08 Oct 1948
Page 1
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Newspaper
Benalla Ensign
Location
Benalla, Victoria, Australia
Date
Oct 08, 1948
Page
1
A large crowd attended the carnival event featuring twenty four belles. Lois Lathiean led the program with live performances and pageant entries including Miss Pat French, Nancy Hamilton, and Edna Stonehouse. Winners were celebrated by committee members and local dignitaries, with elaborate decorations and a parade showcasing floats and music from community groups.
A garbled OCR passage lists names such as MISS NANCY SPENCER MISS EILEEN TANNER GRETA and MISS EDNA O CONNELL TATONG with scattered references to a racing club, winners, and social events. The text mixes event notes with partial captions and incomplete phrases, mentioning racing and local figures in a dated newspaper style.
Mixed garbled text lists numerous names and fragments resembling a local newspaper card. It mentions people such as Maya, Ambra, and Hagin alongside scattered place-like terms. No coherent event or outcome is discernible from the readable fragments.
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