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Newspaper
Bridgetown Advocate
Location
Bridgetown, Western Australia, Australia
Date
May 11, 1950
Page
8
Greenbushes section reports Representative Mrs Evershed and her sister Mrs Webb are currently taking a holiday in Perth. King notes their presence and plans during the trip.
Over 150 Druids and guests attended a Miners Hall dinner in Greenbushes to mark the Mafeking Lodge golden jubilee. Speakers from Greenbushes Manjimup Bridgetown and Donnybrook shared toasts to the lodge and to visiting members.
At the P C Association meeting a sound projector purchase was urged with a Bell and Howell unit offered by Brown and Dureau. Subsidies from Visual Education may total £200 if bought before June, and the Rotary converter for D C zones is fully subsidised. The headmaster will consult with the dealer during a Perth visit, while other notes record staff accommodation concerns, a cabin for Mrs Aubrey Moore, and local sport and rifle shooting results alongside recent transport and school matters.
Lilli Palmer, a prominent British actress, leads opposite John Garfield in Body and Soul. The film, produced with Milton Sperling and United States Pictures, highlights Palmer as a rising star on the British screen with new sensation Brooks, billed as The Human Heatwave. Screenings announced for Greenbushes May 18 and Boyup Brook May 19.
At the Centrals Football Club meeting held at the Exchange Hotel on Wednesday 3rd Mr Merv Yates resigned as coach and J Glennie was elected captain and coach. Bernie Westlake became B grade coach and several player clearances were approved. A new selection committee was formed with J Glennie M Yates and J H Smith. Donations and trophies were discussed and thanked.
A visitor to the meeting last Thursday of the management committee of the Manjimup Sub penue of Se was Ra br wens, prent mem a the Gloucester Park Sub-branch.
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