RED CROSS WORK

Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 142, 13 December 1933, Page 16

RED CROSS WORK

SERVICE TO OTHERS

PRESENTATION OF AWARDS

A large attendance of people interested in the work of the Red Cross Society witnessed the presentation of the awards gained by members of the Wellington peacetime centre. The ceremony was held in the Town Hall last evening. In a short address, Mr. C. H. Chapman, M P., chairman of the Wellington peacetime centre of the society, said that the organisation aimed particularly at service to others who needed'assistance. It was devoted to the relief of suffering, and carried out a genuine service to the community. ' . Much of the work of the society consisted in inculcating a knowledge of firstaid and hygiene into adults as well as children. In this connection, the work of Sisters Lewis and Aitken was invaluable. These sisters and some forty classes under their tuition. Over a thousand children and about a hundred adults received instructions in the various sections of the work. All those who underwent a course of training were better for it. In the future they would be better citizens as they would not only have finer ideals, but would be able to apply the knowledge gained for the benefit of tlieir fellows. .... An excellent programme of recitation, song, and dance was provided by pupils of schools and by several well-known local amateurs. Among those who performed were Masters I. and J; Galloway, Glennie and I. Lewis, Misses Joan Chandler. Doreen Turdie, Margaret and Mary Moran, Jean Purvis, Joyce Knighton, Nola Pritchard, Joan llaine, Juliet Adams. Phyllis O'Shea, Shirley Craig, Rita Cass, Loretto Cunningham, Olga McMahon-Box, Audrey Hodgkinson, Zita McMahon-Box, and B. Bannister. Items were given by choirs from the Northland, Hutt Central, cind Lyall Bay Schools. Before presenting the awards, Lady Myers expressed- her appreciation of the excellent concert which had been provided. The high quality of the performances reflected great credit on those responsible for training the children concerned. Lady Myers congratulated those who had passed the tests of the society. The Lady Luke Trophy was won again by Wellington Girls' College. In presenting the trophy, Lady Luke remarked that this was the third time the college had won the trophy. When it had done so three times in succession ' the trophy would become the property of the school. Mrs. L. P. Blundelt's trophy, for first aid was presented by Mrs. Coates to representatives of the Wellington East Girls' College. Mrs. G. Shirtclift'e's Cup was won by the senior Wellington team. Mrs. Shirtclift'e presented the trophy. Following is a list of awards gained in the senior section. There is also a very long list of awards to school pupils. First Aid.—Upper Hutt: Elementary, Misses Joyce Bennett, H. Noeline Browne, Francos Small, and Ida Wellington. Intermediate, Mr. J. Brown, Mr. T. S. Sllnn, and Miss A. .lowett, honours; Miss Mary Qulnn. Advanced, Misses Margaret Wallis, A. Jenkins, Helen Golder, and Betty Cropp, honours medallion. Headquarters.—Advanced: Mr. C. Veltmeyer, Misses Marjorie Wiflln, Amy England, Maude Hammond, Joan Berry, honours, medallion. Miss Dorothy Truscott, medallion. Intermediate : Misses Catherine Coghlan, Joy Garratt, Enid Kicrnan, Ida Myers, Ellen Robertshaw, Nellie Gray, Elsio .Toll. Isabel Coles, Grace Graham, Margaret Meredith, Mosdamea Madge AtcKenzie, Hannah Collins, and. Mr. Charles Harkness, honours: Mrs. Leah Ivin and Miss Elsie Janisch. Elementary: Miss Lorna Incledon, honours; Mr. Horaco Harrap, Misses Dorothy Davies, Alice MacLoughlin, Elsie Beaumont, nnrt Elsie Driller. AValkanae.—Messrs. J. AY. Aston, A. J. Brown, Misses Phyllis S. Brown, Jean Brown. Edith Deakin, Florence Hooper, Sybil M. Lee", and Lucy O. Mowbray, honours; Miss Patricia S. Wilson. Homa Nursing.— Headquarters A: Intermediate, Mrs. Madge McKenzic, Misses Nellie Gray and Edna Vinsen, honours; Mrs. Leah Ivln. Advanced, Misses Elsie Beaumont, M. Cairns, Grace Graham, Elsie Joll, Joy Garratt, Isabel Cnles, and Mrs. Annie Mac Donald, honours, medallion ; Miss Joan Berry, medallion; Miss Marjorie Slme. I'lrst Bar to Advanced, Miss Marjorie Cairns, honours; merit medallion, Mrs. Annie Mac Donald. Headquarters B.—Second bar to advanced. Miss Amy England. Advanced, Misses Ellen Robertshaw and Edith Lewis, medallion, honours; Misses Joyce Bishop, Maud Hammond, Joan Andrews, and Maud Conlbear, medallion. Intermediate, Misses Margaret Grant, Catherine Dalziel. and Catherine Coghlan, honours; Misses Elsie, Janisch, Beryl Simpson, Mary Bailey, Valeric Simpson, and Joan Simpson. • ; Headquarters C—Elementary: Misses Florence E. Bowcock, Mary Lamplin, and Miss Enid Kiernan, honours; Misses Grace Meldrum, Bertha Webster, May Thomas, Dorothy Wagg, Elsie Driller, and Miirjorie MaglU. Intermediate : Miss Esther Lark. Headquarters D.—Elementary: Misses Elizabeth Potter and Lilian Hilton, honours; Miss Ada W. Wulff-Jorgensen. Upper Hutt.—First Bar to Advanced: Mrs. M. K. Gibbs. Advanced: Miss SI. Wallis, honours; Misses B. Cropp, D. Marryatt, and A. Jenkins. Intermediate: Misses H. Golder, M. Farmer, M. Qulnn, and A. Skow. Elementary: Mrs. Oram, Misses B. Gibbs, Maud Conway, Elsie Clark, and Edith Prescott. Hygiene and Sanitation. . . Headquarters.—Advanced : Mr. C. Veltmeyer and Mrs. A. McDonald, medallion. Intermediate ; Miss N. Gray, honours; Mrs. M. McKenzie. Elementary: Mr. Harkness, Misses Trlcker; Dray, Aheri^