The Bay of Plenty Beacom Published Tuesdays and Fridays. TUESDAY, FEB. 22, 1944 Local and General

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 7, Issue 51, 22 February 1944, Page 4

The Bay of Plenty Beacom Published Tuesdays and Fridays. TUESDAY, FEB. 22, 1944 Local and General

Gymkhana Report Readers attention is drawn to page 8 Avhere a full report of the recent suecc.ssful gymkhana staged by the A. and P. Association appears. Swimming Sports Postponed' OAving to the lack of a good tide, at a convenient time this month, and as conditions will be. too rigorous next month, the annual school swimming sports which are usually held in February will probably be postponed till the end. of the year. Friday's Auction Sale At. Canning's rooms on Friday afternoon from 1 o'clock onwards there will be sold antiques, in bronze, a few Wedgcwood and Doulton Avare specials as Avell as a \'ery nice collection of china, glassware and new cutlery. Sick and Wounded Officer Sergeant-Major H. Rice, Sick anclt Wounded Officer for No. If Military Area (Paeroa) Avill be present in Whakatane on Wednesday, February 23rd next Avhen he Avill attend the Borough Council Chambers for the. purpose of interviewing all who seek adA'ice or have claims in this connection. . Dangerous Practice The public is warned against the dangerous jiraetiee of leaA'ing banana skins on the. footpaths Avliere they might be of danger to pedestrians. The council provides special recepticals for refuse, so the public should do its bit and not leave rubbish of this tyjje where it constitutes a menaec. Apple Eaters The youth of Whakatane have always been famed for fruit eating, but this season their appetite for apples seems to have superseded every tiling else. In fact, conditions have reached the stage where the swimming pool at the old Avharl' is frequented not by children merely enjoying a swim but also enjoying an apple Avhile they swim. Contentment A rather quaint sight on Friday morning, Avas that of a little girl from 3 to 4 years of age, all done up in her Sounday best complete with panama hat, squatting contentedly in the doorway of a shop, solmenly licking an ice-cream. Her seat, which was concrete, must been rather hard, but it apparently made no difference to the little tot bent on enjoying herself. j Red Cross Parcels "If. there is one thing which every prisoner of war Avill say Avhen he returns home," said Pte Gordon Tippett, Avhen interviewed, last Aveek—. "it will be in praise of the Red Cross parcels which they received once a week. They were regular lifesaAers and were keenly looked' forward to by the boys. They also made us llie envy of the Jerry guards who used to try and cadge a bit of chocolate from us. Chocolate, in Germany had been unobtainable for years." Kalamazoo "ABCDEFGHI got a gal in Kalamazoo"—but how many knew that there actually is a town called Kalamazoo. The Andrew Sisters i.peak of it glibly enough in the sorig, certainly, but by the majority of people it is thobght. of as nothing more than a convenient name. llowevcr, there is in actual fact a small town called Kalamazoo in the United States. It is situated roughly in the. centre of the State of Michigan about a hundred, and thirty-five miles from the city of Detroit. Lake Rotoma With each summer, the popularity of Lake Rotoma increases; more people go there to spend their summer Aacation, and more and more baches are being erected. There are now well over thirty baches at the Lake, and more than threequarters of them belong to Whakatane residents. The attractions at Rotoma are many and varied; for those who do not care for fishing, there is always shooting—both rabbit and deer. The scenery itself attracts many people especially camera club enthusiasts and hikers, while the beach and swimming facilities are, in the opinion of many, equal to, if not better than Oiiope. Rotoma is, in fact, the ideal sportsman's paradise and more, and more people are beginning to realise the fact.

Kiwis in Pacific At the Regent Theatre 011 Saturday, Monday and Tuesday next will be screened the first pictures of New Zealanders in action in the Pacilic. The film Js released by the N.Z. Government Review, and deals with the landing on Guadalcanal. Scout Tribute A. touching tribute to the* late Charlie Allen, soil of Mr and Mrs Vic Allen, who was lost in tragic circumstances in a river accident last week, Avas enacted at the funeral last Saturday morning when members ol the Citizens and Scottish Scout troops formed a guard of honour from the hearse to the grave side. Four senior Scouts also acted as pall bearers, whilst others acted as carriers for the marvellous array of wreaths. The Scout gesture was in recognition of Mr Vic Allen's interest in the movement when he was a Scoutmaster, and also because of the deceased's membership with the Cub Pack.