ANNIVERSARY SOCIAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 31 March 1913, Page 7

ANNIVERSARY SOCIAL.

I LANSDOWNE PRESBYTERIAN SUNDAY SCHOOL. PRESENTATION TO MR FALLA. A : vo<ry . enjoyable evening was 1 spent in the Lansdowne school on Friday night by the scholars and teachers of the Lansdowne Presbyterian Sunday School, accompanied by, their parents and friends, the occasion being the thir danniversary of the opening of the Sunday School, and 1 distribution of prizes. Tea was served at five o'clock ig* the grounds to the children, over seventy being present, and at a quarter to six to the considerable numbers of adult friends who had gathered together to bid farewell to Mr Falla, who had been superintendent of the school since its commencement four years ago, and under whose watchful care and' uintiring devotion the school has grown to "its present size and efficiency, with a roll number of over sc\ - enty. At seven o'clock all gathered together in the large infant room of the school, kindly granted' for the occasion by the Lan&downe School Committee. ■ ' During am interval in the musical programme tliat followed, the Oh airman (Rev. A. T. .Thompson) spoke in praise of the excellent work Mr Falla had accomplished as superintendent of the, school, 1 "and of the loss the school ' 'would sustain ; thrpugh his departure. The Rev. J. iR. Shore' added his testimony as to the many good qualities cf Mir Falla, and of his willingness to undertake whatever work cain'o in his way in the Master's Mr Grant spoke on. .behalf of the scholars and "te-ctcliors, fliidcnlloi upoji- Miss Doris -King to .hand over t<? Mr Falla a selection of • books as a token of esteem from the school. Mr J. Gray spoke on behalf of the Lansdowne:; congregation, who pr£semited Mr Falla with a copy of the new Orurch Praise hymn book^ Mr Falla feelingly replied, expressing the pleasure it had been to him to work amongst the children of Laitsdowne, and thanking the parents for the interest they had always taken in the Sunday School. 3VrUiSiiCAI> PROGRAMME. The following musical programme «aa contributed %, the scholars : Piano solo, Grace Gosnell; recitation, ''John Davidson," Mavis Hive; action recitation, "The dock," Simday school boys (trained by Miss Haggett); recitation, -"The Sea, Rita Jackson; piano duet, Doris Hollings and Lily Gordon; recitation, "How Baby Went to Church,' Isabel Lett; piano solo, Esmee Watson;; „ recitation, "Tlie Fly,* Mary Gaae- > lev; action song, "the iSower, Sun- , day school girls (gained' by Miss k Haggett); piano solo, Lily G<""don; * recitation, "The Greedy Boy, Ron- > aid Drummond; piano solo, Nearer > My God to Thee," Doris Holhngs. ( I®E PRIZE-WINNERS- , Then followed the distribution of prizes by the Chairnufin. to tlie suc- . cessful scholarsi ( of last yew for atI tendance, jkssons, and conduct. The following are the prize-winners: Sen--1 ior girls (teacher, Miss Gawith), Doris » King 1, Maggie Rive 2,. Doris Hol- , lings 3; senior boys (teacher, Mr Grant), 'Eric Chesterman 1, Fred Oaa-r and Herbert Peterson 2. Juni ior girls (teacher, Miss C. McKen- ■ zie), Grace Gosnell and Mavis Rive 1, Isabel Lett- pd Hollings 2, Olive King 3; junior boys (teacher, Miss Ibbetson), Rex Gosnell, 1, Willie Hollirigs 2, Henry Lett 3; special, prize for good conduct, Aubrey Jackson. Junior mixed class (teacher, Miss A. Ibbetson), Mary Gazeley 1, Wilfred Gosnell 2, Walter Hollangs 1 and, Wallace Gosnell 3. Infant class : (teacher, Miss Douglas), Phyllis Fanthorpe 1, Gordon Chesterman 2, Vera Rayner 3. Each o,f the other'scholar® in the infant. class also received a small book prize.