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Grey River Argus, 1 July 1922, Page 8

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Greetings, !o all! A , Good thou«its to Viiil'p Good thoughts to all rise A Now, I war,l all my SuMieafi®co contra their earnest good tlu/iiglils on Uncle Ted, and see if we can lot 'make him listen. E’have two bonnielnephews who, when they want me to gjre them something nide, keep asking 1 Auntie: Auntie: until finally I am compelled to give them whgt they desire. Shouldn’t we do the same to Uncle Ted'? Just keep asking and asking. When we get Uncle Ted to ■ ite, I will tell you my great plan, Si tittle Sunbeams, let’s all work together and send out best thoughts to our first Uncle. I do not know what happened to your letter, Mary Ann I did not see it. ‘ You surely must have mislaid it somewhere. Gladys, it surely is a mistake. Dear Lena, if your teacher saw you, I do hope she would not scold you. You should proudly say: ‘‘l am one of Aunt Flora’s Sunbeams; and am writing to her,” and I am sure she would smile and forgive you. You seem to always hit the nail right on the head, Eddie, all I can say to you is that you are blessed with a beautiful Mother, who always tells you what is right. Keep on, Eddie, you are of our best, and to you belongs the future. Do not ever be diser.urafled,. You will notice SunbeanUClaire has given lovely name f<« your dog. Poor Rover: I hope his legvis now much better. I feel sorry for iny dog that is in pain, don’t you? I atu sure you are a sport, Wattie; for you; love football and skating. If you play)football, you will learn to take many a knock with a smile. That is what Intakes life worth while, is it not? Sunbeam Jean; you took me back a few j/irs on my own past life, when you j-aid you love to ride on the truck. Wien I was just as old ns you, I used to take my Dad his lunch and, ch! those rides on the trucks 1 cannot forget! I sometimes used to ■ get my clothes dirty, toe, but that did not count then. I used to ride and enjoy it —oh. so much. Yqi keep on expecting. Lily, and do not fever neglect sending our’dear Uncle Tea your good 'thoughts. What a crowd olthappy Sunbeams I have at To Namu.’, Some day I may go and see you alii That is, when I get a holiday. Your ®ca of the brick wall is sure bonnie, te Wihoi. Yes, I admit I felt a few chlly words when there was so few letters! I know you share with me the teeli'.fcj otherwise you would not have sail so. 1 do not think you are quite fail to Uncle Ted, when you suggest that he has grown tired of us, Te Wihoi. lam almost positive that our dear llitle Ted is just as lovable and ehihajko and kind as ever. He has such a Ifeto da, but he always sends us IM good thought; and we must have titienee and keep our good thoughts, ceilred on him and he will com?. 1 send ddir Sunbeam Kate and her little ones nA good thoughts. They need all out good thoughts, I am sure. Yes, we have lovely weather here, too. Y am pleased you found a home for Wllie’s pups, Olive, and I thank you tfe it. There is in this town another liter besides our ‘‘Argus.” Evulentlyt he people who write for that paper kid our Sunbeam. " letters for there I :t ■L piece of so called poetry in it and I'.li 1id *‘From a Sunbeam.” Now, I life own that Sunbeam; for that SliBbcam has bad thoughts; and all I ‘V is that none of Aunt Flora’s SiA Kunii are cap: of sending bill lights to any — not even to 1!| 'who would harm our ‘‘Argus.’j 'Mould Itkn all Sunbeams to send out —even to’l loosa that harm them: for' is what LVI-them sneer us. If we are sending flicm good they must feel ashamed. 1 W know it is not always easy, but with F a little practice, it comes quite easy, and is so very beautiful. Now lam going to ask tiiy Sunbeams to write me next week about something they have seen or heard of during the week. 1 want you all to practise a little memV.v training. If you have been to the pictures and seen something that you liked or if something "happened at •whool that you did nut like or you did lik • or on' the way to school or at honte, just write it in your own thoughts and let Aunt Flora see her Sunbeams have powers to notice and write it down. I do not want great L long accounts— just short letters. Now, k let’s see what we <ani do! 1 will write ■ my the same as Av.'u. Bk

