PLENTY OF FOOD

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 5, Issue 17, 16 February 1942, Page 6

PLENTY OF FOOD

BRIGHT LETTER FROM WALES

CLOTHES MUCH APPRECIATED

From the intriguing address of "Craig y Don, Borth y Gest, Portmadoc, North Wales," comes the following letter of appreciation to a resident of Cambridge wlio had attached her name and address to a quilt despatched with many others, to England some 1 time ago:— I have to-day received two dozen quilts—some from Canada and others from Australia and New Zealand. I found your card pinned on to one of them and I thought I would write 1 and tell you how much we appreciate all the help we in this country are having in this very strenuous period in our history through which we are passing. Here in a lovely part oi' North Wales; we have a house on the (sea front. It was taken over by our Government to accommodate twenty 3*oung children from the badly bomb ed areas of Liverpool and Birkenhead. We have boys and girls whose ages range from five 3"ears to 11 years. Some of them Ay ere badly shaken after a terrible winter, Wc have one girlie who was buried beneath the debris for six hours, and we have several who have no homes to go back to>. Change in the Children We opened this house on May 1 last 3"en r and up to now there is such a change in our children. .1 hey have forgotlen the horrors of wa" and Avrite cheerful letters 'to their parents at heme. Our si a il' consists of four women--! am the matron here. 1 was on the staff of a large 1 jondon hospital until my mavriap,e j ten clays iu fore war was • declarer!. j Twelve inonihs ago my husband';;! oii j ..v e\ aeiir.L-d i;e re, so we !e! I our new home and came. I n Ihe meantime i;e ha-< men called up :o;d is serving in the iloyai Navy, and I am back here helping lo do my bit. IMiss Williams, our assistant ma - Iron, had jus! jinished at a domestic science college. She also I ell she wanted to do her share. Miss O. Gorman and ?»liss Evans between them do the cooking (lor large healthy appetites) and housework. We are in our third year of war — and Ave are having plenty of food. Several foodstuffs arc rationed and quite a I'cav luxuries Ave used to get in peacetime are temporarily off the market, but avc do, all of us, get plenty, thanks to our colonies, Dominions, America anci the British Navy. I would like to tell all the people who are helping us in our great struggle hew grateful Ave arc. We pray each day that this ghastly Avar Avill soon be over so that avc may all return to our homes. Thank you again, N.Z.