Brother Secretary

NZ Truth, Issue 1182, 26 July 1928, Page 6

Brother Secretary

IMAGINE, if ybu will, that the shades of night have fallen upon Hamilton and that a. gAodly company of Orphans have foregathered with one accord to' make merry and gild the passing hour. Eight o'clock has struck. . . . Of a sudden, ithe chairman's implement of authority —the,. gavel—is rapped sharply on a table and secretary-brother. A. H. Powell leads In the chairman", for the evening. If you think that this is the most Important part of the secretary's Job, you've a lot to, learn about Orphans' Clubs and how to -run them. The:/station director at umpteen V.A.. has no more anxious time—-unr' less the broadcasting apparatus goe_? phut—than Powell,in seeing that the evening's programme .is run; to schedule. . •'■'_. And does a performer fail to answer the roll-call? Then do the businesslike digits of A'.H.P. tweak the ear of a hapless substitute and lead him to the rostrum of sacrifice. . It takes,a mixture of things to build up a snappy, gloom-dispelling Orphans' Clvb—and one of the most important ingredients is a secretary like Powell. '■■' Those choice blooms you see on Mr. Chairman's table probably came from the garden of Powell. Cultivating such blooms is his favorite outdoor hobby.