Brenka Magazine 1947 Apr-May

Football Section

This past year we entered two teams in the Liverpool Business Houses League, one in the Wednesday Division, and the other in the 2nd Division, playing on Saturdays.

The mid-week team is an all shift workers team, and they are putting up quite a good show. They have some really good players, such as, L. Wagstaff, A. Dailey, J. Hall and W. Longworth in the forward line and T. Keegan in defence.

W. Chatterton who looks after the team is building it up very nicely for next season.

The Saturday team have had a pretty rough passage up to now, players who started the season with us have left to play for other clubs through lack of support, and the committee for some unknown reason have just disbanded themselves. We can never hope to build up a good team, if the players receive no encouragement from their own workmates, so may I ask all those who are in any way interested in football, to roll up, and support their own team, it will help tremendously. We have a reasonably decent team, thanks to such good men as W. Sparks, E. Pearson and M. Byrne of the Cake Prep., and W. Davies, A. Dailey and W. Connor, who have all kept together despite the team’s misfortune. Finally, I would like to thank Messrs. T. Hartley, W. Lawton and T. Hurst our groundsmen, who keep our pitch in such grand condition, making it one of the best pitches in the League.

J. TODHUNTER, Hon. Secretary.

Boxing Section

This section would have been further advanced if only the necessary fittings for certain equipment had been forthcoming, and the gymnasium housed in a more suitable place, perhaps if we persevere, something may happen one day and our full requirements be met.

T. Dunn, J. Williams and J. McLean with Tommy the chief trainer are looking after the welfare of our boys and given time we hope to produce a team worthy of the British Enka.

We had a good name in the fighting world in pre-war years and we mean to get it back.

Who was it said “Blood, toil, tears and sweat”? Well, we certainly saw it in the canteen at the first post-war Tournament of the Boxing Section.

The Chairman, Mr. Scholes, opened the evening with a neat, terse, and pithy speech in which he looked forward to a highly success-ful season.

The opening fights were a bit quiet, but warmed up as the evening progressed, the highlights being E. Fairclough (Enka) v. J. Harrison (Trams) the latter winning. S. Dunn (Creighton) v. J. O’Rourke (R.E.M.S.) Dunn winning. A pretty boxing display was given by R. Craig (Ellergreen) when he beat J. Kane (Gordon Institute) at 9 stone in three 2-minute rounds. Pretty but not exciting. An exciting bout was the one between Terry Riley (Star) and Alex Purvis (Friary) Riley winning on a K.O. in the 2nd round.

But the best fight of the evening was between Arthur Moore (Enka) and J. Carmichael (Kensington) Arthur winning on a K.O. in the 6th round. This fight was action all through, and Carmichael was a very plucky and competent fighter, good luck to him, and to Arthur, congratulations, you’re still a dandy with your mitts.

The Chairman, Mr. Scholes, said that he thoroughly enjoyed the Dr. Lowe also evening, and would certainly be at the next one. endorsed this statement, and explained that a couple of contestants had arrived unfit, and he therefore could not allow them to appear. Mr. Wake said that, financially, the evening was a success, and the prizes were excellent.

A grand start to what we hope will be a record season. Congratulations to Mr. J. McCulloch, Tucker Dunn, the Stewards and all who worked so hard to make the evening a success.

Our thanks should also be expressed to our old friend Rupert Rice who was instrumental in securing publicity in Boxing journals.

We were very pleased to see an old trainer present, George White, who acted as whipper-in and performed very useful work.

EMAC.

A. WAKE, Hon. Secretary.

British Enka Beauty Queen

In July 1946, Miss Clare Daly was chosen as British Enka reprasentative to compete with girls from other factories in a Beauty Contest. She was successful in winning the Contest and on Monday, 5th August, was crowned Beauty Queen of all North Liverpool Factories by Mrs. Davenhill, at a Fête held at Bellefield Sports Ground, Eaton Road, in aid of the Royal Southern Hospital.

Clare, who is twenty years of age, is employed in the Coning Department, prior to which she worked for four years as sales girl in a gown shop. She has very definite opinions about the advantages of factory life. She finds that she has a great deal more leisure, meals at regular times (instead of sandwiches snatched between customers) but the main difference in the two spheres, is the spirit of friendliness which permeates the atmosphere at British Enka. She was greatly encouraged when she was selected Enka Beauty Queen by the support she received from her fellow-workers, who presented her with the gold locket she is wearing in the photograph. Clare also expresses appreciation of the more human relationships existing between workers and management at Enka as compared with her experience in shops.

Many girls are under the impression that good features are the only essential to beauty, but in fact the dictionary definition of this word “Beauty” is: “An assemblage of properties in a person or object which attracts and pleases the senses.” When choosing the Beauty Queen, the Selection Committee considered Speech, Deportment and Personality, in addition to Figure and Features.

We all heartily congratulate Clare on her success.

The Enka Selection Committee had a difficult job and the nominations from other Departments were all worthy competitors. One of them has since left us to be married but photographs of the others like that of Clare add charm to this feature.

Taking The Plunge

Newly Weds

Welcome Home

The Editor’s constant plea is for more material, and he is happy to find that over the past year “News from the Forces” has been shrinking and that the stream of our returning Warriors has flowed strongly. A hearty welcome is extended to each one of you and we all sincerely hope that it will never be necessary for any to leave us for such a purpose again.

The Editor is well aware that all who have returned are not mentioned in this feature; this is not favouritism but due to shyness, or modesty, on the part of these same returning Warriors. To those who have returned and who are not mentioned in present despatches, we would appeal to your bolder sides and ask you to let us have some light on your experiences in the Forces and also a snapshot of yourselves, preferably in uniform.

The dainty patter of clogs and tremulous, but capable, hands have brought to the Editor’s desk the following flashes of experience from the years spent in the Fight for Freedom.

Personalia