GIRL GUIDES

Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 29 September 1928, Page 18

GIRL GUIDES

NOTES BY “GUIDER.” ( Miss M. Hainerton, acting Brown Jwi for Pa tea, has been successful in rassing the examination for her u . ,B. •> ,- , i,, Miss C. O’Rorke is the guest of Rex Brewster during her training,v€clc visit in New Plymouth. The friends of Airs. R. B. Foorcl, late captain of the Elthain company, will be delighted to learn that she is making a rapid recovery from her reent serious illnessj _ Mrs. F. S. Hodison, divisional commissioner for Noi'tli Taranaki is \isitin" relatives in South Island. A liappy birthday was spent by Elsie Couchman, a post-Guide inmate ot the Patea Hospital, when Miss Kelly matron of the hospital gave her a birthday party, to which was invited Miss T. Gibson, captain oi the ratea Company, and Elsie’s special .riend and sister post-Guicle, Edna Williams. B I OWN IE GUIDERS.' TRAINING WEEK. The divisional training week for Brownie Guiders under tlie New Zealand Lagle Owl, Miss Cicely O Roi we, as terminated on Tuesday. Miss o’Rorke met the Hawera Jjrowmes and their guiders at bt. Marys schoolroom on Tuesday afternoon, ana ill the e.ening visited Patea, where she ran a pack meeting and met the Guiders there. Perhaps the most mi portant part of the training tooK place at Ohawe Beach, where the Guldens spent a pro.itabie and pleasant time rom i'riday afternoon to Tuesday morning. Although the latter part o, the training was an indoor camp, ex-1 peri once of many camp practices was .■ained, notably in the building of incinerators for of rubbish, construction of grease pits, hoisting of colours, etc. Many indoor exer•ises and games were also included, and all agreed that in spite of the weather which was .at times almost yJollier .ill its tendencies, a thoroughly liappy and invigorating time mu. „een spent. Miss O’Rorke proceeded to New Plymouth on Thursday where thetraining for North Taranaki takes place. ' . ,• in summing up the bene.its gained from Aliss O’Ror.re’s visit, one is conscious that something even greatei than actual tUaining in ceremonies, general pack work, etc., has been gained bv the Guiders vyho were abb to take part in the training, and particularly by those in residence- at the ottage* at Ohawe or who visited there or the sessions. The truth is that efficiency and knowledge must always olay a secondary part in Girl Guiding. \yhat really counts, and what is so , alliable, is the spirit of co-operation ancl love which must exist- between those who are privileged to play the part of ,CJuiders in the Girl G-iuclc mo lenient. And nowhere can that spirit be fostered in greater degree than when Guiders learn to know’ each other at a training week such as the one just concluded in South Taranaki. ‘We are, or should be, like the two patrol leaders who- wanted to aiiovv what was the good of being pals f they could not “measle” together. ■A hat *is so important is the sharing of knowledge, and the spirit of camaraderie and io-operation among Gunters in every part of the movement, that of “belonging to the family” which Miss Behrens used to talk about.. Without the. “family feeling and co-operation of every link in the ha in of Guiding, all the training m the world would be useless. It is the smiling six o’clock faces of the cooks in the kitchen, the courteous breakfast, dinner and tea faces of the orderlies waiting at table, and, perhaps lbest of all, the happy campfire faces is they gather around the cheerful /fireside for the hour of the whole long day, which really count and show that Guiding is worth while. Our sympathy eces- out to those Guiders who, from lack of opportunity, have never experienced the joy of meeting together in the pursuit of what, for lack of a better ‘"expression, we may call “the true Guide spirit.” THANKS. The thanks of Guiders who attended the training at Ohawe Beach are due to Mns. J. W. Harcimg, Miss D. Swadling and Air. AY. Jobson, who assisted in the transport to and from camp, also the vestry of St. Alary's church for the use of their Sunday school room, Airs. R. F. Page for placing her beach cottage at our disposal and Airs. A. E. Alorris, who made thoughtful arrangements for the com-f<-.rt of the packs at the Hawera pack meeting. And we thank those friends and committee members who visited s when in camp. AES* O’ROEKE’S VISIT TO HAWERA BROWNIES. The Eagle Owl conducted > ’an enjoyable tpaJc meeting composed of al. ch'e Hawera on Tuesday afternoon. At the conclusion of the meeting Aliss Southcombe, on behalf of the Brownies and their Guiders, thanked Miss O’Rorke for her visit and ex pressed the pleasure which all had elt in the visit of the Eagle Owl. VISIT TO PATEA. Accompanied by r.Tlss 11. Hawken, .restrict Commissioner for Patea and listrict, and Aliss S. Lysagbt, '1 awn,. wi, red Hawera pack, the Eagle' owl .i sited Patea, to meet the LrownieS and their Guiders, She was welcomed by Airs. J. Houston, divisional omnnssioner. and members of the . atea executive Committee. All en--1 oyecl a most enjoyable pack meeting, vviien new games and ceremonies were introduced by the Eagle Owl. Supper concluded a happy evening; A CAAIP WASH.-TAND. A useful cam j- gadget is a vvashst.ind. on vvhicli to rest a basin. It t s easily made by cutting three stout .sticks, three feet long, and a.s many smaller ones. The three sticks are .ashed together about a foot irom the lop, and are then set tout- so as to orm a triangle. The smaller sticks are lashed to the longer cities near lilt; ground in order to give the giiil- ,_•(-[ rigidity. The basin is then placed on tlie triangle formed by the tops ji live three long sticks. if strongly made, this gadget is a welcome acldit.on to the camp washhouse.