VALEDICTORY.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 2397, 25 February 1922, Page 3

VALEDICTORY.

FAREWELL AND PRESENTA- . TION TO MR.. FURRIE. iir'r • Occasion was taken yesterday - afternoon by the staff, scholars and . Committee of the local State School to bid farewell to Mr L. J. Furrie, N headmastex-, and to present him with tokens of esteem. The senior pupils arranged -and carried out a programme of vocal, elocutionary and . musical items, which, judging by the thunderous applause, met with keen appreciation. Master Bernard Chrystair officiated as chairman, and carried otit his duties very wel. At the conclusion of the programme, Mr Hornblow, Chairman of Committee, on behalf of the scholars and staff, presented Mr Furrie with a ,solid leather suit case and tobacco pouch, with embossed initials. In doing so, the Chairman expressed the general regret felt at Mr Furrie’s departure, and referred to the good work accomplished, under trying circumstances, which had made inroads upon his health. Mr Furrie wotild'carry away with him the best wishes of all connected with the school. Messrs Perreau and F. D. Whibley (members __of Committee) endorsed the Chairman’s eulogy, // 'and referred to their early assoeia* p \ tions with Mr Furrie during their school days. On behalf of the ComL mittee, the Chairman asked Mr Fur- - rie to accept a case of pipes as a token of esteem from the Committee. Rousing cheers followed the presentation. Mr Furrie, in reply, said in one sense he regretted his departure from Foxton. He was pleased to ' know that he was leaving the school in a-state of efficiency for his successor, wfcom he wished success. He had worked hard in the interests of the school, and was pleased to know that it was well equipped. He spoke of his early associations with the school as a pupil, and conclud- - ed by giving some sound advice to . the scholars, and urged them to act up to their school motto, “Each for all.” More cheers followed. Mr Furrie’s remarks were listened to attentively by the pupils throughout. At the cbnclusion, “Auld Lang Syne” was sung, followed by the National Anthem. Those contributing to the programme were: Nancy Robinson and W. Satherley pianoforte duet, chorus by the infants, Molly Downs song and recitation, Lylla Robinson pianofoi’te selection, four Maori boys, W. Andresen, G. and W. Hii’ini, and H. Bishop, were vociferously encored for their singing of a song in Maori which concluded with a haka, Elva Moore Song, duet by Madge Patterson and Bessie Crowe, pianoforte duet by Lillian Bauckham and Kathleen Hornblow, song in character by Nina Scadden, “The Vagabond,” and a dialogue by T. Hussey, E. Moore and L. Robinson. The teaching staff entertained Mr and Mrs Furrie at morning tea yesterday at the school, and presented Mrs Furrie with' a piece of doulton ware. The presentation was made in a few well-chosen words by Mr McDonnell, and suitably responded to by Mr Furrie.

PRESENTATION FROM BOWLING CLUB. Members of the Bowling Club assembled on the green last evening to say farewell to Mr Furrie, who has been a member of that body for the past few years, and to hand to him a small token of the esteem in which Mr Furrie is held among - Club members. . y .. Mr R. Bryant, president of the Club, in making the presentation, remarked on the frequency of late of the -removal ,of Club members * from the district. He expressed regret at Mi Furrie’s departure, and asked him to accept a tobacco

pouch as a parting gift from members, which would remind him, when 1 enjoying a smoke, of the friends he had left in Foxton. He wished MrFurrie success and happiness in his hew sphere of labour. Mr F. D. Whibley also made a few remarks. He referred to his long acquaintanceship with Mr Furrie, and of his associations with him in connection with various sports bodies, and expressed his regret at Mr Furrie’s departure. ' . Mr Furrie, in acknowledging the gift and the kind expressions, said that opportunity had not allowed him to follow the game of bowls as closely as he would have liked, but he had risiops that some time in the future opportumfy may of wished the Clpb suppess, and said that ‘he would he plegse'd to ' extend all the hospitality he poqld to members of the Cluh when. eyer £ th§y were visitigg Stratford,

Members of the Yestry of All Saints’ Church * foregathered lastevening to bid farewell to Mr Furrie. Mr Walton, on behalf of the Vestry presented him with a small token of their esteem, and spoke in high terms of the "regard felt, for Mr Furrie. Mr Tyer and Mr Barber also spoke, and Mr replied. -