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Wattie Book Award
Wattie or Watty is a masculine given name or nickname, often a diminutive form of Walter, and a surname. It may refer to: Given name or nickname * Walter Aitkenhead (1887–1966), Scottish footballer * Walter Watty Allan (1868–1943), Scottish footballer * Walter Wattie Buchan (born 1957), Scottish punk rock lead vocalist and musician * Derrick Watty Burnett (born 1950), Jamaican reggae vocalist and musician * William Watson Watty Clark (1902–1972), American Major League Baseball pitcher * Wattie Cooper (), New Zealand footballer * Wharton Wattie Davies (1873–1961), Welsh rugby union and rugby league footballer * Peter Watt Wattie Dick (1927—2012), Scottish footballer * Walter Wattie Dunphy (1896–1972), Irish hurler * Walter Watty Friend (1898–c. 1983), Australian rugby union player * Roscoe Wattie Holm (1901–1950), American Major League Baseball player * Walter Wattie Jackson, Scottish footballer in the 1920s * Walter Watty Keay (1871–1943), Scottish footballer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walter (name)
Walter is a German masculine given name derived from Old High German ''Walthari'', composed of the elements ''walt-'' (Proto-Germanic ''*wald-'') "power", "ruler", and ''hari'' (Proto-Germanic ''*χarja'') "army". The name was first popularized by the famous epic German hero Walter of Aquitaine, Walther von Aquitaine and later with the writer Walther von der Vogelweide. The name is first recorded in the 6th century, with Walthari son of Wacho, who was king of the Lombards during 539–546. Old High German forms are recorded as ''Walthari'', ''Waltari'', ''Walthar'', ''Waltar'', ''Waltere'', ''Waldheri'', ''Waldhere'', ''Waltheri'', ''Walthere'', ''Walther'', ''Walter'', ''Waldher'', and ''Valter''. The Old English equivalent is ''Wealdhere'', Old Norse has ''Valðar'' and '' Valdarr''.Förstemann, ''Altdeutsches Namenbuch'' (1856)1244f The name entered the French language as ''Gauthier'', Spanish as ''Gutierre'', Portuguese as ''Gualter'' and Italian as ''Gualtiero''. The mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Watty Wallace
George Walter Gordon Wallace (16 January 1900 - 12 October 1964) was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly. Biography Wallace was born in Queensland, the son of Charles Wallace and his wife Minnie (née Collins). He was educated at the Mareeba and Chillagoe primary schools before joining the First Australian Imperial Force in 1916. He had put his age up by two years in order to enlist and saw action in France and Belgium with the 7th and 21st Machine Gun Companies. On his return to Australia he joined the meat industry, working in both Cairns and Gordonvale as a slaughterman and butcher. On 7 December 1920 Wallace married Lillian May Clark and together had one son, Walter Gordon Wallace. Lillian died in 1936Family history research — [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goodman Fielder Wattie Book Awards
The Ockham New Zealand Book Awards are literary awards presented annually in New Zealand. The awards began in 1996 as the merger of two literary awards events: the New Zealand Book Awards, which ran from 1976 to 1995, and the Goodman Fielder Wattie Book Awards, which ran from 1968 to 1995 (known as the Montana Book Awards from 1994 to 1995). The awards have changed name several times depending on sponsorship. From 1996 to 2009, the awards were known as the Montana New Zealand Book Awards, and sponsored by Montana Wines. From 2010 until 2014, the awards were known as the New Zealand Post Book Awards. Since 2015, the main sponsors have been property developer Ockham Residential, the Acorn Foundation, Creative New Zealand, Mary and Peter Biggs, Booksellers Aotearoa New Zealand and biotech company MitoQ. The awards event is the opening event of the Auckland Writers Festival, held annually in May. History and format Before 1996 there were two major New Zealand literary awards e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wattie's
Heinz Wattie's Limited (or simply Wattie's) is a New Zealand-based food producer of frozen and packaged fruit, vegetables, sauces, baby food, cooking sauces, dressings and pet foods in the New Zealand market. History Founded in 1934 by Sir James Wattie, the company operated in New Zealand under the name of J. Wattie Canneries Limited (later J Wattie Foods Limited and its related companies). In 1980, Wattie Industries and Goodman Fielder purchased shares in each other’s companies that led to a merger in 1987 to create Goodman Fielder Wattie Ltd. In 1992 the Wattie’s group was bought from Goodman Fielder by American-based H. J. Heinz Company for $565 million. The company employs around 1,900 people, of which approximately 350 are temporary or casual. The company produces its own Wattie's products, some international brands of H. J. Heinz Company, as well as local products under brands like Craig's, Farex, Eta, Oak, Good Taste Company, Greenseas, Earth's Best, Complan, Chef ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Watford
Watford () is a town and Borough status in the United Kingdom, borough in Hertfordshire, England, 15 miles northwest of Central London, on the River Colne, Hertfordshire, River Colne. Initially a small market town, the Grand Junction Canal encouraged the construction of paper-making mills, print works, and brewery, breweries. While industry has declined in Watford, its location near London and transport links has attracted several companies to site their headquarters in the town. Cassiobury Park is a public park that was once the manor estate of the Earls of Essex. The town developed next to the River Colne on land belonging to St Albans Abbey. In the 12th century, a charter was granted allowing a market, and the building of St Mary's Church, Watford, St Mary's Church began. The town grew partly due to travellers going to Berkhamsted Castle and the royal palace at Kings Langley. A mansion was built at Cassiobury House, Cassiobury in the 16th century. This was partly rebuilt in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Corn Is Green (1945 Film)
