THREE GAY CHUMS

Press, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22004, 30 January 1937, Page 3 (Supplement)

THREE GAY CHUMS

work, labelling and checking all articles. When this was finished afternoon tea was served, and prizes were awarded. The winners were as follows: Hostess—Laura Durie. Best covered basket Nellie Thompson (1), Elva Browne (3), Betty Hart (3), Best coarse wool garment—Elva Browne. Best fine wool garment—Valerie Barker. Most suggestions—Edith Durie. Most money collected—Betty Hart.

Approximately 340 skeins of wool were knitted by the club. “During' the afternoon Margaret Parnham and Edith Durie, on behalf of the club, presented Mrs H. F. Barker with a silver mounted cake plate, wishing her a happy birthday (our last club day coinciding with this day), and expressing the club’s thanks for her interest and help during the year. “When the Gay Chums’ box was ready for “The Press Ship” Mission, it contained summer and winter garments for boys and girls.

“Our two little orphans, Beverley and Janet, were not forgotten either, for as well as a big stocking containing many things, two large dressed dolls were put on the tree, with the season’s greetings from the Gay Chums’ Club. “The box of garments sent in for “The Press Ship” Christmas Mission contained:— 42 pairs pants, 21 shirts, 4 pilchers, 5 knitted dresses, 15 dresses, 12 knitted singlets, 15 pairs socks. 5 pinafores, 10 jumpers, 1 bed jacket, 6 flannel petticoats, 6 cardigans, 5 bonnets, 1 baby set (6 pieces), 5 pairs gloves, 1 boy’s set (3 pieces), 1 pair slippers, 1 pram cover, 11 cot covers (peggy squares), 12 coat hangers, 3 dressed dolls, 2 boys’ suits, 1 pair bloomers, 1 pair bootees, 2 Christmas stockings, 30 baskets of sweets, 18 handkerchiefs, sweets, 5/- worth. “Concerts and guessing competitions brought in sufficient funds for the purchase of material and wool for these articles, and we have left a few shillings to begin work for the 1937 mission.” We have 10 baby turkeys and 5 chickens. —MARY CHAPMAN, “The Ranche,”