IN REFLECTIVE MOOD

Chronicle (Levin), 19 July 1946, Page 4

IN REFLECTIVE MOOD

eONTRIBUTION TO PROGRFSS COMMtJNlTY ORGANISATION A reporter's search for news takes1 him into many places, some sad, others glad, some instructive and, to be truthful, others boring. After leaving the bandrooiii one night this week, where he had been privileged to listen to the efforts of twenty-eight bandsmen under the baton of Mr. G. R. Lester, a "Chronicle" representative thought of the events of the past few months, and realised what a fine body of citizens go to make.up this progressive town. Levin now has three bands, Muiiiclpal, Highland Pipe and Boys' Drum and Fife; the Rotary Club, Junior Chamber of Commerce, Volunteer Fire Brigade, St. John Ambulance Brigade, Red Cross Society and its affiliations, the churches and their many subsidiary organisations, the Women's Institutes, W.D.F.U., the 'R.S.A. and Homeservicemen's Association, the Legion of Frontiersmen and South African Veterans' Association, the different patriotic organisations which dfd such good work during the war years, and the Plunket Society, and recently-formed Mothers' Club, Which has proved such a help to the parent. body in other centres, and which is already making rapid strides locally. With these must be coupled the names of the numerous sports bodies, the Levin N.Z. Native Flora Club, the Levin -Waiopehu Tramping Club, the Levin Playreaders, who next week will provide a variation in the form'of entertainment usually available in the town, the Horowhenua A. and P. Association, which stages a show as good as any on the coast, the school committees who care for the education al interests of the rising generation. Then there is i:he Levin Racing Club, which recently so generously donated the proceeds of its meeting to the .R.S.A. memorial hali appeal. Last but not least the Levin Borough Council, the Horowhenua County- Council and the Horowhenua Electric Power Board. All these bodies functioning in the community have a common aim — that of "doing something to help their fellow citizens, not for what they can get out of it, as they all give their services free. There canndt be many citizens who do not take a part in something, and it speaks volumes for Sde businessmen of the town, who are called upon to support these bodies, that they are able to function so smoothly and well. Levin is truly fortunate, and must hold a - record with towns of similar size in its many activities for the welfare of citizens. The writer has purposely left political organisations out of this summing up, because a good reporter, however > inoredible • • ih may seem if politicians are to be believed, is impartial. With election time not far off and candidates mounting the hustings (it was mentioned that a reporter's work was sometimes boring), the people will be able to judge for themselves. If any organisation has been omitted it is entirely inadvertent. Searching the mind for all these organisations and the long list which resulted frankly surprised even the reporter, whose work takes him among many of them. -