HAPPY COGS

Manawatu Times, Volume 66, Issue 122, 24 May 1941, Page 4

HAPPY COGS

Cheltenham. | Deer Hub, —I ain making myself a pixie hat which is of brown and fawn I stripes, but I have not enough wool to linish it. I have just finished reading & book called “Demsie Goes Back.” I am in Standard 111 at school now. I did the Skilltest last week but it was not correct. Your loving Cog, Daffodil. I can picture you out in vour pixie hat. Beading is a grand past-time, isn’t it! Dear Hub, —On Saturday afternoon I went to the pictures to see 4 4 Gulliver’a Travels.” I am very sorry for not writing last week. The Skilltest was rather easy. I received my badge about three or tour weeks ago. Cheerio, Twinkling Star. How did you like ‘‘Gulliver’s Travels,” Twinkling Star? Hukanui. Dear Hub, —I know that I did not •end the pe. .y stamp so I sent it on Thursday, ju.nr Hess will help us win the war' l hope. He was a coward for leaving his wife and child in Germany. Cheerio, Hub. Tonto. Herr Hess certainly caused a sensation, Tonto, and w© hope that somedav all the Germans will give in. Thank you, my dear, I received the stamp. Apiti. Dear Hub,—l am away on a holiday at present end I did the Skilltest the Skilltest this week and though it was easy. I hope it is right. At school we get an apple each every day, and we enioy them. Well, cheerio, from Xmas Lily. Don’t forget to tell us all about your holidays, Xmas Lily, and where you went. Whakarongo. Dear Hub, —I would like to join the Cogs, please. lam not going away for my holiday this time as Mum is not well. I have two brothers named Brian and Konald and my sister Maureen. May my pen name be “Blackbird” if it i$ not already taken ? Hoping to hear from you soon. From Joan Henaghau. Welcome to the Big Family, Joan, and Blackbird you may be. Send three penny stamps for your badge. Apiti. Dear Hub,—There was a very hard froafc this morning. I have been having an enjoyable holiday because my cousin and Auntie are here and I hope you are having & happy holiday, too. My sister, Mistress Mae, is knitting herself a cardigan, for the winter. Mum and Auntie Mabel are going to an institute dance this Friday. Love from Dolly Dimples. I am. glad you have enjoyed your holiday, Dolly Dimples. Cheltenham. Dear Hub, —I am making myself a pixie hat which is in green and yellow stripes. There are not many flowers in my garden now. lam in Standard II at school now and I like it very much. I have just finished reading a book called “The Lost Princess of Oz.” It was a nice story, too. I am sending in a piece of poetry call “Pussy Willow,” and some riddles next week. Love to you and all the Cogs, Gloria Jean. Pixie hats are nice and cosy, I think. I shall look forward to those contributions. Umutoi. 1 Dear Hub, —One of my brothers went into camp for overseas this month. I have & little flower garden all to myself and I have a stocis in flower and it looks verv nice. I did not go away for the holidays. Dad has a nasty cold now. We only milk two cows at night but we milk them all in the morning. Cheerio! with love to all. Hunting Fox. P.S.—Mum got & nice umbrella for Mother’s Day. How nice for Mum. Yes, Hunting Fox, this is the weather for all to be busy in our gardens. Old Man Winter is cruel to the plants, isn’t he?

| SKILLTEST RESULTS I Mr. Puz was good to give you such > an easy Skilltest for a holiday task aud ; Mr. Office Boy has come in staggering ; with the letters each day. Here are the ; names of the successful Cogs—Wanda I ; Kerr, Karem Jensen, E. Schaerin, Phyllis Burton, Anne Whyte, Maud] Hammond, Trevor Wildbore, Beverley > Packer, Walter Elgar, Martin Nesdale, ; Marjory Ansin, Norma Marshall, Sylvia Hart, Eileen Cox, Phyllis Churcher, Kath Hickson, Warwick Hunt, Basil I Nielsen, Hazel Turner, Barbara Wiley, ! Glenny Parker, Muriel Mcllroy, June ; Jensen, Peter Jensen, Bicharci Siddclls, , Shirley Pinfold, Shirley Andrew, Freda I I Guard. ANSWERS TO CHANGING WORDS 1. Horse. * 2. State. 3. Olive. 4. Views. 4 i 5. Noted. i d. Teach. 7. Spare. 8. Mites. 9. Spear. 10. Least.

