The Bay of Plenty Beacon Published Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 7, 1946 Local and General

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 10, Issue 8, 7 August 1946, Page 4

The Bay of Plenty Beacon Published Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 7, 1946

Local and General

Coupon Saving The following are the collections of the Ration Coupons from the Whakatane district to date in connection with the “Food for Britain” campaign: Sugar 121bs; tea 41bs; butter 1211bs; meat £BS 11s lid. Rover Scouting A special meeting of senior scouts and others interested will be held this evening for the purpose of initiating the first Rover - Crew in Whakatane. This is expected to be something of a milestone in Scouting history locally and much should be heard of it in the near future. Young Caledonians The ‘MacLeod’ Clan of the Whakatane Young Caledonians Club will be holding their evening next Saturday when a full and enjoyable programme is promised. A special guest will be Chief N. G. MacLeod of the Te Aroha Caledonian Society who expects to be able to make the trip in order to be present. All in the Money A successful day’s shooting was experienced by five members of the Whakatane Rod and Gun Club, Messrs. F. Matchitt, M. Matchitt, W. Hume, W. Kenyon and A. W. Jones, who journeyed to Opotiki last weekend to participate in a shoot sponsored by the Opotiki Rod and Gun Club. All five Whakatane contestants were successful in ‘bringing home the bacon.’ Ohope Spotlight Followers of modern dancing were well up with Freddie Burt at the Cabaret on Saturday night when a request programme delighted the increasing numbers that follow this new style of dancing. On the floor were seen Mr and Mrs Whittaker, Mr and Mrs Robinson, Mr and Mrs Corbett, Mr and Mrs M. Lees, Misses Venables, Jean Armstrong, Pam Gartshore, Jeannine Lodge, Maurine Brown, Velda and Lorna Print, Nova Ranby, Margaret Robins and Dawn Cato.