POROUTAWHAO Std 3-41968

Back: Donald Stewart, Derek Speirs, John Bartholomew, Peter Hill, Gary Burns, Kevin Kilsby

2nd Row: Craig Twiner, Russell Anderson, Richard Anderson, Kevin Pratt, Ron Thornton, Tai Tatana

1st Row: Linda Cooper, Ian McBrydie, Gavin Tait, William Empson, Douglas Stewart, Raina Matenga, Miss Preller

Front: Vicki Stewart, Linda Gwynn, Kathy Pescini, Jenny McPherson, Jan Herbert, Janet Pearson, Debra Tamihana

POROUTAWHAO Std 4, Form 1-21968

Back: Bill Tatana, Bruce Hogg, Wayne Seymour, Peter Kiriona, Crichton McDermott, Peter Gwynn, Andrew Blair, David Koia, John Cockrell

2nd Row: Tony Burns, Brian Laird, Melvin Easton, Stanford Kiriona, Murray Gleeson, Neil Collis, Murray Laird, Murray Speirs, Alan Burns, Neil Sciascia

1st Row: Peter Tait, Brian Kilsby, Pauline Bartholomew, Mary McManus, Ruth Twiner, Trish Osgood, Bobby Tamihana, Steven Hewitt

Front: Deborah McPherson, Lyn Lindsay, Ellen Hirini, Angela McManus, Susan Bartholomew, Ann Mackie, Paula Matenga

POROUTAWHAO JUNIORS1968

Back: Brian Rosier, Bill Swan, Charles McDermott, Robert Burnell, Kerry De Vries, Anthony Rosier, Kevin Gwynn, Ken McBrydie

2nd Row: Neil Hirini, Glen Sinclair, Dean Jamieson, Bruce Burnell, .................., Paul Cockrell, .................., Miss Bull

1st Row: Wendy Bartholomew, Sharon Edlin, .................., Ngaire McBrydie, Renarta Hill, Bernadette Kilsby, Vicki Graham, Diane Sciascia, Ivy Donna Tatana

Front: ? Minhinnick, Ana Minhinnick, Vanessa Ransom, Heather Speirs, Megan Tait, Julie Turnbull, Flora Bartholomew, Christine Mackie, Sally Tait, Carol Cooper, Kathleen Anderson 

POROUTAWHAO Std 1-21968

Back: Paul Gleeson, Bruce Empsom, Max Kiriona, Dirk De Vries, Kevin Hill, Mark Pescini, John Mackie, Michael MacDonald

2nd Row: Gregory McManus, Warren Hewitt, Noel Seymour, Ian Burnell, Mark Collis, Barry Jamieson, Ken Osgood, Ian Stewart, Mrs Cooper

1st Row Erin Dawson, Lorna McBrydie, Shirley Pearson, Donna Kiriona, Sue Tamihana, Sandra Cockrell, Missy Kiriona

Front: Jocelyn Hewitt, Bronwyn McPherson, Stella Tatana, Deborah Edlin, Lynda Adin, Rozane Blair, Vicki Baylis, Michelle Kilsby, Sandra Gwynn 

Do you recognise these staff members from Poroutawhao School 1960?

Please post a comment or email Poroutawhao100@gmail.com 

 One of the smallest record labels in the country, TALA was set up in Levin in 1957. In the beginning it stood for 'To Assist Levin Artists' but, with few local acts coming forward, it was changed to 'To Assist Local Artists'. Either way, this label had around forty releases, each featuring New Zealand artists. 

The label's owner, Wally Clark, was quick to pick up on international trends in music and always found local bands who were playing the right tune. This particular tune is by the Warren Sisters who were one of Clark's original TALA talents. 'Lace Covered Windows' was released in around 1968 and was among the last TALA releases.

Follow the link below for a picture of these artists on Kete 

https://horowhenua.kete.net.nz/item/b734f09f-9000-4f64-a332-7f4c1bb84990

Wally Clark was also a professional photographer who also cornered the Levin TV hire market- a very busy man!  

