Woman’s World

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 87, Issue 219, 16 September 1943, Page 2

Woman’s World

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL. Miss Willis, of Napier, is the guest of Mrs. T. Ellis. Keith Street. Mr. and Mrs. Campbell Hoadley, of Hawkes Bay, are visiting Wanganui. Miss Dorothy Turner returned to Wanganui early in the week after visiting her brother. Mr. A. L. Turner and Mrs. Turner. Palmerston North. Mrs. F. A. Bates, Liverpool Street, has returned from a visit to Timaru and Christchurch. Mrs N. Fulton, St. John's Hill, has returned alter spending three weeks in Auckland. Mrs. Binncy, Dominion president of the Baptist Women's Missionary Union, is visiting Wanganui on official business and is the guest of Mrs. P. Edwards. She will leave to-day for Haw er a. Private W. H. Stinson and Mrs Stinson, whose marriage took place in Wellington last week, are visiting Wanganui. Pte. Stinson recently returned from the Middle East on furlough. Mrs. W. J. Polson, M.P., slipped and tore the ligaments of her loot whilst al her home in Stratford last week. She will be confined to her bod for some time. HITHER AND THITIDIR. Junior Red Cross Shop Day. In connection with the 21st. 'birthday of Uro Junior Red Cross, the Wanganui J.R.C. (Girls College, Technical College and Dorie Hill) a shop day is being held to-morrow in the shop next Pritchard's, booksellers. The junior workers have ’oeen busy sewing and making attractive articles for the stalls. There are soft toys, little novelties, hot water bags, embroidered articles, and peg bags, innumerable aprons and oven cloths made from sugar bags. There will also be preserves and produce for sale. Kaitoke Red Cross.

In spite of pouring rain there was a good attendance of members of the Kaitoke Red Cross at the usual monthly meeting which was held at “Leatham,” the home of Mrs. A. H. Collins. Business dealt with included the usual quarterly parcels which are sent to boys from the district serving overseas and it was once again decidea to send a cake to each boy. The secretary read letters of appreciation from recipients of these parcels. Wool was distributed for knitting and completed garments handed in. Mrs. Collins then entertained members to afternoon tea, which was greatly appreciated and a happy social hour was spent knitting and talking. Junior Red Cross Society Twenty-first Birthday. The twenty-first anniversary of the N.Z. Junior Red Cross is being celebrated this week. Although a meeting was called in October, 1920, following the Geneva conference, it was not until September 15, 1922, that the first Junior Red Cross Circle was formed in Wellington. The first junior R.C. Journal was published in 1924. In 1927 there were 94 J.R.C. Circles in New Zealand. Now, in 1943, there are 632 Circles with a membership of 21,780. Special birthday messages have been sent by His Excellency, the Governor, Sir Cyril Newell, patroness of N.Z.J.R.C., Hon. Peter Fraser. Prime Minister and a number of officials in New Zealand, the United Kingdom and other countries ILUNKET SOCIETY. At the monthly meeting of the Plunket Society held on Tuesday afternoon the president, Mrs. 'l'. Hine, presided over a fair attendance oi members. Tne Fiunket nurses reported for the month that there were 931. old cases and 102 .'Tew cases on the books. Visitors to the various rooms totalled 1764 represented by 872 adults, 735 babies, 126 older children and 31 others. Visits paid to homes numbered 265. In the pre-natal section there were three new cases and 31 return visits. The nurses reported further that Dr. Haddon had paid three visits to the pre-school section, when 47 children were given anti-diphtheria immunisation treatment. The senior Guides oi the Wanganui East Company, who were preparing to take the Chilo Nurse badge had been shown over the rooms. Each girl brought a homemade toy for the pre-school section and these toys had been very much appreciated. in her August report the matron oi Stewart Karitane Hospital stated that six mothers and 18 babies had been admitted and seven mothers and 16 babies discharged. Cases had been received from Wanganui, F’eilding, Opunake, Stratford, Kaitoke. Palmerston North, Hunterville, Wellington, Devin, Te Awamutu, Pahialua ana Waverley. The following donations were acknowledged with thanks, T. G. Macarthy ’irust, £lOO to the genera* funds of he Plunket Society and Wairoa. Plunket Society, £2 2s towards the funds of Stewart Karitane Hospital. The president, reporting on the meeting of the House committee, staled that the extra ward for premature babies was now ready for use. Mrs. Hine reported on tne progress made re forming a sub-branch on Dune Hili and stated she had callee a 1 urther meeting to finalise arrangements. On the motion of Mrs Robertson, seconded by Mrs. Jenkins, the committee agreed to purchase various items ot iurniture, etc., lor the rooms which are centrally situated in Duric Street. The arrangements for the house-to-house, street day and shop to be helc< the first week in October were discussed at some length. The committee would be very grateful loi donations of sugar to make up into marmalade and cakes, etc. WANGANUI GUIDEILS. On Tuesday evening, Miss D. Soeberg, District Commissioner, presided at the usual monthly meeting o< Guiders, held at the Intermediate School. There was a fair attendance, and it was reported that Mrs. Couchman had consented to be secretary. Miss Soeberg read a letter from the International School authorities, agreeing to the proposal to allow the Guiders the use of the school hall for their meetings. A letter irom Mr. C. W. Baker. Asst. District Commissioner of the Boy Scouts, requesting that “Tiro-1 h-anga” be available for their use for a training camp over Labour weekend, was read. This request was granted, and the Scouts extend an invitation to any Rangers and Guiders interested in their campcralt and training, to visit their camp. The Guides aie pleased that the Scouts will have an opportunity of trying cut their camp site at Castlecliff. Mrs. Holmes, Wellington Provincial Commissioner, wrote on several matters. The B.P. Memorial Fund was discussed, and it was hoped that every company and pack would make some contribution towards same. The moneys so collected are to be invested in National Savings—earmarked for some specific purpose,—until after the war. Eventually it is hoped that this fund will be used for providing camping facilities. , The Guiders’ Recruiting Campaign is well under way. The specimen company meeting will be at Christ Church Hall the second Wednesday in

October, to which all interested are cordially invited to attend. Supper, and a round-table talk will follow the demonstration. During that week there will be a display in an Avenue shop window, and any guiders having suitable articles are asked to get in touch with Miss Soeberg. After the business Dart of the meeting, Miss 1. Cook and Mrs. E. Templeton took over. These Guiders passed on training which they had

received at a recent camp at Wallis House, Lower Hutt, and many new games were learned. A demonstration of an improvised haversack was most interesting, a very comfortable hold-all being made from a flour bag, an old stocking, two stones, and a length of cord. Theree different ways of carrying coats on a hiking expendition were also shown, so that raincoats and overcoats, so necessary during uncertain weather, could be

carried in such a way that the hiker’* hands were left free. A hearty vote of thanks was accorded Mrs. Templeton and Miss Coolc for their most interesting programme.