OLD BOYS’ DAY.

Taranaki Daily News, 23 October 1922, Page 6

OLD BOYS’ DAY.

GALA AND CABARET. ABOUT £250 REALISED. Despite the fact that the weather on Saturday afternoon was hardly ideal for an out-of-doors entertainment, there was a fairly large crowd present at the New Plymouth High School Old Boys’ Association gala at the school grounds. No effort had been spared to make the gala a success and the gymnasium fund will benefit by about £250 as a result of the Old Boys’ activities. There were numerous stall. 4 heavily laden with easily saleable articles and a hundred and one side-shows all calculated to extract loose change from the pockets of the visitors, and, with music from the battalion and pipe bands, the raucous cries of old boys in charge of hoop-la, cocoanut shies, shooting gallery, guessing competitions, tests of skill in throwing pence and darts, and the beating of drums of others clad in the motley, there was always something doing. Fun there was in plenty for the children also, the bran tub and the tumbling and antics of a couple of clowns being the chief sources of attraction, while for those who desired a more sedate form of amusement there was a putting green. During the afternoon a dainty tea was served in the assembly hall to strains of music provided by the school orchestra. An exhibition of physical training by the boys of the school under Mr. F. J. Eggleton was one of the features of the afternoon and earned many plaudits, not only for the discipline and bearing of the boys taking part, but as to the standard of physical training obtaining at the school.

Tn the evening about 200 guests were present at the cabaret. Tables were set below and on the gallery of the as-, sembly hall, 1o which those present repaired during the intervals of dancing, the whole presenting a pretty spectacle. The music was -provided by Miss George’s jazz orchestra, extras being played py Mrs. Humphreys and Miss Johns. The side-shows in the afternoon were tinder tKe control of the old boys, and they were assisted by the following ladies who took charge of the stalls named: Sweets: Mrs. Walter Bayly. and Misses Bayly, Barthorpe, P. Greig and Wood. Produce: Mesdames Creswell, Willis and Grover. Cake: Mesdames Pockel, Anderson and E. P. Webster, and Miss Greig. Flower: Mesdames George, Bewley and Mac Diarmid. Fancy, dolls and bags: Mesdames Alleman. Barnitt. Le May and Brodie. Ice cream and soft drinks: Mesdames Barthorpe. Johns and Humphreys. Afternoon tea: Mrs. Moyes, assisted by a host of willing helpers. The following were the results of the various competitions: Pair of fowls. Mr. J. B. Wilson: No. 1 cake. Miss B. Ford: No. 2 cake. Mrs. Sampson: No. 3 cake, Mr. D. M. Wilson: No. 4 cake, Mrs. Penn: putting. Mr. W. Hutchens; sheep guessing (241? lb). Miss McLean: ham. Mrs. Bowden. The doll and trousseau have not been drawn yet.