Unlike most of MAVtech's cinema advertising slides this one kindly has a date on it! It was issued or screened on the 1st of December 1968. This striking looking slide would have looked fantastic on the big screen where it would have been shown for a few seconds during the end of intermission. 

The 'Te Kowhai Reception Lounge' is no longer with us- a Kete post from 2011 shows bare land where the building used to be. As of March 2023 some third party business directories still show it with one mentioning it was 'set in spacious grounds with glorious native bush' with a capacity to seat 120.

Loading full honey boxes. Field's Apiaries 1967-68

The 1967 - 68 season. These bee hives were harvesting Manuka honey in the Wanganui Valley. At that time it was regarded as poor quality honey and only used to supplement feed bee hives in winter, sold to bakers or used to blend with clover honey

Beeswax storage area at Field's Apiaries, Norbiton Road, Foxton

Russel Field (foreground) of Field's Apiaries and employee "Brownie" 1967-68 season.

When working bees in the Wanganui Valley for Manuka Honey we sometimes stayed overnight in a caravan.

Field's Apiaries 1967-68 Honey Crop stored in kerosene tins as was the usual practice then. About 32 tons here whatever that is in Kilos?

We had no truck mounted mechanical lifter and had to manually lift the full honey supers (boxes) onto the back of the Ford truck, Each box weighed about 25kg

"Brownie" showing a frame containing bee larvae (brood) and some honey.  Brownie took over as head beekeeper from Norman Keane who had left to work as his own beekeeper business.

Most of Field's apiaries were scattered through the Manawatu area and were usually around 20 hives in each apiary. When I worked there in the 1967-68 season they had about 1300 hives in total. They were all standard 10 frame Langstroth hives. We didn't use queen exluders in any of them and neither did we have a mechanical loader. All hives and full honey boxes were manually lifted onto the flat tray Ford truck seen here.

We boarded for about 12 months with Billie and her son and daughter in her old (100 plus years) kauri timber house.

Demolished in 1968 to make way for extensions to the legal offices of Park, Cullinane and Turnbull, this old house in Queen Street is thought to have been built in the first decade of this century.

In 1913, according to Mrs Francis Duguid, "Old Bob" a pensioner, lived in it and then about 1915, it was occupied by the McDonald family. Mr McDonald was a saddler and his only daughter, Mary, married local power board employee, Maurie Brown, who was a well-known cricketer. In the 1920s, Fred Proctor and his wife and two children lived in the house and it was then occupied for many years by the late Mrs Elizabeth Hornblow until she died there in November, 1948.

The property passed to her son, Mr S. Beetson who sold it to Otaki dental surgeon, Mr H. Jackson, in 1949. Besides Mr Jackson, Mr Boyd, the optometrist, had rooms there before moving to a property further along the street.

Penciled on back - Mr Phang Kit Chat, a Colombo plan student from Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia, who will be attached to the Levin Library for 2 weeks as a part of his 6 mth study programme. Thurs. April 18, 1968.

Stamped on back with black ink – 18 MAR 1968

Stamped on back with black ink - Horowhenua Historical Society. Acc. No. 137 Date.

Mr Chat, student attached to Levin Library, 1968 1 B&W photo print

Mr Phang Kit Chat, a Colombo Plan student from Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia, who will be attached to the Levin Library for 2 weeks as a part of his 6 month study programme.

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Typed on piece of paper glued beside photo, as caption - Laying Wreaths Anzac Service D. Collier, President Lvn R.S.A. Mayor of Levin: Mr C. Fuller

As Mr Fuller was Mayor from 1965 to 1971 AND this photo appears to have been taken same day as previous photo #.0067, therefore both photos were taken between 1968 & 1971.

Laying Wreaths – ANZAC Service 1 B&W photo print [bottom right, page 45 of album]

Laying wreaths at Soldiers Memorial in Levin Public Gardens. Left to Right - Mr D. Collier (President, Levin R.S.A.), Mr C. Fuller (Mayor of Levin).

As Mr Fuller was Mayor from 1965 to 1971 AND this photo appears to have been taken same day as previous photo #.0067, therefore both photos were taken between 1968 & 1971.

