EXPERT BED MAKERS

Dominion, Volume 36, Issue 104, 27 January 1943, Page 3

EXPERT BED MAKERS

Wellington Women’s Daily. Job At Services Hostel Il is mi light morning task for a small "roup of women, mostly elderly, to make up IO 200 beds consisting ol two-tiered bunks. This is a necessary work Unit different groups ol Wellington housewives are doing voluntarily every day at the Combined Services Hostel in Dixon Street. They leave their own housework in order to get to the hostel to make an early start mi changing and making the 1,1 'I he rows- of bunks are on Un 1 two upper lloors. it. is a fairly easy matter to stand on a stool, one woman at either side, amt make the lop bunk, but, as one regular worker said, •'when it comes to a succession of lower berths, your back nearly breaks.” The constant stooping beneath the upper b.-mk level causes considerable discomlort, yet the job has been done cheerfully every day since the hostel opened last August. The burden is lightened at the weekends, when younger helpers al business during the week lend a band with the bottom bunks. V resident of the Eventide Home, ami a very'elderly lady, Miss Douglas, has come every Monday ami on various other days, since the opening. Her special lob is to put fresh pillow slips on and liei help is greatly appreciated. A group ot live schoolgirls from the M ellington technical College are others who come every Saturday morning and every day during school holidays. One girl has just turned 1G years of age and the others are younget. They are splendid workers, and the way they do lheir work would be an example to many grown-ups. . The convener of these groups is airs. M. J. Bentley, who organizes all dormitory work. Her helpers are drawn Irom the following organizations :—V ellington East. League of Mothers, Karori esleyan Fireside Club. Technical College Ladies’ Auxiliary, Te Aro School Momen’s Commit Ice, Mount Victoria Happiness Club and the TVAV.b.A. Ml. • canteen section. Mrs. Bentley would be pleased to hear from any other women who would like to follow- the excellent example set by the jiresent helpers.