GIRL GUIDES’ CORNER

Waikato Times, Volume 105, Issue 17750, 29 June 1929, Page 16 (Supplement)

GIRL GUIDES’ CORNER

“Moonbeam,” Robin Patrol, Matamata Company, writes: There were quite a large number of Guides present last Friday night, and we had an interesting meeting. After inspection we had a relay race for patrol points, which we won by a narrow margin. The fifteen minutes in our patrol corners were spent in teaching and showing the Tenderfoots hod to tie knots and the composition of the Union Jack. Lieutenant asked us If we would make articles for' the Lady Alice Fergusson Trophy, to which we all agreed. After another exciting game, which we won by two points, we were dismissed.

Poflfly ; Kennedy, First Frankton Company, writes: On Saturday wo were first dismissed id our corners. After corners a few of the girls had signalling drill, while, the others went outside and had a knot-tielng competition. When the other girls came into the hall we had Morse. After Morse we had a pow-wow, when our captain told us how to examine a person without staring him in the face. We then had Inspection, then we had a Guide Law competition, and then we were dismissed for home.

Bwallow Patrol, Claudelands Company, writes: After roll-call and Inspection we had a game. It was a game where we formed rings of a certain number, and the girls who were left out of a ring of the number counted a point against the patrol. The Robins won this. We then had a competition. Each girl was given a letter of the alphabet, and we had to find something from Nature beginning with the letter. We were not allowed to pick leaves and branches off. the trees, but had to pick them off the ground. This was won by the Chaffinch and the Kingfisher Patrols. After this we had another competition. Our captain signalled the first and last letters of some trades, and we went to our patrol corners to puzzle them out. This competition was won by two or three of the patrols. After this we had our patrol corners inspected, and after practising some songs we were dismissed.

Winifred Baldwin, Robin Patrol, Putaruru Company, writes: We have our' Guide meetings in Putaruru only once a fortnight now, and on the other Saturday we have basketball, as one of our Guides has a court. We have a Guide Librarynow. We all lent a book or two to start with, and every Guide who wants a book pays a penny each time she changes one.- Outsiders pay sixpence to begin with and a penny for every book. When there are enough pennies we shall buy more books. Yesterday (June 22) we had a meeting, and as the Robin leader was not there I, being second, look charge. We won for points. Captain gave each patrol a photograph—Princess Mary, Major Baden Powell, Mrs Baden Powell, and Mrs Wilson (the Dominion Commissioner). Next meeting our patrol corners are to be decorated for the first time. We all all learning up for our second class badges. Brownies are to be started in Putaruru soon.