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Mounted black and white photograph attached to white card.

Foxton School rugby team, 1968. Those appearing in this photograph are from left to right:-

Back Row: L Ellwood, R Betty, R Pratt, T Putaka, J Peta, B Morrissy.

Middle Row: A Richardson, R Masters, C Bell, W Green, T Ellwood, S Hoterini, R Valentine, Mr Carlin.

Front Row: T Kuiti, V Taylor, J McDermott, S Phillips, P Green.

Black and white photograph.

Any use of this image must be accompanied by the credit “Foxton Historical Society”

Mounted black and white photograph attached to white card.

Foxton School Council 1968. Those in the photograph are from left to right:-

Back Row – L Newman, R Betty, R Betty, J McDermott, V Taylor, C Thompson, Mrs Forrest

Front Row – S Doyle, J Huff, W Kuiti, A Rotherham, M Evans

Black and white mounted photograph.

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Foxton Borough Council 1965-1968 seated at tables in Chambers. Those in this photograph are from left to right:- Councillors R D Coburn, D M Ross, K B Swiggs, E C Murphy, F Amundsen (Borough Foreman), L G A King (Mayor), C J Gill (Town Clerk), Councillors B O Barber, D N Hunt, C M Cook and T Terry.

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Typed on piece of paper glued to back: “Taken from Arapaepae No. 1 1268 feet (387m). Donated and taken by the Levin Chronicle. For story Kohitere Forest by F.C. Swanwick 1968.”

Kohitere Forest (pine plantation), 1968. Taken from Arapaepae No. 1 at 1,126 feet (387m). This photograph shows young pine trees with native flora growing beneath them.

1 B&W photo print copy, mounted

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Written on back with black ballpoint pen: “(1) (1968 Photo)”

Penciled on back: “2884-74 Factory closed on Monday 25 August 1980 @ 12 o’clock noon”

Stamped on back with black ink: “Healey & ....?.... LEVIN Foxton Otaki”

Broadway Suits display, 1968. This display was part of the Shannon Lions Club promotion held in the Shannon Memorial Hall. The sign above display reads “Broadway Suits Men’s Wear Specialists Established 1946. Shannon’s 1st. Post War Secondary Industry.”

1 B&W photo print

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Mounted black and white photograph attached to white card.

Foxton School netball team 1968. Those in this photograph are from left to right:-

Back Row: M Johnson, V Chambers, L Huff, W Kuiti, Miss Rolfe.

Front Row: D Wilson, M McDermott, D Betty.

Black and white photograph.

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Large box of photos used in the Chronicle years, approx. 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, incomplete.

Printed with black ink on mounting board above photo - Horowhenua Electric Power Board 1968

Printed with black ink on paper glued to mounting board below photo - Standing: N.J. Hartley (Chief Engineer), H.E. McBain, W.R.B. Thompson (General Manager), J.R. Harrison (Sec. / Treas.), L.M. Speirs, B.M.A. Ryder, A.T. Fletcher. Sitting: H.D. Richards, B.H. Smith (Dep. Chairman), R.R. Lind (Chairman), V.J. Cottle, J.S. Blenkhorn. Absent: E.C. Buckley, O.W. Adam.

Both mounted photos are wrapped in tissue paper.

Members of the Board (12), 1968 1 B&W photo print, mounted (& 1 identically mounted copy)

Left to Right - Back Row (standing): N.J. Hartley (Chief Engineer), H.E. McBain, W.R.B. Thompson (General Manager), J.R. Harrison (Sec. / Treas.), L.M. Speirs, B.M.A. Ryder, A.T. Fletcher. Front Row (seated): H.D. Richards, B.H. Smith (Dep. Chairman), R.R. Lind (Chairman), V.J. Cottle, J.S. Blenkhorn. Absent: E.C. Buckley, O.W. Adam.

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Mounted black and white photograph attached to white card

Bruce Fraser, Dux of Foxton DHS, 1968. Head and shoulders mounted black and white photograph of Bruce dressed in school uniform

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