MERIT CARD

Timaru Herald, Volume CXLVIII, Issue 21819, 23 November 1940, Page 11

MERIT CARD

A Golden Merit Card has been awarded to Betty Andrew who has gained 25 marks. THE AIRPORT Half across New Zealand eastward there’s an airport that I know. Where the ’planes load up with petrol and the north wind starts to blow. Like monster hawks they’re flying high up in the summer sky You can hear the engines humming as the silver ’planes fly by. (By Isobel Archibald, age 12.) A RIDDLE-ME-REE My first is in go but not in stop My second is in doll and also in top My third is in big but not in small My fourth is in ladder and also in ball My fifth is in ink but not in pen My sixth is in nought and also in ten My seventh is in pear and also in peach My eight is in pray and also in teach My ninth is in Peggy and also in Hetty My tenth is in Beatrice and also in Betty The answer is a '’page" you are all wanting to read. ANSWER: “Goblin Page.” (Betty Keen, Morven, age 13.) NOTICE Our Christmas Page will be published on Saturday December 21. ~ l ‘ A Special Prize will be given for the best Christmas story. Contributions must be in by Thursday December 12. Scrapbooks must also reach the “Herald" office by December 12. The first two have arrived, beautiful books from Margaret Ayrey and Betty Andrew. SPRING S is spring, which is welcomed with gladness, When springtime doth come, away goes all sadness. P is for primrose of many bright hues, Of pink, yellow, purple and various • blues. . R is for roses, which make lovely posies. They give forth sweet scents which • delight our small noses. ' lis for insect, which is the birds’ food, ’ They think it most tasty and very good. : N is for nest, which is the birds’ : house, I think it more cosy than the home of a mouse. G is for God, the creator of all, Of everything great, and of everything small. (5 Marks to Betty Andrew, age 11.)