PENNY PIE

Press, Volume LXXI, Issue 21578, 14 September 1935, Page 2 (Supplement)

PENNY PIE

When the Pie was opened We all began to sing, , Wasn't that a And do you know, that is all Lady Gay can write! She simply doesn't feel like poetry to-day. Perhaps she had too much Penny Pie. ' See if you can finish the verse for her. Anyway it was a splendid Penny Pie, and a splendid Penny Fair. And we raised the sum of £l7 towards our Christmas Mission funds. Don't you think we can well be just-a little proud of our effort, and of our pie. : When the Pie was opened We all began Dear, dear, it will never do to start on that again: Lady Gay can't tell a rhyme from a ginger-nut to-day. And as ffcr Mother Bunch. Well, she tried to make a verse, and Ernest the Engine laughed so much that he burst hisihoiler-jacket. First of all, very seriously, Lady Gay wants to thank you all for your loyal work. All last week, and right up to the moment the pie was cut by Mrs; J. K. Archer, who came along specially to cut it, gifts kept rolling ini. There were kettle-holders; there were cakes; there were gweets; there were biscuits; there were oven-cloths. Lady.Gay started, almost correctly to write a wonderful list, but

It.was impossible on the day itself to keep track of the contributions. So will all of yon please accept Lady Gay's very best thanks. She has a wonderful band of' helpers. She has only to say "We'll hold a Penny Fair," and the thing is done. Just think! Seventeen pounds, just made up penny on penny. It takes a number of pennies to make a pound, even. And again, most particularly, special thanks to the members of the "Mothers' Committee" who from the first to last lent enthusiastic aid. We owe a great deal to these mothers and fathers who never fail to come to our; help, who are to the fore in everything we undertake. The "Mothers" Committee" never fails. • Now, for the Fair itself. Of course it was crowded, but that didn't matter. It made it all the jollier. The boys had their sideshows outside, and the stalls were set up in the Toe H. Hall. We are exceedingly grate. ful to the executive of the Toe H. who lent us the hall, free of charge, and helped us in every way possible. As for the stalls. Well, here is a list of stallholders. That will tell you more than Lady Gay's words can

Books: Silver Fern Club; art: Olga Cocks, Garry Stewart, and Brian. Downey; stamps: Joe Manning and Joe Muliins; "Ye QJde Curiositie Shoppe": Enterprise Club; dolls: "Wendy" and helpers; "Henry Morgan's Milk Bar": Terence Tracy; woodwork: Charles Rhodes and Fred Rhodes; kites: Jack Goldsmith, Keith Hayhurst, Maurice Burden, and Sydney Goldsmith;' mystery: Shirley Holder, DUna and Raeburn Thomson, Denise, ana Valerie Carter; flre--2? . li:, K,>na W Chapman; variety: «™S^ ln^; J toffee aPPles and peabwb. Good Samaritans' Club; sweet I and cake 3tail: "Queen of Hearts" £d^% l; toStaas: Dorothy KWittl Shirley Milliken; SowS;. Wrecker Club; tm--sv»»«t ^ :* ? a PPy Helpers' Club; Treasure Island: Larry Davles, Boy

Brewer, and Gordon Brewer; icecream: Busy-Buzzers' Club; jumble: Help the Needy Club; surprise packets: Velma Ede, Joan Joslind, and Joan Piikington; odds and ends: Ruby Malaquin, Bruce Harris, and Jack Friedlandcr;. flowers:. Grace Goldsmith and June Williamson; plants: Frank and Colin Fearce; piemen: Dick and Stephen Delany; balloons: Dick and Stephen Delany; Kingsford-Smith stall: Gregory Kane; whips and books: Jim Shanahan and Jim Weir; afternoon tea: Smilin' Thru Club; fish pond: Busy Fingers' Club; darts: Alan de Malmanche;. bagatelle, and. guessing: competition: Vincent Brooks and Cliff Frew; dart-throwing competition: Albert Malaqnin: shooting gallery: Ross and Eric Weavers; penny Young Helpers* Club; pie: Shipmates.