Paroa. My I)4ffr Ai.JL, Uncles and Sunyou all. GreetTe Wihoi, Dad and Uncle Ted. D’Jfr'Te Wihoi, thei'Awere more bricks junssing from the grey.t wall last Saturday. There were (more letters last week than there wrrf 'the week before. How pleased Aunt 11 ora would be, if (*very little Sunbealn would write a letter; no matter lulw small it be, it would help to mak' our “Sunbeam Column” larger. how about next Saturday,»ejery one of us put in a letter, and Oil! how happy Aunt Flora would be, tl sec about 20 letters written to her. fi\ "ry morning 1 go in the train. I w'a'eh and see if I can see the girl with the monkey jacket on, and her hair cut. Te Wihoi 1 had a good idea that it was Dad that I saw on the train, the other morning. We were very pleased when the rain came, as our tank was almost dry, and things were coming to a bad state, if people could not get water. We cannot live without water. I am glad your team won at football, Madge. Dear Dad, I am very sorry I did not know you very much, but never mind 1 will be on the look out next time. I will conclude now, with best thoughts to all the world, especially to Uncle Ted. From SUNBEAM GLADYS. Blaketown. Dear Aunties and. Uncles.—Greetings to all the world, also to you and our Uncles. I was very pleased to see so many lovely letters last week, and all sending good thoughts to Uncles Ted and Ned to try and bring them back to us once more. I am living in hopes to see a lovely letter from each of them this week, as they have had a long spell. Good thoughts to Te Wihoi, and I hope to see a letter from her this week, also one from Dad. Please excuse a small letter this week, as I a’m late in writing. I will close now with good thoughts to all the world also to the poor Russians. From \ SUNBEAM HAZEL. \ Westland. Aly Dear Auntie. Uncles and, Sun- ; bea|ms. —Greetings to you all. My dear I onei all! Dad is not very well and I he iinay not write again for a month; | but Won’t worry; you have got To Wihoi. I She will have to keep going. Our Dad |needs rest and he is going to take I it. Sic is going to banish everything but west. Good thoughts to you all From I I DAD. i Millerton. Dearl Aunt Flora. —Good thoughts at | nin-e toi you Auntie and Dad. Te Wihoi, anil her Grannie. Good thoughts at nine! always. And now for Uncle Ted. Alum says Uncle Ted needs our good thoughts, because he works hard for us dill. Good thoughts Uncle Ted to you ai.d all Sunbeams. From I SUNBEAM JACK. II Te Namu. Dear Wimti-n, and Sunbeams all, Greetings^o you all! Greetings to ; Uncle TeA Dad and Alum went to ' the football match at Karamca to-day ' and they Ire not back yet. I spent the day wityi my mates, Auntie- to-day i we had suclli jolly fun shooting spar- ' rows mith lay air rille. I shot one parro-.. dearth hit two chaffinches and wo thrushesl It has been raining all day here, Aiftitie; and it is so miserd.le in wet leather. Sunbeam Olivo ■iterrupted n® Auntie, to carry in <nne wood. IS have just finished reading a book The Rubber Hunters” I to -night. I wall close now, with good thoughts to alia the world. From .sunbeam wattie. I l I Millerton. I t Dear Aunt Greetings and died thoughts ti you, Auntie; and to ‘ Uid, Te Wihoi And her Grannie; also ' tii al] our Sunbaams —good thoughts. Simbqams Oenon-a and Elaine had two wOlkU holiday so they went home, i I IX) e to see >o Lo letters from them this'.week. Our II Namu Sunbeams keep/up a good page. Without them