GUIDE NOTES

Southland Times, Issue 24001, 16 December 1939, Page 13

GUIDE NOTES

By BIG GUIDE The following is a thought from the Chief Guide: “Many of these present sudden and urgent forms of activity of the day may be temporary expedients, and I cannot but feel that one of the most lasting things that will count in the long run is the training of those who are to follow after us, and that nothing can be deemed of greater value to any country than willing service to its children. “I should like to picture metaphorically pinned on the mind of every Guider the age-old saying: ‘No man goeth about more Godly work than he who careth for the right upbringing of his own or other men’s children.’ “Each one of us has but a limited time to give to voluntary service for others and I cannot emphasize too strongly the grievous thing it would be if Guiders, in the flush of enthusiasm over something new were to throw up their Guide work, and thus not only let down the Guides to whom they stand as friends and leaders, but also to lose the chance of extending the good influence of Guiding to reach the many thousands of girls who want it, and need it.

“Though not labelled publicly as such, the Guide Movement ranks as a ‘national service’ of deep importance in the community, and with the loyal support of our Guides, our work can be even greater than, we know.” Will town companies please bring their stocking trail contributions to St. John’s Ranger room on Tuesday evening, December 19, between the hours of 7 and 7.30 p.m. As this will be the last week of issue for the year of the Guide notes we take the opportunity of wishing you all a very happy Christmas and good camping. The notes will start again on the first Saturday of February. I shall be visiting the Centennial Camp in Wellington and shall make a few notes for you. Also we shall have accounts from the Southland representatives. I intend to have a very good search through the Guide shop. I know that it is difficult for country Guiders to order books, for instance, without any knowledge as to their value, so I shall endeavour to answer the request recently made.. FISHERMAN’S KNOT Here is another version of the fisherman’s knot. Place two ends of cord side by side with ends overlapping. One end is a hedgehog, and the other piece of cord is a wall, under which he is going to take shelter for the winter. The hedgehog goes under the wall (short end passes under long). In the spring he looks out and sees that someone has built a second wall in front of his original one (the end must be looped backwards so that it now has to pass over two standing pieces). But as the weather is not very warm he goes back between the two walls and goes to sleep again (end put into loop and pulled through). If the process is repeated again at the other end of the cord the result will pull up into a fisherman’s knot.

Remember that a knot is made on the rope itself; a hitch secures rope to a pole; and a bend secures rope to rope.