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Bridgetown Advocate

Location

Bridgetown, Western Australia, Australia

Date

Mar 30, 1950

Page

2

Kirup Football Club elects leaders as plans progress

Kirup Football Club holds a committee meeting to elect captain vice captain and coach and arrange training. Members are asked to bring a plate or liquid refreshments for gatherings. A ground tidy and dressing sheds repair are planned with a scratch match hoped at Kirup on April 16. Finance and social events including a Mad Hatters or Fancy Dress Ball are discussed. Social notes recount moves and travels of local residents.

Kirup Balingup Football Club

Revel Tunes Inspire 6th Ave Film by Harry Revel

The article notes Harry Revel wrote four songs for Roy Del Ruth's It Happened On 5th Avenue produced by United Artists. The comedy stars Don DeFore Ann Harding Charlie Ruggles Victor Moore Gale Storm with Grant Mitchell Edward Brophy Dorothea Kent and Alan Hale Jr in supporting roles.

Harry Revel Roy del Ruth 5Th Avenue Ied New York Don DeFore Ann Hardin Charlie Ruggles Victor Moore Gale Storm Grant Mitchell Edward Brophy Edward Ryan Jnr Cathy Carter Alan Hale Jnr Dorothea Kent Ann Harding

Kirk Douglas Stars in Dear Secretary at Boyup Brook

Kirk Douglas, once labeled Hollywood's most neurotic actor, shifts to light comedy in Uni Artists' Dear Secretary with Laraine Day Keenanan and Helen Walker. He plays a novelist who writes romances with aid of several secretaries. Screenings set for Wednesday April 5 at Boyup Brook.

Kirk Douglas Hollywood Uni Laraine Day Keenanan Helen Walker Douglas Boyup Brook

Farmers Union Branch Plans Aid After Bushfires

Members of the Catterick Farmers Union meet to organise fence repairs and early oat feeding for Perks and Elliott after recent fires. They form a relief fund for Mrs Perks and review hay insurance premiums and a Dairy Act clause. The group discusses legal claims support for fire damage and aims to raise funds before the next meeting.

Catterick Farmers’ Union Messrs Perks Elliott Ron Pearse Joseph Clyde Perks

Local election results and community notes from Greenbushes

The Greenbushes area shows J. H. Smith narrowly defeated for the Blackwood seat in Parliament after a long campaign. Reports cover polling figures, local visits, social events, road board nominations, hospital news, new car ownership, and upcoming football and union activities in the region.

Greenbushes Road Board Last Meeting Items

At the Greenbushes Road Board meeting of March 21 present were Guy Thompson chair E A McKelvie S G Guest N Lindsay R M Browne and J Glennie secretary with apology from M eagher. They discussed health siding and vermin inspection and asked the Exchange Hotel proprietor to renew the sanitary block.

Greenbushes Road Roads Boards Association State Housing Commission South-West Roads Boards Association Clyde Perks J. Perks

Anglican Church Service at Greenbushes Parish

Sunday service at Greenbushes parish led by Rector Fengee Lawson with Al Cognit delivering Holy Eucharist during the Anglican church gathering.

Greenbushes Fengee Lawson

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