''The Corn Is Green'' is a 1945 American drama film starring Bette Davis as a schoolteacher determined to bring education to a Welsh coal mining town despite great opposition. It was adapted from the 1938 play of the same name by Emlyn Williams, which originally starred Ethel Barrymore. John Dall and Joan Lorring were nominated for the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress, respectively. In 1979, the play was adapted once again for the made-for-television film ''The Corn Is Green'' starring Katharine Hepburn. Plot In 1895, L.C. (Lily Cristobel) Moffatt, M.A, comes to a Welsh coal mining area, to the village of Glansarno (English spelling). She is determined to set up a school to serve the boys who go by singing on their way home from work. (They go into the mine at age 12.) She gets off on the wrong foot with the local squire, ensuring his resistance to and obstruction of her efforts. She enlists the help of Mr. Jones and Miss Ronberry, and plans to bu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Corn Is Green
''The Corn Is Green'' is a 1938 semi-autobiographical play by Welsh dramatist and actor Emlyn Williams. The play premiered in London at the Duchess Theatre in September 1938; with Sybil Thorndike as Miss Moffat and Williams himself portraying Morgan Evans, the West End production ran in all for 600 performances. The original Broadway production starred Ethel Barrymore and premiered at the National Theatre in November 1940, running for 477 performances. Plot L.C. Moffat is a strong-willed English school teacher working in a poverty-stricken coal mining village in late 19th century Wales. She struggles to win the local Welsh miners over to her English ways, and an illiterate teenager by the name of Morgan Evans eventually graduates with honours. Background Born in 1905, Emlyn Williams grew up in the impoverished coal-mining town of Mostyn in Flintshire, Wales, and spoke only Welsh until the age of eight. He was barely literate, and later said he would probably have begun worki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nora Wattie
Nora Wattie (1900–1994) MBChB (Aberdeen), DPH (Cambridge) was a pioneer of social medicine, setting up Glasgow’s internationally renowned ante-natal care service (both before and after the creation of the National Health Service). Throughout her career, Wattie was modernising and innovating; initially treating the suffering of women and their babies who were infected with sexually transmitted diseases by husbands returning home after the Second World War, later eliminating diphtheria through a city-wide chain of clinics. For thirty years, Wattie worked on improving women's and children's physical and mental health in the slums of Glasgow, influencing the medical profession and advising government. After her retirement, Wattie offered health education to future parents at schools and colleges. In 1964, Wattie was awarded the Order of the British Empire for services to public health, and declared ''Scotswoman of the Year'' by the ''Glasgow Evening Times''. Early life and edu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Wattie
John Wattie was Dean of Aberdeen and Orkney from 1948 to 1953. He was educated at King's College London and ordained in 1909. After curacies in Clapton Park and Aberdeen he held incumbencies in Kirkwall, Cambuslang, Dundee Dundee (; sco, Dundee; gd, Dùn Dè or ) is Scotland's fourth-largest city and the 51st-most-populous built-up area in the United Kingdom. The mid-year population estimate for 2016 was , giving Dundee a population density of 2,478/km2 or ... and Aboyne until his appointment as Dean."Scottish Episcopal Clergy, 1689-2000" p517 Bertie, D.M: Edinburgh T & T Clark Notes Alumni of King's College London Associates of King's College London Deans of Aberdeen and Orkney {{Christian-clergy-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Wattie
Sir James Wattie (23 March 1902 – 8 June 1974) was a New Zealand clerk, accountant, company manager, industrialist, philanthropist and race-horse owner. Wattie was born in Hawarden, New Zealand in 1902. In 1934, he founded food processing company Wattie's. Wattie had a reputation for his humility and friendliness towards his staff, with his constant effort to look after and understand his staff's problems. Upon his death in 1974, his company and workplace philosophies were carried on by his sons, Gordon and Raymond. Since 1992 the company has been owned by H. J. Heinz Company which is one of the world's leading food manufacturing companies. In 1953, Wattie was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal. In the 1963 New Year Honours, he was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire, for services to the process food industry. Wattie was made a Knight Bachelor in the 1966 Queen's Birthday Honours The Queen's Birthday Honours 1966 were appointments in ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Wattie
Henry Benzie Wattie (3 June 1891 – 1 July 1916) was a Scottish professional footballer who played in the Scottish League for Heart of Midlothian as a forward. Personal life Wattie was the youngest of five brothers and attended Boroughmuir High School. After serving four years in the Territorial Force, Wattie enlisted as a private in McCrae's Battalion of the Royal Scots during the First World War and was killed in Sausage Valley on the first day on the Somme. He is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial The Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme is a war memorial to 72,337 missing British and South African servicemen who died in the Battles of the Somme of the First World War between 1915 and 1918, with no known grave. It is near the .... Career statistics References Scottish footballers 1916 deaths British Army personnel of World War I 1891 births Scottish Football League players Heart of Midlothian F.C. players Footballers from Edinbur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Watty Piper
''The Little Engine That Could'' is an American folktale (existing in the form of several illustrated children's books and films) that became widely known in the United States after publication in 1930 by Platt & Munk. The story is used to teach children the value of optimism and hard work. Based on a 2007 online poll, the National Education Association listed the book as one of its "Teachers' Top 100 Books for Children". Background The story's signature phrases such as "I think I can" first occurred in print in a 1902 article in a Swedish journal. An early published version of the story, " Story of the Engine That Thought It Could", appeared in the ''New-York Tribune'' on April 8, 1906, as part of a sermon by the Rev. Charles S. Wing. A brief version of the tale appeared under the title '' Thinking One Can'' in 1906, in ''Wellspring for Young People'', a Sunday school publication. This version reappeared in a 1910 book, ''Foundation Stones of Success''. Another version ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
