SUN SHIT{ES FOR UN'TED SERWEE
THE natural beauty of th€ Coronation Camp settrng at Stubbers was seen in its furll splendour y€stsrday, when most of the cadets and their omcens pa,raded iD brilliant sunshine for an interdemorninntional servioe.
Ihis wns takem by ths Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of lVillesdon, who was assi,qted by the Rev. C. W. T. Searle-Barnes and the Rev. G. M. Lister, both Chu,rch of England clergymen, and by the Rw. K. Soleby, o[ the Frce Clunch.
Music for the service was provided by the Regent Hall Young People's Band of the Salvation Armv. It was their first experience of - such an occasron-
In his address Willesden said: the Bishop of
"In those far-off davs some 700 or 800 vears ago, which we call the Middle Ages, life was very hard and cruel: manners were crude; life was difficult for everybody.
"It was within this sort of life that there grew up a spirit of chivalry; that is to say. certain people banded themselves together in their Christian faith. in orrder to prevent further difficulties in life; rin order to help those who were weak; rin ordei' to bring some humanity into warfare; in order to respect womanhood.
"Thus, in those far-off days. there grew up the Orders of Chivalry. to bring service to others. And among such Orders were the Hospitallers of Jerusalem.
"The beginning of the Hospitallers is lost in the mists of time. but we know that thev set themselves the task of helping others by kindness and by generous acts. From Jerusalem their work spread to the Island of Rhodes, and to Malta, and to our own land-a Christian work of mercy, in days when men showed little kindness or mercy to each other.
"Of course, as with all things in which men take part, .there came a
time when the ideals of the Order of St. John were forgotten. But even when men failed, thele ideals still remained. They still sweetened life, made it bearable for those who were in need of help.
"And these ideals still continue. they have held up the standards which before ,our eves bg practised by Christian men and women,"
1953-the ideal of chivalry still stands."
He went on to say he believed that the particular problem we faced in the 20th Century was materialism. People seemed to think more of material things, such as what they saw. and they forgot about the spiritual values.
"Thus," said the Bishop, "in our day again, men plan their lives without realising the Will of God. They forget about Him, and never take Him into theii"lives. They think th.e important things are the material things-success. the amassing of fortunes, and so on-and they forget to help the people in need of help.
"Another danger which comes from materialism is that mon believe things are more important than the people they know."
The Bishop then said to the Cadets: "You may sav this is all very interesting. but what has it to do with me? The first answer, of course. is that your Cadet movement springs almost directly from the Hospitallers of Jerusalem. Your roots go right back in history to those men who were inspired by chivalry.
"You may',think there is a difference between ths present and those hard and cruel years. no difference whether
should But it makes it is 1066 or
-Our first visitors
ITHE Camp's first Open Day
r brought between four and five hundred visitors to Stubbers, most of them parents and friends of the cadets. They found the place looking much more inviting than it ap- peared to those of us who arrived in Friday's squalls.
Instead of wet fields and woebegone trees under a lowering sk1',
"So it seems that this ideal of chivalry, in which we have been brought up, can be applied to the dangers which face us in our own day. The call for chivalry is just as clear now as it was a thousand years ago."
In closing, the Bishop of Willesden told his -voung listeners: "You are prepared for the love of God in Christ, because, in the St. John Ambulance Cadets, you go out to seek to help those who are in need. with courtesy. and without thought for yourselves.
"And in so doing, you are helping to carry on a great tradition."
enjoy sunshine too
they saw pleasant sunlit meadows. enlivened by glittering uniforms and an orderly array of tents.
There was an air of bustle about the place and the loudspeakers constantly told of something going on.
Indeed, it may be doubted if Stubbers has ever before worn such a festive air.
'No. 3 MONDAY, AUGUST Brd, 1953. PRICE 2d.
into Ward for Boys
THE Camp Hospital had a sud' I den influx of patients Yesterdaymost of them Nursing Caderts. This happened during []he sb,rvice, when a number of the younger children were overcome by fa,intness and had fu be helped or carried away.
Giri casualties out-numbered boys bv more than ten to one, but then th.r" *.r" only two boYs aliected. Total casualties were about 25'
The girls' hosPital soon overflowed into the boYs', which, since the camp started, has remained empty most of the time.
When the two Young Ambulance Cadets were brought from the parade sround. onlv one of the ten beds in ih" boys'ward was still unoccupied. so thet had to be Put in the same bed together.
One of ths Nursing Cadets fetched into hospital was l4-year-old Sheila Bell, of West Derby, daughter of a Liver:pool schooimaster.
Did you a Tent ,eYer see walking ?
-Well they did
l[.lR so they say-"they" being V ,urt of the'contingent of Nursin!
Cadets from Northern Ireland.
