I would like to share my joy [at winning the BEM] with Margaret and Ralph Jones, Mike and Sue Green, Anita Smith, Phylis Clarke and Mr Campkin and others from the Lunch Club. I could not have done it without them.

Thank you for all my cards and letters, too numerous to reply to.

To everyone, mostly my friends in Wellington, and not forgetting my people who nominated me. Hope it all ends soon to get back to normal.

MADGE COVEY BEM

Popham Flats, Wellington