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Newspaper
Bridgetown Advocate
Location
Bridgetown, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Jul 01, 1948
Page
4
Local notes cover Miss Joan Woodley’s Perth trip by bus, community jokes about bets on bicycle races, Stan White’s retirement and Malcolm Gleadell taking Bowelling station. Bridgetown visits, football grounds changes, a tooth loss in a match, a daughter’s birth, bulldozing plans, and local hires at Max Evans’s mill. Dorothy White's ailment and other small town updates conclude the brief.
The Club holds a special general meeting on the Football Oval this Saturday at 2.30 p.m. Key business to discuss as waffle book holders must present theirs at the meeting.
Two men rolled tarpaulins at the railway station and sent the last two to Kirup by train. A missing gold self-propelling pencil was found inside the first rolled tarp. George Morgan returns home from hospital with a bandaged hand. Jack Cox’s Bridgetown party visited Balingup then Bunbury with Norma Cox. Nannup schoolboys’ team wore blue and white guernseys in an inter-school match at Balingup. Local auditors Cumming and Chown left Balingup for the city. Gerry Offer, from Harvey farm school, twisted his ankle and cannot join the Warriors’ match. Alf Brennan left Mullalyup for Goomalling. Harold Trainor seeks other work. Tomerini family notes from Bunbury.
A meeting in Balingup welcomed Australian Youth Committees guidance under a new constitution. The secretary summarized past work while Mr. W English outlined forming local youth committees with councils to coordinate and strengthen youth programs for ages 16 to 25. A meeting date was set to appoint officers and invite all youth organizations to participate.
Nannup and Greenbushes joined Balingup for inter school sports with softball a 22 17 win for Balingup Greenbushes over Nannup in pitching and catching practice noted. Basketball showcased a 30 goal win for Balingup Greenbushes with praise for Nannup's teamwork and plays.
A series of six card evenings organized by the football club drew 35 to 40 players in the C W A Rest Room last Wednesday. Prizes included 8 guineas for both top bridge and 1 guinea for top scores in euchre and rummy, with winners named and hostesses noted. scoring cards by Gil Sale. Card nights to be discontinued due to infantile paralysis in Balingup, scores to stand until the series restarts.
At Balingup on Sunday June 20 the Nannup 2nd team showed better play but fell 5.15 to 6.12 to the home side. Balingup led 6.14 to 4.7 at three quarters, with Nannup’s late rally yielding 1.4 in the final quarter.
Keith outlined core batting principles with slides from champions past and present. He advised grip with hands barely touching, left elbow toward the ball, feet to move body over the shot, and a straight back lift aligned to the ball. The talk covered bowling and wicket keeping as well, drawing local support.
Bridgetown Association President Max Roe asked Carmody to present the association shield to Ron Dilkes captain of Greenbushes who won the 1947 48 premiership. Dilkes brief reply followed by Roe thanking Carmody for his lecture. Refreshments were served after.
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