THE "GOOD ENDEAVOUR" LEAGUE

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 8, Issue 18, 20 October 1944, Page 6

THE "GOOD ENDEAVOUR" LEAGUE

What lio, what ho, ma hcartic Well Labour week-end is almo upon us and 1 suppose that ju about all my crew have made pi a: lor it. I know I have. This Laboi week-end I intend to put in a 1< of hard labour on my front pal which, as I think I mentioned you before is still very muddy, had a fearful tas-k the. other daj Butinsky "wandered away and 10, himself. T was snoozing in my dec. chair, and had been for some tin when I suddenly noticed that Bu insky was not in his usual pla< underneath the seat. Of course, did not think much of it at th time but later on when it was nea lj T time for tea I began to wondc what could have happened to him Undoubtedly' something must liav gone wrong as. he usually is the firs in when there is something to eat Accordingly, I set Pelerkin to watc the potatoes and started out to 100 ' for him. I think I had combed jus about the whole, island when sue denly I heard a faint bleating awa to the right. I headed in that direc . tion and theressu e enough was Bui insky sitting half way up a tree 1 know he has always wished h could climb trees and apparentl he thought he would give it a go How he got up as far as he did, i a wonder but onc e there he wa too scared to attempt to come dowj again. He had been sitting up tlicr for the best, part of four hours i wait ing for me' lo come and get him 01 course I' growled at him a bi but I don t think he will trj* to climl any more trees for quite a while Well, I will see you all again nex week. Cheerio for now P.T.W. P.N. CORNER Well, we seem to have a whole swag of artists from Palmerston Psorth as well. The pictures you sent in were, all first class and I certainly had a headache sorting out the winners. Thank you for all your letters; you certainly seem to be* very good correspondents. First, we liave, two new members to welcome aboard. They are Dawne Co- 1 t Donald Richard® , and - - Step right up Sailors', we glad to have 3*oll aboard the Good Endeavour with us. Your eeftififcatfcs iiave ik-eil posted. Shirley Sihie and Nanette Hall Ifave asked for Forest and Bird magazines. Righto sailors, I will see what I can do about it for 3 r ou. Now for the competition. The pictures are all so good that I don't quite know what to do a so I have awarded the two tickets, this week to Slrirlev Sime and Jack Cooper. Congratulations shipmates. .Well cheerio for now, P.T.W. '

MY MAIL BOX Dear Peter the Whaler f At home I made a push-chair bqt that was soon broken by my broths crs trying to sit in it and r lifted a case, up and I a saw a wheel stic'k-i ing in it so I pulled that out. Thank you for all the pictures for us sailors'" 3'ou sent down.* We. appreciate them. I forgot to send my letter last, week so I'm sending it this week. Yours sincerely John Salter (Palmerston North). (Glad to receive your letter John-, but I'm afraid it's lost, a lititle ballast somewhere. However I think I get what 3'ou're driving at. P.T.W.) Dear P.T.W. Please ac'cept 'A pence, for my membership fee as a member of the Good Endeavour J_,eague. Yours sincerely Alistair McLavJ (Welcome, aboard Alistair. Your certificate has been posted. Con->

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gratulations oil winning a ticket this week. P.T.W.) Dear P.T.W. I would like to join your Good Endeavour League. I would also like the Forest and Bird magazine. X enclose 3d in stamps. Yours sincere]v * > Barbara Wilson. (Step right up Barbara. We are glad to have you aboard with us. \ou should receive your certificate any time now. I will see about the Forest and Bird magazine for you. P.T.W.)

JOKE CORNER

Success

Despite all the efforts of his teacheny it seemed that young Robert had just about as much chance of passing his scholarship examination as a cow lias of becoming mutton! During the afternoon the mathematics paper appeared, and the very first question on the paper floored ,him completely. "If one horse/' it asked "can run one mile in a minute and a half and another horse,can do the same, distance in two minutes, how far would the first horse be' ahead if they ran a race of two miles at their respective speeds?" Robert thought for a moment and then he saw a way out. "I regret to say," he wrote "that it is against my principles to have anything to do with horse racing in any form." He, passed. Artful

As. lommy's birthday dinner came to an end lie gazed wistfully at the remains of the cake. "May I have just one more piece, just a small piece?" he asked his' mother. "No i} you've had enough/' she told him. 1 "Just one small piece to put under my pillow/' he persisted. "All right/' she at last; ' "but remember. K ocp "it under vour pillow!" ' On going to the bo3 r 's bedroom later that night his mother Avas amazed to see Tommy sleeping peacefully with the pillow on top of him, A Salesman "Last night I spoke to over 5000 pe.ople at the local auditorium. "What did you say to them?'' popcorn and chewing gum!" LAST WEEK'S COMPETITION Well, most of you sailors seem to know 3*our towns a lot better than I bargained for. I received a number of correct entries and so once again the awards go to the four neatest correct ones. These came in from Alistair McLay June Bluett June Gardner Anthony Wright. Congratulations sailors, call and collect your tickets at the Beacon Office. The correct names of the towns were: Tinwald; Kumara; Roxburgh: Riverton; Waimate.; Waikouaiti; Mosgiel; Takaka; Ranfurlv. P.T.W. NEXT WEEK'S COMPETITION Now I have a competition for you this, week that wb haven't had for some time. What you have to do is to pick out in the picture below, the articles or objects starting with either H or F. I don't, know how many you will get but you can see how sharp your eyes are.. Three free picture tickets await the ones sending in ' the largest number. P.T.W.