POROUTAWHAO MIDDLE SCHOOL 1938
Back: Neville Mark Winiata, Don Carle, …….., Ramon Thornton, Ken Congdon, Jack Rowe, Logan Lingard, ? Arthur Jamieson, …….., ……..
Middle: Doreen Aldrich, …….., Bobbi Arcus, Joan MacFarlane, Polly Kerehoma, ? Valerie Meads, Muriel Kilsby
Front: Marjorie Arcus, Fay Tabor, Ruth Tabor, ? Maisie Gunn, Coral Stanley, Ivy Speirs, Marie Nicholson, …….., Pauline Kilsby
POROUTAWHAO SENIORS1939
Back: Tabby Hapeta, Ramon Thornton, Bernard Webb, Percy Nicholson, Des Scott, Phil Kilsby, Roy Speirs, Keith Mackie, David Kilsby, Alan Tait, Cecil Harrison, Claude Coleman
Middle: Doreen Aldrich, Betty Carle, Joan MacFarlane, Rene Arcus, Pat Sloan, Freda Tabor, Evelyn Winiata, Bobbi Arcus, Jean Arcus, Dorothy Cresswell, Muriel Kilsby
Front: Marie Nicholson, Janie Hartley, Wiki Hapeta, Watea Wehipeihana, Tira Tiepa, Hilda Hood, Ruth Old
POROUTAWHAO SENIORS 1936
Back: Bruce Hannam, Timi Hirini, ? Twi Winiata, Ray Scott, Brian Kilsby, Ernest Sloan, Gordon Speirs, Whi Whi Winiata.
2nd Row: Wiki Hapeta, Sheila Jackson, Kathleen Webb, Joan Bartholomew, Joan Penny, Peggy Price, Watea Wehipeihana
1st Row: Pat Sloan, Vena Aldrich, Freda Tabor, Molly Burke, Rita Kiriona, Rae Tait, Violet Hagley, Joan Tabor
Front: George Tamihana, Nattie Tatana, Peter Arcus, Philip Kilsby, Desmond Scott, Neville Webb, Alan Tait
POROUTAWHAO JUNIORS 1939
Back: …….., …….., …….., Malcolm Speirs, …….., Angus Carle, Ken Bovey, Ernie Gates, David Montgomery, ……..
Middle: Ross Arcus, Allan Coleman, …….., ?Kathleen Hagley, …….., ? Dorothy Meads, ?Tataiana Hohaia, ? Jim Lawson, Ray Penny
Front: ? Lola Jamieson, …….., Ruth Trimm, Beryl Carle, ? Betty Penny, Ngaire Arcus, …….., Elsie Montgomery
With cinema advertising slides appearing onscreen for only a few seconds, a bright bold design was essential! A witty pun was sometimes used to grab attention. This slide ticks all the boxes.
A 'George Cooper' ran a hairdressing salon on Oxford Street and was advertising in the local paper in 1939. It is possible that this is the same business. The hair style and hand colouring certainly looks to be from this era, but it is difficult to be sure.