Pioneer White Ribboners.

White Ribbon, Volume 43, Issue 512, 18 June 1938, Page 7

Pioneer White Ribboners.

MISS M L POWELL, PIONEER "Our <lc;ir Lord'i best interpreters, human souls, '! he gospel lik< 11 I - more than l>«>oks or k rolls, tht ■ '•' out i t survivt Ihc hh - • not in doubt, In - Tin V\ ( hristian Tempera I niori oi S.'i been blessc d in hat ing such a life in its midst these many yean i Miss Powell ii nrcd In ui acti tinui | i runt up>i,( wb has alive, bodily, i tally and spiritually. M v first recollection of well i- that oi in aring In i i< in; i i in my pbu e i>t residence full) twent) five yean ■ time, li aim one i >f in> mi »s 1 admired 1 i in d with much ; it as th< yean i ■ i ing letten front hi r l en fanned the attachment to tl i v \ t i I i m lim h was then l>ut smouldering in the heart of her humbU admin 1 A on Bun au and the \ln. i 1 riendship 1 departmenti superintended 1»\ M i s s 1' tly t<> tins end. Tin it lion with tin V\ ites back to ing upon tin visit of Mrv l.< avitt, I S \ to Nea Zealand. Miss Powell poined the Inver•;i. which had come into i xistence tin. \ i ar bef >re. \m shewing the outstandinf chat it aubj*< t. it ii recorded that shortl) afterwardi vrnen the new inisation was still in the throes oi its birth and the membenhip • if the ln\< Union was on [ but feebly, Miss Powell called the tea faithful workers together, became their President *md io fine ua; her leader jdiip, it < i. that in a ihort time the weakly infant becamt the flourishiul; child. It ii not fll Wio. the vi it of the Silver Jubik mention, that I have .ui\ definfiit 1 of Mi* v Powt U's doings, hul that her \\<>rk for the \\.('. 1 I dut ing the intervenit full and thorough, is revealed in information received trorrra friend who attended thai ( ot vcntion. Tins friend i, "I formed Ihe opinion then that no \\ A T l member knew more übotit the work In N Z. th I d Miss Powell, i Seen tary of the She proved to bt possessed of i final oi information on any matter brought forward A presentation was made to her from the Unioi whole as a token of love, appreciation and admiration ot her work daring the years she had acted (.'<•!- Secretary oi rhc N.Z VV.CT.U." On that

also the inv< Union well with .1 "The Souvenir 1 b smd in leather. In Tit words "i mj friend, "\ v hat do sre noi owe to out n °" .< Dominion Organiser, \ Poe |b) a-!. conditiot ausc, sh< tr.tw lied X/ m all weatl kind of road, b) I OSi h, I art. bl ! \ an) means available, enjo iu< li rough and n.. hit. ailable in the I Io in t! i \ large amount oi house t< h ; e (fid on ''• ' i horse and r hard \v< rk "ii'. wt ek'i ind to the next, and throug-h it all she managed to attend to Dominion i ndence. v>; Pov ell • who ahrs) le light of difficultiei Ktu ■ l li left her lame and • i thick-soli d boot, ine srai •he dared tO ride her hicvrle, to which question ihe gave the characteristic reply, "It just had to be done. and I did In In r I ouv< ntion Reporl of 1918. Miss Powell as Dominion Organiser. - 'I hSV< tr; vi lied over 5(100 miles by rail and coach, takes I lea trips, enrolled 147 new members, and ir d one hundn ! \\ hite Ribbi n lubi In the- 1919 Report, six k resulted in 163 new memand 4o lubscriben to the VV.R. \' the close of the report sin i '"I hav< now n th< ffiee of Domini I miser, which with the me months devoted to Ik ii e WOrk pri-.r t each triennial poll, 1 havt held lot I -se on i in Such I life involve; mam hardships, !>ut like ever) station in life has man) nsations, not the least being the warm friendships formvl ich will last through life and on into eternit) This ('invention made Miss Powell ,t I dominion Life sfember. I h .i omitted to state that at the vent ion, Gisborne, l afrs Don, then Dominion President, paid i graceful tribute ' Powell by nominating In r Vice-President "at large*" (In i J.a\ i the W.CT.U. was an incorporated society, the Dominion President n< min ited her V • Prt sident ) Mil, h more might be said of Powell's gracious and capable min II) as it related to those in | nes> and r.ei '. MtOgethf r words fail to tell what th< \\ I T U ht • tireless /eal ami elocjuent advocacy of the temperance can The secret of her -tmnp courage, bright faith, and loving ministry is, we know that her walk ami conversation l- with the Master. M PATERSON