Aunt'e we would be lost. Sunbeam Enid, ’ Capnot you shake Arthur and May up? ’I guess it will be jolly" cold riding to school these mornings for them. Oh, Auntie I must tell you about Sunbeam Jack. One morning it was very cold and wet and Mum said ‘ ‘ I wonder how many Sunbeam have to go out and get cows on mornings like this!” Sunbeam Jack said: ‘‘l have been wondering, Mum, if our dear old Dad has any one to make him a cup tea!” Sunbeam Jack is very fond , of a cup of tea and on Sunday mornings likes to light the fire and take Mum a cup of tea. When Mum told Jack that our Dad was Te Wihoi’s dad he was delighted, because he ,said Te Wihoi would look after him and make him a nice cup of tea. He thinks a cup of tea the best thing in the world, and Mum says she hopes, he always thinks so and never wants anything i stronger. If Sunbeam Jack sees any I men working close to our house he alI ways run to Muni lor a, jug of hot | tea’. He loves all old folks and very ■ young babies. I am sending 2/6 in ■this auntie for the Russian Famine ■Fund. Some of it was given to Jack ■ or minding two little boys who are ■one day going to belong to our cornI also. I have written a long letter ■ mo Auntie, but must not forget thoughts to Uncle Ted. From ■ SUNBEAM EDDIE. M Eddie foi' 2/ii.---Aunt Blaketown. Atiiil Eloci. and V oeles.--G redGreetings to all and to our Sunespecially, and dear Te Wihoi. s glad to see two more Sunbeiniis ’ ■ : in the ‘‘Argus” from BlakeDear .Jimmy, our jmssy can jazz. too! Well, this is a very letter tills week, as 1 am going my breakfast now. Willi love wi-'ees at aiiio every morning. ■ the school indl rings. From SENBEAM jji.v. Millerton. Aunt Flora, Uncles am! bun- ; io . the ‘‘Argus.” It is jus! 11. biok Ilin Sa t unlay ua per or-. I wihoi had returned to m r,i Io I'rmir I ' iodo d'od. and Ills mot her week. As 1 am only rI, only years and sis wrile mv-idf bill ho|i, I liave iliree oilier lit > .. v. Item 1 have M Ac lo day > and one .l think Simlimim Eddy

is a good little boy to keep writing every week, I have got a nice dog u.d his name is Jim, and an old cat and a kitten, which I often play with. We are very good chums always. 1 go to my Sunday school on Sunday, and often go for messages for my mother, so 1 try to make myself useful in some ways. Good thougnrs to all the world. From SUNBEAM DORIS. Newton Flat. Derr Aunt Flora, —Greetings mid good thoughts to you and to Uncles Ted, Ned, and Jim and all the Sunbeams. Sunbeam Oenone and I are home for a fortnight’s holiday; we go back to school next Tuesday. What a. lot of new Sunbeams there are, Aunt Flora. I send good thoughts to them. I would like to see a letter from Uncle Ted. 1 do wish he would send in a short letter. Good thoughts to all the world. SUN BEAM ELAINE. Blaketown. Dear Aunt and I T ncles, Sunbeams and Dad, —Greetings to all the world. I am very sorry that T missed last week. I wrote my letter but I was too lateputting it in. Good thoughts to Uncle Ted. [ hope he will write very soon as I have been waiting for a letter from him. Keep on sending him good thoughts. I am sure he will write again. This is only a short letter as I have got two in the one that I wrote last week. Good thoughts to all the world at nine. From SUNBEAM ANNIE. (10 years.) Westland. Aly Dear Aunt Flora, Uncles, and Sunbeams. —Greetings to you all. My dear Auntie,this while back Te Wihoi has been thinking hard, very hard. Sinhas tried to pierce the dark cloud which is over-hanging our dear Uncle Ted. She has walked all round, examining him from all sides, she has gone away back to the long ago days of the “ Maoriland Worker,” when our Uncle was first known to us as the “Vag.” How we used to enjoy his writings which, to us used to outshine all others. And how~at last our Uncle became so endeared to us that one day my dad asked me would I write Unde a letter, and later