Newtongrange Gala - Queen Nettie Crowned
29 June 1935
Queen - Nettie B. Temple
Chief Maid Of Honour - Magdalina Glen
Maids Of Honour - Jessie Carson, Annie Allan, Ella Knight,
Jeanie Pryde.
Herald - John McDowall
Crown Bearer - Robert Hunter
Sceptre Bearer - Alex McIntosh
Yeoman Of The Guard - David Henderson
Pages - William Stuart, William Traill.
Halberdiers - Henry Weston, John Darling, Brodie Haldane,
James Williamson.
Ladies Of The Court - Lucy McLennan, Agnes Paul, Isa Knight,
Janet Herriot, Alexandrina Smith, Euphemia Reid, Jean George, Jean McIntosh,
Violet Hogan, Mary Anderson, Isobel G. Scott, Allison Pryde, Ursula Cornwell,
Annie Robertson, Elizabeth W. Weston,Mary A.C. Anderson, Joyce Muirhead,
Mary Robertson, Helen M. McInnes, Jessie J.T. Smith, Elizabeth K. Nicol, Helen
Y. Hood.
Bower Girls - Annie Birrell, Letitia Armitstead, Wilhelmina
Kirkwood, Margaret Robertson.
Flower Girls - Shiela Hume, Lilian Graham, Eleanor Dudgeon,
Margaret Williamson, Jeanie Ovens, Jane Halliday, Catherine Orr, Harriet Lawrence,
Elizabeth Lawrence, Elizabeth Forrest, Mary Bragg, Agnes Wilson.
Queen Mother - Mrs. E. Taylor
To Present Bouquet - Christina McDonald
Newtongrange Children's annual gala was held on Saturday last in ideal weather. Over 2000 spectators witnessed the picturesque ceremony of the crowning of Nettie Temple, Dux Girl of Newbattle School, as Queen in the Public Park. A beautifully bedecked platform being erected for the occasion Councillor George T.Reed , Chairman of the Gala Day Committee, presided. Mrs Jessie Smith, Gardiner Place, Newbattle performed the crowning ceremony after which the audience, led by the Newtongrange Lothian Silver Band, joined in the National Anthem.
Mr George Reed presented the Herald - Master McDowall, Dux of the school, with the Gala Day Shield. Mrs Jessie Smith made a personal gift of a beautiful necklace to Queen Nettie Temple, while Mr W Fowler, Headmaster of Newbattle School, on behalf of the Gala Day Committee, presented wristlet watches to the Queen and the Herald, while Mr George Lamb, Headmaster of Newtongrange School, presented boxes of chocolates to each member of the Queen's court. Mrs Jessie Smith was presented with the Queens bouquet by Christina McDonald. Mrs Elizabeth Taylor acted as Queen Mother.
The children marched in procession, with flying banners, via
Main Street, to Victoria Park, where they were entertained. Newtongrange Lothian
Silver Band and Arniston Pipe Band discoursed music at intervals . A varied
programme of sports followed under the supervision of Messrs Fowler and Lamb,
the respective headmasters of Newbattle a Newtongrange School.