AIR SQUADRON’S MASCOT
GIRL IN WILSON HOME.
(Preps Assn.) AUCKLAND, Oct. 10. An offer by a squadron of tho R.N.Z.A.F. to adopt as its mascot a child patient- in the Wilson Home was accepted by the Auckland Hospital Board. The selection of a suitable child is being left to the matron of tho institution.
A member of the squadron, writing on behalf of all its members, advised that a decision had been made to “interest ourselves in the welfare of a paralysis case.” The letter added.:— “As our job of work in war is necessarily of a destructive character it is the wish of the squadron members to offset this to some extent at least by undertaking a project actively constructive ”
The writer referred to the adoption by another squadron of a young girl.' Gloria Lyons, a victim of tuberculosis of the spine and a patient in the .Christchurch Hospital, as its mascot, and the subse- ‘ quent considerable improvement in her health and mental outlook. ' r Tt is ythe wish of this squadron to follow their example.”
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LXIV, Issue 268, 10 October 1944, Page 5
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177AIR SQUADRON’S MASCOT Manawatu Standard, Volume LXIV, Issue 268, 10 October 1944, Page 5
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