THREE IMPORTANT DATES

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 84, Issue 95, 24 April 1940, Page 4

THREE IMPORTANT DATES

* WANGANUI BOY SCOUTS’ COMMEMORATION ST. FAI L’S HALL GATHERING Three important dates were com- : memorated by Wanganui Buy Scouts,) Sea Scouts, and Girl Guides, last nignt! in St. Paul’s Hall—St. George’s Day.' Anzac Day, and Founder’s Day. There! was a very large attendance, over which District Commissioner L. J. B.' Chapple presided. The guest oij honour was Dominion Chief Commis-' signer H. F. Christie. Others! present were Metropolitan Commis-! sioner A. F. A. Wool lams, and District' Scoutmaster S. I. Edinger. Mr.! Chapple welcomed those present ana! expressed gratification at tne large at-! te».dance, and the presence of the Do-1 minion Chief Commissioner. He re-i 1 erred to the three important datesthat they were commemorating that! nay. In mentioning Anzac Day he said: it was a day of remembrance. It re-; called the valiant sacrifices made by| the New Zealand and Australian | troops, together with other British' units on me shores of Gallipoli 251 j ears ago to-morrow. Speaking of St. George, Mr. Chappie said he was the patron saint of raig-! land and also the patron saint of inc' Scout movement. Mi. Wool lams gave a brief results of the founding of inc Boy Scou. movement in England and cf how n came into being from a small camp held by Lord Baden-Povveh. i Browsea Island, in 1907. The growth of the ’ Scout movement had been p.ienome- 1 nal, and it had been taken up witii, enuiusiasm by practically every j nation. He formulated the Scout law,; which had stood the test of the years.' Mr. Woollams said that the Chief! Scout was now in his 84th year, out was still hale and hearty ana young in spirit. in concluding his remarks. Mi. Woollams read an extract from a letter written by Lord Baudi-rowell on February 22, his birthday, in whicn he expressed his entnusiasm for the Scout movement and his happiness in his old age. , Mr. Cnristie related a si cay of St. George and stressed the vMue in Scouis and Guides doing tneir dail\ i goed turn. Sometimes tney overlooked the good turn, but it was a vitai principle ot the movement. i. sprang tne iuea lor service. Mi uirkue appealed for support lur me movement, stressing tne need for young men and women to come luiwaru and assist in a worth-while movement, winch was accomplishing much good in the country. During the gathering Scouts ana Guides leneweu their bcoul promises. Community singing was ably leu by act ing-Scouliraster M. West, the accompaniments being played by Scoutmas«.er«D. Cl.aimers.