The following 'Roll Call' names were of those who attended the Old Taita School Reunion (1859-1962) in October 1962 and the years they first attended the school
1875-1900 Taita School Roll Call
1901-1910 Taita School Roll Call
1911-1915 Taita School Roll Call
1916 - 1920
1921-1925 Taita School Roll Call
1926-1930 Taita School Roll Call
1931-1936 Taita School Roll Call
1937-1951 Taita School Roll Call

The Roll Call for the TAITA SCHOOL 1916 - 1920:

* Phyllis ALSOP

* Alfred BARKER

* Joseph BARTOSH

* Irene BEAGLE
* Joe BEAGLE
* Ronald BEAGLE

* Angus BURGESS

* Ella CLAUGHTON

* John CHITTICK

* Ivy COTTLE

* Rose Violet DEBNEY (1912-1988)
. adopted daughter of John Edward Debney (1857-1921) & Isabella Wyndham (1877-1961). Rose married Geoffrey Albert Edward 'Ted' Purcell (1910-1992) in Waiwhetu in 1932. They are buried in Otorohanga

* Alfred EALES

* Ezio FERRETTI

* Irene FOSTER

* Ian FRANDI

* Joyce FUTTER

* Evelyn 'Clare' GOODMAN (1910-1990)
. daughter of Walter Goodman (1875-1927) & Catherine Florence Eveline Weavers (1884-1970). Her mother next married Jack Hoy in 1955 & buried with him in Taita Old cemetery. Clare married Joseph Francis De Simas (1906-1979) in 1935. His parents are buried Old Taita. Clare & Joseph are buried in Havelock North

* Joan HANSON

* Florence HARRIS
* Ronald HARRIS

* Charles William 'Charlie' HEWER (1911-1978)
. married Raidence Estelle Margarita 'Ray' Hopping (1917-1961) in 1938. Buried Taita Old with a son, Selwyn Francis Hewer (1939-1970)
* Thomas 'Tom' HEWER (1914-1982)
. married Margaret Helen 'Ella' Inster (1914-1983) in 1950, buried Picton. Margaret is buried Ruru Lawn
* 2 of 12 known children (8 sons), born in Taita, to Frederick Seymour Hewer (1881-1953) & Annie Emeline Westbury (1886-1962). Frederick was a candidate in the 1944 Lower Hutt Councillor elections. He is buried Wanganui. Annie is buried Taita Old

* Henry Cunningham HORLOR (1914-2015)
. son of Henry Valentine Horlor (1882-1967) from England (later Lower Hutt City Councillor) & Frances Dickie Cunningham (1886-1961) from Victoria. He married Velda Elizabeth Collett (1913-1998) in 1938. Daughter of Ernest James Collett & Daisy Elsie Walton

* William KELLS

* Rita Charlotte KILMISTER (1914-1999)
. daughter of Arthur William Kilmister (1895-1952) & Eva May Oliver (1896-1969). Eva died whilst in the air returning from Australia, in the company of her sister Ruby Lightbourne Chapman (1898-1986)
Of Note Rita's grandparents were William 'Bill' Kilmister (1860-1943) & Harriet Charlotte Avery (1862-1934), the 10th of 17 children of ]George Avery & Charlotte ).
. Rita married Edmund Gordon Spencer (1912-1993) in 1935

* Herbert KITCHENER

* Annie JOHNSON
* Myra JOHNSON

* Norman LAWRENCE

* Molly McARTHUR

* Vena Joyce 'Veen' PECK (1911-2002)
. daughter of Samuel Peck (1875-1946) & Edith White (1885-1948). She married Hilary Thomas 'Tom' DENBY (1911-1979) in 1939 & had 3 children. They are buried Rotorua.
* Tom was a son of Walter Henry DENBY (killed in action Somme France) & Eterina Mary POWER of Masterton

* Malcolm PHILLIP

* Iris SMITH
* Richard SMITH

* Irene STUPPLES
* Phylls STUPPLES

* William TAYLOR

* Francis TEASDALE

* Allan STONEHOUSE (1912-1989)
. son of James Stonehouse (1880-1960) & Ida Beale (1880-1960). James was a draper & general storekeeper. He established and ran the first shop in Taita in 1905. Allan married Ethel Maude Stubbs (1911-2001) in 1934. His ashes were scattered at Purewa

