VALEDICTORY.

Otaki Mail, 2 July 1923, Page 2

VALEDICTORY.

MK AND MRS MIOKLH.

l-.a.«t W>dM«sd«y ermiiKg in* j' 0 , Hall at Maiiakau whs crowded to tt doors l.y rcsidemts of the district «! assembled to bid farewell to Mr at Mrs Miekle and family, who loft t< day for I'orirun, to which school 8 Mickle lias been appointed hoad-wsfi after seven and a-hnlf years' »«rti. at Majiakau, On ontering the hallifc Mickle w»» handed a beautiful kouq« by Mi?* Audrey Bryant. During tkoir residence thor« Mr it Mrs Mivklv were , prominent »hun( workers, Mr Micklti officiating as H; reader, and as secretary of the v«| of the Anglican Cbiirch, and ifc Micklu as secretary wC the. LaiS* Guild, of vvhiek bhe »n< the Bonn*: In recognition of their rhunji iml the Rev. Mr Petrie. on belialf of Is vestry, pre«e»itod Mr Mickle vitft i solid ittatksr combination writing ik college case- and silver peneih, and « behalf of th« ladies' Guild he jireseE! od Mris Micklo with a Royal Deulttaltt set in "Diekcii'*" oVuign. In i»* iug thorn to accept these gifts, Mr fttrie spok» in grateful tanns of tH good work they had done. Many i«? provements, inside and outside of ll» Church, wore d*t« to their united tl forts, and they would We ini«je<J, bul Manakuu's 10.--s would be to idio hesflit of another Church and distrW, ili they all wished theui God fcjicetl »a< happiness jji their new aurrocudiiip -Major 'latum n<«a rsfcc on behalf o! tho resident*, and in a, happy »f*W presented Mr Mickle with a handmci travelling rujr with liwdngs, and M» Mickle with a valuable and arttifli Jkinn fruit dish on a. pedestal. Mr Clifford, chairman of the kcJiW •omniittce next addrcsftvS *h» midisMt tie was Mr Mitklo was h'avij the school, foe, judging- from the *s& lid reportu of tj»e iiiF]»«c*ori", lb': higt percentage of pasios, and gent«! »?' pJafltnc'B and t««t ef f,W school, hji *>' proved himself an efficient end cow"* Titious leather, and his going jc a, decided loss to tie district. Hi «nd Mre Mickle, he added, wewr a«* tennis enthtifciaajs and d<jame amongst the school childrun aS» people. They had both sctct #■ lurn. ae secretary of the local sla'sMr Mickle feelingly responded W Sirs Mickle, his family, and hira*s mil in thanking the people »aii &<;

found it very bard to leave Manalrfd after being so closely associated will { it for “o iuß.ny years, “For They A" ! Jolly Good Fellows” was then heart?)' Hung and later oil joined in the hiuf'i. of ’’Aul-i bang iryne. The hall uni* tastefully decvriM with coloured streamers, flower.-* a-* foliage, anu an appetising supp*’ '*• out in tin* supper rootin During tire eresing items were /**'•*' cted by Atiss Joan 6s i an. tVoranA (songs j • Misses P. liavr.il and K. A-" (duet); Mr Hubert Gibbons (t>or*j» :: Mrs Dimock (recKutionr); Alms, lie* Beva n (song); Mr Walshaw i'*en;Alrs F. M. bmitti and Aid's gibbons pi c<3 the a ceojapan im*n». Daneiag rut also indulged in, everyone entering ,f to the evening’s enjoyment with rsf- 1 until the lights went *«<-- I On Wednesday afteaaoon a }d4i*t;| ' little function took plat** at tba M** 1 ’ Icau school, when the eoioVari ed Air Alickle with *. handaouic 'r«Dcontaininjj the ‘ • necassary. ” Ch* ?* sentatiou. was made by -Master Do®** 4 Le-iteh," while* th« scholars all joinad singing ‘ ‘l’*r lie’s A -Tolly Good/P*' low-.” * ’