GIRLS CHAPERONED
A Victorian, Mr Gordon Currie, has gone to Sydney to organise Victory Belles on the lines of an organisation in Melbourne which, he says, now numbers 9000. The belles are enrolled in groups of 10, each with its own chaperon, to help to entertain servicemen at specially organised dances and also at their own homes. No belle may drink at a dance or leave a hall with a soldier while a dance is in progress. Soldiers may sec them home, but only if they travel by bus, train, or tram. They must not take a taxi. If any one girl in a group of 10 breaks any of these rules she disqualifies all other members of the group from taking part in any more dances. It is not considered likely, however, that Sydney girls will take to this form of regimented entertainment.
The final meeting for the season of the Dunedin Hospital Guild will be held on Thursday, but the guild will be on call to tlie Red Cross should any emergency arise, in which case members will be notified by advertisement. . Mr W. Payne will speak on " Rock Gardens " this afternoon to the Gardening Circle of the Otago Women's Club.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 25015, 8 September 1942, Page 4
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