* Iris WALTERS (1914-1984)
. daughter of Charles 'Charlie' Walters (1883-1946) & his 2nd wife, Lucy Ada Lena Hobbs (1888-1967). Charlie had first married Nora Kearney (1876-1907) on 28 Nov 1906 in Lower Hutt, Nora died in Taita, 11 months later, 3 weeks after giving birth to twins. Iris married Arthur McKay on 3 June 1939

* Gordon WILLIS

* Elsie WESTERBY

School News during this time frame ..
Evening Post, 24 Sep 1917
VEGETABLE and FRUITGROWERS - The annual meeting of the Wellington Vegetable and Fruitgrowers' Association (Incorporated) was held at the Taita School on Friday, when there was a large attendance of members. The association has been formed to watch the interests of fruit and vegetable growers generally and the first year of its existence, is disclosed by the report and balance-sheet, showed a very satisfactory state of affairs. The finances are in a healthy condition and the membership steadily increasing. A number of new members were elected at the meeting. The report and balance-sheet were adopted and officers for the ensuing year elected as follows: President, Mr F. S. Hewer; vice-president, Mr C. W. Howard; secretary and treasurer; Mr J. Scholes; executive, Messrs A. Rumgay, F. Bertelson, T. R. Foster, J. Liddle, J. Pescini, A. Tillbury, V. Pemberton. Mr G. F. Judd was re-elected auditor.

Evening Post, 21 Dec 1917
The prizes given annually by Mr and Mrs H. A. McKenzie for the dux boy and girl at Taita School were won this year by Douglas McArthur and Maud Hunt.

NZ Times, 25 April 1918
The following have been elected to the Taita School Committee:- Messrs A. Burgess, S. Cooley, W. Harris, D. McArthur, H. Mawson, J. Stonehouse and M. W. Welch.

Dominion, 22 May 1919
SHORTAGE of TEACHERS. How Taita School Is Suffering
A public meeting of the residents of the Taita district was held on Tuesday evening in the schoolroom to consider the present unsatisfactory position in regard to the teaching staff. Mr A. Burgess, chairman of the School Committee, presided. It was pointed out that the school has suffered severely for the last eighteen months on account of change of teachers. last year, on several occasions, the school (which has an average attendance of about 120 scholars), was without the services of one of the assistant teachers. At the present time, though the infant mistress sent in her resignation on February 24 and actually vacated her position at the end of April, no substitute has been supplied by the Education Board. A new teacher has been appointed, but will not be able to take up her duties till July 1, the consequence is that the head teacher (Mr Phillip) has to teach six classes in two rooms, which means he can neither do justice to himself nor to the children.
The chairman explained that the Education Board had done all in its power to find a teacher, but without success. The present position was a most serious one and unless some effective steps were taken to replenish the teaching staffs throughout the Dominion, the whole education system was in danger of collapsing. The children in many of our schools were not receiving the training and teaching they were entitled to and it was a matter of regret that the Government did not realise the seriousness of the question and make provision for the payment of salaries sufficiently high to attract the best talent in the country. There was no more important duty on the part of any Government than to insure by every means in it power that the rising generation should have every facility to obtain as full and complete an education as it was possible to give and this could not be done by keeping the teaching staff to the highest point of efficiency it was possible to attain, both in respect of numbers and qualifications. It was finally resolved that a deputation consisting of the chairman, Mr Burgess and Mr McArthur, wait on the School Committees' Association with the object of forming a deputation to wait on the Minister of Education and urge on the Government the necessity of offering greater inducements to young people to enter the teaching profession, as being the only method of dealing with the crisis that has arisen owing to the lack of certificated teachers.

Dominion, 9 Oct 1919
WELLINGTON EDUCATION BOARD. Tenders for installation of Septic Tank, Drainage etc., at Taita School, will be received at the Education Board Office, Wellington, up to Noon of Monday, October 13. Plans etc., may be seen at the School, Taita, 'Chronicle' Office, Petone and at Education Board Office. The lowest or any tenders not necessarily accepted. G. L. Stewart, Secretary.

Evening Post, 17 Feb 1920
At the Taita School proficiency certificates have been awarded to William Foster, Madeline Stupples and Irene Stupples.