GIRL GUIDE NOTES

Otago Daily Times, Issue 21641, 11 May 1932, Page 11

GIRL GUIDE NOTES

By Guidek.

CAPTAINS’ WARRANT PASSES. Misses D. Croy, G. Williams and 11. Wilson have passed in the requirements for their captain’s warrant. TWENTY-FIRST BIRTHDAY. General preparations arc now well in hand for (Guide week celebrations. It is to be hoped that every Ranger, Guide and Brownie in thq province will feel she has a share in th'e service and happiness of that week. Each company should now have its plans well fixed after discussion in Court of Honour. Here are some general suggestions for -those who are still hesitating:—(l) Collecting of books and magazines for relief camps, lighthouses, etc.; (2) entertaining of old people or children in institutions; (3> planting of vegetables for elderly people who cannot manage their own and cannot afford to employ help; (4) getting in touch with deaconesses or social workers in the district to find some families to whom a ' little extra brightness could be given; (5) collecting and arranging of flowers for hospitals; (6) assistance given to such institutions as free kindergartens, citizens’ day nurseries, Plunket rooms, by making or mending of toys or in other ways as needed.- . These are just a few w-ays of service. Others will suggest themselves according to circumstances. The great thing is to do something useful for others during that week. It is not that we suddenly wish to appear useful in some spectacular way, and then intend to lie back and rest. Our ideal is to try all the time to carry out the third Guide law; but during this birthday week we want to shew our gratitude for what Guiding has meant*to us; and there is no better way of showing thankfulness than, by giving service. In the last number of the Guide there is word of a great Ring of Service that is to be held in London on the evening of Mav 21, before everyone’s individual activities start. A huge camp fire will be lighted at a certain spot. Guides, Rangers, and Guiders will be able to join the ring round the fire only by entering pne of the gates of service. To pass through a gate df service each one must have done something for some- t body else. There will be four gates to ‘ choose from:—The gate of handiwork, the gate of toys, the gate of literature, the gate of helping others. To pass through the first gate a Guide must bring a new garment or useful article which she has made for a child under the age of 14. These she will give to the wardens of the gate, who will then allow her to enter the ring. To pass through the second gate she must bring a new toy she has made, or a toy in good condition. Gifts passing through the first two gates go to day nurseries, where such things are urgently needed.

v To pass through the third gate a Guide must bring a book or magazine in good condition for distribution to hospitals. The third gate is for Rangers and Guides who will be willing to bring and take home again crippled and blind Guides and Rangers who could not otherwise reach the ring. The idea seems a beautiful one, and companies or districts might well try it out, even at such short notice, during Guide week. ' Members of the Guide movement all over the province, including committee members, are asked to be sure to wear their badges ail that week. If there are school Guides away from their companies on holiday during the week, they should try to get in touch with the nearest company in order not tp miss this great Empire fellowship. On Tuesday evening between 5 and 6 o’clock there will be Guides broadcasting from 4YA. The first practice for this work will be in Waddell Hall on Wednesday at, 5 p.m. On Saturday there will be company hikes and district rallies for both Brownies and Guides. Sunday will be the culminating point. ’ Guides and Brownies, and, if they wish, Rangers, are asked to wear their uniforms all that day, and attend their own churches in uniform in the morning,, except in places where parades have been arranged for the morning. It is to be hoped that every com.pany will hold a church parade once that day. Special hymns and prayers have been printed by the New Zealand headquarters in sufficient numbers for every Ranger, Guide, and Brownie in the' province to have one. The service attended should be specially arranged for Guides with these prayers and hymns used. It is a service of thanksgiving. In Dunedin it is hoped to have several shop displays during the week in different parts of the town, to show the public what we arc aiming at in the training of Guides. Rangers are to entertain ex-Guides among students and. nurses, and there will be a North and a South Dunedin rally of Guides and Brownies separately. Dunedin Guides are asked particularly to note the following:—lt is hoped to have commemorative tree-planting to mark the’occasion, possibly a tree for each company in the city area. Owing to the rallies already arranged for May 28. this function will have to take place on the afternoon of May 21. so this dale should be kept free. On Sunday thanksgiving services will be held. In St. Paul's Cathedral in the afternoon, probably at 4 o’clock, there will be a service for Church of England Guides and any others who care to attend. In the evening, at Knox Church, there will be a special Guide service. Committee members and all who have been connected with the Guide Movement in the past are invited to attend these services, and special seats will be reserved for them. PHYLLIS CHEESEMAN CUP. Entries for the Phyllis Cheeseman Cup were set dawn as closing on Saturday, May 7. So far one entry (not a team) has been received. Surely this must be carelessness as regards the date of closing, not such a lamentable dearth of girls qualified in sick nurse, child nurse and ambulance badges. Not only does this mean there will be no competition for the cup, but also no entry for the Jellicoe Shield. Entries will be received up till May 21, and commissioners are asked to bring this matter before their companies. Remember that it is possible to enter one girl as a possible Jellicoe Shield candidate. LADY ALICE PERGUSSON CUP. The winning of the Lady Alice Fergusson Cup depends on the work of every company in the province. If there is doubt about the requirements, the provincial secretary can supply the information. Captains are asked to keep this matter steadily before tbeir _ companies. Entries must reach* divisional headquarters by the end of August. BADGE NOTICES. Sportswoman’s Badge Saturday, May 14 and 21, at 1.30 p.m., in the nursery behind Botanic Gardens. “ Homemaker.”—Postponed till next week.

Owing to lack of space other reports are held over this week.