Whakarongo. Dear Hub, —1 am in Standard II at school and I am 8 years old. Next year 1 I will be in Standard II if I do not fail. I coloured a picture yesterday and it is 1 quite good. It was about a queen . taking off her cloak. I must close now. Cheerio. Blondy. You are getting on, Blondy. Sorry, but badges have not gone out yet. Woodville. ' Dear Hub, —I wish to join the happy Cogs. MaH’ my pen name be Barbara ' Bear or Biddy? I am eight years old ■ and will bo nine on December 4. : Cheerio. Barbara Wiley. Welcome, Barbara, and you may have 1 whichever name you prefer. I vote for Biddy. Bunnythorpe. Dear Hub, —You wanted to know what instrument I am learning to play, j well, it is the piano. Maureen, my sister, is going to learn the piano, too. j ■ Our cherry tree is covered in autumn \ leaves. Ginger, the cat, is growing ■ • bigger and bigger every day. Our E budgie sits and looks at himself in a ’ mirror all day. The holidays will soon > be over now and we will have to work t hard at school. The flower garden is ■ looking wonderful just at present. Hub, are you going to “Gone With the Wind” when it comes? Tell Mr. Puz • that the Skilltests are getting very easy. Your Cog, > Only Tired. • You are very fortunate to be able to r learn to play the piano. Yes. mv dear, i

i Dear Hub, —I .hope you arc well. I 'haven’t written to you for a long time. Where are you going for your holiday, i I am not going anywhere. We have ; had some windy nights here. With i love from 1 1 Lynne Stewart. i I Pahiatua. Dear Hub, —How old are Bonnie Blue- , bell’s twins? W T e are only milking , most of our cows once a day now as , they are going dry. At school we aro . doing all Bed Cross sewing now and-1 , like it much better than ordinaray sewi ing. Last week one of our cows named Poley fell down the cliff and broke her , neck. Cheerio! Your loving Cog, Jetsam. I think they are about two months old, Jetsam. How sad about Poleyl Hukanui. Dear Hub, —I wish to become one of your Cogs, and join the Happy Family. » I am eleven years of age and in Std. IV. I ant enclosing stamps for a badge, and could I have “Pinocchio” for a pen name? My brother was a Cog. You will remember him as Dad’s Boy, and now a clerk on the railway. Love from Clive Webb. Welcome, Clive, and I hope you will enjoy being a member of the Big Family. I am not sure about Pinocchio. Wo had one who has not written lately. Woodville. Dear Hub,—The first week, of the holidays has gone very quickly for me. I had*a little girl friend to play with me who came from Wellington. Wand, that is her name, stays where tho little kittens live. I am having a lovely time. We had a swing put up for us and we are having a gay time on it. My friend is very thrilled about the pigs and cows and the kittens and everything on the farm. Your loving Cog, Blue Dove. Coming from a large city, I am sure your little friend would enjoy such a gay holiday amid farm life. Woodville. Dear Hub, —I will be sending you some peggy squares next week. We had a dreadful flood last week. It was very deep over Quicksilver’s paddocks. In one of our paddocks it was so deep that it left silt behind. In places the silt is seven inches deep. It washed a shed down but some men are putting it up again. I hope you did not mind my staying away so loug. The Skilltest is rather easy for me this week. There are a lot of new members, aren’t there? Your sincere Cog, Fairy. Your peggy squares will be most wel--1 come, Fairy. Try and write often as 1 we look for all the Cogs’ letters. Umutoi. Dear Hub, —I suppose you have forgotten me for I have not written for a long time. My brother, Cheeky Sparrow, has mumps, but I have not had them yet. I went out to the Home Guard on Saturday. It was good to | watch them. Just before the holidays I received my certificate for 150 yards. ’ A few others got theirs, too. Our cows are dried off now. Have you ever read the book, “Robinson Crusoe?” I liked | lit. There was a send off to one of my : cousins on Thursday night. I went and had a good time. Love from Sandy Powell. Don’t neglect us too long, Sandy. Yes, I read “Robinson Crusoe” long ’ ago and enjoyed it. ’ I Mangatainoka. | j Dear Hub, —Wo have written before [ but our letters were not posted. You see we only receive our mail when we l tgo to town. So far we have had all the 1 Skilltests but one correct, so we decided • to send this one in. We all read the 1 Cogs’ Page and your letter and how we 1 look forward to Saturday’s paper! | Wasn’t it an awful flood, Hub? We ; saw it from our hills and so had a good view of it. We have a lot of cousin* and an uncle at the front, four cousins are from Palmerston North; their names are Laurence, Keith and Stewart Robbie, and Murray Gillespie, ray uncle came from Greytown. Cheerio to all the Cogs and love to yourself. We remain, dear Hub, your ever loving Cogs, Alanna, Merle and Daddy’s Girl. That was a nice family budget and I certainly hope letters will be posted in future. Woodville. Dear Hub, —We had a flood a fortnight ago and Fairy’s father couldn’t milk so they had to milk at our place. We had 45 of theirs and 45 of ours so we had quite a number to milk that night. We have a little kitten now and I called him Tinker, also we have a pup which is named Tip. My father has a little boy coming around every morning about 7 o’clock to take the milk to the station while my brother is in Territorial camp in Dannevirke. The boy’s name is Graham- We are feeding out ensilage every morning for the cows and they like it too. Dolly Dimples, from Woodville, is one of my friends. Cheerio to the Den. Quicksilver. I suppose feed for the stock is getting scarce now. Quicksilver, especially after the flood had left so much silt. Pahiatua. Dear Hub, —To-day we went out for tea and afterwards we played monopoly but I lost in each game. About a fortnight ago we went down to Mnnakau to go duck-shooting with my uncle and the first day we shot thirty-two and the next day two. On the return journey we had to go over the track and I can assure you that I -wasn't feeling too good after going over it. These holidays my cousin is staying with me from Clive and not long ago he won a singing competition, at Napier. On Friday we came over to see “Contraband,” starring Conrad Veidt and Valerie Hobson, which I thought was marvellous, did you see it? To-morrow two friends are coming in from Mangahao and wo are all going to the picture “Pinocchio,” which I hope is exciting and funny. Cheerio to all the Cogs and yourself. i Red Barry, i You have lots of coming and going. Red Barry. I imagine those ducks were

