WRITING COMPETITION

Wairarapa Times-Age, 12 May 1939, Page 7

WRITING COMPETITION

BRITISH AND COLONIAL INDUSTRIES. WAIRARAPA PRIZE-WINNERS. The report of the adjudicator in the-' British and Colonia] Industries writing competition, open to the pupils of Wairarapa schools, states: — "Some of the specimens of handwriting from the Wairarapa schools were almost perfect, and the writing from the three Catholic schools was the best I have examined for many years. 1 have given instructions for a number, of special prizes to be issued which will bring up to total nearly 100 orders. Over twenty schools have secured these and I should like to congratulate the following on their success: Central, St. Patrick’s. West. Lansdowne, Carterton District High School, St. Mary's, Mauriceville East. Mauriceville West, Ponatahi, Gladstone. Parkvale, Clareville. Opaki. Poro Poro, Fernridge. Longbush. Matahiwi. Awatoitoi and Mangapakeha. Over 6,000 papers had to be examined. I wish to thank Messrs C. Smith Ltd., Messrs C. E. Daniell Ltd., Messrs Rew and McCracken, Messrs Kemp Goodin. Messrs Wallis Bakery, Messrs Fleming and Co., Ltd., the Carterton Furnishing Co., and Messrs T. J. Edmonds Ltd., for their very generous gifts which helped so materially to make this competition the most successful one ever held in the district. Messrs Kerslake’s prize was won by Ngaire Clarke of the Matahiwi School.

Following is a list of the awards: — Messrs C. Smith Ltd’s, special competition: Stds. 6-7. Gwen Finlayson, Central, 1; Std. 5, June Larsen, Mauriceville West, 1; Stds. 3-4, Daniel Davey, Masterton West, 1; Stds. 1-2, Russell Plummer, Pouatahi, 1. Messrs Rew and McCracken’s special competition: Stds. 5-7, Eileen Olsen, St. Patrick’s, 1; Stds. 3-4, William Fairchild. Masterton West. 1; Stds. 1-2. J. Snowsill. Lansdowne. 1. Messrs C. E. Daniell’s special competition: Std. 6. Nancy Cooper, Lansdowne. 1: Std. 5, Leo Pointon, Central. 1; Std. 4, Douglas Tagg. Masterton West, 1; Std. 3. John Williams, St. Patrick’s, 1; Std. 2, Fay Jermy, Mauriceville East, 1; Std. 1, Ted Magee, Parkvale, 1. Messrs Wallis Bakery's special competition: Stds. 5-7, Margaret Blatchford, Lansdowne, 1; Stds. 3-4, Robin Finlay, Opaki arid Rex Knowle, Central, equal. 1; Stds. 1-2, Avis Evans, Masterton West and Royce Doyle, St. Patrick’s, equal, 1. Messrs Kemp Goodin’s special competition: Stds. 5-7, Maureen O'Reilly, St. Mary’s, 1; Stds. 3-4. Trevor Harrick, Ponatahi, 1: Stds. 1-2, Patricia Barr, Carterton, 1. Messrs Carterton Furnishing Co’s, special competition: Stds. 5-7. Joyce Morris, Carterton DJH.S., 1; Stds. 3-4, Elizabeth O'Reilly, Convent St. Mary’s, 1; Stds. 1-2. Brenda Morgan, Parkvale, 1. Messrs C. Kemp Goodin (Phillips Radio) special: Stds. 5-7, Pat Walsh, St. Mary’s, Carterton, 1; Stds. 3-4, Melva Nicholls, Clareville, 1; Stds. 1-2, Eric Thompson, Carterton D.H.S., 1. Messrs T. J. Edmonds Ltd’s, special competition: Std. 6,. Sheila McKeown, Mauriceville West and Gwenyth Morice, Central, equal,. 1: Std. 5„ Gwen Adlam, Parkvale and Ngaire Clarke, Matahiwi, equal, 1; Std. 4, Eileen Paaske, St. Patrick’s and William Orange, St. Patrick’s, equal, 1;. Std. 3, Joan Spora, St. Mary’s and Phyllis Howard, Parkvale, equal, 1; Std. 2, Joan Jollop, Gladstone and Molly Tinat, Greytown, equal, 1; Std. 1, Freda Wild, Eketahuna and Nola Nauty, Eketahuna, equal, 1. Messrs Fleming and Co., Ltd’s, special competition: Std. 6, Claire Riley, Central, 1; Std. 5, Josephine Kenns, Fernridge, 1; Std. 4, Helen Barr, Carterton, 1; Std. 3, Joyce Freer, St. Mary's Convent, 1; Std. 2, Judith Kjestrup, Poro Poro, 1; Std. 1, Trevor Mackley, Masterton West, 1. Main Competition. \ Stds. 5-7: Ngaire Clarke, Matahiwi, 1; Norah Larsen, West, 2; Heather Macdonald, Mauriceville East, 3; Edna Palmer, Longbush, 4; Norma Brown, Central, 5; Jack Neilsen, Mauriceville West, 6; Joy Smith, Opaki, 7; Robert Williams, St. Patrick’s, 8; June Phelps, Parkville, 9. Special prizes: Terry Kjestrup, Poro Poro; Jocelyn Chamberlain, Awatoitoi; P. Pearson, Lansdowne; Winnie Hurley, St. Mary’s. Stds. 3-4: Molly Paaske, St. Patrick’s, 1; Joyce Kruse, St. Mary’s, 2; Alison Cameron, Mauricevile East, 3; Brian Blackwood, Central, 4; Jean Daken, Clareville, 5; Lois Wilson, Matahiwi, 6; O. Bettiehum, Lansdowne, 7;. Maureen Cruickshank, West, 8; Monica Bannister, Poro Poro, 9. Special prizes: W. Kerslake, St. Patrick’s; Geo. Nicholls, Clareville.

Std. 2: T. Wong, Lansdowne, 1; Winnie Karaitiana, West, 2; Harold Daken, Clareville, 3; Russell Plummer, Ponatahi, 4; Jack Edwards, Central, 5; Helen Tocker, Parkvale, 6; Raymond Stevens, St. Mary’s, 7. Special prizes: Digby Sykes, Poro Poro; Royce Doyle, St. Patrick’s. Std. 1: N. Taruihare, Lansdowne, 1; Ann Owen, Mangapakeha, 2; Hughie O’Reilly, St. Mary’s, 3; Keith Olsen, St. Patrick's, 4; Shirley Brown, Masterton West, 5; Hector MacDonald, Poro Poro, 6.