GIRL GUIDES AT TOKO

Taranaki Daily News, 5 August 1931, Page 8

GIRL GUIDES AT TOKO

PROPOSAL TO FORM BRANCH.

CONCERT TO RAISE FUNDS.

It is proposed to form a branch of the Girl Guides at Toko, and to this end a committee of ladies has been working for some time under the presidency of Mrs. A. Ferguson and the secretaryship of Mrs. Murray Urquhart. That the ladies’ efforts are appreciated by settlers of the district has been shown in many ways, but never in such an enthusiastic manner as in the response accorded the concert organised with a view to augmenting the committee’s funds. The Coronation 'Hall was packed to the doors, and many were unable to find even standing room. As a result the finance will benefit by a substantial amount. Mrs. Cruickshank trained the boys and Mesdames Milne and Petch the girls. Air. T. T: Murray was chairman. During the interval Mrs. Dr. Stevgn, commissioner' of the movement for the Stratford district, gave an address upon the aims and objects of the Girl Guide movement, and at the conclusion Airs. Ferguson expressed her appreciation of the record attendance.

The programme was:—Overture by the Dixie Four, song •by Alargarct Walter, accompanied by her sister Atuy, recitaion by Dorothy Jones, pianforte solo by Unice Raynor, dialogue by Kathleen Milne, Mary Butler, Fawny Rowe and Rene Martin, duet “When You I were Young” an, effective item, by Mavis Tuck and Laurie song “Dutch Doll” daintily executed by Unice Raynor, Margaret Michalic, Evelyn Ferguson, Fawny Rowe, Rene Petch and Patty Mackay,, recitation by Evelyn Ferguson and song by Laurie Cruickshank. Then followed a splendid dialogue entitled “Mischevious Mattie” performed. by Jean Murphy (Mrs. Gray), Kathleen Lawrence (Airs. Green), Annie Lister (Annie), Hazel Wilmshurst (Lizzie) and Laurie Kilsby (Alattie). The boys then occupied the stage, and with Bertie Reader as soloist gave a spirited rendering of six little golliwogs, Bertie being garbed to represent Uncle Sam. The boys participating were Williarti Alurphy, Ernie Reader, Ken Petch, Trevor Rowe, Brian Wilson and Reg Cruickshank. The remaining item of the children’s portion was the “Toy-Alaker’s Dream” by the girls. The second half was opened by a pianoforte solo by Aliss Vadne Lord (Hawera), who made a special trip to assist the'movement. Songs were sung by Airs. W. J. Davis, Miss C. Milne, Alessrs. Burgham, F. Reader and A. Sextus. There was a character, song by Messrs. A. Sextus and J. Black, followed by an amusing sketch produced by the three Alisscs Ferguson. Supper was later served by Mie ladies, and the floor was cleared for dancing, music for which- was supplied by the Dixie Four with extras played by Misses Wilmshurst and Griffiths. GARDENS FOR UNEMPLOYED. EXPLANATION OF SCHEMES. Schemes whereby Unemployed and those in need of assistance might engage in vegetable gardening to their profit were outlined on Alonday night to the Stratford Unemployment Committee by representatives of the Stratford Women’s Central Relief Committee and of the Stratford Horticultural Society. The committee accorded the deputations a sympathetic hearing and appointed Messrs. H. A. Hunt and E. Alarfell to represent the committee on and to act in conjunction with the relief committee. ; I . , A gardening scheme had been proposed in Alay but it had not been practicable to put it into operation then, said Airs. E. H. Young. Lately the question had been raised again by a letter in the Press suggesting that by growing their own vegetables the unemployed would be able to help themselves. It was obvious that the unemployment problem would not have been solved by next winter and it was equally apparent that people would not be able to give so freely as they had done during this winter. Therefore the gardening scheme had much to commend it, for besides growing vegetables for their own use the unemployed would be able to exchange any surpluses for other commodities that they 1 needed. The ideal way was for every family to utilise the ground round its home, but for those families which were continually moving from place to place a community garden subdivided into plots would be advisable. Dr. Doris Gordon, representing the horticultural society, stressed the need for self-help. The relief committee and the society had pledged themselves to help and though those bodies could do a good deal on their own they would be able to do more if they had the support ( of the unemployment committee and the borough council. For instance the travelling unemployed could be made to do work at the community patch before being given any assistance and it might be necessary to have a custodian at the community garden to supervise such work. Also if the committee would grant the use of one of its men who was used to practical gardening in order to instruct the individual families and to supervise their work it would assist materially. The time to give blindly had passed, said Dr; Gordon. She thought that even at the present time £lO or £l5 could be raised to pay for seeds and to start the scheme. The society would donate £1 Is and seeds had been offered from two private sources. When the deputation had retired members of the committee expressed approval of the enterprise of the two bodies but while commending the scheme for gardens at homes they thought the community scheme required careful consideration. AT THE BOTTOM OF THE WORLD.” BYRD PICTURE AT STRATFORD. “With Byrd at the South Pole,” Paramount’s picture of the Byrd expedition to the Antarctic, will be presented at the King’s Theatre. Photographed by two of Paramount’s cameramen, “With Byrd at the South Pole” depicts in dramatic story form one of the grandest adventures of all time. They have succeeded in photographing the “high-spots” of two years of high-tension adventure. From the moment that Byrd and his party establish themselves at their camp (Little America), 2300 miles beyond the last outpost of civilisation, to that thrilling moment when Byrd and Balchen set out in their giant Fokker plane to make the first flight over the South Pole ever attempted by man, “With Byrd at the South Pole” remains first and foremost a picture of vital, vivid action. ’J’his dramatisation of the Byrd polar exploration is the first picture of the “bottom .of the world” ever photographed.