Tokomaru. Dear Hub, —May I join the happy baud of Cogs aud may I have Golden Princess for my pen name? Can I have a badge for three penny stamps, please? Ella Whyte. We are happy to welcome you, Ella, and Golden Princesss you may be. Yes, you may also have a badge. Shannon. Dear Hub,—May I become a member of tho band of happy Cogs, please? My brother, Ron, is one, his name is White Wolf, and I always look through the Pago with him and find tho letters very interesting so I would like to join. Our holidays are half gone. We shall have a new teacher when we go back to school. We had a big rat which was very destructive and it was too cunning to be caught in a trap so Dad had to set poison. However, it took the poison and we found it dead two days after so wc are hoping to get some eggs now. If I become a member, may my pen name bo Pal? Trevor Gardner. Welcome to the Big Family, Trevor, and Pal you may be. Send the stamps for your badge. Fcilding. Dear Hub, —May I join your happy band of Cogs? I am eleven years old and in Standard IV at school. I have two sisters whose names are Nocline and Elva. We have ail joined Dr. Barnardo’s League. May I have ‘ ‘ Rainbow” as my pen name, if it not already taken? I did not go away for the holidays this term but I am hoping to go away in August. I have my cousin from Palmerston North staying for the holidays. I am enclosing stamps for my badge. With love to all from Hazel Turner. Welcome to the Big Family, Hazel, and Rainbow you may be. I hope you will enjoy writing to the Page. Apiti. Dear Hub, —I think this was the easiest Skilltest we have had for many a Saturday. Warm log fires are what everybody needs this cold weather for it is bitterly cold. I think your Autumn Page was a little late this year for I should say it is more like winter than , autumn. The war is not too good at present but we will be on top in a very short time. My brother who is working up near Auckland has been milking 95 cows and is now going on to another with the same people with 150 cows. He likes milking, doesn’t he? The gardens look lovely with all the different flowers out. Our chrysanthemums make the best show in ours at present. Lots qf love to the Den and the rest of your big family. Elf. Brother is certainly doing his bit, isn’t he? I love chysanthenmni time, don’t you? Woodville. Dear Hub, —On Friday night I finished an apron which I made for myself. I have now started another one which was givon to me for my birthday. My birthday was on May 5 and I had my birthday party on the third. Apart from my fancy work I am knitting a pink singlet for myself. Have you a National Savings Account Book? I have and as well invested five shillings in it. I am on holiday at my Auntie’s place and my cousin, Donald, has whooping cough. My mother is ill and has something like measles. Yesterday I cycled out on Auntie’s bicycle to see her. When Mummy is better she is going ou a holiday to Napier with a friend so that the salt sea air will make her strong again. For Mother’s Day I gave Mum a Woman’s Weekly aud some Lux soap. During the flood our farm did not suffer although there were many places near our farm which were hidden by water. Best of luck. Busy Bee. You are certainly Busy Bee. I do hope your mother will soon be well. Bunnythorpe. Dear Hub,—We have all had colds at our place. Poor Daphne has just had the munips. She might be coming down on Tuesday, that is if her sister doesn’t get them. So if she comes down I will get her to write to the Page. Her brother, Ray, is still in the hospital. He has been there for about 2i months now. The floods were awful, weren’t they? I had a look at the water around Hokowhitu. We did not get any of the flood out hero at Bunnythorpe, thank goodness. For the Skilltest on Saturday, could we have a jumbled up fruits and vegetables, please, Hub? My sister,, who lives in Taihape, has a baby girl. I have six nieces and one nephew now so I am lucky. I have been weeding the rose garden but I have finished it now. I think it is lovely Bonnie Bluebell having twin daughters. Best wishes to the Cogs and Hub, from your true Cog, Bubbles. You must be a proud Auntie! At the end of so many months we give prizes to a certain number at the top of the marks’ list. Feilding. Dear Hub,—l expect you have been very busy seeing Cogs who come to visit while on their holidays. On Thursday I went to Dannevirke with my father who went to the sale. It is a very nice little town, I think. Have you been there, Hub? If so, I think you will probably agree with me. The Park is really very picturesque and in the aviary were birds which I had never seen before, also three guinea-pigs in the section with some finches, which are very pretty little birds. Lovo to you and the Cogs. From Magpie. Yes, Magpie, I do agree witn you. Thank you for the peggy squares. Shannon. Dear Hub, —I suppose you are thinking I am not going to write any more but, however, I look at the Page and have enjoyed them very much. Well, here is our holiday half gone, we did not go away this time but my brother and I and other boys have had great fun with a trolley wo have made. I have had a painful time with a stiff neck but can join in tho holiday fun again. I take out orders for Dad in a 3-wlieel bicycle and if one is not careful one would tip up. Your Cog, White Wolf. I am sorry you have been on the sick list, White Wolf. It is nice that you make yourself helpful. SAMMY SNAIL Sammy is a snail, and so Ho takes his house behind him. He leaves a little silver trail To show where I can find him. He is the quaintest, little chap, r I know without a doubt. Ho has two tiny horns which he Can wriggle in and out. His house is brown and rather like A little, round, striped tent; It must be rather jolly Not to have to pay your renl! Now Sammy is a friend of mine, But Daddy’s not so keen, ’Cos Sammy’s meals aro our young plants— He likes them small and green! A fellow has to eat, of course, And Sammy’s only small, But his relations are many And he go.es and brings them all! W —Sent in by P.oppy Queen, 3

