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1929
1928 Classes
Primer GOODSALL John
Enrolments
Primer HARTIS Tim
Feb-04 1929 S4 EMERSON Kenneth
Primer HENDERSON Jessie
Sep-30 1929 S2 GOODSALL Grace
Primer 1 POLLOCK Agnes
Feb-04 1929 S1 HOLLAND David
Std 1 POLLOCK May
Feb-04 1929 S3 HOLLAND Thomas
Std 1 VALENTINE Willie Jun-17 1929 S2 VALLILLEY Mervyn
Std 2 GOODSALL Grace Nov-19 1929 S2 WELSFORD Frank
Std 2 MOLONEY Kate
1929 Classes
Std 2 PERRY Clarice Primer BUCKLEY Desmond
Std 2 REECE Isabel Primer EVANS June
Std 3 CRAW David Primer HOLLAND David
Std 3 SPIERS Richard Primer PATERSON Joyce
Std 3 THOMSON David Primer PURVES Heather
Std 3 YATES Richard Std 1 BUCKLEY Duke
Std 4 BROWN Ray Std 1 FOSTER Jack
Std 1 HUTCHISON Albert
Std 4 PORTEOUS Daisy
Std 2 GOODSALL John
Std 4 REECE Evan
Std 2 GOODSALL Grace
Std 4 SLEE Leslie
Std 2 HOLLAND Thomas
Std 4 THOMSON Leslie
Std 2 HUTCHISON Janson
Std 5 BEARDMORE Elsie Std 2 RANDALL Willie
Std 5 GLEGHORN Maggie Std 2 VALLILLEY Mervyn
Std 5 GOODSALL Leslie Std 2 WELLSFORD Frank
Std 5 HARTIS Grace Std 3 VALENTINE Willie
Std 5 HENDERSON Mary Std 4 HUNTER Tim
Mrs McINTOSH’S 1926 CLASS Std 5 McGLYNN Eileen Std 4 EMERSON Kenneth
Std 5 McINTOSH James A Std 4 PERRY Clarice
(See numbered references on lower photograph) Std 5 CRAW David
Std 5 PERRY Sydney
(1)______________, (2) Esmond Brown, (3) Ron Yates, (4) Harry Goodsall, (5) Sam Beadsmore, Std 5 PORTEOUS Jessie Std 5 McINTOSH Jim
(6) Sam Perry, (7) Eric Thomson, (8) ______________, (9) Davie Thomson, (10) Evan Rosser, Std 5 ROSSER Evan Std 5 THOMSON David
(11) Daisy Pourteous, (12) Melva Rosser, (13) Gladys Beadsmore, (14) May Valentine, Std 5 ROSSER Melva Std 5 YATES Richard
(15) Elsie Yates, (16) Margaret Gleghorn, (17) Jessie Porteous, (18) Eileen McGlynn, Std 5 SPIERS Alexander Std 6 FOSTER Owen
(19) Mrs McIntosh, (20)______________ , (21) Katie Maloney, (22) Grace Goodsall, (23) Grace Hartis, Std 5 VALENTINE May Std 6 GOODSALL France
(24)_________________ , (25) Clarice Perry,(26) Elsie Beadsmore, (27) Grace Perry, (28) Bill Valentine, Std 6 GOODSALL Henry Std 6 PORTEOUS Daisy
(29) Len Goodsall, (30) Tim Hartis, (31) Dave Craw, (32) Jean Thomson, (33) Dick Yates, (34) Joe Slee. Teacher: Mrs McIntosh
Teacher: Mrs McIntosh
“Composition needs a good deal of blackboard work in “The pupils do not read enough . . . vocabulary
range is limited.”
sentence structure.” Thos F Warren, 26 Oct 1928 C A Cumming, 11 October 1929
“The building had just been completed, and cost
When the Kimihia School held its Diamond Jubilee in - believe it or not—£198. Fifty years later when I
1957 Mr Priestly was there to take the roll call of first-day visited it there was little sign of decay.
pupils. It must have been a rarity for a school to have its first “I was delighted on arrival to find some 16-20
teacher return after 60 years. bright little faces - none of them Māori - all
He was remembered as strict but generous. When eagerly appraising the new teacher. Some
news came through about the relief of Mafeking and of looked pleased, some doubtful. I can visualise
Ladysmith he gave children money to go to the Kimihia shop all the faces, but cannot remember all the
to buy sweets so that they could celebrate. names. Some that occur to me are the Troughers
Writing of his first impressions on coming to the new (4), all reliable; Evans (4), faithful honest
school opened at Kimihia in 1897, Mr Maurice Priestley said workers; Dunns (6), all brainy and trustworthy;
- Johnsons (2), bright and vivacious; Russell's (2),
“It was, I think, on August 24th, 1897, that I quiet retiring and sound; Holland, Tom
wended my way over the tea-tree covered track bubbling over with life; Maggy Wilson, a godsend
to open a new school at Kimihia. Leaving Te to any school; Taylors (4), bright alert and
Aroha where I taught previously, I had time dependable; P. Patterson, always to be
during the rail journey, to visualise my new depended upon; McGlynns (2), cheerful and
charge, and anticipate a school full of Māori industrious; Soppets (2), loveable children and
children. clever; and others which the years have dimmed..
“Accommodation was unprocurable at Kimihia, “In after years I had the privilege of meeting
as houses were small and families large, so I had many of my old pupils in various parts of the
to live in Huntly and travel to and from on foot. province, and I hope they enjoyed meeting me as
Later I rode a bicycle, carrying it when it did not much as I enjoyed meeting them.
carry me. The road was more picturesque than “It is gratifying to think that some outstanding
smooth. citizens have graduated from the old school,