Examples of using Olave in English and their translations into Hebrew
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St Olave Hart Street.
The Girl Guide Movement was formally founded in 1910 by Baden-Powell's sister,Agnes Baden-Powell and then with the help of his wife, Olave.
Olave Lady Baden- Powell.
After his marriage in 1912, Baden-Powell's wife Olave Baden-Powell took a leading role in the development of Girl Guiding and Girl Scouting.
St Olave Hart Street in the City of London is the burial place of Samuel Pepys and his wife.
Amongst the distinguished visitors were World Chief Guide Olave Baden-Powell and Vice President of the United States, Hubert H. Humphrey.
Olave was the traditional spelling in England, preserved in the name of medieval churches dedicated to him.
Amongst the distinguished visitors were World Chief Guide Olave Baden-Powell, actor James Stewart and Vice President of the United States, Hubert H. Humphrey.
Olave Baden Powell- The World Chief Guide including a timeline Family details(from ePeerage) Robert Baden-Powell Photographs Olave's ancestry- one line Awards.
He addressed this problem by setting up the sister movement the Girl Guides in 1910, with(initially) the help of his sister, Agnes,and then with the help of his wife, Olave.
St Olave Hart Street.
The delegates chose 22 February as the date for Thinking Day because it was the birthday of both Lord Baden-Powell,founder of the Boy Scout Movement, and his wife Olave, who was World Chief Guide.
After his marriage in 1912, his wife Olave Baden-Powell took a leading role in the development of Girl Guiding and Girl Scouting.
The delegates chose 22 February as the date for Thinking Day because it was the mutual birthday of Lord Baden-Powell, founderof the Boy Scout Movement, and his wife Olave, who served as World Chief Guide.
In 1916 the new County Commissioners voted Olave Baden-Powell into the new post of Chief Guide, and Agnes was offered the honorary post of President which she reluctantly accepted.
It was decided by the delegates that this day would be 22 February, birthday of both Lord Baden-Powell, founder of the Boy Scout movement,and Lady Olave Baden-Powell, his wife and the First World Chief Guide.
The Olave Centre for Guides was built in north London in Olave's memory. This has the World Bureau and Pax Lodge in its grounds. Pax Lodge is one of WAGGGS' five World Centres.
The 1928 Scouting World Conference was officially opened on May 4 in Budapest. The next day, the delegates went on an excursion to Lake Balaton and other places returning to Budapest in the afternoon. That evening, Baden-Powell,his wife Olave and Lord Hampton arrived.
In addition, when Olave's sister, Auriol Davidson, née Soames, died in 1919, Olave took her three nieces, Christian(1912- 1975), Clare(1913- 1980), and Yvonne,(1918-2000), into her family and brought them up as her own children.
The caravan trailer, presented to Chief Scout Sir Robert Baden-Powell, along with a new Rolls-Royce car, during the 3rd World Scout Jamboree in 1929 is on display during the summer months. The caravan was nicknamed Eccles. The car, nicknamed Jam Roll,was sold after his death by Olave Baden-Powell in 1945.
In October 1938, Olave moved to the Outspan Hotel, Nyeri, Kenya, near her third cousin, Jack Soames, and the notorious Happy Valley set, with her husband, where he died, on 8 January 1941. Lord Erroll was in the funeral procession,[16] just prior to his murder on January 24, 1941.[17].
Entitled The Handbook for the Girl Guides or How Girls Can Help to Build Up the Empire, and published in 1912, it was a reworking of the Scouting for Boys book written by Robert several years earlier.[8] The Girl Guide movement was given official recognition in 1915.In 1916 the new county commissioners voted Olave Baden-Powell into the new post of chief guide, and Agnes was offered the honorary post of president which she reluctantly accepted.
During this time, Robert had organised the Scouts to sponsor another recreational hut. Olave and two others started this hut at Étaples after Christmas 1915. At the end of January, Olave was ordered home due to sickness, ending her three months in France.
Olave left for France on 7 October 1915, when her second child was five months old. Her regular work in the Mercers' hut included serving cocoa and cigarettes and chatting to those who came in. She also recalled in her autobiography playing her violin and singing at the Christmas Concert.
In 1968 the Boy Scouts of America(BSA) had given Olave a credit card to defray her travel costs.[20] When she stopped travelling, the BSA asked her to use the card for'keeping in touch'.[20] This included paying for over 2000 Christmas cards she sent to those personally known to her.
As a child, Olave learned the violin; her first violin she called Diana. It was a copy of a Stradivarius made by Messrs. Hill for the Paris Exhibition and many years later it was presented to the Guide Association. It is still available on loan to Guides who are seriously learning to play the violin prior to them acquiring their own instrument.
During 1915 and 1916, with World War I in progress, Olave assisted directly with the war effort in France. Robert had seen the usefulness of the YMCA's recreational huts for the soldiers and persuaded the Mercers' Company(of which he had been Master in 1912) to pay for such a hut at Val-de-Lievres, Calais. It was to be staffed by adults connected with Scouting.
Olave led the Guide Movement worldwide for forty years, travelling all over the globe helping to establish and to encourage the Guide Movements in other countries, and bringing membership to over six and a half million worldwide. Olave was present in Washington, DC in 1962 for the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the founding of the American Girl Scouts.[19].
After her husband's death, Olave received thousands of letters of condolence. She was helped to reply to them all by Bertha Hines, the wife of David Hines, who was away fighting the Italian army that had invaded Ethiopia and Somalia. Often, Olave would watch Bertha's baby daughter, Penny, while Bertha typed reply letters.