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Newspaper
Bridgetown Advocate
Location
Bridgetown, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Apr 05, 1946
Page
1
The local Parents and Citizens association chairs a meeting reporting a ceilingless room, no fireplace, and unreliable electric light. They warn health and education may suffer in winter and call the Education Department to act immediately. As a temporary fix they plan to seek use of the Scouts’ building.
The Bridgetown sub branch of the RSL held its monthly meeting on Tuesday night with a two minute silence for the late Mr Tuck Scott. A resignation from secretary Dusting was accepted and Urquhart became secretary. Badges shortage blamed on machinery. corrected next week. ANZAC DAY events planned with Dawn Service at 5 50 AM and parade routes. K McKinnon named organising secretary to recruit members. New members Gordon Stewart Bill Urquhart Jim Chevit Herbert Nye Roy Duncan welcomed. Memorial wreaths to be laid in civilian dress. Accommodation debated including relocation to Policy Pool area. building committee of six formed. Appeals for space at new Memorial site. apologies from several members. Ladies Auxiliary urged. all returned men encouraged to join.
Don Holloway of Winnisiup escaped serious harm when his van, on a daily rabbit run for W. C. Johnston and Sons, blew a back tyre, swerved into a tree, reeled over, and freed wyphill. He suffered shoulder abrasions and shock. vehicle badly damaged.
The Bridgetown resident Felix Frank Scott born 1887 in Bridgetown died recently after a life in the district. He owned Scott's Hotel for 11 years and left four sons and several siblings. Funeral at the Catholic Church was followed by graveside rites conducted by Rev. Father Kellicher. The notice lists many family and community members as pallbearers and floral tributes, with funeral arrangements by Wm. Moyes and Son.
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