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Newspaper
Bridgetown Advocate
Location
Bridgetown, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Jul 07, 1949
Page
5
Community updates focus on personal losses and family visits. Growth at George Happ store expands to accommodate rising business while traffic checks tighten license placement and tail light enforcement. Visitors from Fremantle to Bunbury are named among local residents and staff birthdays brighten gatherings.
At the last Junior Farmers Club meeting present were John Sale Clem Russell Derek Sieber Heather Brayshaw Pamela Wright Rosie Tomerini Charlie Chapman ae Brayshaw Colin Sale Bob Filsell Mal Glendell Stan Grime and visitor Roy Bolton from Bridgetown. Delegates meeting in Bridgetown decided four clubs form a single display with Boyup Brook hosting the first show on 1 November same day as the cultural show. The hosting club to donate a trophy. Education Dept contact on Leathercraft delayed. metal cooking lessons to be taught by Mrs Sale using her stove. Five pounds provided to Tomerini Russell and Wright for games at Country Week hockey. No subsidised scheme yet for technical books.
The War Memorial Committee met on June 28 to arrange for a Housing Commission permit to erect the Memorial. Architects were told to call for local tenders since no bids had been received from city tradesmen. Everything needed had waited years for construction, and a copy of the Memorial plan should be displayed in a prominent town institution.
A well attended Balingup concert featured visiting artists and local talent. Highlights included songs by Misa Archher with sister Mrs. Phil Thuswell on piano, humorous skits by Bil Talbot, and school choir numbers plus piano solos by Keith Sadler and Jeanne Brennan.
Pater son and Co staff in Bal ingup hold a pleasant wind up for the season to honor the packing shed closure. Harold Armstrong praise and gratitude from Bridgetown manager, and the staff share thanks as Mr Ryan notes the support of inspectors carriers and railways in creating a record pack.
About 40 friends of Mr and Mrs G E White planned a quiet 25th wedding anniversary surprise. They gathered near Gerry's drive in to sneak up the drive, but Gerry had road work that day and the approach was covered in gravel and hazards. A car circled the piles while others became bogged and held up.
The union suggests creating a four mile area south of Don Brook with meeting places at Balingup and Green bushes. A dairy cattle compensation fund was proposed and to be run by the dairy section on production basis. Mr W Noakes to address farmers in Balingup on reserve fund appeal and union matters.
About 30 attendees at a Balingup meeting discussed merging the Liberal and Country League with delegates named A Prowse and P Wren. Present were Gordon Freeth and W MacPherson with Buckenarra, the office asked for officer lists, and a Perth luncheon for country delegates was announced.
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