on another letter, and then, oh joy; one day a letter came for me. I felt overjoyed. Dad was up at the farm five miles away. I could not rest; 1 knew Dad would be pleased .and I could not withhold the pleasure from him. 1 was only little ’.hen. I had a little bike of my own. How I begged to lie allowed to go up to Dad and tell him the joyful news. 1 was allowed, 1 went, and oh, dear Aunt Flora, how that little bike had to go as it had never done before. I saw no obstacles in the way; through mud, over stones, all was one to me. I saw nothing but the objects in my mind, to get there, to sec Dad to tell him the good news and show him the letter. 1 wanted Dad to share the gi ?at joy I felt. I scarcely know it when 1 was there, splashed all over with mud, Irut no matter, I was there. l>ad was away at work in the field, but he could tell by me there was something unusual. “What is it, girlie he asked. “Oh think, Dad just think!” I couldn’t keep it in, and with a feeling of pride and joy I gave him the letter. “There Dad, a letter to me from the “Vag.” Such a love of a letter; in it he is asking me to join the Sunbeam Circle, and he (.'alls himscls, “not the ‘Vag,’ but Uncle Ted.’’ And after that 1 don’t remember what happened, only close by there was a dear little calf lying in the lovely green grass and I asked Dad might Igo and love it. “Yes, girlie,’’ he said, “-go, go and be happy while won may,” and then I put my arms around its neckj and in that position, quite overcome with joy, 1 fell fast asleep. Often when thinking back, I feel how fine it might have been had I passed away so into a better world. Next week I may continue this rambling little story. Love and good though's to all the world. From SUNBEAM TE WIHOI. Te Namu. Deaf Uncle Ted, Auntie and Sunbeams all.—Good thoughts to Uncle Ted, Dad, Te Wihoi and Pe Wi . Grannie. 'Welcome Sunbeam Jimmie Isn’t it lovely to have Sunbeams every week to welcome to our column. It is raining to-day, but we cannot grumble,

as we had a nice spell of fine weather. Yesterday there was a football match at,Karamca between Kara■aex and our team. They played a draw. No Te Wihoi it wasn’t I “who sent you those snapshots. I only wish I had some to send you. Where is Sunbeam Maggie, of Millerton? feh® hasn’t written for a while. Our grown up Sunbeam of Te Namu hasn’t written any more. I wonder- why. I will have to close now. Good thoughts to all the world. From SUNBEAM MADGE. Blaketown. Dear Aunt Flora.—Greetings and good thoughts to you, Auntie, Dad, Uncle Ted and To Wihoi. I hope to see a lovely letter from Uncle Ted. Dear Auntie, I love reading your long letters, every Saturday morning. I wait for the paper to read it. I am sorry to say that our Blaketown Sunbeams forgot us last week. I do hope they will write soon. I have got two sisters who want to write to our Column. Good thoughts to Little Mother. I hope she will write soon. Good thoughts to Sunbeam Pansy. Dear Sunbeams keep on sending good thoughts to Sunbeam Pansy, and she will come back and write again. I was pleased to see another new Sunbeam last week. I am sorry Dad caught a cold when he came to Greymouth, ft has been very cold down here, wc get the “barber” very bad. I will be glad when the summer comes again. I hope Dad will be well enough to write a lovely longletter this week, as I enjoy reading them. I will close now, hoping to see a letter from Uncle Ted, and some of the Blaketown Sunbeams next week. With good thoughts to all the world and all our Sunbeams. From SUNBEAAI ANNIE. (10 years of age.) MANANUI. Dear Auntie, Uncles’-and Sunbeams, —Greetings to you all and greetings to Dad and Te Wihoi and to her Grannie. Good thoughts to Sunbeam Love? day and Snowdrop. It has been cold in the mornings, and play li(iuk‘ \ Io make min I lliink this is al! just ’ !’.;om| | hoiirlil s 1(1 :>ii Hi<‘ uy SUNBEA\ (Aged 13 years.; I ■