GIRL GUIDES

Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 2 June 1928, Page 18

GIRL GUIDES

NOTES BY “GUIDER.” Tlic following Guidos belonging to the Ist Hawera Company have. passed in their two-milk walk: Phoebe Allen, Mavis Macdonald. Joan Downey, Peggy Morris, Zara Morris, Phyllis Holland, Eileen McCabe, Ha idee Good and Molly McKinnon. *** * * *

The following have passed in aims and policy of the movement: Lieut. 1). Hooper and Mavis Macdonald, both of the Ist Hawera Company. * * * *

The second birthday of the Hawera Guides will be celebrated on Saturday, June 9, and the Stratford birthday on Friday, June 8. » * * *

That Guiding is in a flourishing c<mdition in the South Taranaki Division is well evidenced by the fact that there are 16 companies and packs in South Taranaki. * * «r * *

As Lady Alice Fergusson is the Dominion President of the Girl Guic.es Association, it is hoped that there will lie a. parade of Guides to greet her during the Vice-Regal visit to Hawera..

Scoutmaster Cowie has very kindly consented to act as examiner _ ioi heights, distances, compass directions, etc., for the Guides’ first-class test work. * * * *

On Tuesday evening the Mokoia Guides, under Miss R. , Hawken (District Commissioner)' were the guests ot the Mokoia Scouts at a pleasant entertainment given by the Scouts. *»*' ■ * *

Last week a party of Guides from the 3rd Hawera Company visited the Old Men’s Homo, where they were given a very cordial reception. An entertainment was given, consisting of musical items. The gif Is were accompanied by their captain (Miss 1. Stewart) and their lieutenant (Miss D. Clement). *.* * * *

On Tuesady evening the following Rangers visited the Old Aten’s Horne: Mrs? H. G. Whitehead (captain), Miss P. Bell (lieutenant) and Misses Curran, Lennon and McKay. In the absence of the matron, the sister in cliarcre received the visitors, who gave their haka and a programme of dances and musical items. » * * *

Letters received from Miss D. A. Corrigan, and written just before airival at Fremantle, indicate that she is having a thoroughly enjoyable time. She is travelling by the s.s. Naldera. „ * * *

The colours of the , Paten Guide Company are being dedicated! in church 'to-morrow morning at Pate a. As the strength of Guides and Brownies actually enrolled at Patea now totals 78. a large parade is exP ect t d ’ *

The following Hawera Gniders were o-nests at- the Patea. Guides’ birthday party last .Saturday evening: Mns. I'. C King (captain Ist Hawera Company), Miss I. Stewart, (captain 3rd Hawera omoany), Aliss B. Young (captain 4th Hawera Company), and Miss D. Clement (lieutenant 3rd Hawera Company).

COMPANY LIBRARIES. The desirability of a Guide Company having a library of books' useful to the Guides has been recognised by Airs, lioneyfield, of Patea, whose very generous gift of a company library to i *e Patea Guides was announced at their birthday party last Saturday. Books of interest to'Guides are to be selected, and the result of Airs. Honeyfield’s thoughtful kindness will be a most useful asset. Alost Guide Companies in England have a shelf of useful and instructive books. Every company will find it a oreat advantage to have at least a Few books available for the girls. The most important ones to start with are: “Rules, Policy and Organisation,” “Girl Guiding,” the Badges Book and the Dominion By-laws. Alost companies can manage to purchase these from company funds. When special badges are being followed up a few technical hooks can be added, thus forming the nucleus of a really useful practi'al library. Some of the older companies have, ouite a fine collection of -books procured in this way , for, of course, the books remain on the shelves although the Guides change.

OUR PART IN GUIDING. A Guider writing in the English iVGnide” puts our position so forcefully that it is worth repeating her words: Already, in a dozen years, the plucky little jfioneer Guide Companies have l>een followed; by a great flood of those eager to join in the game of Guiding. Everywhere—in the London streets, in the quiet country places, among the mountains of the north, and away and away over the seas from Ea st to * West-, G uiding has spread, until the sun never sets on the golden Trefoil. There is pride in it, glory in it, and danger in it. Among the thousands of busy brains and enthusiastic hearts at work in Guiding there is a tendency, unless we are careful, to over-elaborate the original simple s heme, to drift from the first clear aim. If wo would keep to the true ideals, we must, each one of us, hold closely to the straightforward teaching of our original text hooks. It is well to reread these and discover how far our own Guiding falls short or their simple but strenuous programme. To one man in a generation there comes that whisper of a secret which we call inspiration. It came to Sir Robert Baden-Powell out in the heat and dust, under the battered walls of Matching. What he taught, and is still teaching, is the truth that we must follow ‘ if we would keep faith with the Guides who come after us. His teaching is always straightforward. He gave us no vague perfection to aim at. He said: “A Guide IS honourable, loyal, helpful, useful, pure”—and left it to us to measure ourselves against that- clear, unyielding standard. He said that Guide (no matter of what rank or servi'e) was to “do one good turn every day.” if only some little act- of common courtesy. He said that a Guide "was to “be prepared” for every emergency, strain, or sudden call —ready to “give pp her own comfort, or safety. ~i- itself to help another’s need.” Finally. he said to every Guide and Scout in all the world: “I TRUST YOU on your honour to keep this promise.”