THE WENDY HUT

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 190, 13 August 1938, Page 12

THE WENDY HUT

My Dear Children,- ■ - Now as I have a tremendous demand made on our space to-day I must be as brief as possible. Let me see. Oh, yes! Here’s Sir Ernest Endeavour now with the prize-winning entry which, together, we have selected from those sent in for “Stranger’s Daughter’s’ competition. Everyone will remember each entrant was required to put in his or her own words the lesson the story taught. The following is the successful entry: “Stranger’s Daughter’s” story teaches us to be generous and unselfish to others. And to the winner I send the prize which our worthy Elder donated. Loye Olsen, of 63 Kaka Road, Taihape, is the lucky recipient of this lovely prize. For a moment or two 1 wish to return to the Land of Reality in order to sponsor an appeal on behalf of the Crippled Children. Everyone is conversant with the great and noble work the Society is performing and I make this appeal in the knowledge that it will meet with your ■warmest support. For your guidance I publish some facts and figures taken from the N.Z. Crippled Children Society, Wanganui Branch (Inc.), recently-printed booklet:—■ That funds are needed to carry on the work of the Wanganui branch of the New Zealand Crippled Children Society is best shown in the statement of accounts for the year ended March 3.1, 1938, for which period expenditure exceeded income by £2BO 6s 3d. During the year the Wanganui branch of the society spent £93 18s 3d on medical and surgical expenses, £33 13s 6cl on grants and direct assistance to cases, £8 Ils lOd on transport, £9 4s 6d on footwear, £l6 16s 3d on artifiicial limbs and appliances, and other expenses totalling £225 5s 6d. Administration expenses amounted to £B3 Ils 9d. On the income side, annual subscriptions amounted to £l3 ss, gifts of money to £l3 16s. The society in Wanganui is caring for 127 children who are suffering some form of physical disability. Many of them are suffering from the effects of infantile paralysis, while others are incapacitated because of various diseases and deformities. The society has done much good work in the past, but if it is to continue to function it must have financial assistance. The work of the society is purely voluntary and an appeal is being made to the public of Wanganui and district to help by becoming members of the Wanganui branch of the society, by making monetary contributions, by providing for the education of children, or by assisting- in the purchase of surgical appliances. The society’s chief concern to-day is not the machinery with which to handle the call on its enterprise, but the means by which this can be financed throughout the future. Nothing is more discouraging than to begin an essential voluntary work and see it lapse through need of financial support. In another part of our page I have placed a form so that any who care may make use of it. Now, back to Make-believe again. Has anyone noticed any signs of the coming of Spring- I hope those cold wintry days will soon come to an end, don’t you? Well, I must bring my letter to a close. All my love and kisses from your ever affec-

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