THE "GOOD ENDEAVOUR" LEAGUE

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 8, Issue 75, 25 May 1945, Page 6

THE "GOOD ENDEAVOUR" LEAGUE

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What ho what ho, ma hearties. Well, we certainly had a good dose of rain last week-end didn't we. Of course it didn't a fleet me much as 1113' cave is on the top of a hill, and all the water simply ran away but I understand you had a lot of flooding on the mainland. 1 could, see the Whakatane River Bridge through my ultra-super-jewelled in ten. holes telescope, and there seemed to be a lot of water lying about there. I saw quite a number of cars going through it but. I noticed that even on the biggest ones, the water was well over the running boards. This brings to mind one of the strangest things I saw at the wee'k-end through my telescope. At the approach to the bridge I happened to see a Baby Austin pull up. The driver opened the door and stepped and went to have a look how deep the water was. He must have decided he could do it all right, as a few minutes later he got back into the car and started to go forward into the water. He went for several yards the flood creeping further and further up on his car, and then suddenly he must have gone down a small slope, as the car disappeared altogether under the -surface. I thought to myself that here was a catastrophe. You can imagine how surprised I was when a few seconds later what should pop up through the water but a periscope. The periscope which as you know, is used by submarines, so that they can see where they are going when they are uncjpr the water, moved slowly forward then it suddenly shot up and what' should I see but itfhe. Baby Austin chugging along it as if nothing had happened. It was all very strange and certainly gave me something to think about.

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Well I must close now as I liave a story for you. Cheerio for this week. P.T.W. QTJR STORY LITTLE BUT POLITE "I wish I were grown up like Daddy," said Allan very soberly. "Then I could do polite like those Daddy does." "What things do you mean?" asked Mother. "He tips his hat to ladies," said Allan. "My hat's so sol't that I can't tip it. All I can do is to take it off indoors." "But there are other ways of being polite beside lilting your hat, ' said Mother. "But are they for a little boy to do?" asked Allan. "Indeed they are } " said Mother. "If you'll watch, you'll see what some of them are." That daj r when Allan came home from school he brought the. picture that he had drawn. It was the best picture in the whole class, and he wanted to tell motile* all about i the very first thing. But the neighbour next door had come to call and she and Mother were busy talking. Allan sat down and listened patiently, without interrupting or saying a 'word and it was hard' to keep still all that time. When the neighbour went home he hurried to get his picture and tell Mother it had been the best.

"How good you were to wait, when you had this nice work to show me," she said. "You were every bit as polite as Daddy."

Allan wa.s pleased. It must be that Mother was right. A small boy could find, chances to be polite if he looked Tor them. The next day Daddy look some 0!' Mother's friends home in the car. can't do that for 1 have no car" .said Allan. "How can I help Mother?" "You can lind ways to help, just the same" said Mother. Next da 3" another neighbour from down the street came to call. As she came in she said to Mother: "Oh dear! I fcad some plants for and

I left them on my back porch." "I'll get tliem for you," said Allan. "But it'.s a long block to my house and it's growing dark ' ' said the neighbour. "I don't mind " said Allan, and he went whistling down the street. When he came back with t.lie plants the neighbour said "You are as helpful as your Daddy is." Allan smiled at Mother. He had found a way to help after all. That evening as Daddy and Allan were out walking they met the neighbour across the s-trect carrying a heavy bundle. "Let me take that for you/' said Daddy and he carried the bundle up to the neighbour's door for her. "I couldn't have done that/' said Allan. "I'm not big enough yet to carry such heavy bundles." "But you can find 'kind things to do that are just your size," said Daddy. That seemed queer but Allan made up his mind not to miss any of these things. If Daddj r said he could find them, then lie must try. He would think very hard.

Then on the way home from town lie and Mother rode on the bus. Allan was glad to sit down, for they had walked about, shopping. Besides there were interesting things 9 ? to see.

Just then lie saw the neighbour across the street getting on the bus. There were no more seats left, and one man was standing. Allan thought hard and quickly, then he stood up.

She thanked Allan and sat down, and Mother looked very much pleased.

That night as Allan got into bed he said: "I think I know what yon meant. I've been able to be polite and kind and helpful, just as you said. Even if I'm not grown up, I can be polite:, just like Daddy." SCHOOLBOY HOWLERS The cold at the North Pole is so great that the towns there are not inhabited. Doctors .say that fatal diseases arc the worst. A talisman is a man who calls every week lor the furniture money. Ambiguous means having two wives and not be able, to get rid oi one of them. j MY MAIL BOX Dear Peter the Whaler, I would like to join your Uub. 1 [ am nine years old, and in Std. -3. I enclosed threepence in stamps. Yours faithfully^ Ronald Hughes. (Step aboard llonald. Your certificate Avill be posted as soon as you send me your address. P.T.W.) LAST WEEK'S COMPETITION Well, I see most of you are quite a dab hand at wcilding the brush. I received some jolly good entries to last week's competition, and have, of course, pasted the best ones up round the walls of my cave us additions to my art gallery. The winners this week (and I had some j,ob selecting them too), are as iollows : Muriel Gow

Henry Ross Janet Hill Robert Wigmore. Congratulations sailors. Call and collect your tickets from'the Beacon o(l'ice. NEXT WEEK'S COMPETITION Now then, Ave haven't had a Best Jokes competition i'or some time and as I [eel like a good laugh (and I am sure, all you sailors do too), f I think it would not be out of place to have one. Sort out your best joke (or jokes) and send them into me, e/o Deacon Office before Wednesday midday.