Well, we have always heard of the Irish Blarney, but we didn't know till now that it could make tenls take to their pegsl
The six girls who gave evidence in the Case of the' Walking Tent were Margaret McMillan, Theresa O'Hara, Priscilla Hunter and Corrina Nesbitt.
Their testimony was that there they were, fast asleep under what they tiondly imagined to be a perfectly serviceable beil tent. But, in the middle of the night, they awoke to flnd no canvas overhead-only a vista of stars.
THEIR TENT HAD WALKED
You don't believe the story. Well, you try and shake them out of it. Wo couldn't.
Her stay was a short one-only a matter of hours-but already ir that time two Ambulance Cadets had called to ask Matron if it was permitted to visit her.
Sheila must be a young woman of considerable charm.
-fhe health of the camp in general has remained at a very high level. F-ew of those admitted to the Hospital have had to spend more than a few hours there before leturning to their Units.
Two girls, however, have been sent on to local hospitals. One was the iass from Southern Rhodesia, mentroned in an earlier report.
Incidentally, this paper owes a,n apology ,to Dr. Richmond, of wolverhampion, whom we iltroduced yesterday as the O.C. Sickness.
It is, of course, hs and not Dr. Billington, of Birmrngham, who has been tor 2l years medical officer to the Woiveihampton Wanderers.
The need to ask Dr. Waiker for a definition of a grease pit has not wholly evaporateo, but there is now an alternative. We find we can also ask Mr. Green, of Headquarters Stores.
He should know quite well what a grease pit is for he fell in one night before last!
CADETS-PLEASE NOTE
Mr. H. J. I-imewell of the MiddLesex Council Photogrctphic Association, will give a talk on photography for the amateur which wrll be of special interest to all cadets who use their own cameras. The talk will take place in the Nursing Cadets Marquee at 10.45 a.m.
Miss Rullh Robinson from R,A.D.A. would like all cadets who are interested in drama who have had little or no experience to come and hear what she has to say at 11 a.m. in the Enter(ainrnents Marquee.
Miss Tom; St.. John and Red Cross Il e$are Olficer, will demonstrate jewellery making in the Officers' Mess Tent at 11.30 a.m.
QURELY the strangest entry in a U casualty register .is on record in The Nursing Cadet Camp Aid Post. Under the column for "Nature of injury" are the words "Fork in Knee."-Odd.
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CAMP GUARDS
AS FIREMEN
is not an enviable job to be one of the guards. Usually, it hours when nothing means long cold happens.
Last night, however, there was excitement in plenty.
Cadet Officer S. Foster, in charge of the guard, was told by a pissing civilian, that a haystack in a nearby fieid was on fire. Summoning the greater proportion of his guard (a11, like him, from Crewe) he cut branches from the trees and ran to slop the flre from
Beating ing in the
spreading. the flames and out coughsmoke, ground stifling fumes and the gallant guard were losing when the local fire brigade appeared. Wilh this added support. they were at last able lo subdue the fire. The prompt action of the guard undoubtedly saved the field of wheat. They have been congratuiated on their actidn by the Fire Brigade and by the Police.
WelI done boys, you showed inItiative, resource and courage. lVe are all proud of you.
ln the camlr's own branch of i Barclay's Bank. which is staffed ! eniirely by Brigade members, i A very small Amhulance ca,ilet :'
A Holiday Afloat
The Cadet Olfice in London hai recei,-ed tlte lollo*,ing letter lrom Contntander M. S. Spalding, D.S.C., R.N., (R/.), Superintendent of the training slip " Fondroyont" ;
"I wondered whether any of your Members would be interested in a Holiday afloat with facilities for training in sailing. We had a full ship for Review week of girls from practically every Women's Organisation jn the counlry. , We have vacancies in the following girls weeks:-
Aug. 8th-15th.
Aug. 15th-22nd.
Sept. 5th-12th.
sept. 12th-19th.
I hope we will see some of your Members with us this summer."
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THE DAILY PO'NT,ER
"'Blessed are the meek, for they shall ' inherit the eardh."
fN St. Matthew's description of it. 'I lhe Sermon on the Mount goes goes back, for the most part, to the authentic words of the Lord. But it is spoken lo the people of His time, and so is adjusted to the needs of their day.
The Sermon is set forward as a new law, just as Moses laid down the old law on Mount Sinai. The rnountain thought to be that on which it was preached is one that rose west of the Lake of Galilee.
ln thinking about this third Beatitude, one's mind may go back to one's childhood ideas of Jesus.
"Gentle Jesus, nteek and mild, look ilpon this little child." Suiely this is one of the first simple prayers that one learns to recite, even before the words are finally understood.
In the same wa), one may think .back on the gentle. kindly face of Jesus so often seen in the scriptural picture books.
