Girl Guide Notes

Manawatu Times, Volume 64, Issue 279, 25 November 1939, Page 2

Girl Guide Notes

Church Parade. This is to be at St. Andrew’s Church to-morrow, Sunday, November 26. Guides and Brownies and Rangers aro asked to be there at 10.45, so that they will be ready to parade into church in time for everyone to bo comfortably seated. Tho gifts from the companies and packs will be presented to Mr. K. Chamberlain at tho service, so bring them with yon, please. As this will be the final combined parade for this year all arc asked to make a point of being present. Second Class. Part of the test says that a Guido must bo able to uso seven knots. This docs not mean that she can tie them and know their uses and let that be all. She must know how to use them in a practical way so that if necessary she can put them to use at a moment’s notice. For instance, when a Guide learns a bowline, she will be expected to tie it round her own waist as well as on a piece of rope, and if sho is a keen Guide she will learn to tie it with one hand while she holds on to the rest of tho rope with the other, as she would have to do if she were really using the knot to haul up a person, or herself. The clovehitch can be tied in two ways, one by making a half-knot, and making another exactly the same and placing them on top of each other and putting a finger or stick through the loops, and the other by tying tho rope round a post, over the first rope and through the last loop, using both ends of the rope. These two methods are necessary to be known, because ono could not uso tho loop method for putting a rope onto a flagpole 10ft. high (unless one wore a monkey). On the other hand, the loop method is very useful when one is covering mother’s jam jars. Have you ever discovered how useful .a clovehitch can be? Try to find a different 'way for every member of your patrol to use it for and you will soon discover to how many different uses it can be put. First Class. Last week we talked about finding our way by the stars and recognising tho Southern Cross. Did you inanago to work out your north and south? Ono of the other things a first-class Guide must bo able to use is a compass. You all know what a compass looks like —to use it, you must place it on a perfectly flat surface, and one that is still. Your hand is not altogether good because it shakes a bit and is inclined to make the compass a little wrong. A post is good. Lay tho compass flat on tho top of the post and wait until it stops vibrating. Then find where it points to north. You will need to move it a little to tho west to find true north in the Southern Hemisphere, aas we aro 15 degrees beyond north. Now let your direction and take a good look at the objects which are in line with north so that you can make

them your landmarks and be guided by them when you aro in open country or in bush. Then you will not go walking round in circles.

Takaro Brownies’ Pack. T.ui whit, tu whoo! Brownie folk, where are you? We are hoping to see you all at St. Andrew's to-morrow, Sunday, because we liavc been ever so busy making our gifts for those post-Guide and crippled friends of ours. Ours are inado of pretty pictures. What are yours? Wo have been busy over our stockings for the Christmas stocking basket. . We had our pack meeting in the park and had lots of fun gathering leaves and grasses from all the different directions. Colleen Bailey won her gol den bar last week and Betty Dixon an.l Louie Hoskins now havo the golden hands. Vivienne Brougham and Shirley Williams are going for thoirs next week. We had a visit from Helen Northover when Tawny was away. She was the Kelpie Sixer last year, but she is at Guides now. Tu whoo! Takaro 6th Palmerston North Guide Company. Last week was taken by the leaders while captain was busy with secondclass testing and Tenderfoots. We had some jolly laughs over Morse designs, especially when it came to making pork. Beverly Packer was presented with her second-class badge, and Lily Harrison made the campfire for that section of her second-class. A new patrol lias been formed with Elizabeth Merton as leader and Julanne Perrin as her second. They are to start off next week, so we wish them luck, though we are very curious as to what their name will be. The P.L.’s and captain went for a tea hike, and judging by the food they had, we think they must have had tea and supper in one meal. Ail Saints’ Rangers. Last meeting was put entirely into our cradles which are to be completed by next Wednesday. Plans were made for the pioneer's badge, but this has now been cancelled. The colour party [for next Sunday is Laurie Andrews, with Madge Bottcher and Nesta BradI field as guards. The world flag will also be brought. Next week we are looking forward to a visit from our district commissioner. 1 5th P.N. (St. Paul’s).

I At tho last meeting the lieutenant was responsible for the programme. After patrol carriers were put in order, j roll call and inspection were taken by 'Miss B. Hickin and Company Leader B. Stevens. An interesting letter-forming game conducted by the lieutenant made [us think quickly tho Morse letter. A 'short camp fire was held at which we learnt a carol in two parts. The captain presented the following badges: — Second class, R. Woodfield; cooks, N. Hewitt, E. Dixon; writers, M. Boswell, *M. Mumford, S. McNabb, S. Dobson; 'thrift, M. Boswell and N. Hewitt; jcobblers, W. Murray.