THE "GOOD ENDEAVOUR" LEAGUE FOr YOUNG READERS ONLY

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 8, Issue 62, 6 April 1945, Page 6

THE "GOOD ENDEAVOUR" LEAGUE FO r YOUNG READERS ONLY

"What ho, what ho ? ma hearties. Well, I suppose you are all back again from your Easter holidays, that is those of you who went away irom liome ) and are l'eeling fit and well again, t can just. imagine the way 3 r ou must have plunged into your school work on Wednesday

morning Avith joy and vigour and when playtime hung around, not knowing what to do and just waiting to start in on those sum Si or English exercises again. Yes Easter this year was one of the best I have known for many years. The beautifully line weather was very welcome after the wet summer we have had and f should imagine there would be very few people who did not have a good time. I kept a good watch on Ohope during the weekend through my armour-plated j sil-i ver_studded t automaticfocussing, sixpence down and sixpence a •week > jewelled in twelve holes telescope, and I can hardly remember the last time I saw such a crowd there. 1 turned up in my log (that's what a diary is called aboard just for curiosity to find out but the last entry I could lind was made on February 29th i 1908. I know I have written it up since then but 1 suppose 1 must have forgotten to fill my fountain pen bei'Ore I.did it. Well, I must proceed with the rest of the column. By the the pets are all doing well although McDougall is. doing by far the best. He rode all the place during the. Aveek-end on Butinsky's and as a Butinsky is not feeling quite up to the mark. However, lie should be in tip-top form after a few day's sleep. Cheerio for this week. P.T.W.

PALMERSTON NORTH CORNER

What ho their Palmersto'n North folk. How are you all this week. First wc have some new members to welcome. They are Betty Gibbons Gaynor Bassett, Eve Corlett Barry Corlett and Neil Nielson. Step right up I am very glad to have you Avitli us. Your certificates have been posted and should reach you shortlj'. I did not know your Uncle and Aunty ? Gaynor but then it is a long time since I have ueen over to the mainland and I have never known many people' over there. The postman brings my letters across on a raft Derek, and there is usually such a swag of. them, especially after a good competition that he is at times quite bandy by the time lie reaches my cave at the top of the hill. I am afraid you will have to send me the answer to that puzzle Shona. The heat from my brain while I was trying to work it out was so great that I burnt through two hats and an umbrella so I had to desist. As I have the answers here for the. last two competitions, I have decided to award one prize for each. The one for sending in competitions goes to Barry Corlett and the one for the list of letters goes to Gaynor Bassett. Congratulations shipmates. P.T.W.

THE THIMBLE

LITTLE BELL ON THE THUMB

Two hundred years ago, a lady in England Avas sewing on a shirt for her husband. The material lor the shirt was eoarse ) and it ay as with difficulty that she pushed her needle through it. And j Avhen she did push it Avith the. end of her linger the needle Avould stick her and make her most uncomfortable. A few minutes the husband returned "with a little piece of metal bent in the shape of a bell and just big enough to fit over his wife's thumb. "Here you are now," he saicl as she tried it on, laughing. "Here is a little thumb bell to make your sewing easier. See if, that docs not go better." So she placed the little bell on her thumb f and sure when she pushed the needle Avith it it flew right through the coarse cloth and the shirt was finished in no time. Of cmtrse when the A\j fc's IVumkls saw tlie- little device they AV.uited seme too, and before long all of the ladies in their neighbourhood Averc using thumb bells, in their sowing. Gradually the -bells were changed to

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PETER THE WHALER Of WHALE JSLAND

fit fingers instead of thumbs, and the sewing became easier still. The name of thumb bells stuck, however, and it has grown into "thimbles' as we call them today. It was John Loffin who first made a thumb bell for his wife and although not many people knew about him ? still it is a real tribute to his thoughtfulness that ; for over two hundred years } women have been using his little invention whenever they have sewed for their men folks. And probably as long as women sew they will be grateful to him for thinking of something which has made sewing easier not only for his wile j but /or all other women as well. - I MY MAIL BOX Dear Peter the Whaler I wish to join, your club. I am nine years old and I am in Standard three. I enjoy reading your page. Yours sincerely Ruth McDonald. (Welcome aboard Ruth. Your certificate lias been posted and should reach you shortly. By the way do not forget to enclose your 3d in stamps with your next letter will you. Good luck Avith the competitions. I liope yo 11 find them in-. terest.ii"ig. p.T.W.) LAST WEEK'S COMPETITION

YVell f AA'cll, I didn't think last week's competition was as hard as it apparently was. There Avcre no totally correct answers sent in the lour nearest correct bring sent in by Jeanette Mac Donald Lois Jensen Colleen Boon Alison .Wigrnors Congratulations shipmates.. Call and collect j'our tickets from the Beacon Office Avit.h my best compli_ ments. Although there might have been several alternative answers to each the following Avas the list from Avhich I marked:—

P.T.O. Please Turn Over. _ M.R.S.T. Member of the Royal Society of Teachers R.S.P.C.A. Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. P.P.. Parish Priest. M.A. Master of Arts. M.D. Doctor of Medicine. L.I. Light Infantry. G.O.D. Gash 011 Delivery. B.C. Before Christ. O.H.M.S. On His Majesty's Service. P.T.W. (This is one you should all know). G.E.L. Good Endeavour League. F. 0.8. Free on Board. | U.N.R.R.A. United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration . 0.8. E. Order of the British Empire. Weil, sailors there thev are and 5 9 as I -said many of them have more thail one meaning, I had to mark them all from one list or it would not have been fair. The f letters G.E.L. seemed to give the ( most trouble, there being verv few £ of you who recognised them as the r J initial letters, of your own League. 3 The meanings I received ranged 1 General Expenses to Great ( Eastern Lakes. But after all it was | a very good competition and we I must have another one like it some- a time. P.T.W. a JSTEXT WEEK'S COMPETITION Below are printed the. names of ten with the letters jumbled. All the birds are well known and you should have no difficulty in sorting out the correct answers. Be sure to see that your answers reach ' the. Beacon Office before mid-day / on Wednesday. P.T.W. I G XI f.RATS {/ MGAIEP | SHRUJHT / APSROWR 5 I>AC LBRLDK £ YARANC j| LH'NKN f KHAW . I LATINAF I" EGLALUS. - J I