GIRL GUIDES’ RALLY

Taranaki Daily News, 12 November 1934, Page 2

GIRL GUIDES’ RALLY

SOUTH TARANAKI GATHERING. PATEA TROOP WINS THE SHIELD. Nearly three hundred Guides and Brownies, representing Toko, Otakeho, Opunake, Manaia, Patea, Kaponga, Alton and Hawera, attended the Patea domain for the first South Taranaki rally on Saturday. Guides arriving by train reached Patea shortly before 12 o’clock and had lunch at the domain. The morning, which had been dull and overcast, gave place to an afternoon of brilliant sunshine. The divisional commissioner, Mrs. T. A. Watt, and the district commissioner, Mrs. J. Houston, were present, as well as the company and pack officers of the units. The afternoon programme included inspection and a march past, the Patea Municipal Band playing selections. Points were awarded, the South Taranaki Shield going to Patea, the troop’s smartness and performance earning it warm praise. The Hawera troop was runner-up, and Alton was third. After a very comprehensive and enjoyable sports programme had been contested the units marched to the Station. During the afternoon a display of needlework was made by the Patea guides, the standard of work being considered unusually high. The awards in the various needlework sections were: Best toys, Athalie Roots 1, Betty Ashby 2 and 3; best worked apron, Betty Ashby 1 and 2, Athalie Roots and Hilary Herbert 3; best buttonholes, Cynthia Simmons 1, H. Hamerton 2; patch, Cynthia Simmons 1; best collection of needlework, Betty Ashby 1, Athalie Roots 2; knitted article, Betty Ashby 1, H. Hamerton 2 and 3, Athalie Roots 3; novelty from scraps, Betty Ashby 1, H- Hamerton 2, Noelene Johnston 3; useful article from scraps, Gwen Ashby 1, H. Hamerton Gwen Ashby 3; plain sewing, C. Simmons 1, B. Ashby 2, H. Hamerton 3.