Good Work at 3ZB

New Zealand Listener, Volume 28, Issue 719, 24 April 1953, Page 16

Good Work at 3ZB

ORE than 60 inhabitants of the Greek villages of Polydendri and Perivoli will be warmer next winter through the efforts of Station 3ZB and of some hundreds of Christchurch citizens. A Knitting Derby conducted recently by 3ZB’s Women’s Hour yielded some 2000 peggy squares which will be made up into quilts and dispatched to Greece by Corso. The individual section of the derby was won by Mrs. Kellman, who knitted her square in the record time of 50 minutes, In common with the other competitors, the winner contributed also an entry fee of two peggy squares knitted beforehand at home. By far the latgest group contribution -350 squares--was made by the pupils of Avonside Girls’ High School, but as they were not permitted to enter the derby as competitors the prize went to the Christchurch Police Ladies’ Social Club, which contributed 150 squares. This prize, a pair of blankets, was handed to Corso by the club’s president for inclusion in the consignment to Greece, ,Christchurch "adopted" the villages of Polydendri and Perivoli last November under Corso’s Greek Village Scheme, and the "starter" for the derby was therefore the Mayor of Christchurch. Some 500 people crowded the lounge of 3ZB to watch the running. The oldest competitor was aged 85, and er youngest 20. Since the derby, Corso has febod that the interest stimulated has led to donations of blankets, cash to buy blankets, and many gifts of warm clothing.