Y.W.C.A.

Wairarapa Times-Age, 6 January 1940, Page 8

Y.W.C.A.

A HAPPY WEEK SPENT AT SOLWAY SHOWGROUNDS. GIRLS STRIKE CAMP TODAY. A blazing camp fire, sing-song and entertainment, with the beautiful Solway bush standing out in silhouette was a fitting finale to a week of happy activity by the Wellington business girls attending the Y.W.C.A. holiday camp at the Solway Showgrounds. A number of guests were entertained at tea earlier in the evening, and after an enjoyable game of baseball an adjournment was made to clearing in the native bush, where a huge camp fire had been banked up. A happy time was spent in a sing-song, intermingled with humorous items, a particularly goed burlesque-tragedy play being presented by tne girls. The week’s activities were summed up in a bulletin read by one of the girls, in which it transpired that a good joke had been played on the girls. It had been announced that the Mayor, his wife and daughter were to pay a visit to the camp. The camp dinner was duly brought up to Mayoral standards, and considerable speculation reigned in the camp, but to the chagrin of the cooks the Mayoral party turned cut to be fellow campers suitably garbed. However the joke was taken in the good spirit which marked the camp. A vivid description of the inaugural rites for new girls at the camp proved very amusing. The camp hostesses. Miss Macdonald, welcomed the visitors and referred to the happy time spent in camp, and the many friendships which had been made.. After the fire had burnt low some of the girls went swimming in the Solway College baths. A visit had been paid earlier in the day to the Waingawa Freezing Works, the huge works creating a considerable impression on the visitors. The girls will strike camp today, leaving for Wellington by the afternoon mail train. , The campers pay high tribute to the outstanding organising ability of the camp hostess, Miss Macdonald, whose efforts made the camp such a signal success. A large party of younger girls will occupy the camp in the near future.