NEW TOC H LAMPS.

Press, Volume LXIX, Issue 20756, 17 January 1933, Page 2

NEW TOC H LAMPS.

\ I'RINCE ATTENDS CEREMONY AT BIRMINGHAM. | i'rKUJI UVi OWK COliilESi'O.NiJEfl'-l'.) ' LONDON, December S. | 'flic f'riiice of Wales, as patron or j Toe H, lit the new Lamps of Maintcnaute bestowed on the sixty New Toe H I branches at rai impressive ceremony hj; j Birmingham Town Hall last night. Members of 7o branches and groups of Toe H were present. The 'Frince, who flew ia his private aeroplane from Sumiiugdale to West Bromwicb .Verodrome, v,-as received by the liev. P. B. Clayton, the founder padre. .Before ho Jit the lamps, the Prince, who wore a grey lounge suit, said: — "This "year l'appealed at the Albert Hall for "voluntary service, and I emphasised,oa that" occasion this cveriiiereasiiig need. I would like to thank Toe H for helping to make my appeal so widely known by organising no fewer than 360 meetings in various parts of the country. j "I am very glad to say that this idea of voluntary service, this spirit of voluntary service, is taking on very well. But we must realise that it is all verywell to talk about voluntary service, but it needs and calls for grit and determination. Once jobs for social service arc undertaken they must be carried out, not with half-hearted interest, but "with sustained effort." The Prince said that in times of poverty such as we were passing through now even a cheerful word and a cheerful outlook on life could help. Everyone could do his bit by seeking out ways ol helping those in his neighbourhood. The Prince then made a reference to the unemployed, and continuod:— "Toe H is pledged to service, but the word service by itself is somewhat vague. I would like to remind you that those who were glad to find" Talbot Kcuse iu Poperinghe were on aotho service, and I feel that it is in the spirit of 'on aetivo service' that we ] should face our tasks for the New Tear | which is coming." i The Prince then sat while members from the new tranches brought their Lamps, and in dead silenco he lit each one by one with a taper. Many bearers of Lamps wero blind and had to be guided. The Prince talked to a numbßr i of them.