SCOUTS' WAR WORK
GISBORNE ACTIVITIES LAWNS AND WOOD CUT SOLDIERS’ WIVES HELPED The war effort of the Scouts in the Gisborne district is being much appreciated by the wives of men who are serving with the fighting services. The Scouts’ work includes the cutting of lav/ns and household wood. , Inquiries for the services of the boys have been numerous arid it is learned from the district commissioner, Mr. V. S. Cauiton. that the Scouts have taken to their voluntary tasks with enthusiasm. Mr. Cauiton explained that the services of the Scouts were available for all women, affected by their husbands’ enlistment and who were without the assistance of boys in the family able to carry out the tasks about their houses usually seen to by their husbands. Another work being carried out by the Scouts was the care of the grounds of the Y.M.C.A. for the duration of the war. Applications for assistance by womenfolk should be addressed to the chief scoutmaster for the district, Mr. T. D. Baker, Whitaker street, telephone 780, in the evenings.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20259, 29 May 1940, Page 5
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