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Newspaper
Benalla Ensign
Location
Benalla, Victoria, Australia
Date
Aug 27, 1953
Page
8
Easy make ahead dishes for a party including chicken noodle soup base with rice and prawns served with French salad. Recipes include banana dessert with coconut chutney and a lamb curry with apples and raisins. serves six to eight with adjustable seasonings.
Two cups cooked lobster meat with butter and mushrooms cooked with onion juice. Stir in flour then milk, add lobster, season with sherry salt and paprika. Serve six.
A meandering, garbled set of cooking instructions describes creamed chicken with mushrooms. It lists diced chicken, mushrooms, flour, stock, sherry, nutmeg, cayenne, and salt, with steps to thicken, simmer, and blend in cream, though several words are corrupted.
Despite bad weather a strong crowd attended the Tungamah St James RSL ball on Friday night. Ger Veuenls orchestra played while Miss Clare Kelly was named Belle of the Ball with Mr James Pelly Jr receiving top judges’ marks. The Ladies Auxiliary provided supper.
Transfer notice states Miss D Doyle formerly junior teacher at St James Hool since Christmas moves to Graham Vale State School and begins duties after the August vacation.
The Young Australian League plans a Queensland tour during August school holidays. Four Benalla High School girls join the train on Friday night: Judith Hair Betty Mallett and Judith Quan trill from Benalla and Dawn Humphrise of Violet Town are chosen for the trip.
Victoria's Travelling cake brings star power to Benalla on Friday September 11 with Misalliance. John Alden headlines. English actor Harvey Adams co stars. Alden, an Australian educated at Sydney University, brings two decades of theatre work in Australia and England and recently toured Japan for Army Amenities. Adams, a veteran of theatre film and radio, appears in Misalliance at Sturket's with Tobias and the Ages in the afternoon show.
An audience response follows a local stage production The Ex Mrs Y at Swanpool with thanks to the producer cast and supporters. Names mentioned include Rev Mall Loy Wesnoree Mrs Lone Kielleran and Jane Ocest as attendees and organizers.
The notice records an upcoming marriage at St Paul's Presbyterian Church in Woogeretta featuring Dennis Northfield and May Schteeper with the couple listed alongside their parents and home towns in New South Wales. Details include the venue and scheduled ceremony participants.
Crises Dave begins Holy Printy rites for the sermon and cloister ceremony in November. Bishop Yellinn plans a somber service with community members Denise Tteok and Pat ers. Local groups, GPS, and Seciety members arrange a gathering, with Jimi Earls and Viletora noted among attendees.
At the hall on Friday crowds attended the Monster Fair to aid the Church Trust. Despite wet morning weather, the event grew brisk with stalls run by the Guild Comrades Knights and Rays. Over £400 was raised for repairs to John Cooper Hall and property improvements while a new Sunday School is planned for September. A. W. H. Wood will visit Benalla for sermons and a Q&A session in the Shire Hall.
Mrs J Barns, born in Burea, marked her 100th birthday on Monday. Her parents were early district settlers, but no party was held due to her three years bedridden.
Vic toria's Traveling Theatre presents Bernard Shaw's Misalliance at Hire Hall on Friday September 11. Tickets available at Sturken's.
Attendance at the monthly meeting was good as new secretary Mrs. Bilham and a new member Mrs. Bilham were welcomed by the president. The group discussed plans for the auxiliary's activities and a circulating appeal to support various initiatives. A gift was presented to Miss E B. O Shea in recognition of service.
Congratulations extend to Mr and Mrs M J Davis of Goorambt on the birth of a daughter at Rosemere Private Hospital Benalla. A son named Trevor Howard arrives for Mr and Mrs D Bell of Thomas Street Benalla. A son Roman is born to Mr and Mrs W Procin of Railway Place Rosemore.
The many friends of Mrs Wj Irvine of Moorelyn learn he has returned home after a stay at Rosemore Hospital Benalla. Anne Berry, daughter of Mr and Mrs Frank Berry Boweva, is a patient at Abe Wiratte Hospital following an operation.
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