Girl Guide Notes.

Southland Times, Issue 20207, 18 June 1927, Page 23 (Supplement)

Girl Guide Notes.

(By “Tenderfoot.”) GLADSTONE COMPANY. At our company meeting last Thursday, two quite important functions took place. First the Provincial Commissioner, Mrs J. G. Macdonald, assisted by the District Commissioner, Miss T. Watson, enrolled the Mothers’ Committee: Mesdames J. Robertson, H. Carswell, G. Moffett, R. Camm and G. Girdler. Mrs Macdonald then spoke for a few minutes, urging us to live up to our Guide law, and to carry the spirit of it into everything we do all day and every day, whether we are in uniform or not. Then the Rev. C. J. Tocker dedicated the Company Union Jack. He gave an inspiring address on loyalty, first to sister

Guides and everyone with whom we came into contact, and secondly to our country and Empire, and third to God who is oyer all, and in all, and without Whom nothing worth while is possible. He then dedicated the flag, and handed it into the keeping of the colour bearer, Gwen Falconer. Apart from the actual ceremonies, it was an experience to have all the visitors with us, just to know that they are personally interested and believes in us as Guides. It filled us with fresh enthusiasm to justify their belief and to be loyal to the flag which we' have pledged ourselves to serve. —Written by a Gladstone Guider. WYNDHAM NOTES. (From Our Correspondent.) Mrs J’. G. Macdonald, Provincial Commisioner for Southland, accompanied by Captain Blair) visited Wyndham on Friday night, and made an inspection of the Wyndham Company of Girl Guides. Eleven Guides were enrolled and received their tenderfoot badges. A happy time was spent later with Guide games, songs and rounds, Captain Blair giving special assistance with some new games. Acting-Captain Marjorie Baird is to be congratulated upon having passed her second-class test, and she will now be. in a position to put her company through. GORE NOTES. (From Our Correspondent.) The Gore companies Of Girl Guides recently celebrated the first birthday of the inception of the movement locally. Fittingly to commemorate this auspicious occasion a huge birthday party was held in | the Town Hall, and both companies were > present in full force, together with many z parents and well-wishers. The function was honoured by the presence of Mrs Dr. Macdonald, Commissioner for Southland, and Dr. Macdonald, Captain Blair, District Captain for Southland, and Mrs Hammond, who was first Commissioner at Gore. Apologies were received from Mr and Mrs D. L. Poppelwell, Mr and Mrs Quin, Captain E. L. G. and Mrs Bown, Mr W. D. Shelton, Miss Thelma Maude, Guides Margaret Nichol, Betty McAra, Lorna Briggs and Muriel Stark. Miss R. I. V. Aitken, Commissioner for Gore, presided, and welcomed the visitors and parents. She extended the thanks of the Guides to all parents and friends who had so generously helped them during the year. The first year of guiding was often difficult, but thanks to the generosity of I many friends the girls had been enabled to secure their uniforms. This was important, as it was hard to get the proper Guide spirit until the girls were in uniform. That this was so might at first seem puzzling, but it was not so strange when they remembered that the uniform was the outward visible sign of an inward change in the girl’s point of view. Miss Aitken went on to review the Guide law and its effect on the moulding of character, and stated that the Guides were a happy family of sisters. It had been said that the Guide movement would do more for world peace in the future than would the League of Nations, by binding the girls of the different countries in the sisterhood of guiding, thus binding the great nations of the world, as by keep-

ing to the Guide law all barriers of creed ment to support the association further by becoming honorary members. Two large birthday cakes adorned the festive board, that for No. 1 Company having been made by Guide Jean Steel. The ceremony of lighting the candle for No. 1 Company was performed by Mrs Macdonald, and that for No. 2 Company by Mrs Hammond. Miss R. I. V. Aitken cut the cakes. At the conclusion of the evening Mrs Macdonald thanked the Gore companies for their hospitality, and extended to them her congratulations on the progress make during, their first year. During the evening the following programme was submitted:—National Anthem; haka, Guides No. 1 Company; Guide songs, Vatrol 1. No. I Company; recitation, Guide Winnie Columb; physical drill, Patrol 4, No. 1 Company; pianoforte solo, Guide Joyce Harvey; country dance, Guides, No. 1 Company; recitation, Guide Bell Walsh; play, “Bessie Bunting,” No. 1 Company; songs, No. 2 Company; birthday song, Nos. 1 ami 2 Companies. TAPANUI GUIDES. (From Our Correspondent.) An impressive ceremony was witnessed by a large audience in the Presbyterian Sunday School Hall on Friday evening last, when the colours of the Tapanui Rangers and Girl Guide companies were presented and dedicated. There was a frjl muster of Rangers and Guides under the Commissioner (Mrs F. A. Thomson), Ranger Captain Parry, Ranger Lieutenant. Graham, Guide Captain Edgar and Guide Lieutenant McKenzie. The Brownies were also present, but did not j parade. On the platform were the Rev. S. y E. Hill, who presided, and the Rev. A. L. I t Canter. During the singing of the hymn “O God our help in ages past,” the Colour parties entered the hall, coming down the centre aisle at the slow march and placing the flags on either side of the platform. After a short religious service conducted by the Rev. S. F. Hill and the hymn “Fight the Good Fight,” the flags were dedicated, that of the Rangers by the chairman and the Guide flag by the Rev. A. L. Canter. The flags, which were presented to the Rangers and the Guides respectively by Mrs R. A. Rodger and Lieutenant Mackenzie, are Union Jacks mounted upon white poles and surmounted by a plated trefoil which is suitably inscribed with the name of the company, the name of the donor, and the date of the dedication. The gifts are handsome ones and would do credit to any company.