Aunt Gwen's Farewell

Radio Record, Volume III, Issue 27, 17 January 1930, Page 9

Aunt Gwen's Farewell

Memorable Occasion at s 2YA y, AUNT GWEN’S farewell session is scheduled for Monday, January 20. It will be a memorable occasion at 2YA. On that evening she will say good-bye to the thousands of radio cousins she loves so well, and who, we are sure, have learned to love her just as she loves them. Cousin, George, who represents all the radio cousins on the 2YA _ Children’s Advisory Committee, is preparing the farewell programme, and he may be relied upon to see that Aunt Gwen receives a fitting send-off. Not only will the sessional programme itself be appropriate to the occasion, but Cousin George intends seeking the co-operation of every boy and girl and every parent who can possibly listen in that evening. , Cousin George himself will tell you ‘all about it. He is going to have a word with you over the air. Never has a New Zealand bride been accorded

such a God-speed as that which is in store for Aunt Gwen, for her "Auld Lang Syne" will echo from North Cape to Bluff. Get ready to listen in and join hands all round the Dominion on the evening of Monday next. And then, on the 29th, you will actually hear Aunt Gwen’s wedding bells! Yes, she and her husband-to-be have been very, very considerate. They have consented to have the wedding ceremony broadcast. First there will be the beautiful ceremony at St. Paul’s, and then the reception at the residence of Aunt Gwen’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Shepherd. We are not giving away a secret when we tell you that it was only after very earnest thought that Aunt Gwen consented to face this ordeal. She would have much preferred a quiet wedding. But she could not withstand the wishes of the hundreds ‘and hundreds of boys and girls who wish to share with her the joys of her great day,.and so, as she could not possibly invite you all to. the wedding, and many of you could not possibly come if she did, she agreed that the next best thing would be to make it possible for you to hear something of the joyous happenings. You will be the invisible guests. of honour at New Zealand’s first radio wedding. 2’