with a kit-brief bag, duly and formally given him on their behalf by Miss Dolly Burnand