In the Old Testament, we learn lhat Moses. the great law-giver was himself a meek man. Chapter 13, verse 12 of the Book of Numbers says: "Now this man Moses was very rneek, above all the men which were upon the face of the earth."
We grow up. therefore, with a conception of Christ's meekness and of Ilis gentleness, and these characteristics of Jesus have taken a fast hold on people.
Meekness belongs to those who desire to serve others a n d not 1o dominate them. It is the characteristic behind courtesy and the wish not to give olfence.
It seeps strange, in sotne, ways that those who have iearnlcl thrs courtesy, this tolerance for others, this inherent humility, should "inherit the earth" as their reward.
This may mean the moral strength which they acquire to live their lives in the days to come and in the hereafter.
Talent Cornpetitiott,
This is to be held on Monday and Tuesdery evening. Will all cadets interested, contact Cadet Supt. Hunt at the Entertainments Office (near gate) with information as to acts and time they wili take, as soon as possibie.
Esses Toc Ack EMMA Pip Eddy Don
f)O you know what this means? lt .U could well be a foreign language (Swahili?) but no; it is -simpl! t6e jargon used by Army signallers to spell out the word S-T-A-M-P-E-D
-stamped. We have our own postal frank at Stubbers, but to most of us EMMA means oniy one thing. Emma is the most photographed girl in the camp, and also one of the nicest and fri e ndliest.
The fact that she comes from Central Africa, where her father rs a loyal Kikuyu chieftain, has been in no way a barrier to the forming of friendships, lor Emma speaks English very well.
Just now she is taking lessons in elocution, which should help her to make a perfect broadcast on -fhursday in the General Overseas Service of the B.B.C. (lhe programme is called "Meet the Commonwealth").
Since she arrived in England some ten days ago, Emma has faced every sort of experience with the same quiet smile. A Prqss conference, a radio audition, a stream of photographers-these are the sort of things she has taken in her stride.
She has quite enjoyed our food, and the way shg has put up with our invariably yariable weather Ls something to marvel at. What would you think of this climate if y,ou corne from a country like Kenya, where the sun practically never ceases to shine?
To us, Kenya is specially famous for its Mau-Mau and its hams.
Next tinte you come, Emma, pleose bring the latter but leave the former behind,
f{ot Mushroorn at the Bend
One of the stone mushrooms marking danger-points on the camp road has "gone for a Burton."
It was knocked down by a woman motcrist lrying to negotiate a corner.
This paper understands that the O.C. Boys' Camp is prepared to instigate proceedings-if onl1, for the fun of it.
Results
The following individuals and teams were successful in the elimina;t- ing rounds:
tChild Welfare: E. Usher (N. 86)
J. Agnew (N. 88)
V. Gates (N. 67)
J. Brown (N. 69)
H. Harris (N. 61)
J. Bracey (N. 88)
Fire Flghting: Unit A. 6 A. 6 (Juniors) 4.25
FORTHCOMING COMPETITIONS
Monday Morning: 'Child Welfare Finals: 10 a.m. Sports Arena, Judge: Miss Lane, S.R.N.
Monday Afternoon: SPRING- BOK TROPHY Competition*
Pairs from overseas and representatives from home. Judge: Dr. A. C. JWhiteknox. Sports Arena 2.30.
Tuesday Afternoon: F t N A L ROUNDS of Road Safety and Fire Fighting Competitions. (Competitors in the Road Safety competiiion please bring pencils). Sports Arena 2.30.
VEBBED FEET
rTH lS newspaper was creditably r informed .the orher day that. if the mud got much worse, the W.V.S. would grow webbed feet.
Far would it be from us to wish ill on the camp, but we have looked forward to this development with considerable interest.
Now they are saying that the situation has been saved by a rainfree spell and by all the straw that has been laid down in the muddiest places. So one would think that the W.V.S. could shelve their fears of an outbreak of duck's disease. But not on your life!
We met yesierday afternoon three jolly W.V.S. girls from Glasgow, just back from a shopping spree in l.Jpminster.
l'hey were carrying their purchases under their arms, and we could not helping noticing what it was ithey had boughtlrybLLrNG{ON BUOTS, eighteen bob for a pair (pnd this is no advertl)
I STOP PRESS: I(e have just y learned the names oJ the "three jolly 'girls.t They,are Mrs. Cnrrie, Mrs. McQueen and Mrs. Fields, and I they all cotne front Glasgow Central W,V.S,
Competition
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THE GOOD SHIP
Foudroydnt
Boat instruction occupies. with the most of the time. Officers necessary knowledge will have an opportunity u,nder practical instruction for
THE, FOUDROYA comolee, 46-gun supervision of Lt.-Col. Harold ment of everyone. Wyllie. O.B.E., she has been exten- (2) Instruction in the
sivelv refitted according to modern standards.
