THE "GOOD ENDEAVOUR" LEAGUE

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 8, Issue 21, 3 November 1944, Page 6

THE "GOOD ENDEAVOUR" LEAGUE

What ho 5 what, ho ma hearties. Well, how are you all this week? The line weather seems to have conic to stay this time although if. it follows the usual scheme it will be wet tomorrow and Sunday and then be. fine again for next. week, f made an honest attempt the other day to paper the back wall of my cave but I am afraid Butinsky was too much for me. I had collected quite a few so I decided that rather than let them rot in the corner I would put them to some use. The back wall of my cave has never looked very good so I decide,d I may_ as well paper it with snappy newspapers. Anyway, I mixed up a bucketful of paste and put it on the stove to warm up while. I went and isorted out the, paper 1 was going to use. T laid all the best pieces out on the lloor very carefully and then went to have a look how the paste was getting on. What do you think had happened? Butinsky had become ve.rj T curious as to* Avhat was in the bucket and thinking it (5 9 0 might be something good to eat } had knocked it off the stove and spilt the. lot. He was in a very bad temper as the paste did not taste, nice at all ? and seemed to think that. I was' to Manic. Of course I had. to set to work to mix up some more and when this was done I Avent back again to Avhere I had left the paper. It took four pounds of vitamin C and eight hours sleep to revive me when I saw what had happened while I had been away. Butinsky had wandered into the rooni ) and thinking I had. put down all the paper for him to plaj r with promptly set about eating it and tearing it up. Of course after that I had not enough Beacons to finish the job, so I have had to postpon;,* the wallpapering till I can save up some more again. Weil I must say cheerio for noAv. Yours till next Aveek. P.T.W.

PALMERS! ON NORTH CORNER j i Wei] I had quite some joib sorting out the winners to the competition. Unfortunately I had to mark out quite a lot of the words you put in such as 'holding' and 'lour legs ' but still, [ think you all did If ' V fairly well out of it in tile long run. This week's winners arc: Judith Haines (31) and Nanette Hall (32). Congratulations, sailors. The girls seem to have sharper eyes than the boys this week. Now we have three new members to sign on. They are David Craven John Hamblyn and James Step aboard sailors. Glad to have you. Your' certificates will be, posted. Jack Cooper Don Richards and Shirley Boldt have asked l'or the Forest and Bird Magazine. I will see about it right away. It does not cost you anything Shirley. Well I have, not much room this Aveek so I will have to close. Many thanks for all the letters. P.T.W.

MY MAIL BOX J Dear P.T.W. t I am sending you a competition which I have, thought of and which you might like to print one day. They are jumbled names of Mowers. Yours sincerely John Logan. (Thanks very much John. The competition Avill certainly come in handy as I have a hard job trying to think of one at times. I will use it shortly. P.T.W). Dear Peter P am very interested in your competitions and would like to join your Good Endeavour League. 1 ought to be a good sailor because Dad has a boat named tlie Endeavour and 1 have, been out lishing in the sea. f enclose threepence. Yours sincere!}', Don. Currie.

E*4G readers only >r fhe Goodwill Cruise g=r PETER the whaler /whale JSLAN.D

(Well well I didn't, know there was another Endeavour on the high seas Don. You should certainly have had plenty of practical experience at being a sailor so I will be. able to hand the ship over to you now and again on our next round-the-world trip. P.T.W.) PICTURE TICKETS Some, of you have been enquiring about the picture tickets whieli are

given as prizes. Actually they arc to be used on a Saturday afternoon hut if by any reason you are unable to collect your ticket when you have won one ? it is quite permissible to let a friend use it. P.T.W. SIGNED ON The following new hands have been signed on : Beryl Anne Reynolds, Pat. Winters' Ngaire El--9 liot } Don Currie and Evelyn Lord. Step right up sailors 5 we're very glad to have you aboard with us. Your certificates should reach you shortly. P.T.W. FOREST AND BIRD MAGAZINES The following sailors have asked for Forest and Bird Magazines: Valmai Griffith, Beni Leslie Lois Jen's seii Ngaire Elliot Susan Wright. Certainly I'll see about them for you right away. P.T.W. JOKE CORNER TALKED TOO MUCH They were engaged to he married 5 and he was proudly relating his former adventures in Africa. "I had to hack my way,'' said lie "through almost impenetrable jungle slashing at thick undergrowth and trees—" George!" said she. "You'll do fine when you have to weed the garden!'' m M 'm - ~ MISTAKEN IDENTITY A Yorkshire man was summoned to appear before the, magistrate on a charge of stealing chickens.

"You keep quiet" advised his solicitor: "let me do all the. talking." Later in the day lie appeared in the dock. "Are 3*oll the defendant?" lie was : asked. "Nay/' he replied pointing to the "he's t' defendant. I'm chap what took t' chickens." - r m m » THAT WAS THAT Doris was telling her girl friend about her recent misunderstanding with her fiancee. "It Avas realh r too bad" she said. "I ended by telling him that I didn't want to see. liis l'acc any more.'' The girl nodded eagerly. "And was he fearfully upset?" she asked. "That's the. terrible part about it," sakl Doris. "He 1 wasn't a bit upset. He just jumped up and switched off the lights.''

LAST WEEK'S COMPETITION Holy catfish I don't know what to do about these competitions oi jumbled names. Kach time E make them harder and harder and each time there arc more and more entries, and every one of 'em correct. Well this week's tickets once, again go to the neatest entries. They were sent in by:— Beryl Leslie Anne Reynolds Pat Winters Pat Kempton. Congratulations sailors call and collect your tickets at the Beacon Oilice. P.T.W. NEXT WEEK'S COMPETITION

Now then here's a competition for the artists. We had one like thus a little while ago so you should all be fairly good at it. 'All you hav? to do is to draw mc or rather what > you think I look like. Don't make the pictures too* bad will you 5 as although J. may not be an oil painting at the. moment tliev tell me 1 was quite handsome When i was young. All right now go ahead and send your e.ntries into P.T.W. c/o the Beacon Office, and the prizes will go to the four best entries. P.T.W.