THE "GOOD ENDEAVOUR" LEAGUE FOR YOUNG READERS ONLY Aboard for the Goodwill Cruise

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 3, Issue 280, 7 March 1941, Page 3

THE "GOOD ENDEAVOUR" LEAGUE FOR YOUNG READERS ONLY Aboard for the Goodwill Cruise

Wliat lio, what ho, ma hearties. Here we are, looking over the celebrated Bering Strait, towards the dim and distant headland Avhich is Russia. Yes it is wonderful to think that 3 r ou can actually see a tip of Asia from the new land of America. We are now on a broad headalnd callcd Prince of Wales land and soon we will be catching a sealing vessel which will bring us down south to sunny Vancouver. We will pick cip the S.S. Good Endeavour, and set out for home via the Pacific Islands. Do you know that wc have been just on a year at sea, and I am sure you have enjoyed every minute of it. In a month or so we will be back in Whakatano once move and I am sure the Mayor, Mr Barry, will see that the Pipe Band is out to greet us as we land. However Ave mustn't wander from our present station. We are still in Alaska, and as you know its mighty hard to keep warm in these parts. Up Norton Sound Avhere avc arc camping noA\-, with some friendly Indians the ice has broken up and avc are now engaged in cod fishing. Some of you have had a lot of luck I knoAA r , but it would surprise you to ltnow that the very cod you are catching are the ones from which Cod Liver oil is made. Now I know none of you like that stuff, but you don't mind eating the loA*ely steaks of Cod Ave been enjoj r ing of late, do you? My, I Avon't be sorry lo get back to warmer climates. I have had awful chilblains in my fingers and toes and I'm just afraid that Old Peter is not standing up to it as well as his younger shipmates. Well, it won't be long noAv lads and lassies. The sooner Ave can leaA 7 e these log huts the better I'll like it. In the meanwhile get your gear together ready for the ship Avhieh Ayiil call tomorrow. Next Aveck will find us ein Vancoiwer and noce more aboard our good ould ship. Peter the Whaler. YOUR NEXT PARTY GIFTS FOR EVERYONE The guests who carry home prizes or gifts nearly always seem to have had a better time than the others. An inexpensive gift for each guest, instead of one or 'tAVo higher priced ones, makes each one have such a happy time. Have as many gifts as guests, and have each gift Avrappecl so that it looks inviting, but conceals the contents as AA r ell as possible. As each guest arrives let him choose Avhat he thinks would be a nice item. Perhaps one avlio has come early may have a package that a late arriver wished he had, but there's a chance for the late arriver to Avin the early arriver's aAvay from jiim for a Avhile during the party t or maybe for.keeps. Although each guest chooses a package, none may be opened, for each remains Avrapped and tied as securely as ever. This causes much curiosity, arid many of the guests begin to change their minds after speculating as to what might be in his oAvn and his neighbour's, packages When the games start the guests are informed that scores are going to be kept, and tallies are passed around. They are also informed that Avhoever Avins a game may have his choice of packages (this gives those Avho have changed their minds' a chance to pick the one they think might like better), and the one winning each successive game Iras the same opportunity. Thus the gifts get a good juggling and hardly anyone goes home with the gift he originalljl' picked. The more short, peppy games the better, for it gives more an opportunity to choose another's package. Each game should, have a value (all could have the same A'alue); and at the end of the game, and as refreshments are being served, the scores are added and each guest opens the package he's holding at that time. But still he -may not keep it, for the one Avho has. the highest score ma}" still choose AA T hat he wishes (after looking at the opened gifts). Then the one who has the next highest score chooses next, and so on down Hie line until each has some prize to keep for all time.

gjgjSifeS" "W/ p PETER THE WHALER _ WHALE ISLAND

L&ST WEEK'S COMPETITION POPULATION OF COUNTY I only had three answers to this competition, and one of them Avas wrong. Some of you must have thought that I meant the population of the Borough of Whakatane. No, I meant just what was said— the number of people in the Avhole county. Well here are the ansAvers: Brian Chalmers: . 2600 pakelias, 800 Maoris. Jane Keirj 2000 pakehas. Bryan Bennett: 11,000 altogether. The correct answer is: 0700 pakehas, 400 Maoris. Total 10,7000. There is also a further 2300 in the Borough whieh brings the AA'hole NAUGHTY BETTINA Bettina is a naughty girl, She Avon't Avash or comb her hair She Avon't let mother make a curl Her shoes are the dirtiest pair. Bettina Avill never help her mother To Avash or dry the dishes She says it is a terrible bother And Avon't give mother kisses. She stays in bed 'til ten o'clock Then out she goes to play She puts on the day-before-frocls, She'll Avear it all the day. Then one day aunty came to stay A Aveek or tAVo or more, She AA r on't let Betty go to play But makes her polish the floor. Bettina got into the habit, Of keeping the house bright and clean, She even keeps a little rabbit And has finished being so mean. Esther Biddle (Original) . I NEXT WEEK'S COMPETITION FUNNY INCIDENTS # . I Avant you this Aveek to relate in your own words,, funny incidents you know of. Just tell me of something funny, that has happened to you or somebody you knoAV. The best three will receive free picture tickets with my best compliments. P.T.W. IT DIDN'T ARRIVE Jape Keir says that she failed to see her answer in last Aveek's competition. Very sorry shipmate, but the old postman did not bring the letter in. Are you sure you posted it properly. It must have gone astray, or else Bulinsky ate it. Any hoAV try again in future and I knoAV you will win a ticket. Your friend P.T.W. JOKE CORNER Borrowing on Capital Junior: Say, mother, how much am I Avorth? Why, you're Avorth a million dollars to me, dear. Junior: Well, you advance me a shilling? S Busy Line "Bessie and I can hardly understand each other Avhen Ave talk over the telephone. "Did you eA 7 er try talking one at a time?" Test of Manners It is told of a sage that one da}', after the fashion of his school, he questioned: "Master, what the test of good manners?" "It is being able to put up pleasantly Avith bad ones," was the quick reply. Venturesome Cow "Hm-m! Here's a story about a collar button found in a cow's stomach." "That must be a fake. How could a coaa' get under a bedroom dresser?" Little Pal Mother (to small son); No\a t , Johnnie, you can't haA r e the hammer to play Avith. You'll hit your fingers. Johnnie: No I won't, mummie. Ip or is is going to hold the naps.