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Reference code
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Date(s)
- 1917-11-01 (creation)
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Editorial Notes ... 3
Notes by the Chief ... 3 Thanks to new members of staff. Praise for the Debating Club in assisting memory. Encouragement to learn a musical instrument. Comment on the St Dunstan's shuffle. Praise for Miss Margaret McFie, a VAD, who set up a Centre for Blind Serbian soldiers in North Africa. She was a linguist, esp. of eastern European languages. Sir Arthur supplied advice and all sorts of apparatus.
St Dunstan's Gossip ... 5 Thanks to Mr and Mrs Rose New cloakroom built and system explained. Weekly lectures described. eg Is the planet Mars inhabited? Reaheasals for the Revue. Readings of Charles Dickens after lunch. Appeal for more dancing teachers. Concert. Quizzes and competitions. Mentions of Leiut. Fraser, Lieut Yates, Lieut Moore and Bennett, Lieut. Col. Goldsmith, Rt Hon John Hodge re pensions. Mr Way.
Workshop Gossip ... 10 Good work in mat design and Joinery.Baskets doing well and poultry too. Domino tournaments every Monday.
Entertainment Notes ... 11 descriptions of performances.
Bungalow Notes ...12 entertainments notes and the presentation of a walking stick to Capt. Ward.
Poultry Notes ... 12 Examination results and thanks for donations of poultry. Expansion of poultry housing. Increase in rabbit keeping. poultry joinery classes going well.
Boating Gossip ... 14 description of good boatmen. Advice to stop smoking two weeks before a race.
October Boat Races ... 14 description of races and lunch.
Department Reports -
Braille Room Notes ... 15 List of those who passed thisr test. More Braille books available.
Typewriting Notes ... 15 congratulations to Butler who paased his test with one hand. List of other successful candidates.
Massage Notes ... 16 Exams were taking place. The written exam was 5 and a half hours long. Lots of candidates had colds.
Netting Notes ... 16 Good work. Fall off in demand for string bags.
Chapel Notes ... 16 More men join the choir. List of weddings. New organ installed.
Catholic Chapel Notes ... 18 A new larger chapel to be built
After-Care ... 18 statistics. also info on Hills in Australia. other members lives described by visitors.
Settlement Notes ... 21 Description of men going back to their homelands. Scarcity of small holdings with houses. Other members named whohave been settled in a business in England.
St. Dunstan's Debating Club .. 22 Sir Arthur keen to become President and encourage the club. Names of the committee stated too.
Copy of Letter returned "not Known" ... 23 Difficult letter from a man struggling with his disabilities during the bombing raids.
A Wonderful American Lady ... 24 Sgt Major Middlemiss describes meeting Helen Keller
The Pupil Teacher ... 25 Alteration in hte terms of employment of pupil teachers.
Tears ... 26 Poem
Newcomers in October ... 26
Old Boys' Addresses ... 30
Men Who left in October ... 31