Mangatainoka. Dear Hub, —I have not got rid of the mumps yet. I shall send in a nice poem. Cheerio, Hub. Boppy Queen. I am sorry, dear. You must keep warm. Thank you for the poem. Umutoi. Dear Hub, —I went up to play with my cousin for two days and had a good time. I did not go away these holidays. School is getting near, isn’t it? Love to yourself and all the Cogs, from Lilly. That was a nice little break, Lilly, wasn’t it? Umutoi. Dear Hub, —We went to the pictures on Saturday night and enjoyed it very much. I am having a good time although I am at home. I am enclosing three stamps for my badge. From Kingfisher. Watch the post for your badge, Kingfisher. Palmerston North. Dear Hub, —On Sunday afternoon we went for a drive to Mount Stewart where we had a good view of tho surrounding districts. We came back via Mt. Biggs and Feilding. I have been to see the competitions to-day and enjoyed them very much. I am sending you in three peggy squares . Lovo from Puck. That is a lovely drive, I know, Puck. ' Thank you for the peggy squares. Apiti. Dear Hub, —This year I have hardly been at school at all because I have had munips and whooping cough. I will be glad to go back to school after the holidays. My pet magpie conies homo every day for a piece of bread and butter or meat. lie will east mice, too. Our dog has three little pups. Love from Ivohatu, That is too bad, my dear. I do hope you have now finished with those troublesome complaints. Magpies can be very sweet and then again they can be spiteful.