INGLEWOOD

Taranaki Daily News, 18 February 1922, Page 7

INGLEWOOD

WELCOME TO CANADIAN TEACHERS. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Feb. 17. The social gathering at the Parish Hall on Thursday evening, organised to welcome Miss Lewis, who has come to Inglewood “on exchange” from Canada, under the auspices of the education systems of the two Dominions, was a fairly typical one of such functions, as carried out in the younger parts of New Zealand. At any rate the spirit of the meeting was hearty, and there was sincerity in the welcome tendered. The Mayor (Mr. J. R. Sutherland) presided. An orchestral selection by Mr. Wilson’s orchestra was followed by other items, viz.: Song (encored), Mr. Roberts; song (encored), Miss Meston; song (encored), Mr. Smith; recitation (much appreciated), Mrs. Longbottom. Then Mr. Sutherland invited the guests of the evening, Miss Lewis and Miss Tracey, of Canada, and Messrs. R. Masters, M.P., H. Trimble, and Deare, as well as members of the Inglewood School Committee, on to the stage. Mr. Sutherland assured the young ladies from Canada of the hearty welcome their New Zealand hosts and hostesses wished to extend to them. He enlarged on the representative character of the gathering to greet them, which included amongst its numbers Mrs. Surrey, the first lady teacher who had attempted the hazardous task of training the young of Inglewood, and Mr. R. Stevens, who came second as controller of the original boys’ school here. He then called upon Mr. R. Masters, M.P., both in his capacity as political representative of the district and former chairman of the Taranaki Board of Education to address the meeting. Also Mr. H. Trimble, as a prominent enthusiast in matters educational., and formerly chairman of the Education Board, and finally Mr. J. Thomas, headmaster of the Inglewood School, to which Miss Lewis is at present attached, and after each of those gentlemen had suitably addressed those gathered to welcome their guests, and reiterated the assurances of good fellowship expressed by the Mayor, the company in musical chorus declared that they were “Jolly Good Fellows”. Miss Lewis thanked all present for the hearty welcome they had offered her and Miss Tracey, and assured them of their appreciation of the good feeling extended to them, and of their hope to return in kind the benefits received.

The musical part of the programme was then proceeded with, viz.: Orchestral selection ; song, Mr. Darlow; song, Mrs. H. Drake; song, Mr. L. Sutherland; song, Mrs. Roberts; ending with the National Anthem. Supper, provided by the ladies of the committee and other willing helpers, then followed. The evening concluded with a few hours devoted to dancing, for which Mr. Wilson’s orchestra provided the music.

SCHOOL COMMITTEE. The Inglewood School Committee met o i Tuesday. Present: Mesdames Coldwell, Partridge and Winter, Messrs. N. King (chairman), G. Burrows and P. M. Glenie (secretary). After discussing the appointment of Miss Lewis, of Saskatchewan, Canada, to teach at Inglewood, and the circumstances attending her arrival, it was resolved: “That this committee views with regret and indignation the want of courtesy shown on the advent of Miss Lewis from Canada, by the Education Department’s officials, in that no notice was given to the Inglewood School Committee that she was coming here, nor any word sent that would have enabled preparations to be made for her reception and suitable lodgings secured for her to go to at once on her arrival.” A Copy of the resolution has been forwarded to the Education Board at New Plymouth. Arrangements for the school picnic, which is to be held at the Ngamotu Beach on the 23rd instant, were discussed and settled. The train conveying the teachers, parents and children is to leave Inglewood at 8.30 a.m., returning at 5.30 p.m. The schools amalgamated for the occasion are Durham Road, Inglewood, Kaimata, Lincoln and Waiongona, and, so far as can be judged at present, a full complement of picnickers will participate in the outing, for which fine weather is devoutly to be desired.