THUMBS UP IN PALMERSTON NORTH
BIRTHDAY of interest to the people of Palmerston North and the Manawatu is that of the Thumbs Up Club, which celebrates its first anniversary this: month. It has just on 3000 members now. During the past year the club has raised over £300 for patriotic purposes, together with £10, the result of a bottle drive, for the Red Cross, 3,000 books for soldiers, 20,000 stamps and a large quantity of scrap metal. | The Thumbs Up Club was organised by K. M. Garner, an executive of a Palmerston North departmental store, in conjunction with Station 2ZA, primarily with the object of assisting in the war effort and providing bright entertainment for children. The Thumbs Up
Club session, with Mr. Garner and Rion Voigt at the microphone is broadcast from 2ZA every Friday at 5.15 p.m. A highlight of a recent session was a broadcast appearance by a small lamb, "Chrissie," and an equally small pig, "Claude." Both these pets showed not the least objection to-giving voice over the air, thought Claude took the honours with a crescendo of squealing that almost put the station off the air. So many telephone calls followed that a further public appearance was arranged at a children’s party at the Regent Theatre the following morning. Both Claude and Chrissie were auctioned for patriotic purposes.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 5, Issue 106, 4 July 1941, Page 43
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223THUMBS UP IN PALMERSTON NORTH New Zealand Listener, Volume 5, Issue 106, 4 July 1941, Page 43
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