The aim of the training ,in the (3) Foudroyant is to inculcate in the minds of bovs and our National Heritage, the Sea. Sea
charge Special of taking conditions. and tradition of the desired. Foudroyanf. Instruction
and .to work Caterins is carried out and
NT, late Trin- The Course consists of frigate. built at (l) Learning to be one of a age limit is 12 years. Bombay in 1817. is concerned with traininc in seamanship. Under the ship's compan-v for the benefit enjoy- Ship's staff. Hammocks and
officers can be arranged if a week or a desired. Courses last fortnight, but a short week-end course can be arranged. Boys' and girls' courses are not held concurrently. The lower by the blankets are supplied. Pillow-cases ,rnust be history brought. Sheets may be brought if
The fees are 3t guineas per head per week including a 1O/- booking fee; or: 15/- per head for each 24-
in ths rope and rvire used at sea and how them: knots, bends, 'hippings used hithches fee. The reduced charge for parties at sea from schools with their own teachers
girls a love of handle and preserve hour period including a 5/- booking in the training and character-building are combined with a healthy and enjoy- able holiday-or in term-time. if reguired, at a reduced charge, with
and w in splicing rbpe and wire in sewrng canvas.. ordinarv school. instruction.
The ship is moored in Portsmouth Harbour and has accommodation for a complement of 8 officers and 80 When circumstances boys or girls. permit facilities
(4) in boats under oars.
Lecture on boat-pulling boat-handling and working tides. Practical instruction
(5) Lectures on bending, stow- ing and points of making sail; on the Naval Authorities to are kindly given bv visit tions, and H.M.S. victory. a modern man-orwar and Admiralty Establishments
in term-time is f3. Officersr provided the Ward with cabins and living in Room will be Charged 2/- a day extra. Organisers of parties are advised to apply for,financial aid to their local Educational Authorities. whose expenses in assisting youth to attend a course on.board the ship are recognised bv the Ministry of Educa-
sailing and working out defini. com- tion as eligible for a grant. pass courses. Practical instruction in boats under sail. Training courses are not held from October to March. but organised H.M.S. Dolphin.
such as lhe Gunnerv School Excellent and the Submarine
TTIE RED ROSETTES
H.M.S. Dtpoi Instruction is progressive, so that boys and girls attendrng successtve courses may receiver higher instruction any qualify for charge of a boat in races under sail.' shouid ndling boats
(6) Lecture on ha
No Wigan Pier under pow'er could concert party on have had a more appreciative audience than the boys and girls who attended the camp concert given on Saturday evening by the Lancaster Cadets.
The Red Rosettes. as we shall call this troupe of Cadet performers, had a good programme to offer
There were solos by foan Verdon and Jean Bradford. and duets by Peter Dixon and Maloolm Fox. whi'le Gordon Seaman played tunes on his recorder.
Ambulance Cadet Superintendent
A. Hilton was the producer, and Nursing Cadet Superintendent Mrs Carter acted as accompanist.
Members of the overseas contingent have had to decline a kind invitation to lunch at Gravs next Thursday, as they had already arranged to make a trip to Windsor. The invitation came from the local Rotary CIub.
parties of 12 or more. prepared to provide and cook their own food, are welcome at a charge of head per 24-hour period. Applications for bookings
Practical in-
(7) lwimming and life-saving. Breeches buov.
(8) Signalling, etc.
(9) A pulling and sailing re-
5/- per be made to The Superintendent of t'he F (Tel. A 16 m.m. Sound
'oudroyant, c,/o G.P.O., GosportGos. 88700) struction in a power-boat.
Film. ANT
e nti tl e d "FOUDROY AHOY!" and lasting about 16 minutes. can be hired gatta at the end of t each from the Educational course. tion for Visual Aids. 33, Queen
Nore.-The Syllabus to modification. to the length of the course.
for 11/Founda-
is subiect Anne Street. W.1. It is spoken acoording by Lionel shots of Gamlin and includes H.R.H. The P,rincess Margaret's visit in 1950.
NOT MNOUGH BATN V"nliltY' *nl"'fYiu,.3Tr fl#i
so we went to see
of' the smart paltrol y_esterday afternoon, for ourselves. Rumour hadnlt lied. Wtth swinging arrns and purposeful stride. 'tlre patrol srveprt by us. Their grev dresses wlth the white decoration especially cauEht our eye.
lYe donlt anticipate any {rouhle wilh patrols like rthis on guard.
we had thought of as a singularly fine day was our old friend-Stubmers' mud."Not another cloud-burst." we moaned. "not just when we had at last got dry." We were wrong. It was not a cloud-burst but a water-main which had burst. Inspector Leswell. of Stanford{e-Hope and Mr. F. Taylor, of Romford. from the South Essex Water Company, soon had it under control.
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