GIRLS' LIFE BRIGADE

Chronicle (Levin), 13 December 1946, Page 2

GIRLS' LIFE BRIGADE

"BREAKING-UP" CEREMONY • P " At the "breaking-up" 'gathering of the Otaki Company of the Gir'l Life Brigade, Canon H. E. K. Fry narid ea lo wiuu did Garii-ii. .ommiscion as licutenant. Thc /iiiier Cup for Ihe best all rounci _iri was awardeci by the Captain uVfiss Ngaire Fogden) to Murie. Jariosh, and the cup v/hich hat. ,oeen piescnied by ihe cap..ain las /ear for neatness in uniform and helpfulness to ofiicers throughout i'l.,- year, -was win, to be heid six months cach, by Doreen Bills and ame Fcgden. Miss M: Holmes xhad giveii a jcaulifully designed and framed jarchment, on which are to bt wri/icn each year, ihe names of onr enior and one junior girl. This framed parehmenu is a rnemoriai u ne laie Ethel Fry. The committee deeided that ail ihe giris be inviceaj w:r-.. essay on "V/hy I am a .nen. . Jie Girls' Life Brigade," oid thc names chosen oi ' hose wn vvrote the best essay. Mr. R. L. Button, of Weliingaun, exaimn-v. xor iliis, and the names of Phyllis I Fcgden (senior) and Gillian Snell v junior) are ihe firct on the parchment. Muriel Bartosh and Phyllis Fogdsn have earned Lance-Corporal stripes, aua a number of badges, "Ramblers' and n itting" and gooa service medals were awarded. Car oio Wo-ie swceily sung by' the girls with Miss Dulcie Taylor as -vwo^mpaxdsi. Some of the senior girls amused the audiences with hare.des, and a nativity play, ;produced by Miss Garlick, in w'liich most of the girls took part. The singing of the versper hymn brought an enjoyabie evening' to its conciucion. • ■ • ! • Prior to the evening programme, the cirl.s ivare dnieruamed to tea. Diiiai.g ihe evening Canon Fry, on b'Airif rt i ho fommit ne oAfi.ih° girls, asked Miss Ngaire Fogden, whose marriage is snorny to pk placc, to accept a pair of'vcr^stal vases, handed to hcr by Margarqt Baker, thc youngest membcr oi th'c ccmpc.ny.