WOMEN'S INSTITUTES

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 06, Issue 100, 20 August 1943, Page 2

WOMEN'S INSTITUTES

MEETING AT WHAKATANE » ___ The monthly meeting of the Whakatane Women's Institute was held in the Methodist Hall on August 3, Mrs Stewart presiding over a slightly smaller attendance, than usual due- no doubt to the showery afternoon. At the commencement members stood in silence as a mai-'k of. sympathy to Mrs R. Canning whose mother died recently. The. "Ode to Friendship" was sung and the aspirations read by Mrs Mulholland. An invitation had been received to Waimana Institute birthday., but noi'ication of the postponement was later received. Mrs Stewart gave her report on tho conference held in Gisbnrne in July. The Home Nursing talk was given by Mrs Hannah, who dealt with "Infection and Disinfection." Mrs Pearson's talk was centred round Switzerland. The roll call, "An amusing experience in my life" produced soino highly amusing incidents. An instructive demonstration on "Aids for Paperhanging" was given by Mrs Stewart. Two elocutionary items by Mrs Hepburn were, highly appreciated by all.. Two new members, we re proposed. Mrs Sutclille informed members ol' what liiid been done regarding the last soldiers parcels. Competitions were won as under: Tomato relish,, Mrs Prideaux 1; Mrs Murphy 2. Jonquils, Mrs Moran 1; Mrs Larsen. Afternoon tea was served by the hostesses. The meeting closed with the National Anthem.

NAZI DEFINITION OF RETREAT The Swiss newspaper. National Zeitung, has' made its. own little collection of German definitions of retreat, when the Wehrmacht (Hitler's army) is doing the retreating. Here are some typical examples of Tentonk' understatement as reported to the Office of War Information, explaining German retreats 011 various sectors: Demyansk: Evacuated "without interference from the enemy." Rzhev: "German rearguards disengaged themselves from the enemy, .without being noticed.' Gzhatsk: "Left to the enemy pressure," Vyazma area: "Evacuated through planned troop transfer without enemy hindrance." Tunisia (and you can tell this one. to General von Arnim): Situation "rectified without the Americans even knowing what it was all about." The National Zeitung observed ironically: "The Germans arc able to fool the adversary by compelling him to take, a town without engagement where he expected heavy fighting."